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Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

The United States56a large part of the North American continent. Its neighbors are Can-ada57the north,58Mexico to the south.59the United States is a big country, it' s not the largest in the world. In 1964 its60was over 185,000,000.

When this land first became a nation, after61independence from England, it had thirteen states,62of the states was represented on the American flag by a63. All the states were in the eastern part of the continent. As the nation grew towards the west, new states were in the eastern part of the continent. As the nation grew towards the west, new states were added and new stars64on the flag. For a long time, there were 48 states. In 1959, however, two65 stars were added to the flag66the new states67Alaska and Hawaii.

Sometimes68is said that the Indians are the only real Americans. Most Americans, how-ever, are descendants(后代) of people69came from all over the world to find a new70 in a new land.71who came first and72greatest numbers to make their home73the eastern coast of North America were mostly from England. It is74that reason that the lan-guage of the United States is English and that its culture and customs are more like75of Eng-land than of any other country in the world.

56. A. does B. makes C. covers D. gives

57. A. to B. in C. at D. from

58. A. or. B. and C. either D. nor

59. A. Although B. As C. Because D. Now that

60. A. nation B. people C. persons D. population

61. A. doing B. winning C. giving D. making

62. A. every B. all C. each D. some

63. A. satellite B. moon C. planet D. star

64. A. disappeared B. appeared C. were disappeared D. were appeared

65. A. less B. More C. another D. others

66. A. represents B. represented C. represent D. representing

67. A. of B. from C. between D. by

68. A. this B. that C. It D. such

69. A. which B. who C. those D. whom

70. A. work B. land C. life D. star

71. A. There B. This C. Those D. That

72. A. on B. in C. by D. for

73. A. on B. in C. over D. of

74. A. because of B. because C. for D. from

75. A. these B. those C. the one D. that

答案：

56.C cover“覆盖”，在本句中指美国占据北美大陆的很大一部分面积。其他三个词都与本意无关，所以选C.

57.A表示两个地区的位置有三个介词：in，to，on.in表示两者存在所属或包含的关系（如台湾和中国的关系），to表示两地相邻但不接壤（如中国和日本的关系），on表示相邻fi接壤（如中国和越南的关系）。因选项中没有on，就只能选to，表相邻。

58.B本句列举了美国的两个邻国，一个是加拿大，另一个是墨西哥，两者应是并列的关系，所以应选and.

59.A“美国是个大国”与“它不是世界上更大的国家”两个分句间很显然是转折的关系，所以应选although，只有它表转折。now that=since“现在，既然”，表原因。

60.D population“人口，人口数量”，其余的都不能表达此意。

61.Bwin independence“赢得独立”，其他三个词都与本意无关，所以选B.

62.c本句意思是美国独立后有13个州，每个州都在美国国旗上有所表现。谓语动词是was，意味着主语是单数，这样排除了all和some.而every一般不与of连用，所以只能选each.

63.D该空可根据常识来判断美国国旗上的星代表的是美国的州。如果没有这个常识可从下文“当美国扩展到西部之后，新的州加入进来，就有新的星加到国旗上”来推断。

64.B本句含义是当美国扩展到西部之后，新的州加入进来，就有新的星出现在国旗上。由于appear（出现）是个不及物动词，所以不能用被动语态，所以选B.

65.B two more stars“又多了两颗星”。another表示“又，再”的时候，往往放数词之前，应说"another two stars"。

66.D representing the new states“代表着两个新州”，该结构是现在分词短语，修饰stars，因为stars和represent之间是主动关系，所以用现在分词来表示。

67.A介词of在此处表示同位关系，即the new states就是指Alaska和Hawaii.又如：the city of Beijing北京市。

68.C It is said that…“据说”，其中it做形式主语。英语中形式主语和形式宾语只能由it来充当，其他代词都不行。

69.B who在本句中引导定语从句，由于先行词是people，定语从句中又缺少主语，所以用who引导。

70.C本句意思是更多的美国人都是那些来自于世界各地、来新大陆寻找新生活的人的后代。work不可数，不能由a修饰，而世界各地的人是不可能到新大陆寻找星星的，所以无论从语法上，还是从含义上都应选C.

71.C those who…“…的那些人”，those在此处表示那些人。其余选项都不能这样用。

72.B in great numbers“大量地，大批地，成群结队地”，指人成群地来，固定搭配。

73.A on the coast“沿着海岸线”。coast往往和on相搭配，而不与其他介词搭配。

74.C for that reason“由于那个原因”，固定搭配。又如for some reason“由于某种原因”。

75.B those可用来指代前面所提到的复数名词。在本句中，those代替的是"its culture and customs"。that和the one都用来指代单数名词，these无此用法。

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