名師丁雪明：2010年考研基礎(chǔ)詞匯備考札記

　　Use of English 3

　　Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase marked A, B, C or D for each numbered blank。

　　Today the official language of the United States and   1   of Canada is English. However, French   2   became the official language   3   a war. The French and Indian War   4   between 1754 and 1763. The name of this war is not   5   because the war was actually   6   England and France. The Indians fought   7   of the French。

　　France and England were trying to   8   control of North America. France   9   Canada, and England held part of  10  is now the United States. However, France tried to  11  its land  12  southward into New York, Pennsylvanis, Ohio, and Virginia. When the French built a fort  13  the Ohio River, the residents in Virginia sent George Washington to attack the fort in 1745.  14 , the French defeated Washington。

　　The French,  15  by the Indians, outsmarted the English and won many early battles.  16 , the British began to do well  17  the French. In the final battle in Quebec, Canada, General Wolfe of England  18  General Montcalm from France.  19  generals died in this battle, but the English outlasted the French and won the battle.  20 , most of North America today has the English culture and language。

　　1.       (A) most          (B) majority          (C) plenty          (D) lot

　　2.       (A) largely          (B) already            (C) almost            (D) mostly

　　3.       (A) by means of  (B) because of    (C) according to          (D) through

　　4.       (A) fought          (B) was fighting          (C) has fought          (D) was fought

　　5.       (A) accurate          (B) indefinable          (C) serious            (D) indefinite

　　6.       (A) among          (B) within             (C) between          (D) inside

　　7.       (A) for the side  (B) on the side        (C) for the part        (D) on the part

　　8.       (A) gain          (B) demand          (C) request          (D) remain

　　9.       (A) earned          (B) held                (C) mastered          (D) kept

　　10.   (A) which          (B) that                (C) where            (D) what

　　11.   (A) stretch          (B) widen             (C) expand            (D) lengthen

　　12.   (A) moved          (B) to move              (C) move              (D) moving

　　13.   (A) on            (B) in                 (C) above          (D) among

　　14.   (A) Therefore  (B) However          (C) Although          (D) Hence

　　15.   (A) to be aided  (B) aided          (C) was aiding     (D) aiding

　　16.   (A) Later          (B) Lately             (C) Lastly             (D) Late

　　17.   (A) opposite          (B) towards          (C) against          (D) over

　　18.   (A) faced          (B) facing             (C) was faced          (D) to face