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A．imperfect B．describe C．however D．perfect AB．published AC．but AD．philosopher BC．release BD．critic ABC．labeled

People often dream of living in a （37）Dplace where no one would be poor，no one would be rich and everyone would be considerate of everyone else．Such a place，（38）C，is too good to be true：such a place is nowhere，and that's what the word UTOPIA means．It is made up of two Greek words meaning NOT A PLACE．
    The word was first used by Sir Thomas More，a sixteenth century English writer whose book UTOPIA，（39）ABin 1516，described a perfect island country．More's idea for his tale came from the ancient Greek （40）ADPlato．Plato's THE REPUBLIC described what would be a perfect state．Early legends among the Norse，Celtic，and Arab people told of a perfect place existing somewhere in the Atlantic．These legends were no longer believed when explorations of America began，（41）ACafter More's time it became common for writers to imagine and （42）Ba perfect place．
    Today when people want certain changes in government or society，their ideas are sometimes（43）ABCUTPIA．Usually the （44）BDmeans that the changes，if effected，would not suddenly make everything perfect because people are by nature （45）BC．

Answer 1

分析 人們都夢想著住在一個完美的地方，這樣的地方因為太過完美而不存在． 這就是單詞 UTOPIA 的意義和由來．

解答 37．D 考查形容詞．根據(jù)句意：人們都夢想著住在一個完美的地方．perfect是形容詞"完美的"．
38．C 考查連詞．根據(jù)上下文關(guān)系，這樣的地方因為太過完美而不真實，與上句之間是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，因為前后都有逗號隔開，所以選連詞however．
39．AB 考查非謂語．UTOPIA這本書與動詞publishing之間是被動關(guān)系，所以用過去分詞在句中做定語．
40．AD 考查名詞．根據(jù)句意：古希臘哲學家Plato，philosopher是名詞"哲學家"．
41．AC 考查連詞．根據(jù)句意：這些傳說不在被人相信，下一句在More時代之后變得常見，兩句之間是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，所以答案是but．
42．B 考查動詞．作家來想象和描述一個完美的地方．imagine與describe是一對并列的動詞．
43．ABC考查被動語態(tài)．根據(jù)句意：他們的想法有時會被稱為UTPIA．主語是the idea 與動詞label之間是被動關(guān)系，所以答案填labeled．
44．BD 考查名詞．根據(jù)句意：通常，批評家的意思是，如果改變的話，并不會突然使一切變得完美，因為人們是天性釋放．critic名詞"批評家"．
45．BC考查名詞．根據(jù)句意：通常，批評家的意思是，如果改變的話，并不會突然使一切變得完美，因為人們是天性釋放．release名詞"釋放"．

點評 選詞填空主要是所給詞的形式填空，做這類題，有些是固定搭配，有的是固定句式，還有的是聯(lián)系上下文猜測代詞所指的內(nèi)容和生詞的含義，你必須知道每個詞的意思，從句意和語法兩方面 思考界定．還有一些是易混淆的近義詞組，務(wù)必弄清楚各個詞組的含義．