公共英语试题:PETS四级完型填空模拟试题十二
English belongs,in a rather complicated way,to the Indo-European family __1_ includes most of the European languages and a few Asiatic ones. We don’t know __2_ the orginal speakers of the parent Indo-European language lived.Guessed about their homeland __3_ all the way from northwestern Europe __4_ central Asia.According to all the early _5__ ,they were a tall,blond,and warlike people,with a good __6_ of energy and intelligence.In their native land they had developed _7__ writing nor cities,so there is not much __8_ about how they lived when they were at home.But when they __9_ home and went out in __10_ of new lands,the Indo-European seem to have been generally successful in _11__ the countries they came to. When a wave of them _12__ a territory already crowded,they _13__ the original population._14__ they lost their distinctive appearance by intermarrying with the earlier inhabitants,and sometimes they also _15__ most of the features of their language.When a _16__ went to a more thinly-settled territory,they naturally _17__ their physical characteristics comparatively unchanged for a much longer time;and they were likely to preserve the _18__ features of their language also,though the two things did not always go together. The Slavic and Celltic languages,__19_ Indian,Persian ,and some others,are of Indo-Euro-pean origin,but the three branchs with _20__ English is most concerned are the Greek,Latin,and Germanic,particularly the last. 1) A which B whose C that D whom 2) A that B which C where D whose 3) A is ranging B range C have ranged D have been ranged 4) A into B towards C from D to 5) A records B recording C tapes D notes 6) A number B great C amount D deal 7) A either B neither C other D both 8) A evidence B points C understanding D knowing 9) A leave B would leave C left D were leaving 10) A search B wanting C looking D demanding 11) A conquer B conquering C defeat D defeating 12) A settled in B settled C settled down D settled to 13) A mix with B mixed together C mixed with D mix together 14) A on time B from time C by time D in time 15) A give in B gave in C gave up D give up 16) A branch B wave C group D kind 17) A preserve B reserve C preserved D reserved 18) A special B particular C distinguished D distinctive 19) A as well as B as good as C as well D as good 20) A them B which C the three branches D that 参考答案: 1--5ACBDA 6--10DBACA 11--15BACDC 16--20 BCDAB 相关资料 |