2015年英语六级新题型选词填空模拟题二

　　英语六级新题型选词填空模拟题二

　　Tea is the steady companion of the Scottish day. Each hotel, no matter how humble? stocks its rooms with supplies for brew-ups ('泡茶);electric pot for 1__________ water, ceramic pot for brewing, china cups and small tea-creamers, a great number of teas, honey, fresh milk, and lemons. This is a delight and 2__________ , for not only is there no such thing in American hotels, but room service even in 3__________ ones, when asked for tea with milk, can 4__________ a plastic kettle of hot water covered by a square of Saran Wrap, and a glass of milk.

　　It is nearing four o’clock in the afternoon. We come upon a small caravan camper with its door open to a late -middle -aged Scottish couple, sitting at a folding table, taking tea and biscuits. Passing by, one only has a 5__________ : his thick, white socks and heavy black shoes; her plump pear form and print dress; the electric kettle on the table. The archaeologists are 6__________ as to why the people of ancient Skara Brae would locate their huts so close to the sea, and have guessed that in fact the settlement was 7__________ located in a protected hollow, that time has eroded the shoreline inland toward the huts. That would make sense. Indeed, when presented at Skara Brae with the lure of a (an) 8__________ sea and the howling wind, we ourselves tucked into the hollow of a dune for lunch, eating cheese and apples in the sun with wind 9__________ our heads, blowing the sand into rippling ridges, flattening the beach grasses. Probably the archaeologists are right, but this utterly typical sense of Scottish 10__________ merrily planted at the edge of harsh cliffs, afternoon tea conducted in the wind and cold, suggests another possibility.

　　文章精要：文章描述了苏格兰人对茶的特殊喜爱，并从考古学的角度简单描述了茶对 苏格兰人聚居地的意义。

　　答案解析

　　1. L 空格前的electric pot for与water后的ceramic pot for brewing为并列关系。后

　　者的意思是“用来冲泡的陶瓷壶”，那么前面的意思可能为“用来烧水的电 热水壶”，其中“烧”这个词要用其动名词形式，与brewing对应。选项中只 有boiling符合题意。

　　2. G 空格前为名词delight和and,判断空处应为名词，几个名词选项中，只有 astonishment“令人惊讶的事”符合语境。此处要表达“这是一件令人髙兴的 事，也是一件令人惊讶的事”。

　　3. M 空格前是介词，空格后为代词ones，空处应该填形容词。几个形容词选项中只有respectable“体面的;相当好的”符合题意，此处表示的是“体面的饭店”。

　　4. A 空格前是情态动词can，判断此处应填动词原形。根据句意“……当被要求来一杯奶茶时，可能会 一个装有热水的塑料水壶，水壶上包着一块保鲜膜……”和上下文的语境推测此处应填一个表示“递给”的动词，故 deliver最合适。

　　5. H 空格前为限定词a，判断空处应填一个名词。几个名词选项中，只有glimpse符合题意，意为“瞥了一眼”。

　　6. C 空格所在句子大意为“关于为什么古代史卡拉坡城的居民会把他们的茅屋建造在离大海这么近的地方这一问题，考古学家们是 ”，空格前为系动词are，由此判断空格处应填一个形容词，作表语，选项所给的形容词中 只有confosed合适，意为“疑惑的”。

　　7. O 空格前是系动词was，空格后是动词located，由此推测空格处应填一个副词，所给的副词中只有originally(起初)符合题意。

　　8. B 空格前是不定冠词a(an)，空格后为名词sea、并列连词and和the howling wind，分析此处应填一个和howling并列的、修饰sea的形容词。sparkling意 为“波光粼粼的”，符合题意。

　　9.1 空格前后都出现了名词，且空格前还有表示伴随的介词with，分析此处应填动词的现在分词形式。此处语境：在阳光下吃着奶酪和苹果，风 我们的头，把沙子吹进起伏的山脊，吹平了海草。由语境推测应填入动词 skim “掠过”的现在分词形式skimming。

　　10. J空格前为形容词，分析此处应填一个名词。全文都在介绍苏格兰的家庭生活，故此处应填入domesticity，意为“对家庭的挚爱”。typical sense of Scottish domesticity即“苏格兰人典型的对家庭的挚爱之情”。