2015年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(广东卷)英语仿真模拟题(七)
I 语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The London Underground has been known as The Tube since 1890, when the first deep-level electric railway line was opened. It is the world’s oldest underground railway and the __1__ of the system means there are regular weekend engineering repair work.
However, in most people’s eyes, it is more than just a __2__ system. It is not unusual to see people reading thick books on the tube, __3__ at the door during rush hour. But there is another way Londoners enjoy __4__ on the underground, as poems are scattered around __5__, without a targeted group or a fixed topic.
The project of the poems has been running __6__ since 1986 and achieved great success. Poems appear three times a year, six at a time, two of which are always written by living poets. American writer Judith Chernaik, editor and founder of Poems on the Underground, said the most of them are chosen randomly, either from great poets or from __7__ enthusiasts of English poetry. These poems aim to bring poetry to __8__, and show a wide range of styles. They are classical or contemporary, domestic or __9__.
Love or __10__ poetry, this project “has proved to be an excellent way of introducing poetry, with passengers often wanting to __11__ more,” according to the government organization Transport for London. “This has led to the __12__ of a series of Poems on the Underground books, which is now in its 11th edition.”
This new edition contains poems that have been displayed in __13__ over the years. The poems are __14__ into sections such as love, music, nature, war, and loss. The Tube system has become quite the bastion (堡垒) of British __15__.
1. A. reputation B. age C. convenience D. application
2. A. learning B. government C. transport D. environment
3. A. crowded B. difficult C. occupied D. regular
4. A. leisure B. books C. life D. literature
5. A. accordingly B. regularly C. randomly D. occasionally
6. A. rapidly B. smoothly C. simply D. faithfully
