Fill in the blanks with articles where necessary and mark X where unnecessary:
1.I doubt whether 1 England will adopt 2 drive-in cinemas, but I believe they have begun to adopt another American fea-ture "motels", that is 3 hotels for 4 motorists. You find them all along 5 GREat American highways, 6 rows of them, 7 small one-storey buildings, something like 8 Swiss chalets or 9 smart-looking huts, each with 10 brightly lighted sign at the entrance. You give your name and pay 11 charge at 12 little office, drive up to your door and park your car outside. There is no service ---- you don't see any attendants. 13 rooms are plain but clean and pleasant and comfortable.There is 14 bath-----or 15 shower ----- 16 radio (perhaps 17 television), 18 towels, 19 soap, sometimes 20 pair of slippers or 21 few books by 22 bed. You walk down 23 road to 24 restaurant where you can get 25 meal, and in the morning you just step into your car and drive off. (择自Essential English, Book 4, P.266)
2.China has called for a(A) temporary aGREement with(B) United States(C) on cloth trade until a permanent(D) agreement can be reached.
3. The amount permitted is almost three times(A) an(B) amount that the country has been(C) able to buy up to now(D).
4. In doing so,the companies would be selling(A) American equipment(B) to the country,even though(C) the United States has banned such sale(D).
5. There are four billion(A) peoples(B) in the world, but no other person(C) is exactly like(D) you.
6. Every living thing is unique combination of genes.
A) a B) an C) the D) one
7. He kept careful records of his experiments while he experimented with .
A) thousands of pea plants B) thousand of pea plants
C) thousands of peas plants D) thousand of peas plants
8. mother who takes morphine and opium continually may have baby who is born a drug addict.
A) A; the B) A; a C) The; a D) The; the
9. Cloning(A) provides an exciting subject(B) for books and movies, but scientists are more(C) interested in genetic informations(D).
10.If they are going to cure viral disease(A), biologists must continue to learn more and more(B) about(C) how viruses attack living cells(D).
参考答案及部分详解:
1. 1) X; 2)X; 3) X; 4)X; 5)the; 6)X; 7)X; 8)X; 9)X; 10)a; 11)the; 12)a; 13)The; 14)a; 15)a; 16)a; 17)a; 18)X; 19)X; 20)a; 21)a; 22)the; 23)the; 24)a; 25)a
2. C错,应该为the United States。中国要求在达成永久协议之前与美国就布料贸易签订一个临时协议
3. B错,应该为the。所允许的数量几乎是这个国家到目前为止购买能力的三倍。
4. D错,应该为sales。这样做的话,这些公司就会把美国的设备卖给这个国家,尽管美国已经禁止这样的销售。
5. B错,应该为people。世界上有四十亿人,但是没有一个人和你一模一样。
6. A对。每一种生物都是基因的独一无二的组合体。
7. A对。他用几千棵豌豆做实验,仔细地对实验进行记录。
8. B对。不断服用吗啡和鸦片的母亲可能会生出药物成瘾的孩子。
9. D错,应改为genetic information 。克隆为文学作品和电影提供了激动人心的题材,而科学家更感兴趣的是基因。
10. A错,应改为viral diseases。如果生物学家们要治愈病毒性疾病,他们必须更多地了解病毒是如何侵袭活细胞的。