状语从句
Ⅰ.单项填空
1.The lawyer seldom wears anything other than a suit ________ the season.
A.whatever B.wherever C.whenever D.however
解析 句意:无论什么季节,这位律师除了一套西装以外,很少穿其他的。whatever引导让步状语从句,whatever the season即whatever the season is。wherever无论什么地方;whenever无论什么时候;however无论怎样,均不符合语境要求。
答案 A
2.—Have you got any idea for the summer vacation?
—I don't mind where we go ________ there's sun,sea and beach.
A.as if B.as long as
C.now that D.in order that
解析 句意:——暑假有什么打算?——去什么地方都行,只要有阳光、大海和沙滩就可以了。as long as只要,引导条件状语从句;as if好像;now that既然;in order that为了,不符合语境要求。
答案 B
3.The weather was ________ cold that I didn't like to leave my room.
A.really B.such C.too D.so
解析 句意:天气是那么冷以至于我都不想离开房间。so...that...如此……以至于……,引导结果状语从句;such修饰名词,排除B;A、C项和that不搭配。
答案 D
4.A small car is big enough for a family of three ________ you need more space for baggage.
A.once B.because C.if D.unless
解析 句意:如果你不需要更多存放行李的空间,一辆小汽车对一个三口之家便足够了。once一旦……;because因为……;if如果……;unless如果不……。
答案 D
5.—Did you return Fred's call?
—I didn't need to ________ I'll see him tomorrow.
A.though B.unless C.when D.because
解析 句意:——你给Fred回电话了吗?——我没必要,因为明天我要去见他。though虽然;unless除非;when当……时;because因为。
答案 D
6.I'm sorry you've been waiting so long,but it'll still be some time ________ Brian gets back.
A.before B.since C.till D.after
解析 句意:对不起,让你等了这么长时间,但是,Brian还要过一段时间才能回来。本题应注意句型:It will be+一段时间+before从句,意为“要过多久才……”。
答案 A
7.We'll have a picnic in the park this Sunday ________ it rains or it's very cold.
A.since B.if C.unless D.until
解析 句意:除非下雨或天很冷,我们将在本周日去公园野餐。从句子之间的逻辑关系判断此处应为否定条件句,相当于if...not,故排除if,而选unless。A项since表因果关系。D项until只能引导时间状语从句,故排除。
答案 C
8.—Are you ready for Spain?
—Yes,I want the girls to experience that ________ they are young.
A.while B.until C.if D.before
解析 句意:——你准备好去西班牙了吗?——是的。我想让这些女孩子趁着年轻的时候去感受一下西班牙。while当……时候。
答案 A
9.There were some chairs left over ________ everyone had sat down.
A.when B.until C.that D.where
解析 句意:虽然所有人都坐下了,但还有一些椅子剩下。when放在句中时有even though之意。
答案 A
10.In some places women are expected to earn money ________ men work at home and raise their children.
A.but B.while C.because D.though
解析 句意:在一些地方,人们期待妇女去挣钱,而男人却在家做事,带孩子。while表示对比,有“而,然而”的意思,符合语境要求;but表转折,但无对比的含义;because因为,though虽然,都不符合句子意思。
答案 B
Ⅱ.完形填空
We have been driving in fog all morning,but the fog is lifting now.The little seaside villages are __11__,one by one.“There is my grandmother's house,” I say,__12__ across the bay to a shabby old house.
I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage(朝圣) with Lise,my granddaughter,seeking roots for her,retracing(追溯) __13__ memory for me.Lise was one of the mobile children,__14__ from house to house in childhood.She longs for a sense of __15__,and so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors __16__ for 200 years.
We soon __17__ by the house and I tell her what it was like here,the memories __18__ back,swift as the tide(潮水).
Suddenly,I long to walk again in the __19__ where I was once so gloriously a child.It still __20__ a member of the family,but has not been lived in for a while.We cannot go into the house,but I can still walk __21__ the rooms in memory.Here,my mother __22__ in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary.I can still see the enthusiastic family __23__ into and out of the house.I could never have enough of being __24__ them.However,that was long after those childhood days.Lise __25__ attentively as I talk and then says,“So this is where I __26__;where I belong.”
She has __27__ her roots.To know where I come from is one of the great longings of the human __28__.To be rooted is “to have an origin”.We need __29__ origin.Looking backward,we discover what is unique in us;learn the __30__ of “I”.We must all go home again—in reality or memory.
11.A.appearing B.moving
C.exposing D.expanding
解析 根据上文the fog is lifting now可知,大雾散后,村庄出现,因此A项符合语境。
答案 A
12.A.referring B.travelling C.pointing D.coming
解析 根据上半句“There is my grandmother's house”及本空后的内容,可知作者是用手指着海湾对面的村庄。refer提到,查阅;travel旅游;come来。
答案 C
13.A.shared B.short C.fresh D.treasured
解析 根据下文作者对自己童年的回忆的描述可知此处应填treasured(宝贵的)。shared分享的;short短的;fresh新鲜的,都不符合句意。
答案 D
14.A.passed B.raised C.moved D.sent
解析 上文说“Lise是流动儿童之一”,因此后面说Lise从一个房子搬到另一个房子,只有move“搬家,移动”符合文意。故选C。
答案 C
15.A.home B.duty C.reality D.relief
解析 她渴望家的感觉,因此我们来到我和丈夫出生的地方。因此正确答案为A。
答案 A
16.A.built B.lived C.remained D.explored
解析 我们的祖先在那里生活了大约200年。因此正确答案为B。
答案 B
17.A.catch up B.pull up
C.step down D.come down
解析 我们不久停在房子旁边。catch up追上;pull up停下;step down退休,辞职;come down下来,败落。因此答案B正确。
答案 B
18.A.falling B.turning C.rushing D.bringing
解析 句意:思潮翻滚,如潮水之迅速。fall落下;turn扭转,掉过头来;rush急速流动,奔腾;bring拿来。由句意知,C项符合句意。
答案 C
19.A.yard B.village C.room D.house
解析 根据上文“We soon __17__ by the house”可知,作者渴望到屋子里走一走。
答案 D
20.A.adapts to B.appeals to
C.belongs to D.occurs to
解析 它仍然属于家庭的一个成员。adapt to适应;appeal to呼吁;occur to发生在。因此只有belong to“属于”符合题意。
答案 C
21.A.across B.through C.along D.past
解析 across 表示动作在某一物体的表面进行;through表示动作在某一物体的空间里进行;along沿着,顺着;past从……旁边路过,经过。
答案 B
22.A.lay B.played C.stood D.sat
解析 我的妈妈坐在卧室窗户前写日记。因此sit“坐”为正确答案。
答案 D
23.A.marching B.looking C.breaking D.pouring
解析 看到热心的家人从房子里进进出出。因此只有D项正确。
答案 D
24.A.between B.with C.near D.behind
解析 句意:我永远不会厌烦和他们在一起。be with sb.“和某人在一起”,符合文意。
答案 B
25.A.wonders B.listens C.reacts D.agrees
解析 当作者讲过去的事,Lise专心的听,可知B项正确。
答案 B
26.A.began B.grew C.studied D.stayed
解析 阅读文章可知作者现在住在外地,带着孙女来寻根,用begin“开始”能够表达出人生航程中的起点。
答案 A
27.A.deepened B.recognized C.accepted D.found
解析 句意:她已经找到了她的根。deepen加深;recognize认出;accept接受。只有find“找到,发现”符合文意。
答案 D
28.A.heart B.rights
C.interest D.behaviors
解析 知道我来自哪里是人心的最大的渴望之一。只有A项符合题意。
答案 A
29.A.one B.its C.that D.every
解析 that origin代指root “那种根源”,符合文意。
答案 C
30.A.meaning B.expression
C.connection D.background
解析 句意:回忆过去,我们发现我们的独特之处,学到了“我”的真正含义。meaning意义;expression表达;connection联系;background背景。
答案 A
Ⅲ.阅读理解
I am a writer.I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language—the way it can evoke(唤起)an emotion,a visual image,a complex idea,or a simple truth.Language_is_the_tool_of_my_trade.And I use them all—all the Englishes I grew up with.
Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California,I've been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks.Like others,I have described it to people as “broken” English.But I feel embarrassed to say that.It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than“broken”,as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed,as if it lacked a certain wholeness.I've heard other terms used,“limited English”, for example.But they seem just as bad,as if everything is limited,including people's perceptions(认识)of the limited English speaker.
I know this for a fact,because when I was growing up, my mother's “limited” English limited my perception of her.I was ashamed of her English.I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say.That is,because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plenty of evidence to support me:the fact that people in department stores,at banks,and at restaurants did not take her seriously,did not give her good service,pretended not to understand her,or even acted as if they did not hear her.
I started writing fiction in 1985.And for reasons I won't get into today,I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with:the English she used with me,which for lack of a better term might be described as“broken”:and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese,her internal(内在的)language,and for that I sought to preserve the essence,but neither an English nor a Chinese structure.I wanted to catch what language ability tests can never show:her intention,her feelings,the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts.
【语篇解读】 本文主要记叙了作者在不同时期对母亲所使用的语言的不同看法。
31.By saying“Language is the tool of my trade”,the author means that ________.
A.she uses English in foreign trade
B.she is fascinated by languages
C.she works as a translator
D.she is a writer by profession
解析 推理判断题。此句中the tool of my trade中的trade指的是职业。由本文第一句可知“我”是一名作家;此句又说语言是“我”的职业工具,故此句指的自然是“我”的职业为作家。
答案 D
32.The author used to think of her mother's English as ________.
A.impolite B.amusing C.imperfect D.practical
解析 推理判断题。由文中倒数第二段中“...because she expressed them imperfectly,her thoughts were imperfect”一句可知选C,作者一度以为自己妈妈所说的英语是不完美的。
答案 C
33.The author gradually realizes her mother's English is ________.
A.well structured B.in the old style
C.easy to translate D.rich in meaning
解析 推理判断题。由最后一段可知,我写小说时开始运用她与我说话时所用的英语。我尽力地保留她语言的精髓,但未运用她所使用的英语或汉语的结构。我想领悟语言能力测试中所不能反映但我妈妈语言中所包含的意思。故选D。
答案 D
34.What is the passage mainly about?
A.The change of the author's attitude to her mother's English.
B.The limitation of the author's perception of her mother.
C.The author's misunderstanding of “limited” English.
D.The author's experiences of using broken English.
解析 主旨大意题。本文以时间为线索,讲述了作者对妈妈所使用的语言的不同态度,故选A。
答案 A