第二节:语法填空(共10小题.每小题1.5分.满分15分) 阅读下面短文.按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求.在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确

第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为31-40的相应位置上。

Assettlers moved to California ___31     the mid-nineteenthcentury, they became

concernedabout the lack of rapid _____32    (communicate) with theeastern United States. Because of the dangers and hardships of___33   (cross) the West, mail often did not arrive. Therefore themost important mails _____34    (send)  via Panama,____35    took a month or more. In 1860 a stagecoach company decided to meet the problem by beginning the Pony Express. The company hired __36   bravest riders and bought the fastest horses __37  (use) as relay(替换) teams between Missouri andCalifornia, and the company promised __38     mails wouldbe sent in ten days. The company established two hundred stations along theroute at which riders could rest and change horses. In less than two years,__39  , telegraph lines were completed and the Pony Express was___40     longer needed.

试题答案

【答案】

31.in    32. communication       33.crossing     34. were sent     35.which

36.the    37. to beused           38. that /x        39. however     40. no

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