2015英语四级考试选词填空模拟练习(5)思维导图

ToothersandthemselvestheBritishhaveareputationforbeingconservative——notinthenarrowpoliticalsense,butinthesenseofadherencetoacceptedideasandunwillingtoquestionthem.Thereputationcomespartlyfromtheir1.For9002theyhavesuffered3invasionnorrevolution(exceptin164941688)nordisastrousdefeatin5.Theirmonarchy(君主政体)survives6seriousquestion.Underitsnormal7politicalarrangementshavebeen8stablethat,exceptforthe9interruptionsintheseventeenth10,theyhavebeenadoptedthroughout11centuriestomeetchangingneedswithoutviolent12.Britain,in1978,was13inmanagingwithout14writtenconstitution;somefragmentarydefinitionsof1688still15.Therehadbeen16quarrels,socialandeconomicaswell17political,butthequarrelshadbeen18,usually19compromise.Theunderlying20hadnotbeenbroken.

1.A.languageB.futureC.historyD.literature

2.A.centuriesB.yearsC.minutesD.seconds

3.A.neitherB.asC.orD.either

4.A.tooB.butC.orD.and

5.A.homeB.studyC.peaceD.war

6.A.andB.withoutC.withD.neither

7.A.nameB.peopleC.leadershipD.enemy

8.A.soB.veryC.tooD.such

9.A.twoB.oneC.noD.couple

10.A.monthB.dayC.yearD.century

11.A.aB.anyC.theD.few

12.A.changesB.changeC.alteredD.changed

13.A.commonB.popularC.uniqueD.angry

14.A.twoB.aC.someD.their

15.A.surviveB.survivingC.survivesD.survived

16.A.bitterB.happyC.pleasantD.unhappy

17.A.forB.asC.toD.at

18.A.settlingB.settlesC.settleD.settled

19.A.forB.atC.toD.by

20.A.continueB.continuityC.continuousD.continued