Question

【題目】

A. clean B. lamp C. changed D.special E. On the other hand

There have been some strange laws in the past . In the times of Peter Great in Russia , rich people weren’t allowed to have beards (胡子). If they wanted to keep their beards , they had to pay a 【1】tax （稅） to the government .

In eighteenth-century England , people had to pay “window tax” for each window in their houses. However , this law was finally 【2】because many people chose to live in houses without windows so that they didn’t have to pay !

In the nineteenth century, female teachers in the USA couldn’t get married , or even go out with men . If they got engaged (訂婚), they had to give up their jobs immediately .

【3】, male teachers could get married and have children without any problems !

If you travelled in any motor vehicle in nineteenth-century Britain , the law said that here must be someone in front of you, waving a red flag, or at night time a red 【4】. This meant, in practice, that you couldn’t travel at more than about eight kilometers per hour!

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】E

【4】B

【解析】

本文介紹了過去幾個奇怪的法律，例如，在俄國彼得大帝時期，富人是不允許留胡子的，如果他們想保留自己的胡子，就必須向政府交納一筆特殊的稅。

【1】考查形容詞，根據(jù)語境結合If they wanted to keep their beards，they had to pay a推斷句意是"如果他們想保留自己的胡子，就必須向政府交納一筆特殊的稅．"，由設空處單詞作定語判斷設空處填形容詞"特殊的"，故答案是：D。

【2】考查動詞，根據(jù)語境結合because many people chose to live in houses without windows so that they didn't have to pay!推斷句意是"然而這項法律最終被改變，因為很多人選擇住沒有窗戶的房子來避免交納窗戶稅．"，由this law was finally 判斷句子用了一般過去時的被動語態(tài)，一般過去時被動語態(tài)的構成是：主語+was/were+動詞的過去分詞，設空處填動詞"改變"change的過去分詞，故答案是：C。

【3】考查短語，根據(jù)語境they had to give up their jobs immediately和male teachers could get married and have children without any problems!結合推斷句意是"另一方面，男教師可以結婚并且沒有阻礙的有孩子。"，由句意判斷設空處填短語"另一方面"，故答案是：E。

【4】考查名詞，根據(jù)語境結合waving a red flag，or at night time a red推斷句意是"法律規(guī)定必須有人在你前面，揮著紅色的旗，或者在晚上點燃一盞紅色的燈。"，由at night time a red判斷設空處填單數(shù)名詞"燈"，故答案是：B。