题目:
1.We went on a(n) ____ to the mountain yesterday.
C. tour
D. travel
参考答案是:A
【句意】昨天我们到那座山里进行了一次远足观光。
【难点】excursion意为“远足,短途旅行”;trip意为“旅游出行;行程”;tour意为“游历;观光”;travel意为“(长途)旅行”。
2.The Brownings have not ____ yet and I doubt whether they will come.
A turned in B. turned out
C.turned up
D. turned to
参考答案是:C
【句意】勃朗宁一家人还没露面,我怀疑他们会不会来。
【难点】turn up意为“出现,露面”;turn in意为“归还,递交…”;turn out意为“原来是,证明是”;turn to 意为“求助于;求教于”。3.She was teaching me ____ you would teach a younger child to speak the language.
A. the way
B.in the way
C. a way
< the way
参考答案是:A
【句意】她教我那门语言的方式简直就象在教一个小孩说话。
【难点】the way后接从句,意为“以…方式”。in the way意为“妨碍(某人)”。a way 和to the way不是固定搭配。
4.
The trade unions in this industry are ____ any reduction in wages.
A. objecting against
B. opposed to
C. reacted to
参考答案是:B
【句意】该行业工会反对降低工资。
【难点】be opposed to意为“反对,对抗”;object against不常用;react to意为“作出反应,反应”;resist不与against连用。
5.
Mr. Robinson knew that the most trivial chore could prove t o be a ____ if approached with enthusiasm.
A. prize
B. reward
D. bonus
参考答案是:B
【句意】罗宾逊先生知道,如果带着热情去做,最琐碎的家务也能证明是一种报偿。
【难点】reward意为“报答;奖赏”;prize意为“奖金,奖品”;refund意为“退款”;bonus意为“奖金,红利”。
6.By cutting down trees we ____ the natural home of birds and animals.
A. harm
B. hurt
C. injure
D. damage
参考答案是:D
【句意】我们砍伐树木的行为损坏了鸟兽的自然家园。
【难点】damage意为“加害于…,损伤…”;harm意为“对…有害”;hurt意为“疼痛,受伤,(精神上)伤害”;injure意为“使受伤”,身体受外力伤害。
7.The school committee hoped that their choice of play would be ______ with the students and their parents.
A. recognized
B. popular
C. favorable
D. fascinated
参考答案是:B
【句意】校董会希望他们选择的那出剧会受到孩子和家长的欢迎。
【难点】popular意为“讨人喜欢的;得人心的;受欢迎的”。recognized意为“被赏识的;受表彰的”。favorable意为“赢得赞许的;讨人喜欢的”,但后面不能接with。fascinated意为“被迷住的,被弄得神魂颠倒的”。
8.You should have your eyes tested every year in case the ____ofyour spectacles need changing.
A. lenses
B.glasses
C.sights
参考答案是:A
【句意】你应该每年检查一次自己的眼睛,因为你的眼镜镜片也许需要更换。【难点】lenses意为“镜片”;glasses意为“眼镜”;sights意为“视野;风景”;crystals意为“水晶,晶体”。
9.His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any ____of it at all.
A. explanation
B. meaning
C. sense
D. interpretation
参考答案是:C
【句意】他的答案很不清楚,我根本弄不懂。
【难点】sense意为“意义;含义”,短语make sense of意为“弄懂…的意思”;explanation意为“解释,说明,阐述”,侧重说明事件的真相、原因;meaning意为“意义,意思;含义”,但不能在make sense of 短语中代替sense;interpretation意为“解释,说明,阐明”,比较正式。
10.
The board deemed it’s urgent that these files ____right awa y.
A. had to be printed
B. should have been pri nted
C. must be printed
D. should be printed 参考答案是:D
【句意】董事会认为这些卷宗应立刻打印。
【难点】urgent在句中做形式宾语it的补足语,其后的宾语从句应使用虚拟式,即should+动词原形。
11.After ____ seemed an endless wait,it was her turn to ste p into the doctor’s office.
A.it
B.that
C.what
D. w hich
参考答案是:C
【句意】在经过一段似乎是漫无边际的等候之后,终于轮到她走进医生的办公室。
【难点】在由after引导的介词短语中,what seemed(to be)起定语作用,修饰an endless wait。又如:I saw what seemed to be a fox.我看见一个似乎是狐狸的东西。
12.But the Swiss discovered long years ago that constant war fare brought them ____ suffering and poverty.
A. anything but
B. nothing but
C. none other than
D. no more than
参考答案是:B
【句意】但是多年以前瑞士人就发现连年不断的战争给他们带来的只有苦难和贫穷。
【难点】nothing but意为“仅仅,只不过”;anything but意为“除…以外的任何事”;none other than意为“不是别人,正是…”;no more than 意为“不过,仅仅”。
13.____ there is little we can do to modify the weather, w
e can at least know what kind o
f weather to expect.
A. Since
B.When
C.While
D. Unless 参考答案是:C
【句意】尽管我们在改变天气方面无能为力,但我们至少知道天气未来的变化。【难点】while除表示时间外,还可表示转折、让步,意为“尽管,虽然”。该句中其它选项不具备此意.
14.Jean Wagner’s most enduring contribution to the study of Afro American poetry is his insistence that it ____ in a religious, as well as worldly, frame of reference.
A. is to be analysed
B. has been analysed
C. be analysed
D. should have been analysed
参考答案是:C
【句意】杰恩•瓦格那对亚非诗歌最永恒的贡献是他坚持认为,这类诗歌除用凡俗的参考框架,还应用宗教的参考框架进行研究。
【难点】insistence是个从insist派生来的名词,二者后面分别接同位语从句和宾语从句,句中皆应使用虚拟形式,即should+动词原形或动词原形。
15.While driving along the treacherous road, ____.
A. my right rear tyre blew out
B. my right rear tyre had a blowout
C.I had a blownout on my right rear tyre
D. I had my right rear tyre blowout
参考答案是: C
【句意】当我在险峻的山路上驾车急驰时,车的右后胎爆了。
【难点】此句为一个带有时间状语从句的主从复合句。在英语中,由
while, when等引导的时间状语从句,如果其主语与主句中的主语相同,从句中的主语可以省略,而只剩下分词短语。驾车的应该是人,所以只能从C)和D)选,而D)的意义不符,所以选C)。
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Just as the soil is a part of the earth, ____ the atmosph ere.
A. as it is
B. so is
C. the same as
D. and so is
参考答案是:B
【句意】正像土壤是地球的一部分,大气层也是。
【难点】,so...为一固定结构,意为“正如…,…也…”。
17.It is only when you nearly lose someone ____ fully consc ious of how much you value him.
A. do you become
B.then you become
C. that you become
D.have you become
参考答案是:C
【句意】只有当你快要失去什么人时,你才充分意识到他对你是多么重要。【难点】该句是一个典型的强调句式,即。
18.My pain ____ apparent the moment I walked into the room, for the first man I met asked sympathetically: “Are you feeling all right?”
A. must be
B. must have been
C. had been
D. had to be
答案是:B
【句意】我刚一走进房间时一定表现得很痛苦,因为我遇到的第一个人同情地问我:“你没事吧?”
【难点】must与完成时不定式连用往往表示对过去发生的事情的主观推测,常译成“一定是…”。
19.The ____ in Janet’s character has hindered her from adva ncement in her career.
A. weakness
B. merit
C. defect
D. shortcoming
参考答案是:C
【句意】詹妮特的性格缺陷阻碍了她事业进步。
【难点】weakness意为“弱点;嗜好”;merit意为“优点,长处”;defect意为“缺点,缺陷”;shortcoming意为“缺点,短处”。
20. —Can you take the day off tomorrow?
—Well, I’ll have to get ____ from my boss.
A. permission
B. permit
C. allowance
D. possession
答案是:A
【句意】——你明天能休一天吗?
——呵,我要征得老板的允许。
【难点】permission意为“允许”;permit意为“许可证”;allowance意为“津贴”;possession意为“拥有”。
21.His manner was so pleasant that Bolla felt at ___ with him at once.
A. peace
B. large
C. ease
D. best
答案是:C
【句意】他那平易近人的风度使得博拉立刻放松了情绪。
【难点】at peace意为“和平地”;at large意为“自由地;大体
地”;at ease意为“不拘束”;at best意为“至多”。
22.
If a substance is dissolved in water or heated, it may ___ _ a gas.
A. give into
B. give over
C. give off
D. give away
答案是:C
【句意】如果一种物质溶解在水里或被加热,它可能释放出一种气体。
【难点】give into为非固定搭配;give over意为“托付,交托”;give off 意为“散发”;give away意为“送掉,分发(奖品)等”。
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