题目

日晷仪是古代人们可用来计时的一种工具，通过观察直杆在太阳下的影子所在的位置就可知道时间，如图所示．日晷仪计时利用了光的（） A . 反射 B . 折射 C . 直线传播 D . 色散 答案：C1．Certainly dustmen prefer to be known as"Reuse Collection and Disposal Officers"．You may think that this is rather（36）B，and it is better to call a spade a spade．But dustmen can be as（37）Aas people of any other occupation，though we must（38）Dthat their job is not a （39）Cone in the world．We often take dustmen for granted．Perhaps because they usually come very early in the morning，before most people are （40）B．We are likely to forget their（41）A．Our dustbins are（42）Cregularly，but we（43）Dstop to think about the men who do this．However，it is one of the most important jobs in the world，and when there are no dustmen to（44）Athe rubbish，the general （45）Csoon becomes aware that something is wrong．Recently，the dustmen of England went on strike for higher wages．During the first few days it was regarded as a（46）B．But when the first two weeks had passed，and the dustbins were overflowing in nearly every backyard in the country，the joke did not seem so（47）Dany more．（48）C the strike continued，people could not（49）Athe hills of rubbish around their dustbins，and they looked for other places in which to（50）Dit．Even Leicester Square，in the heart of West End of London，was（51）Bhigh with plastic bags full of smelly rubbish．This was a（n）（52）Cattraction that the people of London were not at all（53）Dto see．Even when the strike was over，it took several weeks for the country to get cleaned up completely．Perhaps now the English people appreciate the work of（54）Ddustmen rather more （55）Aand won't take them for granted any more．36．A．cleverB．sillyC．interestingD．reasonable 37．A．sensitiveB．carelessC．hopefulD．shy 38．A．realizeB．believeC．knowD．admit 39．A．necessaryB．difficultC．romanticD．heavy 40．A．awayB．upC．downD．in 41．A．existenceB．presenceC．absenceD．performance 42．A．cleanedB．filledC．emptiedD．burned 43．A．generallyB．frequentlyC．sometimesD．seldom 44．A．take awayB．take offC．take upD．take on 45．A．societyB．citizenC．publicD．community 46．A．trickB．jokeC．troubleD．show 47．A．pleasingB．excitedC．stupidD．funny 48．A．WhenB．WhileC．AsD．Because 49．A．bearB．containC．manageD．control 50．A．keep offB．give upC．take care ofD．get rid of 51．A．crowdedB．piledC．fixedD．put 52．A．businessB．industrialC．touristD．agricultural 53．A．disappointedB．seriousC．nervousD．happy 54．A．itsB．herC．hisD．their55．A．highlyB．eagerlyC．lowlyD．entirely