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先通讀短文，掌握其大意，然后從A、B、C、D四個選項中選出一個可以填入相應(yīng)空白處的最佳答案，并將其標(biāo)號填入題前括號內(nèi)。

（一）

The habits of chewing gum has lasted for more than a century. Millions of people all ___1___ the world chew billions of pieces of gum every year.

Chewing gum became popular in the United States mainly ___2___ of the work of one man， William Wrigley， ___3___ for many years was the head of the Wrigley Company. Earlier Thomas Adams first began his experiment in about the ___4___ 1870. It was he who first made the gum soft and pleasant to chew. But it was not until Wrigley joined the business in about 1890 ___5___ people everywhere began to pick up the habit of chewing gum.

Wrigley liked to do ___6___ in a big way. In his first year， he borrowed money and ___7___ more than a million dollars in advertising. For years， there was a large Wrigleys ___8___ on every streetcar in the United States. ___9___ complained that they could not go ___10___ without seeing Wrigleys name. Wrigley even ___11___， free of charge， pieces of gum to every person ___12___ the telephone book of every city and town in the United States. Finally he began to advertise that it was ___13___ for health to chew gum， that it calmed the nerves[神經(jīng)]， and that it helped keep the teeth ___14___.

He used to give the gum free to ___15___ child in the United States on its second birthday. He ___16___ young women who， in long， orange-striped dresses would go from city to city in groups of four or five， ___17___ at street corners and give free sample of chewing gum to every person who passed by. ___18___ this way each woman gave away about five thousand ___19___ of Wrigleys gum every day. As a result of this pains-taking advertising， people in the United States began to buy ___20___ chewing gum.

（ ）1. A. about B. over C. of D. across

（ ）2. A. since B. as C. because D. for

（ ）3. A. that B. who C. whom D. period

（ ）5. A. that B. in which C. when D. where

（ ）6. A. jobs B. work C. things D. tasks

（ ）7. A. spent B. took C. cost D. paid

（ ）8. A. information B. advertisement C. pictures D. business

（ ）9. A. Anybody B. People C. Men D. Passengers

（ ）10. A. everywhere B. nowhere C. anywhere D. somewhere

（ ）11. A. carried B. sent C. brought D. took

（ ）12. A. in B. on C. at D. by

（ ）13. A. good B. bad C. harm D. wrong

（ ）14. A. dirty B. clean C. hard D. strong

（ ）15. A. every B. all C. many D. most

（ ）16. A. asked B. employed C. wanted D. wished

（ ）17. A. watch B. sat C. stand D. wait

（ ）18. A. By B. On C. In D. At

（ ）19. A. pieces B. packets C. bags D. boxes

（ ）20. A. less and less B. more and more

C. more or less? ? ? ? ? D. fewer and fewer

（二）

Every country has its own culture

Even though each country uses doors. Doors many have ___1___ functions and purposes which lead to ___2___ differences.

When I first came to America， I noticed that a public building had two different ___3___ and they had distinct functions. You have to push the door with the word “PUSH” to go out of the building and to pull the door with the word “PULL” to ___4___the building. This was new to me， because we use the ___5___ door in south Korea. For quite a few times I failed to go out of a shopping centre and was embarrassed.

The way of using school bus doors was also ___6___ to me. I used to take the school bus to classes. The school decided that when the driver opened both the front and back doors， ___7___ who were getting off the bus should get off first， and students who were getting on should get on ___8___. In south Korea， we do not need to wait for people to get off. One morning， I hurried to the bus， and when the bus doors opened， I ___9___ tried to get on the school bus through the front door. All the students around looked at me， I was totally ___10___， and my face went red.

（ ）1. A. different B. important C. practical D. unusual

（ ）2. A. national B. embarrassing C. cultural D. amazing

（ ）3. A. exits B. entrances C. signs D. doors

（ ）4. A. enter B. leave C. open D. close

（ ）5. A. main B. same C. front D. back

（ ）6. A. annoying B. hard C. satisfying D. strange

（ ）7. A. parents B. students C. teachers D. drivers

（ ）8. A. sooner B. later C. faster D. earlier

（ ）9. A. politely B. patiently C. unconsciously D. slowly

（ ）10. A. embarrassed B. annoyed C. unsatisfied D. excited

參考答案與解析

（一）

本文講述的是咀嚼口香糖這種習(xí)慣的發(fā)展史。它之所以在美國盛行，主要是因為 Wrigley所采取的花巨資做廣告、免費贈送口香糖等措施促成的。

1. B。all over the world 意為“全世界”。全世界數(shù)百萬的人每年咀嚼數(shù)十億塊口香糖。

2. C。because of 意為“因為”，后接名詞等。

3. B。先行詞 William Wrigley 指人，因此引導(dǎo)非限制性定語從句并在從句中作主語的關(guān)系代詞用 who。

4. A。in the year 1870= in 1870，意為“在 1870年”。

5. A。not until強調(diào)句結(jié)構(gòu)，由“It is / was + not until… +that + 其他部分”構(gòu)成。

6. C。根據(jù)下文內(nèi)容可知 Wrigley 喜歡大規(guī)模地做事。

7. A。spend…in doing sth 意為“花費時間或金錢干某事”。

8. B。根據(jù)上文可推知答案。他花費巨資做廣告，幾年來，美國每輛路面電車上都有Wrigley的廣告。

9. B。由上文內(nèi)容可知，人們對此有些抱怨。

10. C。anywhere 可用于疑問句、否定句或 if 引導(dǎo)的條件狀語從句中，意為“任何地方”。

11. B。Wrigley 甚至把口香糖免費送給姓名出現(xiàn)在美國每個城鎮(zhèn)的電話薄里的每個人。

12. A。在電話簿里用介詞 in。

13. A。be good for 意為“對…有益”。最后他開始登廣告說咀嚼口香糖對健康有好處。

14. B。咀嚼口香糖有助于保持牙齒清潔。

15. A。能夠修飾單數(shù)名詞 child 的選項只有A。

16. B。他雇用了一些年輕女性。

17. C。根據(jù)常識可知那些年輕女性是站在街道拐角處向過往的人贈送口香糖。

18. C。in this way 為習(xí)慣用語，意為“這樣，以這種方式”。

19. A。以這種方式，每個女性每天贈送約5000塊口香糖。

20. B。由于這種煞費苦心的廣告，美國人開始買越來越多的咀嚼口香糖了。

（二）

本文主要講不同國家門的由于其功能不同，所以使用方式也不同。

1. 答案為A。根據(jù)本段的第一句可推知答案。

2. 答案為C。根據(jù)本段的第一句可知，門的功能不同導(dǎo)致了文化差異。

3. 答案為D。根據(jù)第一段可知，本文主要是談?wù)摳鱾€國家“門”文化的不同;對比根據(jù)前段中Doors may have…functions和本句話后面的and they （指代空格內(nèi)容） had distinct function，不難得出答案是D;另外，后面的第25題處也暗示此題只能選D。

4. 答案為A。由于是與 go out of the building 相對，所以應(yīng)是 enter the building 才對。

5. 答案為B。與前面23題的 different doors 相對，顯然此處應(yīng)是 the same door。注意：第25題和第23題可以互相參照。

6. 答案為D。根據(jù)前一段中的This was new （not familiar， not experienced before ） to me 可知，對我來說，門的使用方式“也”很陌生（注：與new同義應(yīng)是strange）”。

7. 答案為B。根據(jù)由與之前列的 and students who were getting on should get on…可推知答案。

8. 答案為B。根據(jù)前面的first同時結(jié)合常識可知答案，即先下后上。

9. 答案為C。由前文可知，因韓國不必等別人下了再上的習(xí)慣，作者習(xí)慣這樣了，所以看到校車將門打開后，就“無意識地”上車了。

10. 答案為A。由于周圍所有的人都看著自己，自然就“感到尷尬”了，所以臉也就紅了。