2. 外语
  3. Baltimore was founded in 1729. For a generation it seemed no different from a dozen other small settlements【C1】______up at the h

Baltimore was founded in 1729. For a generation it seemed no different from a dozen other small settlements【C1】______up at the h

admin2012-11-22  31
问题     Baltimore was founded in 1729. For a generation it seemed no different from a dozen other small settlements【C1】______up at the head of the Chesapeake Bays. Its claim【C2】______distinction consisted of a  blacksmith’s shop, flour【C3】______, and tobacco warehouse. Yet Baltimore was【C4】______for a more dynamic  future than its slow beginnings seemed to【C5】______. Spurred by an agricultural revolution in the Mary  land and Pennsylvania countryside【C6】______dramatic disruptions in the Atlantic economy, Baltimore at  mid-century began to【C7】______By 1799 it had risen to become the new Republic’s fourth largest city with【C8】______to overtake the three still【C9】______: New York, Philadelphia and Boston.【C10】______the Baltimore village of the Jeffersonian era looked utterly unlike the colonial village from【C11】______it had e merged, the two shared more than it might be apparent【C12】______the first glance. Baltimore’s economy had expanded tremendously, to be sure, but the same forces that sparked【C13】______around 1750 continued to【C14】______it fifty years later.【C15】______the establishment of new government at the state level in 1776, national level in 1788, and【C16】______level in 1797, the same irritating issues continued to attack its politics. If Baltimore had become richer and bigger, its occupational structure, wealth【C17】______and residential pat terns withstood the pressure of growth and looked about the same in 1790 as in 1812.【C18】______, beneath  the frozen and seemingly chaotic pace of【C19】______, Baltimore enjoyed a strong element of stability. For in 1812, no【C20】______than in 1729, Baltimore was a pre-industrial town.
【C13】
选项 A、accumulation
B、expansion
C、multiplication
D、development
答案B
解析 此题属于语义搭配题。此句是一个定语从句，其中的spark作动词用，意为“激发”，空格中的词应是spark的宾语。根据上下文，主句中谈到了巴市经济有了惊人的发展，用到了expand一词，下文谈到激励这种发展的力量会持续50年，因此，选项B) expansion(扩张)与前面的expand相呼应。选项A) accumulation意为“积累”；选项C) multiplication意为“增加，倍增”；选项D) development意为“发展”，均不如选项B) expansion更符合题意。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/4Tw7777K
0

大学英语四级

相关试题推荐
随机试题
最新回复(0)