(A)

Chicago 

 Chicago is an incredible city and a key business center for the Midwest. That means that sooner or later most business travelers (25)_______(find) themselves there. This City Guide for Chicago provides business travelers with all the information they need (26)_______(plan) a successful trip to Chicago. Of course, it also help you find out how to enjoy (27)_______ while you’re there.

Unless you’re just in Chicago for the day, there’s a good chance that you’ll have some time after work to explore the sleepless city and (28)_______ you’re ready to take a break from business meetings or simply want to throw in some sightseeing after a busy week at work. (29)_______ _______ _______ help business travelers plan their free time better, we’ve created this overview of things to do in Chicago. We’ll help you feel at home in one of America’s biggest cities. 

If you’re mainly going to be downtown, the buses and trains and taxis can pretty quickly move you around. To make it easy, we’ve pulled together a complete list of the transportation options for business travelers to Chicago. Of course, business travelers (30)_______ also want to compare prices on rental cars in Chicago, especially if they need transportation to the surrounding suburbs.

Chicago has a huge range of dining options. You can always get some real comfort food there, but when it comes to business lunches or dinners, it’s nice to have something a little (31)_______(nice). 

Chicago is a wonderful city for business travelers. Hotel options range from ultra-fancy in town to cheap and convenient in the suburbs. While it’s relatively easy to move around Chicago, it’s still a good idea for business travelers to know (32)_______ they need to be during the day and to select a hotel nearby. Alternatively, you can select a hotel that’s in the heart of the downtown area.

25. will find   26.to plan    27.yourself   28.that   29.In order to/So as to

33. will       31.nicer     32.where

这是一篇简要介绍Chicago(芝加哥)的文章。节选自芝加哥市的City Guide（城市指南）。题目中并没有出现偏题、难题或怪题，考察重点都是基本的语法知识和几个固定搭配。就A篇来说，考点涵盖了状语从句、非谓语、名词性从句等。因此，扎实的语法功底加上准确的理解至关重要。

25. 解析：will find。考查动词时态。括号内已给出词语原形，我们需要用其适当形式填空。此题考查sooner or later出现在句中，动词应该用什么时态（迟早，表示尚未发生，推荐用将来时）。因为芝加哥是商业中心，因此商务旅行者迟早会到此一游。

26. 解析：to plan。考查非谓语动词。动词不定式结构表示目的或是将要发生的事情。动词need后可以跟动词不定式（需要去做）或是现在分词（需要被做）。根据上下文判断，填动词不定式即可。

27. 解析：yourself。考查固定搭配。enjoy oneself为常用固定搭配，表示玩的高兴，过的愉快。即使这空未给出动词提示，相信同学们也可以填对。

28. 解析：that。考查并列连词and的用法和同位语从句。There is a good chance表示很有可能，其后紧跟了一个that引导的同位语从句，表示很有可能在工作的闲暇之余探访这座城市，或是准备好从繁忙的商务会议中抽身，and并列两个相似的结构，前用that，后也用that。29. 解析：In order to/So as to。本题考察连词。引导目的状语的两个不定式结构，表示为了。

30. 解析：will。考查将来时的情态动词。句中主语谓语都是完整的，考生只需要将时态补充完整即可。

31. 解析：nicer 。考察形容词比较级形式。a little/a bit后跟形容词常用比较级形式。

32. 解析：where。考察宾语从句。know后紧接一个宾语从句，需要填出可以与下文select a hotel nearby相呼应的地点，因此用where.

(B)

Special Public Budget

Graffiti (涂鸦) Vandalism (故意破坏公物的行为)in Adelaide costs the public purse more than two million dollars a year, which (33)_______(reveal). Ratepayers and taxpayers foot the bill for continual cleanups of graffiti from metropolitan bus shelters, public buildings and reserves, TransAdelaide alone spends about one million dollars a year (34)_______(remove) graffiti from buses and trains. And Adelaide’s 27 metropolitan councils expect to spend at least one million dollars this financial year on graffiti clean-ups.
However, costs would be hundreds of thousands of dollars higher (35)_______ councils did not rely on volunteers or criminals serving community service orders to do the work. Glenelg Council, for example, has a Correctional Services Department team which removes graffiti from the foreshore area at least once a week. Other councils, (36)_______ Elizabeth, Noarlunga and Payneham, have employed special anti-graffiti officers. Salisbury is among those councils (37)_______ call on a data bank of volunteers to immediately paint out graffiti “tags”.

Despite the “tagging” of the War Memorial on North Terrace (38)_______ (follow) by the public outcry 18 months ago, several councils have reported a significant increase in graffiti attacks.

“We have budgeted $53,200 for clean-ups this year, but we will go over that. Each year the budget goes up by 15 or 20 per cent,” an Elizabeth City Council spokesman said yesterday, “It really is (39)_______ enormous social problem.”

A spokesman for Stirling Council said his council could easily spend $20,000 a year on graffiti, but could not afford $6,000 for the most offensive or obvious work. “It’s not a matter of how much graffiti you have, (40)_______ how much you can afford to clean up,” he said.  

33. was revealed   34. to remove     35.because/as   36. such as/like           

37.that/which     38. followed      39. an          40.but

本文主要讲述的是一个Special Public Budget(特别公共预算)--清理城市graffiti (涂鸦)开支增加的情况。题型涵盖了被动语态、时态、非谓语、原因状语从句、固定搭配、定语从句、过去分词、冠词、连词等板块。本文文章有难度，因为出现了很多不熟悉的生词，但是挖空处要填的内容难度不大，而且填空部分几乎没有难词、偏词、怪词。所以，扎实的语法基本功以及理解力是考生确保语法选择题拿满分的前提。这篇文章除了要求学生的语法功底外，更不能忘了有不少题目是需要通过上下文语境和语义来进行填空的。

33. 解析：was revealed。本题考查的是非限制性定语从句和被动语态。城市涂鸦这种不文明行为每年要花上阿德莱德200多万美元，这件事情已经被揭露了。

34. 解析：to remove。本题考查的是不定式结构。不定式表示目的。本句有难度，因为出现了一些生词和词组。但是设空难度中等，之前的生词不影响句意理解。纳税人们不停为清理涂鸦而买单，这些涂鸦出现在大都会公车棚、公共建筑和历史遗迹之上，仅TransAdelaide一个机构每年就要在清理公交火车涂鸦上花费近100万美元。

35. 解析：because/as。考查原因状语从句。根据前后文的逻辑关系可以判断，此处作者想要阐述原因。

36. 解析：such as/like。本题考查的是固定搭配。举例说明其他市政服务机构包括哪些。

37. 解析：that/which。考查定语从句。该从句缺主语，而that/which在定语从句中可指物，故用关系代词that/which在从句中作主语。

38. 解析：followed。本题考查的是过去分词。此空稍有难度。过去分词作后置定语修饰前边的“the ‘tagging’ of the War Memorial on North Terrace”。清理城市涂鸦也导致了冲突的增长。

39. 解析：an。本题考查的是冠词。此题是送分题。enormous social problem第一个字母是原因，

40. 解析：but。考察连词和固定搭配。前半句有not...此处用but。“不是......而是......”