英語四六級完型填空練習(xí)與答案解析6
To others and themselves the British have a reputation for being conservativenot in the narrow political sense, but in the sense of adherence to accepted ideas and unwilling to question them.The reputation comes partly from their 1 .For 900 2 they have suffered 3 invasion nor revolution (except in 1649
4 1688) nor disastrous defeat in 5 .Their monarchy (君主政體) survives 6 serious question.Under its normal 7 political arrangements have been 8 stable that, except for the 9 interruptions in the seventeenth 10 , they have been adopted throughout 11 centuries to meet changing needs without violent 12 .Britain, in 1978, was 13 in managing without 14 written constitution; some fragmentary definitions of 1688 still 15 .There had been 16 quarrels, social and economic as well 17 political, but the quarrels had been 18 , usually 19 compromise.The underlying 20 had not been broken.
1.A.language B.future C.history D.literature
2.A.centuries B.years C.minutes D.seconds
3.A.neither B.as C.or D.either
4.A.too B.but C.or D.and
5.A.home B.study C.peace D.war
6.A.and B.without C.with D.neither
7.A.name B.people C.leadership D.enemy
8.A.so B.very C.too D.such
9.A.two B.one C.no D.couple
10.A.month B.day C.year D.century
11.A.a B.any C.the D.few
12.A.changes B.change C.altered D.changed
13.A.common B.popular C.unique D.angry
14.A.two B.a C.some D.their
15.A.survive B.surviving C.survives D.survived
16.A.bitter B.happy C.pleasant D.unhappy
17.A.for B.as C.to D.at
18.A.settling B.settles C.settle D.settled
19.A.for B.at C.to D.by
20.A.continue B.continuity C.continuous D.continued
答案與解析：
1.C
由于下文緊接著敘述到過去900年的有關(guān)情況。故應(yīng)選history，才能與下文銜接。
2.B
根據(jù)句子意思判斷。
3.A
應(yīng)選neither才能與其后出現(xiàn)的nor構(gòu)成并列連詞neithernor。
4.D
根據(jù)句子意思判斷。
5.D
需選一名詞與前面的介詞in構(gòu)成介詞短語，且這個短語在語意上要與前面的disastrous defeat相吻合。故選D可以滿足這個條件。
6.B
without serious question意為沒有嚴(yán)重的問題。
7.C
在領(lǐng)導(dǎo)下的表達(dá)方式是under theleadership.
8.A
sothat構(gòu)成固定短語，意為這么以致于
9.A
上面提到1649和1688兩次革命，所以A項正確。
10.D
根據(jù)句子意思判斷。
11.C
the centuries特指那些穩(wěn)定的世紀(jì)。
12.A
應(yīng)從A或B中選一名詞作介詞without的賓語。將A和B加以比較：A.changes作可數(shù)名詞用，意為變化，符合題意。B.change一詞系不可數(shù)名詞，意為零錢，找頭。
13.C
根據(jù)上下文意思,應(yīng)選unique獨一無二的;唯一的。
14.B
沒有一項成文憲法，a為一項的意思。
15.D
應(yīng)選survived才與上下文時態(tài)一致。
16.A
bitter意為尖銳的，厲害的。
17.B
as well as為一并列連詞。
18.D
settled符合語法要求。
19.D
by compromise意為通過折衷、妥協(xié)的辦法。如：We should settle our differences by compromise.我們應(yīng)采取折衷的辦法來解決我們之間的分歧。
20.B
四個選項中，只有名詞continuity正確。
To others and themselves the British have a reputation for being conservativenot in the narrow political sense, but in the sense of adherence to accepted ideas and unwilling to question them.The reputation comes partly from their 1 .For 900 2 they have suffered 3 invasion nor revolution (except in 1649
4 1688) nor disastrous defeat in 5 .Their monarchy (君主政體) survives 6 serious question.Under its normal 7 political arrangements have been 8 stable that, except for the 9 interruptions in the seventeenth 10 , they have been adopted throughout 11 centuries to meet changing needs without violent 12 .Britain, in 1978, was 13 in managing without 14 written constitution; some fragmentary definitions of 1688 still 15 .There had been 16 quarrels, social and economic as well 17 political, but the quarrels had been 18 , usually 19 compromise.The underlying 20 had not been broken.
1.A.language B.future C.history D.literature
2.A.centuries B.years C.minutes D.seconds
3.A.neither B.as C.or D.either
4.A.too B.but C.or D.and
5.A.home B.study C.peace D.war
6.A.and B.without C.with D.neither
7.A.name B.people C.leadership D.enemy
8.A.so B.very C.too D.such
9.A.two B.one C.no D.couple
10.A.month B.day C.year D.century
11.A.a B.any C.the D.few
12.A.changes B.change C.altered D.changed
13.A.common B.popular C.unique D.angry
14.A.two B.a C.some D.their
15.A.survive B.surviving C.survives D.survived
16.A.bitter B.happy C.pleasant D.unhappy
17.A.for B.as C.to D.at
18.A.settling B.settles C.settle D.settled
19.A.for B.at C.to D.by
20.A.continue B.continuity C.continuous D.continued
答案與解析：
1.C
由于下文緊接著敘述到過去900年的有關(guān)情況。故應(yīng)選history，才能與下文銜接。
2.B
根據(jù)句子意思判斷。
3.A
應(yīng)選neither才能與其后出現(xiàn)的nor構(gòu)成并列連詞neithernor。
4.D
根據(jù)句子意思判斷。
5.D
需選一名詞與前面的介詞in構(gòu)成介詞短語，且這個短語在語意上要與前面的disastrous defeat相吻合。故選D可以滿足這個條件。
6.B
without serious question意為沒有嚴(yán)重的問題。
7.C
在領(lǐng)導(dǎo)下的表達(dá)方式是under theleadership.
8.A
sothat構(gòu)成固定短語，意為這么以致于
9.A
上面提到1649和1688兩次革命，所以A項正確。
10.D
根據(jù)句子意思判斷。
11.C
the centuries特指那些穩(wěn)定的世紀(jì)。
12.A
應(yīng)從A或B中選一名詞作介詞without的賓語。將A和B加以比較：A.changes作可數(shù)名詞用，意為變化，符合題意。B.change一詞系不可數(shù)名詞，意為零錢，找頭。
13.C
根據(jù)上下文意思,應(yīng)選unique獨一無二的;唯一的。
14.B
沒有一項成文憲法，a為一項的意思。
15.D
應(yīng)選survived才與上下文時態(tài)一致。
16.A
bitter意為尖銳的，厲害的。
17.B
as well as為一并列連詞。
18.D
settled符合語法要求。
19.D
by compromise意為通過折衷、妥協(xié)的辦法。如：We should settle our differences by compromise.我們應(yīng)采取折衷的辦法來解決我們之間的分歧。
20.B
四個選項中，只有名詞continuity正確。
