Directions : In this section there is a passage with ten blanks You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word Lank before the passage . Read the passage through carefully before making you . choices . Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter . Please write down the corresponding letter for each . item in the blanks . You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once A) attracted E) extended 1) pulled M) surplus B) civilian F) inhabitants J) removed N) transport C) commute G) inherent K)residential O) vigorously D) dividend H) investors L) scarcely Mass transportation revised the social and economic fabric of the American citv in three fundamental wavs. It sneeded up phvsical exnansion it sorted out people and land uses, and it accelerated the__26___’instability of urban life. By opening vast areas of unoccupied land for__27_____expansion,the buses, railways, commuter trains,and electric trolleys__28___settled regions outward two to four times more distant from city centres than they were in the pre-modern era.In1850,for example,the borders of Boston lay__29_____two miles from the old business district;by the turn of the century the radius___30__ten miles.Now those who could afford it could live far __31____from the old city centre and still__32___there for work,shopping,andentertainment.The new accessibility of land around the periphery (外围)of almost every major city sparked an explosion of real estate development and fueled what we now know as urban sprawl(城市蔓延).Of course, many were never occupied; there was always ahuge_33____of subdivided,but vacant, land around many cities. These excesses present a feature of residential expansion related to the growth of mass transportation:Urban sprawl was essentially unplanned. It was carried out by thousands of small __34_____who paid little care to coordinated land use or to future land users.Those who purchased and prepared land for residential purposes,particularly land near or outside city borders where transit lines and middle-class__35____ were anticipated, did so to create denand as much as to respond to it.
Directions : In this section there is a passage with ten blanks You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word Lank before the passage . Read the passage through carefully before making you . choices . Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter . Please write down the corresponding letter for each . item in the blanks . You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once
A) attracted E) extended 1) pulled M) surplus
B) civilian F) inhabitants J) removed N) transport
C) commute G) inherent K)residential O) vigorously
D) dividend H) investors L) scarcely
Mass transportation revised the social and economic fabric of the American citv in three fundamental wavs. It sneeded up phvsical exnansion it sorted out people and land uses, and it accelerated the__26___’instability of urban life. By opening vast areas of unoccupied land for__27_____
expansion,the buses, railways, commuter trains,and electric trolleys__28___settled regions outward two to four times more distant from city centres than they were in the pre-modern era.In1850,for example,the borders of Boston lay__29_____two miles from the old business district;by the turn of the century the radius___30__ten miles.Now those who could afford it could live far __31____from the old city centre and still__32___there for work,shopping,andentertainment.The new accessibility of land around the periphery (外围)of almost every major city sparked an explosion of real estate development and fueled what we now know as urban sprawl(城市蔓延).
Of course, many were never occupied; there was always ahuge_33____of subdivided,but vacant, land around many cities. These excesses present a feature of residential expansion related to the growth of mass transportation:Urban sprawl was essentially unplanned. It was carried out by thousands of small __34_____who paid little care to coordinated land use or to future land users.
Those who purchased and prepared land for residential purposes,particularly land near or outside city borders where transit lines and middle-class__35____ were anticipated, did so to create denand as much as to respond to it.
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答案
26J 题干 it accelerated the _____ instability of urban life.意为：它加速了城市生活的不稳定性。分析句子成分，it做主语，该空填入动词，结合句意和选项可知该题答案。
27O 题干By opening vast areas of unoccupied land for_______expansion,意为：通过大力开放大片未被占用的土地。分析句子成分，该空填入副词，结合句意和选项可知该题答案。
28N 题干commuter trains,and electric trolleys ____settled regions outward two to four times意为：通勤列车和电动手推车将两到四次到达该地区。time在这里指次数，分析句子成分，该空填入动词，结合句意和选项可知该题答案。
29I 题干the borders of Boston lay_____two miles from the old business district意为：波士顿拉伊的边界距离老商业区两英里。分析句子成分，该空填入介词，结合句意和选项可知该题答案。
30E 题干by the turn of the century the radius_ ____ten miles 意为：到世纪之交，半径扩大了十英里。分析句子成分，该空填入动词，结合句意和选项可知该题答案。
31F 题干Now those who could afford it could live far _____from the old city centre 意为：现在，那些负担得起的人可以住在离老市中心很远的地方。far from为固定搭配短语，指远离...，分析句子成分，该空填入形容词，结合句意和选项可知该题答案。
32C 题干 still_____there for work,shopping, and entertainment.意为：仍然在那里上班、购物和娱乐。and表并列，分析句子成分，该空填入动词，结合句意和选项可知该题答案。
33M 题干 many were never occupied; there was always ahuge____of subdivided意为：许多人从未被占用；总是有大量的盈余。分析句子成分，该空填入名词，结合句意和选项可知该题答案。
34K 题干It was carried out by thousands of small _____who paid little care to coordinated land use or to future land users. 意为：这项研究由数千名小型住宅用户实施，他们几乎不关心协调的土地使用或未来的土地使用者。carry out指开展; 执行; 完成，为固定搭配短语，分析句子成分，该空填入形容词，结合句意和选项可知该题答案。
35H 题干particularly land near or outside city borders where transit lines and middle class____ were antici pated, 意为：尤其是城市边界附近或之外的土地，预计会有公交线路和中产阶级投资者。分析句子成分，该空填入名词，结合句意和选项可知该题答案。
解析
题干要求从给定的选项中选择合适的单词填入空白处，以使句子通顺并符合上下文语境。每个选项只能使用一次。
步骤 2：分析句子结构和语境
根据句子结构和语境，选择合适的单词填入空白处。例如，26题中，需要填入一个形容词来修饰“urban life”，根据上下文，应选择“instability”（不稳定性）。
步骤 3：选择合适的单词
根据句子结构和语境，选择合适的单词填入空白处。例如，27题中，需要填入一个副词来修饰“expansion”，根据上下文，应选择“vigorously”（大力地）。
步骤 4：检查答案
检查每个填入的单词是否符合句子结构和语境，确保答案正确。