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　　Being not far from the sea, London is famous 1 its fogs. The worst of them 2 on December 4,1952. All movement in the town came to stop. It was almost impossible to drive or ride in anything. The streets which 3 into the center were filled with buses that moved two miles an hour. 4 however, the traffic was stopped. Being left by their 5 , the buses and cars stood empty in the streets. Many who usually traveled by bus took underground. But there were 6 many people there that the gates had to be closed. Being caught in the fog, people felt their way along the walls of houses with one hand, while they put out 7 in front of than so as not to knock against something or somebody.

　　At the Opera House(歌劇院) they got through the first act of La Traviata before so 8 fog had spread into the building that the 9 could not see the conductor.

　　It was a 10 fog, indeed, and as many as 4000 people in London lost their lives.

1．

[　　]

A．because

B．a(chǎn)s

C．for

D．of

2．

[　　]

A．broke

B．happened

C．were happened

D．lasted

3．

[　　]

A．leads

B．is led

C．leading

D．led

4．

[　　]

A．Very slowly

B．Long before

C．Soon

D．Step by step

5．

[　　]

A．owner

B．drivers

C．engineer

D．passengers

6．

[　　]

A．such

B．so

C．quite

D．too

7．

[　　]

A．a(chǎn)nother

B．the others

C．the other

D．other

8．

[　　]

A．many

B．plenty

C．much

D．big

9．

[　　]

A．someone

B．drivers

C．managers

D．singers

10．

[　　]

A．terrible

B．fairly heavy

C．terribly

D．a(chǎn)fraid

Answer 1

答案：C;B;D;C;B;B;C;C;D;A
解析：

1．C(be famous for…以……著名．) 　　2．B(happen表示“發(fā)生”，它沒有被動(dòng)語態(tài)．) 　　3．D(此處缺少謂語動(dòng)詞，故可以選擇A，B和D中的一個(gè)．此句的主語是復(fù)數(shù)，故選擇led．) 　　4．C(上句提到車速慢，所以很快就交通堵塞．) 　　5．B(從buses and cars來看，應(yīng)填駕車的人．) 　　6．B(按上下文，可填so…that…或such…that…；但so修飾many，much，little和few，故填so．) 　　7．C(上文提到one hand，此處應(yīng)指另一只手the other hand．) 　　8．C(霧(fog)大．要修飾a big fog用much．) 　　9．D(后面提到conductor(樂隊(duì)指揮)，故填singers．) 　　10．A(是一場可怕的霧．)