2020年山东卷
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Many people have the hobby ofcollecting things, e.g. stamps, postcards or antiques. In the 18th and 19thcenturies, ____36_____(wealth) people travelled and collected plants,historical objects and works of art. They kept their collection at home untilit got too big ____37_____ until they died, and then it was given to a museum.The 80,000 objects collected by Sir Hans Sloane, for example, ____38_____(form) the core collection of the British Museum ____39_____ opened in 1759.
Theparts of a museum open to the public ____40_____ (call) galleries or rooms.Often, only a small part of a museum's collection _____41____ (be) on display.Most of it is stored away or used for research.
Many museums are lively places and theyattract a lot of visitors. As well as looking at exhibits, visitors can playwith computer simulations (模拟) andimagine _____42____ (they) living at a different time in history or ______43___(walk) through a rainforest. At the Jorvik Centre in York, the city's Vikingsettlement is recreated, and people experience the sights, sounds and smells ofthe old town. historical ____44_____ (accurate) is important but so isentertainment. Museums must compete _____45____ people's spare time and moneywith other amusements. Most museums also welcome school groups and arrangespecial activities for children.
答案解析:
36. wealthy
解析:这里需要填入一个形容词来修饰后面的名词people,表示“富有的人”。wealth的形容词形式是wealthy。
37. or
解析:这里是一个选择关系,表示“直到收藏品太大或者直到他们去世”,所以应该使用or。
38. formed
解析:这里描述的是过去发生的事情,所以需要使用过去时态。动词form的过去式是formed。
39. which
解析:这里需要一个关系代词来引导非限制性定语从句,指代前面的整个句子,并在从句中作主语,所以使用which。
40. are called
解析:这里描述的是一般现在时态,主语The parts of a museum是复数,所以使用are called。
41. is
解析:这里的主语a small part of a museum's collection是单数,所以使用is。
42. themselves
解析:这里需要用到反身代词,表示“他们自己”,所以使用themselves。
43. walking
解析:这里需要用到动名词形式,作为imagine的宾语,所以使用walking。
44. accuracy
解析:这里需要用到名词形式,表示“历史的准确性”,所以使用accuracy。
45. for
解析:这里表示博物馆必须与其他娱乐活动竞争人们的空闲时间和金钱, compete for sth with sb 表示与某人争夺某物。所以使用介词for。