A

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A，B，C，and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

British newspapers are among the oldest and most famous in the world.___1___recently big changes have seen these traditional publications try to fit the modern world. After 216 years，The Times has halved its ___2___ to become much smaller. In fact，the paper has___ 3___ its size in half from a broadsheet to tabloid(小報(bào)).

In Britain the newspaper market is___4___between the larger broadsheets and the smaller tabloids. These terms ___5___ the size of the papers’ pages but there is also a clear___6 ___in content. Broadsheets such as The Times， The Guardian and Daily Telegraph are serious papers. They cover a broad range of political，economic and international issues. Their stories are also reasonably long and use quite formal language.

Tabloids have far more stories about___ 7___serious issues such as celebrities’ love lives. Their stories are shorter and use more simple language. Tabloids often have bigger pictures. Britain’s___ 8 ___ newspaper，The Sun，is a tabloid and has a naked page on page three every day.

By___9___ to the size of a tabloid，The Times is following in the footsteps of a less broadsheet paper The Independent. It changed to tabloid last year and saw its sales increase. Although both papers have___ 10 ___to the smaller size，the content of the papers has___11___ the same. They are both still serious papers.

The two papers claim that people___12 ___the smaller size easier to handle when they travel to work on the bus or the train in the morning. The Times says its new size is “compact”， not tabloid.

1. A. Then B. SoC. AndD. But

2. A. length B. size C. width D. thickness

3. A. cut B. added C. enlarged D. printed

4. A. divided B. separatedC. arrangedD. marked

5. A. turn intoB. refer toC. think about D. connect with

6. A. meaningB. markC. difference D. sign

7. A. moreB. less C. even D. quite

8. A. best-sellingB. good-lookingC. slow-movingD. ugly-looking

9. A. going B. gettingC. changingD. coming

10. A. halved B. madeC. switchedD. cut

11. A. becomeB. foundC. left D. remained

12. A. find B. hopeC. expect D. agree

B

Directions:Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.

Research scientists say they discovered a new drug that will help the fight ___1___the disease tuberculosis (肺結(jié)核). Experts say it has been shown in animal experiments to clear tuberculosis mycobacterium (病菌) two times faster than___2___ medicines.

Tuberculosis infects at least eight million people each year. It also is___3___ of the leading causes of death around the world.

Tuberculosis spreads easily through the air___ 4___ coughing，sneezing or___5___ talking.___6 ___ people infected with the tuberculosis mycobacterium will not necessarily become sick. The organism can live in the body for years___7___becoming active.

Today， rifampin(利福平，抗結(jié)核藥) is used with two other medicines to treat tuberculosis. The drugs must be taken for up to nine months. But experts say the treatment is no longer effective against the disease in many parts of the world. They say this is___8 ___the mycobacterium has developed defenses against the treatment.

A

答案與解析

1. D從后文內(nèi)容看，《泰晤士報(bào)》歷經(jīng)216年后縮小版面，進(jìn)行改革，此處應(yīng)為轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，用But。

2. Bsize(大小、尺寸、規(guī)模)，指報(bào)紙則為版面，長(zhǎng)度、寬度、厚度都不能表述報(bào)紙的版面。

3. Acut削減，減少。B“增加”，C“擴(kuò)大”，D“印刷”，均不合文意。

4. A分為，分成。B“離開(kāi)”，C“安排”，D“作記號(hào)”。

5. B涉及，提及。A“變成”，C“考慮”，D“聯(lián)系”，均不符合文意。

6. C從but表轉(zhuǎn)折之意看應(yīng)為difference。

7. Bless serious不太嚴(yán)肅。從more stories和love lives可知A、C、D都不對(duì)。

8. Abest-selling暢銷的。從其內(nèi)容更市民化、生活化知其暢銷。

9. C變成，變?yōu)?。由文章第一段可知?/p>

10. Cswitch此處相當(dāng)于change。

11. D “保留原樣”，有主觀的含義，A、B均指客觀發(fā)生的狀態(tài)，left不合文意。

12. A指讀者在客觀上對(duì)已有事實(shí)的發(fā)現(xiàn)，B、C表達(dá)的不是已有事實(shí)，D不合邏輯。

B

答案與解析

1.againstthe fight against...表示“與……的斗爭(zhēng)”。

2.other消滅病菌的速度比其他藥物快兩倍。

3.one根據(jù)句意以及...of the leading causes可判斷， 應(yīng)填one， 意為導(dǎo)致“死亡的主要原因之一”。

4.by句意為“通過(guò)咳嗽、打噴嚏甚至講話這樣的方式傳染”。

5.even參照上題解析。

6.But句意為“但是，感染了肺結(jié)核病菌的人不會(huì)馬上發(fā)病”。明顯與上文意思相反，須轉(zhuǎn)折。

7.beforebecoming active是指“The organism變得活躍，即發(fā)病”之意。句意為“在發(fā)病前，病毒可能在體內(nèi)存活幾年”。

8. because句意:“這是因?yàn)椴《颈旧韺?duì)藥物治療也產(chǎn)生了對(duì)抗性?！?/p>

編輯/梁宇清