英語六級選詞填空練習(xí)及答案解析(4)

England’s highest main-line railway station hangs on to life by a thread: deserted and unmanned (無人的 )since it was officially closed in 1970. Dent, 36 high in the hills of Yorkshire, wakes up On six summer weekends each year, when a special charter train unloads walkers, sightseers and people who37want to catch a train from the highest station, on to its platform. But even this limited existence may soon be brought to an end.

Dent station is situated on the Settle to Carlisle railway line, said to be the most38in the country. But no amount of scenic beauty can save the line from British Rail’s cash problems. This year, for the 39 of economy, the express trains which used to pass through Dent station have been put on to another route.

It is now an open secret that British Rail sees no future for this railway line. Most of its trains disappeared some time ago. Its bridge, built on a grand 40 a century ago, is falling down. It is not alone. Half-a-dozen railway routes in the north of England are facing a similar threat. The problem is a worn-out system and an almost 41 lack of cash to repair it. Bridges and tunnels are showing their age, the wooden supports for the tracks are rotting and engines and coaches are getting old. On42lines between large cities, the problem is not too bad. These lines still make a profit and cash can be found to43 them. But on the country branch line, the story is different. As track wears out, it is not replaced. Instead speed limits are introduced, making journeys longer than necessary and discouraging customers.

If a bridge is dangerous, there is often only one thing for British Rail to do: go out and find money from another44. This is exactly what it did a few months ago when a bridge at Bridlington station was threatening to fail down. Repairs were45 at 200,000--just for one bridge--and British Rail was delighted, and rather surprised, when two local councils offered half that amount between them.

A. maintain

B. scenic

C. transcend

D. source

E. estimated

F. sake

G. complex

H.simply

I. consolidation

J. situated

K. respectively

L. total

M. major

N. restrained

O. scale

36.J

語法判斷：分析句子主干可知，空格前后是一個完整的句子，因此，可以判斷此處缺少一個分詞和后面的high in the hills ofYorkshire一起構(gòu)成分詞短語作后置定語，修飾句子的主語Dent，描述Dent所在的地理位置。

語義判斷：符合上述語法條件的選項有過去分詞estimated、situated以及restrained三個，estimated意為“據(jù)估計”，situated意為“位于”，restrained意為“受到限制”。結(jié)合語境可知，只有situated符合文意，故選J。

37.H

語法判斷：分析句子主干可知，該空所處的句子是一個由關(guān)系代詞who引導(dǎo)的定語從句，這里缺少一個副詞修飾后面的謂語動詞want。

語義判斷：符合上述語法條件的副詞有兩個：simply意為“僅僅”，respectively意為“分別地，各自”0此處是要表達“人們僅僅想去較高的火車站乘坐火車”，可知只有simply符合，故選H。

38.B

語法判斷：分析句子主干可知，該空所處的是一個過去分詞短語結(jié)構(gòu)，該結(jié)構(gòu)前面是個完整的句子，它在句子中作主語Dent的補足語。這里缺少一個多音節(jié)的形容詞，因為它前面有系動詞be和較高級themost。

語義判斷：備選的形容詞有scenic(風(fēng)景優(yōu)美的)、complex(復(fù)雜的)、total(整體的)以及major(主要的)四個。結(jié)合句意“據(jù)說是英國風(fēng)景最優(yōu)美的”，可知B是正確答案。

39.F

語法判斷：分析句子主干可知，空格后是一個完整的句子，判斷空格處所在短語for the__________ofeconomy在句中作狀語。分析此短語可知，這里缺少一個名詞。

語義判斷：備選的名詞有source(渠道)、sake(緣故)、consolidation(鞏固)和scale(規(guī)模)四項，只有sake是正確的，forthe sake of是固定短語，意為“為了，出于……的緣故”。

40.0

語法判斷：分析句子主干可知，該空所處的是一個過去分詞短語結(jié)構(gòu)，該結(jié)構(gòu)前后是個完整的句子，它在句子中作主語bridge的后置定語。本空缺少一個名詞，作介詞on的賓語，并和on一起構(gòu)成介詞短語，且該名詞是單數(shù)形式，因為前面有不定冠詞a來限制。

語義判斷：結(jié)合39題的“語義判斷”可知，符合上述語法條件的名詞還剩下source、consolidation和scale。on agrand/large scale是一個常用表達，意為“大規(guī)模地”，符合此處文意，故選O。

41.L

語法判斷：分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知。本空缺少一個形容詞來修飾后面的名詞lack，因為它與前面的形容詞wom.out(修飾后面的名詞system)并列關(guān)系。

語義判斷：結(jié)合38題的“語義判斷”可知，符合上述語法條件的選項還剩下complex、total以及major，此處是要表達“幾乎完全缺乏現(xiàn)金”，因此L是正確答案。

42.M

語法判斷：分析句子主干可知，該空所處的是一個介詞短語結(jié)構(gòu)，該結(jié)構(gòu)后是個完整的句子，它在句子中作整個句子的狀語。本空缺少一個形容詞作定語，修飾后面的名詞lines。

語義判斷：結(jié)合38題和41題的“語義判斷”可知，符合上述語法條件的選項剩下complex和major，這里的意思是“在主干線上”，因此只有major符合文意。

43.A

語法判斷：分析句子主干可知，本空需要一個動詞原形，與前面的to一起構(gòu)成動詞不定式，作句子的目的狀語。

語義判斷：符合上述語法條件的動詞有maintain(維護)和transcend(超越)，結(jié)合句意“有現(xiàn)金去維護這些干線”可知只有maintain符合文意，故選A。

44.D

語法判斷：分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，該空所處的是一個介詞短語的結(jié)構(gòu)，該結(jié)構(gòu)作前面動詞find的狀語。這里需要一個名詞，作介詞from的賓語，且該名詞是單數(shù)形式，因為前面有another來限制。

語義判斷：結(jié)合39題和40題的“語義判斷”可知，符合上述語法條件的名詞還剩下source和consolidation，這里的意思是“從另外的渠道”，因此D項是正確答案。

45.E

語法判斷：本句空格前為句子主語和系動詞were，空格后是介詞短語at 200，000。判斷此處應(yīng)填入一個動詞的分詞形式。

語義判斷：剩余的選項中，符合語法條件的有estimated和restrained兩個，此處是要表達“修理費估計需要20萬英鎊”，可知只有E是正確答案。