【北师大版】同步单元检测 模块1 Unit 1 Lifestyles（解析版）

【题干】What are you doing out of bed，Tom You’re ______ to be asleep．
A．supposed B．known
C．thought D．considered
【答案】A
【解析】句意：“汤姆，你不在床上，你在做什么？你应该上床睡觉了。”be supposed to do sth为固定短语，意为“理应做某事；本应该做某事”，符合句意。
【题干】 ______ should be sent to work there
A．Who do you think
B．Who do you think that
C．Do you think who
D．Do you think whom
【答案】A
【解析】句意：“你认为应该派谁去那里工作 ”考查句型：特殊疑问词+ do you think/believe/imagine+其他(陈述句语序)。
【题干】She spent a ______ afternoon by the river, reading a novel．
A．peaceful B．calm
C．still D．silent
【答案】A
【解析】句意：“她在河边看小说，度过了一个宁静的下午。”根据句意可知此处指“宁静的下午”。calm表示“无风的，无浪的；镇定的”；still表示“一动不动的”；silent表示“沉默的，安静的”。
【题干】 I find stamp collecting very ______ and it takes my mind off my work．
A．relaxed B．relaxing
C．relaxation D．to relax
【答案】B
【解析】句意：“我发现集邮能够令人放松并使我暂时忘却我的工作。”relaxing指带给人的感觉，而relaxed指的是人的感受。
【题干】There is a crowd of people in front of the house over there．What do you suppose ______ there
A．is happened B．has happened
C．happening D．to have happened
【答案】B
【解析】句中do you suppose是插入语，所以该句应该用陈述语序，不要受be supposed to do sth的影响。
【题干】It took us quite a long time to get to the amusement park．It was ______ journey．
A．three hour B．a three-hours
C．a three-hour D．three hours
【答案】C
【解析】句意:“去游乐园花了我们很长一段时间，有三个小时的路程。” a three-hour journey表示“一段三个小时的路程”。按构词规则，在“数词+名词”构成的复合词中的名词用单数。
【题干】 —You look upset．What’s the matter
—I had my proposal ______ again．
A．turned over B．turned on
C．turned off D．turned down
【答案】D
【解析】句意：“——你怎么了？看上去很不开心。——我的提案又被拒绝了。”turn over“移交；把……翻过来”；turn on“打开，发动”；turn off “关掉，关闭”；turn down“调低；拒绝”。
【题干】I usually ______ to find a more interesting one when I find a programme boring．
A．switch over B．go over
C．take over D．turn over
【答案】A
【解析】句意:“当我发现一个节目无聊时，我会换一个更有趣的。” switch over“转换频道，转变”；go over “复习”；take over “接管”；turn over“翻过去”。根据句意应选A。
【题干】______ spend our holiday next week
A．Do you suggest where that we
B．Do you suggest where we should
C．Where do you suggest that we
D．Where do you suggest we should
【答案】D
【解析】疑问句中有插入语时，插入语要放在疑问词后，故排除A和B；去掉插入语do you suggest后，本句还原成特殊疑问句“Where should we spend our holiday next week ” 因此中间不用加that，做题时需注意勿受suggest用法的干扰。句意：“你建议我们下周去哪儿度假？”
【题干】______ volleyball is her main focus，she’s also great at basketball．
A．Since B．Once
C．Unless D．While
【答案】D
【解析】考查让步状语从句。句意：“排球是她的强项，她也擅长打篮球。”由此可推断，空格处应填“尽管”，表示让步，故选while引导让步状语从句。
【题干】I don’t suppose Alice is a workaholic, ______
A．do I B．don’t IC．is she D．isn’t she
【答案】C
【解析】此题表面上是否定了主句，但实际上“I don’t suppose”中的not是否定后面从句的，故这样的句子构成反意疑问句时，问句部分的动词和主语要与从句一致且用肯定式。
【题干】We ______ John’s name on the race list yesterday but for his recent injury．
A．will put B．will have put
C．would put D．would have put
【答案】D
【解析】考查虚拟语气。句意：“如果不是因为约翰最近受伤，我们本应该把他的名字放进昨天的比赛名单中。”这里考查用but for, without等介词（短语）表示暗含条件的虚拟语气的用法，句中的yesterday说明是对过去情况的虚拟，所以主句谓语用would have done的形式。
【题干】To get a better grade, you should ______ the notes again before the test．
A．go over B．get over
C．turn over D．take over
【答案】A
【解析】句意：“为了取得更高的分数，在考试之前你应该再复习一下笔记。”go over意为“复习，重温”，符合语境。get over 意为“克服”；turn over意为“翻身；翻转；移交”；take over意为“接管”。
【题干】 Before driving into the city，you are required to get your car ______．
A．washed B．wash
C．washing D．to wash
【答案】A
【解析】句意：“开车进城前，你需要叫人把你的车洗洗。” get作使役动词时常用于“get+宾语+宾语补足语”结构，car和wash之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，所以在句中应用wash的过去分词形式作宾补，故选A。
【题干】 We are invited to a party ______ in our club next Friday．
A．to be held B．held
C．being held D．holding
【答案】A
【解析】句意:“我们被邀请去参加下周五在我们的俱乐部举行的聚会。”party与hold是逻辑上的动宾关系，且由next Friday可知是将来发生的事，故用不定式短语的被动式作定语。
【题干】To keep healthy, most retired old people ______ jogging as a regular form of exercise．
A．take up B．make up
C．carry out D．hold out
【答案】A
【解析】句意：“为了保持健康，大部分退休的老人都开始慢跑，把它作为一种有规律的运动方式。”take up“开始从事”，符合句意。make up“编造，构成”；carry out“实施”；hold out“伸出，坚持”。
【题干】 Some insects ______ the colour of their surroundings to protect themselves．
A．take in B．take off
C．take on D．take out
【答案】C
【解析】句意：“有些昆虫为了自我保护会随着周围环境改变自身颜色。”take in“吸收，欺骗”；take off“起飞”；take on“呈现”；take out“取出”。根据句意可知选C。
【题干】 I have been convinced that the print media are usually more ______ and more reliable than television．
A．accurate B．ridiculous
C．urgent D．shallow
【答案】A
【解析】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：“我确信平面媒体比电视有更高的准确度和可信赖度。”accurate“准确的，精确的”；ridiculous“荒谬的”；urgent“急迫的”；shallow“浅薄的，肤浅的”。由句意可知选A。
【题干】We ______ to the hotel manager that the room was too noisy．
A．said B．complained
C．referred D．turned
【答案】B
【解析】句意：“我们向旅馆经理抱怨说房间噪声太大。”complain to sb that．．．“向某人抱怨……”。
【题干】 After a while，I began to get ______ with my job．And I decided to have a complete change．
A．bored B．to bore
C．bore D．boring
【答案】A
【解析】句意：“过了一段时间，我开始厌烦我的工作。我决定来一个彻底的大变化。”这里说的是一个人的感受“感到厌烦的”，所以要用bored。
【题干】 I don’t like this programme．Please ______ to another channel．
A．switch off B．turn on
C．turn down D．switch over
【答案】D
【解析】句意：“我不喜欢这个节目，换到别的频道吧。”switch over意为“转换频道”，符合句意。
【题干】He got up quickly as soon as the alarm clock ______．
A．went on B．went out
C．went up D．went off
【答案】D
【解析】句意：“一听到闹铃响，他就迅速起床了。”go on“继续”；go out“出去”；go up“上升”；go off“（爆竹、铃等）响”。根据句意应选D。
【题干】Today I am very busy because every minute of the day ______ important things．
A．is filling with B．is filled
C．filled with D．is filled with
【答案】D
【解析】句意：“今天我很忙，因为几乎每一分钟都有重要的事情。”固定搭配be filled with表示“装满，充满”，因此选D。
【题干】Before I go to bed, I’d like to set the alarm ______ I can get up on time．
A．as soon as B．as a result
C．in case D．so that
【答案】D
【解析】句意：“我睡前总喜欢设好闹钟，以便能够准时起床。”as soon as “一……就……”，引导时间状语从句；as a result“因此”，引导结果状语从句；in case“万一”，引导条件状语从句；so that“以便”，引导目的状语从句，从句中有情态动词。
【题干】______ private cars are bringing us convenience, they also cause more traffic accidents and pollution．
A．While B．As
C．If D．Since
【答案】A
【解析】句意：“虽然私家车给我们带来了便利，但是它们同样也造成了更多的交通事故及污染。”while“尽管”；as“因为；随着”；if“如果；是否”；since“自从；因为”。只有A项可以引导让步状语从句。
【题干】 The two girls are so alike that strangers find ______ difficult to tell one from the other．
A．it B．them
C．her D．that
【答案】A
【解析】句意：“这两个女孩长得那么像，以至于陌生人很难将她们区分开来。”此处it代替后面的动词不定式，作谓语动词find的形式宾语。
【题干】 No matter how bright a talker you are, there are times when it’s better ______ silent．
A．remain B．be remaining
C．having remained D．to remain
【答案】D
【解析】句意：“不管你多么能言善辩，但是有时还是保持沉默更好。”“it is+adj．+to do”是常用句型，题中it作形式主语，真正的主语是不定式to remain silent。
【题干】When Mom looked back on the early days of their marriage, she wondered how they had managed with ______ money．
A．so few B．such few
C．so little D．such little
【答案】C
【解析】句意：“当妈妈回顾他们刚结婚时的那段日子时，她很奇怪当时是如何用那么少的钱走过来的。”few修饰可数名词，而money不可数，故排除A、B两项；such little意为“如此小的”，so little意为“如此少的”。当名词前有little(少)，few，many等修饰时，需用so而不用such，根据句意选C。
【题干】Sam has been appointed ______ manager of the engineering department to take ______ place of George．
A．/ ； / B．the； /
C．the； the D．/； the
【答案】D
【解析】句意：“萨姆已经被任命为工程部门的经理,他将代替乔治。”表示独一无二的职位、头衔、身份等名词前不用冠词，因此第一空为“零冠词”；第二空为固定短语take the place of，意为“代替”。
【题干】______ from heart trouble for years, he has to take some medicine with him where he goes．
A．Having suffered B．Attacked
C．Hurt D．Being suffered
【答案】A
【解析】句意：“由于患心脏病多年，他无论到哪儿都必须随身携带着药。”suffer from．．．“遭受……（的痛苦）”，由时间状语 for years可知应用现在分词的完成式作状语。
【题干】 Her health broke down under the ______ of work and she had to stay in hospital for a month．
A．power B．problem
C．pressure D．possibility
【答案】C
【解析】句意:“在工作的压力下，她的身体垮了，不得不住院治疗一个月。”pressure意为“压力”，符合语境。
【题干】 Two lawyers have donated $50, 000 to ______ our school’s campaign “Help the Needy”， which was started by our former headmaster three years ago．
A．sponsor B．launch
C．organise D．plan
【答案】A
【解析】句意：“两个律师已为我们学校的‘帮助穷人’这项活动赞助了五万美元，该活动是我们前任校长在三年前发起的。”语境提到律师和捐款，因此这里选sponsor“赞助，主办”。launch意为“发起;发射”；organise意为“组织”；plan意为“计划”。
【题干】He preferred ______ with us ______ behind．
A．to go; rather than staying
B．to go; rather than to stay
C．going; to staying
D．going; rather than stay
【答案】C
【解析】句意：“他宁愿和我们一起去也不愿留下。” prefer doing．．．to doing …和 prefer to do …rather than do …都表示“宁愿做……而不愿做……”，A、B两项rather than后面不是动词原形，故排除，故选C。
【题干】 I prefer studying English at home ______ the football match live on the Internet．
A．to watching B．to watch
C．rather than watch D．rather than watching
【答案】A
【解析】句意：“我宁愿在家里学英语，也不愿在网上看该足球赛的现场直播。”“宁可做……也不愿做……”可表示为“prefer doing…to doing…”，“prefer to do…rather than do…”。
【题干】The family poverty brought great pressure ______ him．That’s to say, he was ______ the pressure of the family poverty．
A．on; under B．in; with
C．under; on D．with; in
【答案】A
【解析】bring pressure on sb 意为“给某人压力”；under the pressure of…意为“在……的压力下”。根据词组搭配的介词，应选A。
【题干】It’s no use ______ without taking action．
A．complain B．complaining
C．being complained D．to be complained
【答案】B
【解析】句意：“光抱怨不采取措施是没有用处的。”It’s no use doing sth为固定结构，意为“做某事是没用的”，其中动名词是真正的主语，it作形式主语。
【题干】They couldn’t stand ______ like that．
A．be treated B．to treat
C．treating D．being treated
【答案】D
【解析】句意：“他们无法忍受被那样对待。”stand在此表“忍受”，后接动词时要用v．-ing形式；且此处主语they和treat之间为动宾关系，因此用treat的被动语态。
【题干】—You don’t seem to enjoy our meal very much．
—Not really．I’m just ______．
A．in a diet B．on a diet
C．going on diet D．make a diet
【答案】B
【解析】句意：“——你好像不太喜欢我们的饭菜啊。——不是的，我正在节食”。be on a diet/go on a diet是固定搭配，意为“节食”。
【题干】He’s ______ at cooking good cheap meals, which makes him stand out among the young men．
A．expert B．fast
C．expensive D．careful
【答案】A
【解析】句意：“他善于烹制既可门又便宜的饭菜，这让他在年轻人中显得很突出。”be expert at sth意为“在某方面很在行”。fast强调速度；expensive强调价格；careful表示“仔细的，小心的”，后一般与about/ in/of/with等介词搭配。
【题干】 If she doesn’t want to go，nothing you can say will ______ her．
A．persuade B．promise
C．invite D．support
【答案】A
【解析】句意：“如果她不想去，你说什么都不能说服她。” persuade意为“说服”；promise意为“许诺”；invite意为“邀请”；support意为“支持”。
【题干】My elder sister was against my travel plan while my parents were ______ it．
A．in need of B．in face of
C．in memory of D．in support of
【答案】D
【解析】考查短语辨析。in need of“需要”；in face of“面临”；in memory of“纪念”；in support of“支持”。句意：“我姐姐反对我的旅行计划，而我父母支持此计划。”
【题干】 Close the door of fear behind you, and you ______ the door of faith open before you．
A．saw B．have seen
C．will see D．are seeing
【答案】C
【解析】句意：“关上你身后的恐惧之门，你就会看到信念之门在你面前敞开着。”这里是“祈使句+and+陈述句”句式，相当于if引导的条件状语从句，根据句意可知陈述句部分应该用一般将来时。
【题干】 It’s really a ______ for a teenager to study abroad after high school．
A．challenge B．puzzle
C．failure D．disadvantage
【答案】A
【解析】句意：“对于一个青少年来说高中毕业后去国外学习确实是个挑战。”puzzle“难题”，侧重指难于理解、使人困惑的事物；failure“失败”；disadvantage“缺点；不利条件”。综合各选项，challenge“挑战”最符合题意。
【题干】—It shouldn’t take long to clear up after the party if we all volunteer ______．
—That’s right．Many hands make light work．
A．helps B．helping
C．to help D．help
【答案】C
【解析】本题考查volunteer作动词的用法。volunteer to do sth 表示“自愿做某事”。上句句意：“如果我们都自愿帮忙，晚会后的清扫工作不会花太长时间。”
【题干】—Have you seen my English notebook
—Oh, Jane must have taken it ______; she has a same one as yours．
A．by design B．by chance
C．by accident D．by mistake
【答案】D
【解析】句意：“——你看到过我的英语笔记本吗？——噢，简肯定错拿了你的，她有一个跟你一模一样的。”by design“故意地”；by chance “偶然地”；by accident“碰巧地”；by mistake “无意中；错误地”。
【题干】The teacher ______ have thought Johnson was worth it or she wouldn’t have wasted time on him, I suppose．
A．should B．can
C．would D．must
【答案】D
【解析】根据语境“我猜想，老师那时一定觉得约翰逊值得她去花费时间，否则她不会那样做的”可判断是表示对过去情况很有把握的肯定推测，即“一定……”，故用must。
【题干】Rather than ______ on a crowded bus, he always prefers ______ a bicycle．
A．get； ride B．getting； riding
C．get； to ride D．to get； riding
【答案】C
【解析】考查 prefer to do sth rather than do sth结构。本题把 rather than 部分提前，基本结构不变。句意：“与坐一辆拥挤的公共汽车相比，他总是更愿意骑自行车。”故选C。
【题干】—I don’t really like James．Why did you invite him
—Don’t worry．He ______ come．He said he wasn’t certain what his plans were．
A．must not B．need not
C．would not D．might not
【答案】D
【解析】根据句意可知，詹姆斯不太确定他的计划，他可能不来。所以用might not表示对否定的情况做出推测，意为“可能不”。
【题干】If you have a job, ______ yourself to it and finally you’ll succeed．
A．do devote B．don’t devote
C．devoting D．not devoting
【答案】A
【解析】此处为“if引导的条件状语从句+祈使句”句式，祈使句中谓语动词用原形，因此排除C、D两项；B项不符合语境，也排除；A项是借助助动词do来强调谓语动词devote。后句构成了“祈使句+ and+陈述句”句式，其中陈述句部分表示一种结果。句意：“如果你有了一份工作，要努力去做，最后你一定能成功。”
【题干】With a big family of five children to ______, the father has no choice but to work hard from dawn to dark．
A．rise B．support
C．grow D．provide
【答案】B
【解析】句意：“因为有个有着五个孩子的大家庭需要养活，这位父亲别无他法，只得起早贪黑拼命工作。” rise “上升”；support“抚养，供养”；grow“成长”；provide“提供，供给”。support符合题意。
【题干】It happened—whether by accident or by ______—that the two of them were left alone after all the others had gone．
A．plan B．design
C．purpose D．control
【答案】B
【解析】句意：“就这么巧，不知道是偶然还是有意安排，其他人走之后，就剩下他们两个人。”by design相当于on purpose，意为“有意地，故意地”，根据介词by应选择B项。
【题干】—Guess what I have got an A for my term paper．
—Great! You ______ read widely and put a lot of work into it．
A．must B．should
C．must have D．should have
【答案】C
【解析】由问句可知是对过去发生的事情的推测，故用“情态动词+have done”结构，表示“必定做过某事”。
【题干】The rise in consumer spending is an encouraging ______ that the economy may be recovering．
A．symptom B．solution
C．subject D．sign
【答案】D
【解析】句意：“顾客消费的上涨是经济回暖的一个明显信号。”Symptom“(疾病)症状；征兆”；solution“解决办法”；subject“主题；科目；主语”；sign“迹象；符号；记号；手势”。
【题干】I’d like to start my own business—that’s ______ I’d do if I had the money．
A．why B．when
C．which D．what
【答案】D
【解析】考查表语从句。句意：“我想自己做生意——那是我如果有资金就会做的事情。”从句中的do是及物动词，缺少宾语，故排除A、B；Which引导名词性从句时，意为“哪个，哪些”，不合逻辑。故用what。
【题干】Finding information in today’s world is easy．The ______ is how you can tell if the information you get is useful or not．
A．ability B．competition
C．challenge D．knowledge
【答案】C
【解析】ability意为“能力”；competition意为“竞争”；challenge意为“挑战”；knowledge意为“知识”。由句意“……所面临的挑战是你如何分辨出你所得到的信息是否有用”可知challenge符合题意。
【题干】The waste water is from the factories ______．
A．near B．nearby
C．near by D．close
【答案】B
【解析】在本题中，需用形容词作定语修饰factories，故排除C。close作形容词时表示空间或时间上的“密切”，此时在句中一般作表语。near与nearby都可作形容词，表示时间或空间上的接近，但nearby可作后置定语，而near不能，故应选nearby。句意：“废水是由附近的工厂排出来的。”
【题干】You should be more careful, ______ you might meet with some accident．
A．however B．otherwise
C．therefore D．besides
【答案】B
【解析】考查副词用法辨析。however“然而”；otherwise“否则”；therefore“因此”；besides“另外”。根据语境，本题中前后为转折关系，故用otherwise。句意：“你应该更加小心，要不然你会出事的。”
【题干】The old town has narrow streets and small houses ______ are built close to each other．
A．they B．where
C．what D．that
【答案】D
【解析】关系代词要代替先行词small houses，且在从句中作主语，故用that引导定语从句。句意：“这座古老的城镇街道狭窄，低矮的房子一家紧挨着一家。”
【题干】We’ve had a good start, but next, more work needs ______ to achieve the final success．
A．being done B．do
C．to be done D．to do
【答案】C
【解析】句意：“我们有了一个好的开始，但是接下来要取得最后的成功需要做更多的工作。”need to be done意为“需要被做”，可以用need doing转换；need to do指主语有义务或责任去做。
【题干】______ that you put down every word the teacher says．
A．Make sure B．Make sure of
C．To make sure D．To make sure of
【答案】A
【解析】此句为祈使句，表命令，句首用动词原形，故排除C、D。make sure后可接that引导的从句。make sure of后面只能接短语或词组。句意：“要确保你记下老师所说的每一个字。”
【题干】 How wonderful to go away for a month, ______ all worries and responsibilities!
A．free from B．in touch with
C．on the basis of D．instead of
【答案】A
【解析】句意：“能离开一个月，摆脱一切烦恼和责任，真是太棒了！”free from…意为“摆脱……，免于……”，符合句意；in touch with．．．意为“同……有联系”；on the basis of“基于，根据”；instead of“代替，而不是”。
【题干】We used to see each other ______, but I haven’t heard from him since last year．
A．especially B．regularly
C．particularly D．approximately
【答案】B
【解析】句意:“我们原先经常见面，但是从去年开始我就一直没有他的消息了。”根据句意可知应选择表示频率的副词与后文呼应。regularly意为“有规律地，经常”；especially意为“特别地，尤其”；particularly意为“尤其”；approximately意为“大约，大概”。
【题干】A number of high buildings have arisen ______ there was nothing a year ago but ruins．
A．when B．where
C．before D．until
【答案】B
【解析】句意：“很多高楼在一年前还是废墟的地方拔地而起。”where引导地点状语从句，意为“在……地方”。
【题干】The traditional view is ______ we sleep because our brain is “programmed” to make us do so．
A．when B．why
C．whether D．that
【答案】D
【解析】分析结构可知，空白处应填的词引导表语从句，且从句中结构完整，故选用只起连接作用的关系代词that。
【题干】Although she did not know Boston well, she made her way ______ to the Home Circle Building．
A．easy enough B．enough easy
C．easily enough D．enough easily
【答案】C
【解析】修饰动词短语“ make one’s way to…”应该用副词easily。而enough作状语修饰形容词或副词时应后置。
【题干】This is the most exciting football game ______ I have ever seen．
A．which B．that
C．what D．who
【答案】B
【解析】当先行词被最高级修饰时，定语从句引导词只能用that。
【题干】She had the good luck to ______ illness all her life．
A．be free from B．be filled with
C．be far away D．be full of
【答案】A
【解析】由句中good luck可知句意。句意：“她一生运气很好，远离疾病。”be free from表示“无……的；免于……”，符合句意；be far away后接from时也可表示“远离”。
【题干】 —I’m sorry I didn’t finish it on time．
—______．
A．Fine, thanks B．No, thanks
C．Thanks a lot D．Thanks anyway
【答案】D
【解析】句意：“——很抱歉没有按时完成。——无论如何我还是要谢谢你。”thanks anyway表示“无论如何还是得谢谢你”，符合语境。A项意为“好的，谢谢”；B项意为“不用了，谢谢”；C项意为“非常感谢”。
【题干】—Can you show me Mr Black’s office, please
—Sure．But I don’t know if he is in ______．
A．in a moment B．at the moment
C．for the moment D．for a moment
【答案】B
【解析】in a moment表示“马上”，常与将来时连用；at the moment表示“此刻”，常与现在时态连用；for the moment表示“暂时”；for a moment表示“一会儿”。根据答语语意“当然可以。但不知道他现在/此刻是否在”，可知用at the moment。
【题干】I’m sorry I didn’t phone you, but I’ve been very busy ______ the past couple of weeks．
A．beyond B．with
C．among D．over
【答案】D
【解析】考查介词辨析。句意：“抱歉我没有给你打电话，但是在过去的几周里我实在是太忙了。”这里用over表示过去的时间，意为“在……期间”，“over the Past+时间段”意为“在过去的一段时间里”，可以作现在完成时的时间状语，符合语境。beyond意为“在的那一边；越过”。
【题干】I’m sorry I can’t see you immediately; but if you’d like to take a seat, I’ll be with you ______．
A．for a moment B．in a moment
C．for the moment D．at the moment
【答案】B
【解析】句意：“很抱歉我不能马上见你，但是如果你愿意坐下来等我的话，我过一会儿就可以见你。”for a moment“片刻，一会儿”；in a moment“过一会儿”；for the moment“目前，暂时”；at the moment “现在，此刻”。根据句意应选择B项。
【题干】He signed the paper ______ coffee．
A．for B．in
C．over D．on
【答案】C
【解析】句意：“喝咖啡时，他签了文件。”over表示“在……期间”；in和on表时间时，为介词，后接表示时间的名词。故选over。
【题干】Jenny nearly missed the flight ______ doing too much shopping．
A．as a result of B．on top of
C．in front of D．in need of
【答案】A
【解析】句意：“由于买了太多的东西，珍妮差点就误了航班。”as a result of“由于，作为……的结果”；on top of…“在……顶部”；in front of…“在……前面”；in need of“需要”。
【题干】 The world’s population is getting larger and larger, so scientists are trying to ______ new ways to solve the food problem．
A．catch up with B．keep up with
C．come up with D．make up
【答案】C
【解析】根据句中的new ways to solve the food problem（解决食品问题的新方法）可知此处应为“提出”或“想出”方法。catch up with意为“赶上”；keep up with“赶上；看齐”；come up with意为“想出，提出（办法，建议等）”，符合句意；make up意为“编造，补偿”。
【题干】Your IQ isn’t ______determined whether you’ll succeed in your future life．You must work hard if you want to achieve your goal．
A．what B．that
C．which D．who
【答案】A
【解析】句意：“你未来是否会成功并不由你的智商决定。若想达到目标，你一定要努力奋斗。”what引导表语从句，在从句中作主语。
【题干】—Do you know if Terry will go camping this weekend
—Terry Never! She ______ tents and fresh air!
A．has hated B．hated
C．will hate D．hates
【答案】D
【解析】表示某人一贯的喜好，用一般现在时。
【题干】“Life is like walking in the snow,” Granny used to say, “because every step ______ ．”
A．has shown B．is showing
C．shows D．showed
【答案】C
【解析】句意：“‘人生就像在雪中行走，’奶奶过去经常说，‘因为每一步都留有足迹。’”本句叙述的是客观事实，所以用一般现在时。show在此作不及物动词，意为“露出，显现”。
【题干】 Teenagers ______ their health because they play computer games too much．
A．have damaged B．are damaging
C．damaged D．will damage
【答案】B
【解析】表示正在“损害”，所以用现在进行时。句意：“青少年正在损害他们的健康，因为他们玩太多的电脑游戏。”
【题干】—Have you got any job offers
—No．I ______．
A．waited B．had been waiting
C．have waited D．am waiting
【答案】D
【解析】表示“正在等”，用现在进行时。句意：“——你得到工作机会了吗？——没有，我正在等。”
【题干】Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts．The plane ______．
A．take off B．is taking off
C．has taken off D．took off
【答案】B
【解析】句意：“女士们，先生们，请系好安全带，飞机就要起飞了。”某些表示动作方向（位置转移）的词可以用现在进行时表示将要发生的动作。A项是一般现在时，但数与主语不一致；C、D两项均表示飞机已经在过去某时起飞。故选B项。
【题干】Would you please keep silent The weather report ______ and I want to listen．
A．is broadcast B．is being broadcast
C．has been broadcast D．had been broadcast
【答案】B
【解析】句意：“请保持安静好吗？正在播天气预报，我想听听。”由题意可知“天气预报正在被广播”，故用现在进行时的被动语态。
【题干】They are living with their parents for the moment because their own house ______．
A．is being rebuilt B．has been rebuilt
C．is rebuilt D．has rebuilt
【答案】A
【解析】句意：“目前他们和父母住在一起，因为他们自己的房子现在正在重建中。” their own house和rebuild构成逻辑上的被动关系且rebuild的动作目前正在进行，故用现在进行时的被动语态。
【题干】 Walmart, which is one of the largest American supermarket chains, ______ some of its stores open 24 hours on Mondays through Saturdays．A．keeps B．keep
C．have kept D．had kept
【答案】A
【解析】句意：“沃尔玛是美国最大的连锁超市之一，部分店从星期一到星期六24小时营业。”根据is以及时间状语on Mondays through Saturdays，可知这里表主语的客观事实，故用一般现在时；主语为Walmart，故谓语动词用第三人称单数。
【题干】 ______ I always felt I would pass the exam, I never thought I would get an
A．While B．Once
C．If D．Until
【答案】A
【解析】句意：“虽然我总觉得我会通过考试，但是我从来不曾想过会得‘A’。”根据上下文可以看出，前后两句是让步关系，故选while“尽管，虽然”。
【题干】 By the time Jack returned home from England, his son______ from college．
A．graduated B．has graduated
C．had been D．had graduated
【答案】D
【解析】句意：“杰克从英格兰回到家时，他的儿子已经大学毕业了。”“杰克回家”用的是过去时，“他的儿子毕业”更早于“杰克回家”这个动作，所以不能用B项的现在完成时或A项的过去时，而选择D项过去完成时。
【题干】 That piece of music sounds quite familiar．Who______ the piano upstairs
A．has played B．played
C．plays D．is playing
【答案】D
【解析】第一句提到那首乐曲听起来非常熟悉，由此可知楼上有人“正在”弹奏钢琴，所以用现在进行时。
【题干】 Team leaders must ensure that all members______ their natural desire to avoid the embarrassment associated with making mistakes．
A．get over B．look over
C．take over D．come over
【答案】A
【解析】考查动词短语辨析。get over意为“避免；控制”；look over意为“检查”；take over意为“接收；接管”；come over意为“突然感到”。
【题干】When the news came ______ the war broke out, he decided to serve in the army．
A．since B．which
C．that D．because
【答案】C
【解析】句意：“当战争爆发的消息传来时，他决定去部队服役。”此处的the war broke out解释说明the news的具体内容，且从句中不缺少成分，故为同位语从句，用that连接。
【题干】 Before a problem can be solved, it must be obvious ______ the problem itself is．
A．what B．that
C．which D．why
【答案】A
【解析】句意:“在一个问题被解决之前，首先得弄明白的是这个问题本身是什么。”后半句是省略that的名词性从句，it是形式主语，真正的主语是what the problem itself is“问题本身是什么”，而不是“为什么”或“哪一个”。
【题干】How beautiful you are today! I like ______ design of your shoes．Your dress and it are ______ good match．
A．a; the B．a; a
C．the; a D．the; the
【答案】C
【解析】第一空特指鞋子的设计，因此用定冠词the；第二空指与衣服搭配，因此用a。
【题干】Mr White ______ a job as an engineer twenty years ago．
A．took on B．took down
C．took off D．took up
【答案】D
【解析】take on“承担；呈现；录用”；take down“记下；拿下”；take off“起飞；脱下；离开”；take up“拿起，开始从事”。根据句意选D。
【题干】We are very busy—so much ______ we won’t be able to take time off this year．
A．because B．so that
C．even if D．as
【答案】B
【解析】so that表示“以便；结果是”，引导目的或结果状语从句；even if表示“即使，尽管”。根据句意可知此处应表结果。
【题干】 In the near future，more advances in the robot technology______ by scientists．
A．are making B．are made
C．will make D．will be made
【答案】D
【解析】根据时间状语in the near future可知，此处应用将来时态。make和more advances之间存在动宾关系，故用被动语态。句意：“在不久的将来，在机器人技术方面科学家会取得更多进展。”
【题干】—I haven’t seen Mr Lee for a long time．What’s he doing
—He is busy preparing for the coming test ______．
A．in a moment B．at the moment
C．for the moment D．for a moment
【答案】B
【解析】at the moment“此刻，目前”；in a moment“立即，马上；一会儿”；for the moment“暂时，目前”；for a moment “片刻，一会儿”。根据句意选B。
【题干】Are there any ______ to help clear up
A．volunteers B．paid-workers
C．hobbies D．programmes
【答案】A
【解析】句意：“有自愿帮助打扫卫生的人吗 ” volunteers是volunteer的复数形式，表示“自愿做某事的人”之意。由help可知，选A正确。
【题干】Father Christmas carries a big bag ______ gifts．
A．was full of B．full of
C．was filled with D．filling with
【答案】B
【解析】根据此句结构，bag为carried的宾语，后面空格处为bag的定语，因此排除A、C两项；fill with作定语修饰名词时应用过去分词，即a bag filled with gifts，故排除D项。
【题干】From his ______ expression, we know the meeting is ______．
A．bored; bored B．boring; boring
C．bored; boring D．boring; bored
【答案】C
【解析】bored意为“感到厌烦的”，主语一般为人，侧重主观感受；boring意为“令人厌烦的”，主语一般为物，侧重事物的特征。
【题干】We’d better speed up．______ we’ll miss the bus．
A．Somehow B．Meanwhile
C．Otherwise D．Furthermore
【答案】C
【解析】somehow“以某种方式”；meanwhile “同时”；otherwise “否则，要不然”；furthermore“而且”。由句意可知C项正确。
【题干】I do every single bit of housework ______ my husband Bob just does the dishes now and then．
A．since B．while
C．when D．as
【答案】B
【解析】while在此句中表示对比，强调“我把每一件家务活都做了，可我的丈夫鲍勃只偶尔洗洗碗”。
【题干】The teacher told us that the earth ______ around the sun．
A．goes B．went
C．has gone D．had gone
【答案】A
【解析】—般现在时表示客观事实。句意：“老师告诉我们地球绕着太阳转。”
【题干】—Do you know when he ______ again
—When he ______ here，I’ll let you know at once．
A．comes; come B．will come; will come
C．comes; will come D．will come; comes
【答案】D
【解析】根据语境可知，问句是询问将来的情况，因此用将来时；答语为when引导的时间状语从句，从句用一般现在时表示将来。
【题干】 Even the best writers sometimes find themselves ______ for words．
A．lose B．lost
C．to lose D．having lost
【答案】B
【解析】句意：“即使是最好的作家有时候也会表达不出来。”be lost for words是固定表达，意思是“（因惊讶、困惑等）不知说什么才好”。此处lost是过去分词作themselves的宾语补足语。
用所给词的适当形式填空
【题干】Having a baby really changes your ______ (way of life of an individual or group)．
【答案】lifestyle(s)
【解析】句意：“有了孩子真的会改变你（们）的生活方式。”根据句意可知应填lifestyle“生活方式”。
【题干】The TV series is very ______, so people who watch it feel ______．(relax)
【答案】relaxing; relaxed
【解析】描述物的特征用-ing形式的形容词，表示人的某种感觉用形式的形容词。句意:“这部电视剧非常让人放松，因此看它的人感觉很轻松。”
【题干】He is ______ at the ______ news that his mother has to stay in Japan during Christmas．(disappoint)
【答案】disappointed; disappointing
【解析】句意：“他对于妈妈圣诞节不得不留在日本这个令人沮丧的消息感到失望。”
用 faraway 或 far away 填空
【题干】Australia is ______ from Europe．
【答案】far away
【解析】far away作表语，且后面有介词from，用副词短语far away。
【题干】She dreamed of flying away to a ______ place．
【答案】faraway
【解析】faraway作前置定语修饰名词，用形容词faraway。
用formal的适当形式填空
【题干】Business letters are usually ______, but we write in an ______ way to our families．
【答案】formal; informal
【解析】根据常识，可判断前者为“正式的”商业信函，后者为“非正式的”家信。
【题干】Stay at home．It ______ ( rain) heavily now．
【答案】is raining
【解析】由句中的now可知表示此刻的天气情况，故用现在进行时。
【题干】He ______ (take) a walk after supper every day．
【答案】takes
【解析】由句中的every day可知此处表示经常或反复发生的动作，故用一般现在时。
【题干】The football match ______ ( start) at 8 o’clock．
【答案】starts
【解析】谈论按照时间表、计划或安排将要发生的事情用一般现在时。
【题干】I ______ (meet)you after class．
【答案】am meeting
【解析】表示确定或安排好的事情，用现在进行时表将来。
【题干】Kate ______ (find)a part-time job this summer．
【答案】is going to find
【解析】表示打算要做的事用be going to结构。
完形填空
【题干】Many years ago my dad was diagnosed(诊断)with a terminal illness．He was unable to work at 16 job．He would be fine for quite a while, but would then fall suddenly 17 and have to be admitted to the hospital．
He wanted to do something to keep himself 18 , so he decided to volunteer at the local children 19 My dad loved kids．He would talk to them and play with them．Sometimes, he would 20 one of his kids．In certain instances, he would give 21 to the sad parents of these children．
One of his kids was a girl who had been admitted with a 22 disease that paralysed (使……瘫痪）her from the neck down．I don’t know the 23 of the disease, but I do know that it was very sad for a little girl．My dad decided to try to help her．He started 24 her in her room, bringing paints, brushes and paper．He stood the paper up 25 a backing, put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to paint．He didn’t use his hands at all．Only his 26 would move．He would visit her 27 he could and paint for her．All the while he would tell her, “See，you can do 28 you set your mind to．”
29 , she began to paint using her mouth, and she and my dad became friends．Soon after, the little girl was discharged(允许出院)．My dad also 30 the children hospital for a little while because he became ill．Sometime later after my dad had recovered and 31 to work, he was at the volunteer centre one day and
32 the front door open．In came the little girl who had been paralysed, but this time she was 33 ．She ran straight to my dad and hugged him really tight．She gave my dad a picture she had done using her 34 At the bottom it read, “thank you for helping me walk．”
Sometimes love is more 35 than doctors, and my dad— who died just a few months after the little girl gave him the picture—loved every single child in that hospital．
16．A．an important B．a steady C．an easy D．a good
17．A．ill B．behind C．asleep D．down
18．A．well B．wealthy C．busy D．healthy
19．A．palace B．hospital C．centre D．park
20．A．teach B．miss C．lose D．treat
21．A．speech B．comfort C．praise D．help
22．A．special B．curious C．strange D．rare
23．A．result B．reason C．name D．course
24．A．observing B．drawing C．painting D．visiting
25．A．with B．across C．against D．over
26．A．head B．neck C．fingers D．eyes
27．A．with whoever B．whenever
C．as if D．as soon as
28．A．everything B．Something
C．anything D．nothing
29．A．Basically B．Naturally C．Eventually D．Suddenly
30．A．left B．entered
C．rushed to D．stayed at
31．A．stopped B．returned
C．hesitated D．refused
32．A．pushed B．noticed
C．observed D．kicked
33．A．shouting B．lying
C．walking D．jumping
34．A．hands B．pens
C．paper D．mind
35．A．thankful B．useful
C．thoughtful D．powerful
【答案】16．B 17．A 18．C 19．B 20．C
21．B 22．D 23．C 24．D 25．C 26．A
27．B 28．C 29．C 30．A 31．B 32．A
33．C 34．A 35．D
【解析】16．根据第一段内容“我的父亲得了绝症”和“他有时挺正常的，但会突然生病，必须及时被送进医院”可知，他不能做一份稳定的工作。因此选B。
17．fall ill为固定搭配，意为“生病”。fall behind“落后”；fall asleep“睡着”；fall down“跌倒”。
18．句意：“他不想让自己闲下来，于是就在儿童医院做志愿者。”因此选C。
19．根据下文可知，他在儿童“医院”做志愿者。
20．第二段最后一句句意：“每当失去一个孩子的时候，他都会去安慰这些孩子的父母。”因此可以推断此题应选lose。
21．失去孩子之后，必然是去“安慰”孩子的父母。
22．special“特殊的，特别的”；curious“好奇的”；strange“奇怪的”；rare意为“罕见的，少见的”。根据句意选D。
23．句意：“我不知道这种病的名字，但我知道这对一个小女孩来说有多残酷。”
24．由第三段内容可推断，“我爸爸开始看望这个小女孩，带着画笔和画纸”。因此选D。
25．with“和……一起；用”；across“穿过”；against“倚着，靠着”；over“越过……；在……之上”。因此选C。
26．由上文“我爸爸用嘴画画”可知，“只有他的头可以动”，因此选A。
27．句意为“他一有时间就去找那个小女孩儿并给她画画”。因雌B。
28．everything“每一件事”；something“一些事，某些事”；anything“任何事情”；nothing“没什么”。根据句意选C。
29．basically“ 主要的，基本”；naturally“自然而然地”；eventually“终于，最终”；suddenly“突然地”。句意：“最终她开始用嘴画画，并和我爸爸成为了好朋友。”因此选C。
30．句意：“因为我爸爸生病了，因此他离开儿童医院一段时间。”因此选A。enter“进入”；rush to“冲向……”；stay at“待在……”。
31．根据句意可知是“回去工作”，故选B．
33．由下文可知是小女孩推开门，因此选push“推；推动”。
33．but表转折，“虽然之前小女孩儿瘫痪了，现在却是走进来的”。因此选C。
34．用hands强调小女孩儿康复了。因此选A。
35．由文章可知，“有时候爱比医生更强大”。因此选D。
阅读理解
【题干】
A
As a young boy, I sometimes travelled the country roads with my dad．He was a rural mail carrier, and on Saturdays he would ask me to go with him．Driving through the countryside was always an adventure： There were animals to see, people to visit, and chocolate cookies if you knew where to stop, and Dad did．
In the spring, Dad delivered boxes full of baby chickens, and when I was a boy it was such a fun to stick your fingers through one of the holes of the boxes and let the baby birds peck on your fingers．
On Dad’s final day of work，it took him well into the evening to complete his rounds because at least one member from each family was waiting at their mailbox to thank him for his friendship and his years of service．“Two hundred and nineteen mailboxes on my route,” he used to say, “and a story at every one．” One lady had no mailbox, so Dad took the mail in to her every day because she was nearly blind．Once inside, he read her mail and helped her pay her bills．
Mailboxes were sometimes used for things other than mail．One note left in a mailbox read, “Nat, take these eggs to Marian; she’s baking a cake and doesn’t have any eggs．’’ Mailboxes might be buried in the snow, or broken, or lying on the ground, but the mail was always delivered．On cold days Dad might find one of his customers waiting for him with a cup of hot chocolate．A young girl wrote letters but had no stamps, so she left a few buttons on the envelope in the mailbox; Dad paid for the stamps．One businessman used to leave large amounts of cash in his mailbox for Dad to take to the bank．Once, the amount came to $32,000．
A dozen years ago, when I travelled back to my hometown on the sad occasion of Dad’s death, the mailboxes along the way reminded me of some of his stories．I thought I knew them all, but that wasn’t the case．
As I drove home, I noticed two lamp poles, one on each side of the street．When my dad was around, those poles supported wooden boxes about four feet off the ground．One box was painted green and the other was red, and each had a long narrow hole at the top with white lettering: SANTA CLAUS, NORTH POLE．For years children had dropped letters to Santa through those holes．
I made a turn at the comer and drove past the post office and across the railroad tracks to our house．Mom and I were sitting at the kitchen table when I heard footsteps．There, at the door, stood Frank Townsend，Dad’s postmaster and great friend for many years．So we all sat down at the table and began to tell stories．
At one point Frank looked at me with tears in his eyes．“What are we going to do about the letters this Christmas ” he asked．
“The letters ”
“I guess you never knew．’’
“Knew what ”
“Remember, when you were a kid and you used to put your letters to Santa in those green and red boxes on Main Street．It was your dad who answered all those letters every year．”
I just sat there with tears in my eyes．It wasn’t hard for me to imagine Dad sitting at the old table in our basement reading those letters and answering each one．I have since spoken with several of the people who received Christmas letters during their childhood, and they told me how amazed they were that Santa had known so much about their homes and families．
For me, just knowing that story about my father was the gift of a lifetime．
36．It can be inferred from the passage that the writer regarded his travels with Dad as ______．
A．great chances to help other people
B．happy occasions to play with baby chickens
C．exciting experiences with a lot of fun
D．good opportunities to enjoy chocolate cookies
37．The writer provides the detail about the businessman to show that ______．
A．Dad had a strong sense of duty
B．Dad was an honest and reliable man
C．Dad had a strong sense of honour
D．Dad was a kind and generous man
38．According to the passage, which of the following impressed the writer most
A．Dad read letters for a blind lady for years．
B．Dad paid for the stamps for a young girl．
C．Dad delivered some eggs to Marian．
D．Dad answered children’s Christmas letters every year．
39．The method the writer uses to develop Paragraph 4 is ______．
A．offering analyses B．providing explanations C．giving examples D．making comparisons
40．What surprised the children most when they received letters in reply from Santa Claus every year
A．Santa Claus lived alone in the cold North Pole．
B．Santa Claus answered all their letters every year．
C．Santa Claus had unique mailboxes for the children．
D．Santa Claus had so much information about their families．
【答案】【通篇解读】本文主要讲述了邮递员爸爸的简单、丰富而又充实、有趣的邮递生活，尤其是给孩子们回复给圣诞老人的邮件更是感人至深。
36．C 37．B 38．D 39．C 40．D
【解析】36．推理判断题。根据文章的前两段作者和父亲一起去送信时的所见、所闻、所感，可知那些是愉快的经历，故答案选C。
37．推理判断题。商人把那么多钱放在邮箱里托付给爸爸存入银行，可见爸爸是一个诚实的、可以信赖的人，故答案选B。
38．推理判断题。根据文章最后几段对父亲给孩子们回复圣诞老人邮件的描述，可以推断出答案选D。
39．写作手法题。根据对第四段的整体理解，可知本段主要用了举例的写作手法，故答案选C。
40．细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段最后一句“．．．and they told me how amazed they were that Santa had known so much about their homes and families．”可知答案选D。
【题干】
B
Five years ago, David Smith wore an expensive suit to work every day．“I was a clothes addict,” he jokes．“I used to carry a fresh suit to work with me so I could change if my clothes got wrinkled．” Today David wears casual clothes—khaki pants and sports shirt to the office．He hardly ever wears a necktie．“I’m working harder than ever,” David says, “and I need to feel comfortable．”
More and more companies are allowing their office workers to wear casual clothes to work in the United States．The change from formal to casual office wear has been gradual．In the early 1990s, many companies allowed their employees to wear casual clothes on Friday (but only on Friday)．This became known as “dress-down Friday” or “casual Friday”．“What started out as an extra one-day- a-week benefit for employees has really become an everyday things,” said business consultant Maisly Jones．
Why have so many companies started allowing their employees to wear casual clothes One reason is that it’s easier for a company to attract new employees if it has a casual dress code．“A lot of young people don’t want to dress up for work,” says the owner of a software company, “so it’s hard to hire people if you have a conservative dress code．” Another reason is that people seem happier and more productive when they are wearing comfortable clothes．In a study conducted by Levi Strauss & Company, 85 percent of employers said that they believe that casual dress improves employee morale．Only 4 percent of employers said that casual dress has a negative impact on productivity．Supporters of casual office wear also argue that a casual dress code helps them save money．“Suits are expensive, if you have to wear one every day,” one person said．“For the same amount of money, you can buy a lot more casual clothes．”
41．David Smith refers to himself as having been “a clothes addict,” because ______．
A．he often wore khaki pants and a sports shirt
B．he couldn’t stand a clean appearance
C．he wanted his clothes to look neat all the time D．he didn’t want to spend much money on clothes
42．David Smith wears casual clothes now, because ______．
A．they make him feel at ease when working
B．he cannot afford to buy expensive clothes
C．he looks handsome in casual clothes
D．he no longer works for any company
43．According to this passage, which of the following statements is FALSE
A．Many employees don’t like a conservative dress code．
B．Comfortable clothes make employees more productive．
C．A casual clothes code is welcomed by young employees．
D．All the employers in the U．S．are for casual office wear．
44．According to this passage, which of the following statements is TRUE
A．Company workers started to dress down about twenty years ago．
B．Dress-down has become an everyday phenomenon since the early 1990s．
C．“Dress-down Friday” was first given as a favour from employers．
D．Many workers want to wear casual clothes to impress people．
45．In this passage, the following advantages of casual office wear are mentioned in the passage EXCEPT ______．
A．saving employees’ money
B．making employees more attractive
C．improving employees’ motivation
D．making employees happier
【通篇解读】本文讲述的是公司对于员工服装的不同要求，但员工更倾向于穿便服上班，这会使他们感觉舒适，工作更积极。
【答案】41．C 42．A 43．D 44．C 45．B
【解析】41．细节理解题。戴维自嘲以前是服装爱好者，衣服一起皱，他就得换上备穿的服装。
42细节理解题。由第一段最后一句“‘I’m working harder than ever,’ David says, ‘and I need to feel comfortable．’”，可知。
43推理判断题。由最后一段“Only 4 percent of employers said that casual dress has a negative impact on productivity．”可知还有一些雇主不赞同穿便装上班。
44．推理判断题。由第二段最后一句“‘What started out as an extra one-day-a-week benefit for employees has really become an everyday thing,’ said business consultant Maisly Jones．”可知选C。
45．推理判断题。通读最后一段可知A意为“为雇员省钱”；B意为“使员工更具魅力”；C意为“提高雇员的积极性”；D意为“使雇员高兴”。A、C、D在原文中均被提到，只有B未被提到。因此选B。
【题干】
C
As a girl who has lived in both places, I can tell you that country living certainly beats the city life! Living in a village has advantages that simply can’t be bought at any price．
In the city, I was tired of the sounds of blowing and sirens blaring．In the country, I’m surrounded (包围)by the singing of birds, along with the pleasant sound of a cool breeze flowing through the trees．
On congested city streets, I had to deal with tired drivers and careless pedestrians (行人) On winding country roads，I can keep my eyes on the road．
Yes, country living is the lifestyle that I, like most people who have had the opportunity to experience it, prefer．Instead of salespeople knocking on my door hoping to leave with some of my money, I have warm, friendly neighbours dropping by with baskets of fresh vegetables from their gardens—not to sell of course．They simply enjoy sharing the rewards of their country lifestyles with others．
Living in the country means that I can get up at 8: 00 in the morning and enjoy a leisurely jog down a path or simply sit on a riverbank under a big tree with a fishing pole in my hand．
Yes, I do enjoy my country lifestyle! Having spent much of my life living in many cities around the world, I can now enjoy the peace and quietness of my country home．For me, a country lifestyle makes it easy to look forward to the next day!
46．What is this passage mainly about
A．People hate living in the city．
B．People living in the country are generous(慷慨的)．
C．The writer prefers country living to the lifestyles in the city．
D．More and more people are moving to the country．
47．The underlined word probably means ______．
A．beautiful B．lifeless
C．crowded D．comfortable
48．Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage
A．The beauty of the country．
B．The annoying noises in the city．
C．The good relationship of neighbours in the country．
D．The convenience of traffic between the country and the city．
49．Which of the following statements is RIGHT
A．She had lived in many cities around the world before she moved to the county．
B．She started to grow vegetables in her garden after she moved to the country．
C．She bought something every time a salesman came to her home．
D．She doesn’t enjoy the beauty of the scenery in the country when she is walking．
50．What do we know from Paragraph 4
A．Salesmen often knock on the citizens door for selling products．
B．The writer has a good relationship with her new neighbours．
C．Her neighbours often give her fresh vegetables．
D．There are no salespeople in the country, so the writer thinks country life is very quiet．
【通篇解读】本文作者通过比较讲述了城市生活与乡村生活的区别，并列举了乡村生活的种种优点。
【答案】
46．C 47．C 48．D 49．A 50．B
【解析】46．主旨大意题。作者把城市生活与乡村生活相比较，认为乡村生活更好。
47．词义猜测题。根据画线单词后面的“．．．I had to deal with tired drivers and careless pedestrians（行人）可知为“拥挤的”。beautiful“漂亮的”；lifeless“没有生机的”；comfortable“舒适的”。
48．细节理解题。第二段提到了A项；第二段提到了B项；第四段提到了C项；文中无D项信息。
49．细节理解题。由最后一段中的“Having spent much of my life living in many cities around the world, I can now enjoy the peace and quietness of my country home．”可知作者在世界上许多城市住过，通过体会和比较认为乡村生活更好，故A项正确。
50．推理判断题。邻居经常送时令的果蔬给作者，与作者共同分享大自然的馈赠，由此可知作者与邻居关系非常和谐。
【题干】假如你是大学一年级新生李华。开学之初，你的英语老师Ms Li希望了解每位同学的英语学习情况，并征求教学建议。请按以下要点用英语给她写一封信。
1．对英语学习的认识；
2．自己目前的英语水平；
3．自己英语学习存在的主要问题；
4．对英语教学的两点建议。
注意：
1．词数100左右；
2．信的开头和结尾已给出。
Dear Ms Li,
I’m very happy to have you as our English teacher．
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Thank you!
Li Hua
【范文】Dear Ms Li,
I’m very happy to have you as our English teacher．
As the world is becoming a global village，English is getting more and more important, so mastering English means we can see the world through a new window．
My English is just OK and the two main problems in my study are that I feel it difficult to learn words by heart, and that I often feel nervous when speaking English．I really hope that you can give me good advice on how to memorize new words．Another suggestion is to give us more chances to practise speaking．I believe we can make much progress in English with your help．
Thank you!
Li Hua
【题干】假定你是李华。你班同学决定为小明举办生日聚会。请你写信邀请外教Susan参加，要点包括：
1．时间：周五晚8点至9点；
2．地点：学生俱乐部；
3．内容：生日歌、蛋糕、游戏等；
4．要求：备小礼物。
注意：
1．词数100左右，开头语已为你写好；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Hi, Susan,
We’re throwing a surprise party for Xiaoming’s birthday．____________________________________________
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Yours,
Li Hua
【范文】Hi, Susan,
①We’re throwing a surprise party for Xiaoming’s birthday．We’d like to ②invite you to the party．We ③want to give him a surprise, so please keep quiet about it．④We’ll gather at the Students’ Club ⑤at 8 p．m．this Friday, after the evening classes．And it’s going to last about an hour．We each will prepare a little present．⑥When he comes, we’ll light the candles and sing Happy Birthday together for him．⑦Then the cake will be cut and we’ll sing songs and play games．⑧It’ll be nice to see how excited he will be．⑨I’m sure you’ll have a good time at the party, too．
Yours, Li Hua