Question

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置。
There were many problems when people first moved into the cities in the US and UK. Many lived in bad conditions in poor housing. The governments on sides of the Atlantic, worked to improve the living conditions of city dwellers (居民). For a while, especially in the U.S., city life came to be seen as the best and most exciting way to live. Living in the rural areas was regarded as boring. Who wanted to be struggling to a living in the country doing hard agricultural labor?
Many in the UK believed that they had a much better chance of improving themselves in the city. It would be (easy) to move from the ranks of manual laborers to the middle classes they could get better jobs and education. However, Britain has always had a deep love of the beauty and peacefulness of the countryside. The upper classes have always liked to have a both in London and in the country. They still wanted to go to the country the summer.
Over the last two generations in the UK and US, industrialization has slowed down and more people have become (dissatisfy) with life in urban areas. They are concerned about overcrowding, too much traffic and pollution. What most people want now is a life in the country. They want to move to a village, small town or small holding outside of the city they can have more space and some peace and quiet. Developments in transportation that people can continue longer distance, so more people are living as far as they can from urban centers.
People also believe that village and small town life is better for children. Many say that the schools,
the primary schools, are better in smaller villages. The classes are smaller and some say there will be more positive influence on their children and that their social life will be more fulfilling and nurturing.

Answer 1

【答案】both；make/earn；easier；if；home/ house；for；dissatisfied；where；mean；especially
【解析】本文是一篇记叙文，通过人们对于乡村和城市居住的不同看法，写出了各自的利弊。
①考查代词的用法。美国和英国两个国家，两个都用both。
②考查动词短语的用法。谋生：make/earn a living。
③考查形容词的比较级。与后面中产阶级作比较。
④考查连词的用法。句意：如果他们可以得到更好的工作和教育，他们从手工业者上升到中产阶级就会更容易。
⑤考查名词的用法。句意：上层阶级总是喜欢在伦敦和乡下都拥有一个房子。
⑥考查介词的用法。夏天去农村度假。
⑦考查形容词的用法。Become为系动词，后用形容词作表语。
⑧考查定语从句的用法。先行词为city，定语从句中缺地点状语，因此用where。
⑨考查动词的用法。句意：交通的发展意味着人们可以继续更远的路程，这样更多的人尽可能远的远离城市中心。
⑩考查副词的用法。句意：对很多人来说，学校，尤其是小学比小村庄的更好。