Question

“All men are created equal” is one idea that nearly every American would agree upon.  36  they sometimes betray the idea in their daily lives, they have a deep faith  37  in some fundamental way no one is born superior to anyone else.

    In the early years of American history, because titles of nobility(貴族) were forbidden, no  38  class system developed in the United States. Firmly believing that being born into a lower class would not  39  them from success and they would have a better chance in America, thousands of immigrants   40  to leave the European societies, where their    41   in life was determined  42  by the social class into which they were born. It was because the dreams of many of there immigrants were   43  in their new country, though there might be  44  in some situations, that Americans came to believe in equality of opportunity.

    Americans do not mean that everyone should be  45  equal when they say they believe in equality of opportunity.  46  , they do mean that each person should have an equal chance for success. Abraham Lincoln once said, “We wish to  47  the humblest(最微賤的) man an equal chance to get rich with everybody else. When one starts poor, free society is  48  that he knows he can   49  his condition.”

    However, competition is the price to be   50   for his equality of opportunity. Americans match their energy and intelligence against that of others in a competitive contest for success, because they believe competition  51  the best in any person. Indeed, the pressure of competition causes an American to be   52  , but it also places a constant emotional stress on him. In fact, in a society that gives so much  53   to those “winners”,   54  does not compete successfully for whatever reason never  55  into it as well as those who do.

1.A．Since              B．As               C．Although         D．Because

2.A．what               B．that             C．a(chǎn)s               D．which

3.A．normal             B．moral            C．formal           D．general

4.A．benefit            B．prevent          C．save             D．limit

5.A．forced          B．required         C．chose            D. looked forward

6.A．place              B．meaning          C．function         D．purpose

7.A．slightly           B．largely          C．originally       D．publicly

8.A．come true          B．ruined           C．succeeded        D．realized

9.A．excitements B．expectations          C. exceptions     D．disappointments

10.A．really            B．totally          C．a(chǎn)ctually         D．truly

11.A．Besides           B．Meanwhile        C．Moreover         D．Instead

12.A．a(chǎn)llow             B．encourage        C．a(chǎn)pprove          D．share

13.A．so                B．the one          C．such             D．a(chǎn)s

14.A．enjoy             B．better           C．maintain         D．stand

15.A．paid              B．a(chǎn)sked            C．cared            D．sought

16.A．gives out         B．comes out        C．brings out       D．stands out

17.A．exhausted         B．energetic        C．realistic        D．effective

18.A．honor             B．pressure         C．happiness        D．burden

19.A．a(chǎn)nyone            B．who              C．one              D．whoever

20.A．enters            B．fits             C．falls            D．matches

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.D

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.C

17.B

18.A

19.D

20.B

【解析】文章講述的是在美國厲害的早期，在沒有階層體系建立的時(shí)候，人人都有成功的機(jī)會，很多歐洲人都選擇了美國作為成功的地方。

1.句意理解，盡管他們有時(shí)候在日常生活中背叛這一思想，但是他們有一個(gè)很深的信念，那就是沒有人生來就比別人優(yōu)越。

2.同上，that 引導(dǎo)的同位語從句，作faith的同位語

3.句意理解，在美國歷史的早期，因?yàn)橘F族頭銜被禁止，所以沒有形成正式的階層體系。

4.上下文，根據(jù)后面from success可知，該句意為，他們堅(jiān)信，出生在一個(gè)低的階層并不能阻止他們成功，

5.上下文，因?yàn)闆]有階層體系，所以很多歐洲人也選擇來到美國，因?yàn)槟抢锩總�(gè)人都是平等的。

6.句意理解，他們來自歐洲，在那里他們的社會地位很大程度上受他們出生所在的階層決定。

7.詞組搭配，此處意為實(shí)現(xiàn)夢想，用法為dreams come true,或者dreams are realized

8.上下文，根據(jù)though可知，他們的夢想可以實(shí)現(xiàn)，盡管在一些情況下有例外。

9.句意理解，他們并不是說每個(gè)人都完全平等，totally意為全完的

10.句意理解，相反，他們的意思是每個(gè)人都有平等的成功的機(jī)會

11.句意理解，他們允許最卑微的人和其他人一樣有成功的平等機(jī)會，

12.句意理解，當(dāng)一個(gè)人出生貧困的時(shí)候，自由社會就是這樣一個(gè)他知道可以改善他的狀況的社會。

13.同上，such指的是free society

14.同47空意思，better意為improve，意為改善

15.詞組搭配，pay the price意為付出的代價(jià)

16.詞組，bring out 意為使顯示出 give out發(fā)出 come out 出現(xiàn)，出版stand out突出，句意為，他們認(rèn)為，競爭能夠讓顯示出每個(gè)人最優(yōu)秀的部分。

17.句意理解，競爭讓美國人非常積極，火力充沛，這里指的是競爭帶來的好處，

18.句意理解，在一個(gè)給予勝利者太多榮譽(yù)的社會，任何因?yàn)槟撤N原因無法獲勝的人永遠(yuǎn)也無法和其他人一樣很好地適應(yīng)這個(gè)是社會。

19.同上，此處缺少主語，意為無論是誰

20.詞組，fit into 固定詞組，意為適應(yīng)