41. In a barter economy, a person having something to trade must make contact with another person ________ and has something acceptable to offer in exchange.

　　A. and who wants it

　　B. wants it

　　C. who wants it

　　D. who does it want

　　答案：C

　　分析及考点：定语从句。A中and多余。B缺连接词。D词序颠倒。

　　参考译文：在易物交换的体系中，有东西想做交易的人必须跟另一个想要这东西并能在交易中提供可接受物品的人接触。

　　42. The chief justice of the United States is the country’s _________ and is appointed by the President with the approval of the Senate.

　　A. judicial officer highest

　　B. officer judicial highest

　　C. officer highest judicial

　　D. highest judicial officer

　　答案：D

　　分析及考点：形容词顺序的考察。因为中心词是officer，所以ABC都错。

　　参考译文：美国的首席法官是国家最高的司法官员，并在参议院批准下由总统任命。

　　43. Including land and water, the state of Alaska ________ an area of 1,530,700 square kilometers, equal to about one-sixth of the size of the United States.

　　A. having

　　B. where there is

　　C. which is

　　D. has

　　答案：D

　　分析及考点：句子缺谓语。不构成从句。

　　参考译文：包括土地和水域，阿拉斯加州有1530700平方公里面积，相当于1/6美国的大小。

　　44. _________ until the twelfth century that the magnetic compass was used for navigation.

　　A. Its not being

　　B. It was not

　　C. Not

　　D. Was not

　　答案：B

　　分析及考点：强调句型。It was … that …

　　参考译文：直到20世纪，磁性指南针才被用于航行。

　　45. Although she wrote only two short novels and 19 stories during her brief career, Flannery O’Connor made _________ to United States fiction.

　　A. a contribution is important

　　B. an important contribution

　　C. a contribution and important

　　D. is an important contribution

　　答案：B

　　分析及考点：动词make的用法，make 直接加宾语。

　　参考译文：尽管Flannery O’Connor在她短暂的职业生涯中只写了2部短篇小说和19个故事，但她对美国的小说作出了重要的贡献。

　　46. The New York City Ballet has been _________ of United States classical ballet companies since its inception in 1946.

　　A. the consistently creative most

　　B. consistently creative the most

　　C. most creative the consistently

　　D. the most consistently creative

　　答案：D

　　分析及考点：形容词词序问题。中心词是creative。

　　参考译文：纽约城市芭蕾是从1946年芭蕾起始后的美国传统芭蕾舞公司中最一贯的继承芭蕾舞艺术的。

　　47. When condensation occurs close to the ground, _________ results in fog or dew.

　　A. or

　　B. the

　　C. it

　　D. then

　　答案：C

　　分析及考点：主句缺主语

　　参考译文：当水蒸气在离地面很近的地方凝结的时候，就形成了雾或露水。

　　48. Desktop publishing systems are capable of _________ camera-ready pages made up of text and graphics, with text set in different typefaces and sizes.

　　A. when producing

　　B. produce

　　C. to produce

　　D. producing

　　答案：D

　　分析及考点：介词后面跟动名词。be capable of doing sth也是固定搭配。

　　参考译文：桌面印刷系统能够生产出由文本和图形混合在一起的现成的照相机成像相片，文本还可以设置不同的字体和大小。

　　49. The femur is the _________ in the body.

　　A. bone is the largest and longest

　　B. largest and the longest bone that

　　C. largest and longest bone

　　D. bone largest and longest and

　　答案：C

　　分析及考点：词序问题。中心词是bone。

　　参考译文：大腿骨是身体中最大和最长的骨头。