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演练方阵
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第5讲 完形填空实战演练
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基础巩固
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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
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Life was pretty terrible for most people in London 100 years 1 . They had to put up with noise, smoke 2 dirt. The noise came from the railway, and the smoke and dirt came from the trains and 3 of chimneys(烟囱)all 4 them. The smoke often mixed with fog and hung in the air 5 . Diseases killed thousands of children. 6 were large but often five 7 seven children would die 8 they were five years old.
Is life 9 than it was 100 years ago? It is certainly 10 that people live longer than they used to, travel faster than they used to, and 11 more things than they did. But we still have to put up with noise, overcrowding and bad air. These things are 12 a basic part of modern 13 .
100 years ago, there was a 14 difference between 15 and country. But the motor cars have 16 all that. One motorway can take up a huge amount of land. Cars are also a basic part of modern life.
But industry and modern life do not have to be 17 of beauty. We can have both 18 and progress. We need clean rivers and open country just as much as people 19 100 years ago. But it’s becoming more and more difficult 20 open land, clear water and clean air.
1. A. before B. then C. later D. ago
2. A. besides B. but C. or D. and
3. A. thousands B. hundred C. thousand D. lot
4. A. in B. on C. around D. far away from
5. A. four days B. for days C. one day D. long before
6. A. Families B. Countries C. Factories D. Hospitals
7. A. off B. out of C. out from D. at
8. A. until B. after C. when D. before
9. A. worse B. higher C. shorter D. better
10. A. sure B. true C. real