Question

　　In the United States Government, the Congress (议会) 1 the laws. The Congress has two parts, 2 are more or less equal in power. They are 3 as the House of Representatives and the Senate (参议院) . The House of Representatives is 4 than the Senate whose 100 members (two from each state) 5 for six years. The 435 members of the House are 6 every two years, and the 7 from each state is determined by the 8 of the state. For example, California, which has a 9 population, has forty-three Representatives, 10 the state of Nevada has only one.

　　The House and Senate are divided into small groups which 11 special matters such as education of foreign affairs. The most 12 work of the Congress is often done these groups, which are 13 committees (委员会) .

　　According to the Constitution (宪法) of the United States a Senator must be 14 thirty years old and he must have been a 15 of the United States for nine years at the time of his 16 . To be elected to the House a person must be twenty-five years old 17 must have been United States citizen for seven years. At the present time, members of Congress 18 businessmen, farmers, teachers, and especially lawyers.

　　In general, Senators are 19 known than Representatives because they are 20 in number and serve for a longer time. Many American Presidents served in Congress before they became presidents.

1．

[　　]

A．defends

B．practises

C．makes

D．carries out

2．

[　　]

A．they

B．that

C．both

D．which

3．

[　　]

A．though

B．called

C．regarded

D．known

4．

[　　]

A．more

B．larger

C．stranger

D．more powerful

5．

[　　]

A．serve

B．study

C．stand

D．last

6．

[　　]

A．selected

B．picked

C．chosen

D．elected

7．

[　　]

A．member

B．person

C．number

D．seat

8．

[　　]

A．people

B．size

C．condition

D．population

9．

[　　]

A．more

B．large

C．great

D．high

10．

[　　]

A．while

B．however

C．yet

D．instead

11．

[　　]

A．in charge of

B．manage

C．take care of

D．control

12．

[　　]

A．difficult

B．important

C．ordinary

D．successful

13．

[　　]

A．recognize

B．made

C．considered

D．called

14．

[　　]

A．at least

B．as old as

C．well over

D．as young as

15．

[　　]

A．master

B．doctor

C．member

D．citizen

16．

[　　]

A．graduation

B．election

C．position

D．practice

17．

[　　]

A．or

B．also

C．and

D．but

18．

[　　]

A．accept

B．include

C．unite

D．invite

19．

[　　]

A．better

B．more

C．less

D．seldom

20．

[　　]

A．fewer

B．weaker

C．bigger

D．less

Answer 1

答案：C;D;D;B;A;D;C;D;B;A;C;B;D;A;D;B;C;B;A;A
解析：

1．解析： 这是一篇介绍美国议会的文章。美国议会包括众议院和参议院。在美国，法律由议会制定。制定法律可说 make the laws。故C项(makes)为正确选项。 2．解析： 句意为：“议会分两部分，权利上差不多平等。”两个分句缺少连接词，所以可以排除A和C项。由于该空前有逗号，所以应该是非限制性的定语从句，故可以排除B项。 4．解析： 根据下文的提示，议员总数为435人，参议院占100人，众议院人数比参议院多。英语中表示人口(population)的“多”常用large。 5．解析： serve除了“服务”之外，还有“工作，任职，服役”的意思。如： ①He served for two years in the foreign office. （他曾在外交部任职两年。） ②He went to the front to serve in the army. （他到前线部队里服役去了。） 6．解析： 议会成员是由投票选举而来。四个动词select（挑选），pick（采摘，挑选），choose（选择），elect（选举）中，只有elect的意思是“通过正式手续选出”，所以D项符合句意。 7．解析： 句意是：“每个州的议员人数根据人口比例而定。” 9．解析： 句意是：“加利福尼亚州人口较多，有43名议员，而内华达州却只有1名议员。” 10．解析： 这里前后是并列句，用while（而，然而）连接，可强调前后的对比。 11．解析： 句意是：“众、参两院分成若干小组，分别处理诸如教育、外交等事务。”干扰性最强的是A项：in charge of意为“负责，主管”，但是这个词组不能单独用作谓语。不如C项：take care of（照顾，处理），其含义可相当于deal with（处理），它可用作谓语。 13．解析： 句意为：“议会中最重要的工作就是在这些被称为‘委员会’的小组中完成的。” 14．解析： 根据美国宪法参议员至少为30岁。 15．解析： 参议员必须是美国公民。干扰项为C项(member)，这时要注意这样一个事实：美国成员中不一定都是美国公民。所以C项不合适。 16．解析： 竞选参议员，被选举时必须已取得美国公民资格九年以上。 17．解析： 此处为两个并列句：竞选众议员必须25岁以上，取得美国公民资格满七年。两分句是平行关系，用and连接正好。 18．解析： 句意为：“目前美国国会由许多职业的人员构成，如企业家，农庄主，教师，尤其是律师。”B项include的词义为“包含，包括”，符合句意。 19．解析： 最后一段的意思是：“总体上说，参议员比众议员更出名。参议员比众议员更出名的原因是参议员比众议员人数少，任期长。美国许多总统在当总统之前就曾任过参议员。”很出名用be well known，更出名，把副词well变成比较级便可。well的比较级为better。 20．解析： 根据上文，参议员的人数比众议员的人数少。所以选A项(fewer)最佳。