“If no surplus is available,a farmer cannot be 47.He must either sell some of his property or (48 seek)extra funds in form of loans.Naturally he will try to borrow money at a low (49 rate)of interest,but loans of this kind are not 50 obtainable.”
分析:本題處在一個總述句中:If no surplus is available,a farmer cannot be 47.在此句話之前,文章都是在講If surplus is available(有贏余的情況下),農(nóng)民的生活如何;實際上,從文章結(jié)構(gòu)來看,從本題開始出現(xiàn)了另一個意群,而If no surplus is available,a farmer cannot be 47為這個意群的總述句,即如果沒有贏余,農(nóng)民會怎樣?
總結(jié)一下分述部分很容易判斷出47題的答案一定是[B]self-sufficient,因為總述句中的not be self-sufficient恰恰是對分述的最佳概括。
例如:1999年完型試題的45題——應(yīng)用于動詞的例子
“Successful safety programs may 45 greatly in the emphasis placed on certain aspects of the program.Some place great emphasis on mechanical guarding.Others stress safe work practices by(46 observing)rules or regulations.(47 Still) others depend on an emotional appeal to the worker.But, there are certain basic ideas that must be used in every program if maximum results are to be obtained.”
“Comparisons were drawn between the development of television in the 20th century and the diffusion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries.Yet much had happened(21).As was discussed before,it was not ( 22 ) the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic( 23 ),following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the ( 24 ) of the periodical.It was during the same time that the communications revolution ( 25 ) up,beginning with transport,the railway,and leading ( 26 ) through the telegraph,the telephone,radio,and motion pictures( 27 )the 20th-century world of the motor car and the air plane.Not everyone sees that process in ( 28 ).It is important to do so.
“But they insisted that its(指工業(yè)革命) 43 results during the period from 1750 to 1850 were widespread poverty and misery for the 44 of the English population.45 contrast,they saw in the preceding hundred years from 1650 to 1750,when England was still a 46 agricultural country,a period of great abundance and prosperity.”
“It is generally recognized,( 29 however ),that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century,30 by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s,radically changed the process.”
“Companies (41with) low accident rates plan their safety programs,work hard to organize them,and continue working to keep them 42 and active.”
[A]alive[B]vivid[C]mobile[D]diverse
答案:[A]alive
分析:從本題所處的句子結(jié)構(gòu)來看,to keep them 42 and active,本題的選項受到兩個已知信息點的控制:一個是對them起修飾作用;再有是與后邊的另一個形容詞active之間形成并列的關(guān)聯(lián)關(guān)系,而且形容詞active同樣也是修飾them。
“Sleep is dividedintoperiods of so-called REM sleep,characterized by rapid eye movements and dreaming,and longer periods of non-REM sleep.(41 Neitherkind of sleep is at all well-understood,but REM sleep is 42 to serve some restorative function of the brain.The purpose of non-REM sleep is even more 43.”
[A]subtle[B]obvious[C]mysterious[D]doubtful
答案:[C]mysterious
分析:此篇文章有非常明確的中心主線。文章首句-Sleep is dividedintoperiods of so-called REM sleep,characterized by rapid eye movements and dreaming,and longer periods of non-REM sleep.(睡眠分為兩種:REM sleep和非REM sleep),探討兩種睡眠就是本文的主題。
下一句- 41(答案:Neither) kind of sleep is at all well-understood(兩種睡眠都沒有被很好地理解),這就是文章的基本導(dǎo)向。
“Vitamins are similar because they aremade of the same elements--usually carbon,hydrogen,oxygen,and 45 nitrogen.They are different 46 their elements are arranged differently.”