Question

【題目】Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage(選擇最恰當(dāng)?shù)倪x項(xiàng)完成短文）：

DC Hilton was one of the first Americans to find out that there was money to be made in the middle of the night.42 years ago he bought a small restaurant on US highway 69,in Oklahoma. His main customers were truck drivers and _______salesmen who drank coffee and ate cheeseburgers when they stopped to break their journey.

It was they who first tried to persuade Hilton to remain open all night. He thought about it for a while, and then suddenly made up his mind. He took the door key and threw it across the road. He hasn't closed the door______

Over the years his simple burger cafe has expanded into a 24-hour roadside empire, with a 100-seat restaurant, a petrol station, a mini shopping market, a car park for mobile homes(活動(dòng)住房) and all night self-help laundry.

Hilton was a ______ in a 24-hour working trend which has now caught on around the world. Today not only restaurants but also banks, supermarkets, mail order firms, travel agencies and many other businesses are beginning to be open all night. ______ is this really a good thing?

A lot of research has been done in America on the effect of 24-hour working, and there is growing ______about the long-term dangers of a society that doesn't sleep. Americans are said to be sleeping 20% less than they did 100 years ago, and 55% claim to suffer at least occasionally from over-tiredness. Several of the worst man made disasters happened in the last few hours before dawn , when even the most experienced night-worker has difficulty ______awake.

【1】A.workingB.travellingC.enteringD.coming

【2】A.laterB.sinceC.everD.then

【3】A.hotelB.guideC.chiefD.pioneer

【4】A.ThusB.ThoughC.ButD.Therefore

【5】A.worryB.understandingC.interestD.sense

【6】A.stoppingB.becomingC.startingD.staying

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【5】A

【6】D

【解析】

本文講述了DC希爾頓是第一個(gè)發(fā)現(xiàn)半夜也能賺錢的美國(guó)人，多年來(lái)他的簡(jiǎn)單的漢堡咖啡館已經(jīng)擴(kuò)展到一個(gè)24小時(shí)的路邊帝國(guó),100個(gè)座位的餐廳,一個(gè)加油站,一個(gè)小的購(gòu)物市場(chǎng),移動(dòng)房屋停車場(chǎng)和自助洗衣。

【1】句意：他的主要客戶是卡車司機(jī)和旅行推銷員，他們停下來(lái)休息時(shí)喝咖啡，吃奶酪漢堡。

A. working工作中，B. travelling旅行中，C. entering進(jìn)入，D. coming到來(lái)。下文中的their journey對(duì)做出正確選擇作了提示，說(shuō)明他們?cè)诼猛局小９蔬xB。

【2】句意：從那以后他就沒(méi)關(guān)過(guò)門。

A. later稍后，B. since自從，C. ever曾經(jīng)D. then然后。這個(gè)句子的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用了現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)，since常與完成時(shí)連用，故選B。

【3】句意：希爾頓是24小時(shí)工作制的先驅(qū)，這一潮流如今已風(fēng)靡全球。

A. hotel酒店，B. guide導(dǎo)游，C. chief首領(lǐng)，D. pioneer先鋒。由第一段第一句話” DC Hilton was one of the first Americans to find out that there was money to be made in the middle of the night.”可知，本題故填D。

【4】句意：但這真的是一件好事嗎？

A. Thus因此，B. Though盡管，C. But但是，D. Therefore因此。根據(jù)下一段的內(nèi)容可判斷出is this really a good thing?是對(duì)二十四小時(shí)工作提出的質(zhì)疑，所以兩句之間是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，要用But填寫(xiě)。故選C。

【5】句意：美國(guó)已經(jīng)做了很多關(guān)于24小時(shí)工作的影響的研究，人們?cè)絹?lái)越擔(dān)心一個(gè)不睡覺(jué)的社會(huì)的長(zhǎng)期危險(xiǎn)。

A. worry擔(dān)心，B. understanding理解，C. interest興趣，D. sense感覺(jué)。be growing worry about對(duì)……擔(dān)憂不斷增加，故選A。

【6】句意：一些最糟糕的人為災(zāi)難發(fā)生在黎明前的最后幾個(gè)小時(shí)，即使是最有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的夜班工人也很難保持清醒。

A. stopping停止，B. becoming變得，C. starting開(kāi)始，D. staying保持。stay awake保持清醒的狀態(tài)。故選D。