Section Ⅱ— Learning about Language
一、 用适当的介词或副词完成句子
1.It is difficult to figure the problem.
答案:out
2.Some of his excellent works are exhibition in the gallery.
答案:on
3.I’ve got all her records but I’ve never seen her the flesh.
答案:in
4.He told us he was once allergic onions.
答案:to
5.The excited boy presented a bunch flowers to his teacher.
答案:of
6.Do you really have a preference the modern music
答案:for
7.He was invited to give us a speech a famous scholar.
答案:as
8.I can hardly concentrate the book I am reading.Can’t you play the guitar less loudly
答案:on
二、改正下面句子中的错误
1.She pretended reading a book when the teacher came in.
答案:reading→to be reading
2.He doesn’t like made fun of.
答案:made fun of→being made fun of
3.They think telling him about that no use.
答案:telling him about that no use→it is no use telling him about that
4.I made that a rule that the classroom should be cleaned every day.
答案:第一个that→it
5.You may depend on that he will not repeat his mistakes.
答案:depend on后加it
6.He can’t decide whether leaving or staying.
答案:whether leaving or staying→whether to leave or stay
7.The light is still on.I forget turning it off.
答案:turning→to turn
8.The word“media”basically refers to that we commonly call newspaper,magazines and radios.
答案:that→what
9.She can’t help cleaning the house because she’s busy making a cake.
答案:cleaning→clean
10.Davod apologized for not be able to inform me of the change in the plan.
答案:be→being
11.I don’t know where has he gone.
答案:where has he gone→where he has gone
12.The award will be given to who does the best job in the field.
答案:who→whoever
三、完成句子
1.Never (想当然地以为)what the books say is all correct.
答案:take it for granted that
2.We have (形成……规矩/惯例)we should vote to decide whether to carry out a plan.
答案:made it a rule that
3.They want to (明确/把……说明白)to the public that they are doing an important job.
答案:make it clear
4.Do you consider it any use (向她解释你本意不想伤害她)
答案:explaining to her that you didn’t mean to hurt her
5.He’ll see to (没人破坏我们所做的事情).
答案:it that nobody can ruin what we have done
6.We all think it of great importance to find (适合你做的和你喜欢做的).
答案:what you are suitable for and interested in
7.Nobody in our company knows exactly (他在从事什么工作).
答案:what is his occupation
8.The problem lies in (我们正在授人以鱼,而不是授人以渔).
答案:that we are giving a man a fish instead of teaching him to fish
9.I owe my success to (你的帮助).
答案:your help
10.He suggested (我周末可以去博物馆参观).
答案:that I should go to visit the museum at weekend
四、阅读下面一篇短文,根据所给词及汉语提示完成下列短文
Dear Peter,
Next year I will go to study at university,but I don’t know (怎样适应大学生活).I hear many freshmen are at a loss what to do when they are at university.They can’t (照顾自己)in their everyday life,so they often feel lonely and homesick.Clothes,money or mobile phones are sometimes gone.And because of (不同的气候与食物),they often feel sick.Some even (租房)outside the campus.Can you tell me (怎样处理这些问题)so that I will be able to suit (将来的大学生活)
答案:how to adapt myself to the college life;look after/take care of themselves;different climate and food;rent houses;how to deal with these problems;the university life in the future
五、完形填空
Of all living creatures on earth,insects are the most plentiful.Some 1 are very useful to man,for example,bees, 2 we get honey and wax,and silkworms,which 3 us with silk.Other varieties, 4 ,are extremely harmful,and do a great 5 of damage,especially to crops.Locusts are perhaps the most dangerous of all, 6 they will eat almost any green 7 ,and when millions of them 8 on cultivated land they soon leave it 9 .In some countries they are the farmers’ 10 enemy.Another nuisance is the common 11 ,not only because it 12 us indoors and out-of-doors,but because it spreads diseases.
Scientists have given much time and 13 to the study of insects.It needs the most careful and 14 observation.Thanks 15 their discoveries we now know almost all 16 is to be known about the habits of these hardworking insects,bees and ants,which live in 17 better planned in some ways than our 18 .But the most valuable work has been done in trying to give 19 to men,animals and crops from the 20 which insects cause.
1.A.members B.forms
C.qualities D.varieties
答案:D
解析:下文提到other varieties...are extremely harmful,因此选D项,指有些种类的昆虫。
2.A.by which B.from which
C.of which D.in which
答案:B
解析:we get honey and wax from bees“从蜜蜂身上得到蜂蜜和蜂蜡”。
3.A.give B.produce
C.offer D.supply
答案:D
解析:provide/supply sb with sth表示“给某人提供/供应某物”,用C项搭配为offer sb sth。
4.A.however B.meanwhile
C.therefore D.because
答案:A
解析:在此表示上下文的转折关系,“但另一些种类有害”。
5.A.majority B.number
C.amount D.many
答案:C
解析:a great/large amount of+不可数名词表示“大量的”。
6.A.and B.for
C.if D.when
答案:B
解析:引导状语从句表原因,用以具体的解释说明。
7.A.grass B.field
C.fruit D.plant
答案:D
解析:plant概括性最强,包括grass等各种植物。
8.A.settle B.attack
C.pass D.cross
答案:A
解析:settle用作不及物动词时,表示“停息,停留,安居,定居”等意思。
9.A.bare B.anything
C.empty D.untouched
答案:A
解析:蝗虫飞过,植物都被吃光了(当然有时可能留下光秃秃的枝干),耕地光秃秃的。
10.A.hardest B.greatest
C.serious D.wildest
答案:B
解析:此处意为“在有些国家他们是农民最大的敌人”。
11.A.insect B.creature
C.fly D.enemy
答案:C
解析:下文提到在屋里屋外都有,还传播疾病,因此选C项。
12.A.dislikes B.bites
C.worries D.hates
答案:C
解析:苍蝇在屋里屋外飞,困扰人们。
13.A.understanding B.ideas
C.comprehension D.thought
答案:D
解析:花时间,想办法研究昆虫。give much thought to表示“关心,想到”。
14.A.serious B.patient
C.curious D.long
答案:B
解析:观察昆虫需要仔细和耐心的观察。
15.A.for B.of
C.to D.with
答案:C
解析:thanks to意为“幸亏,多亏”。
16.A.that B.which
C.there D.what
答案:C
解析:本题是all(that)there is to be done句式,为there’s sth to be done结构的变化形式。
17.A.societies B.crowds
C.teams D.organizations
答案:A
解析:既然与“我们的”相比较,其共同之处是society,人类社会和动物“群栖,群集”。
18.A.world B.nation
C.selves D.own
答案:D
解析:our own(society),指“我们自己的社会形态”。
19.A.help B.protection
C.living D.defense
答案:B
解析:与下文的from相呼应,give sb protection from“给……以保护”。
20.A.injury B.wound
C.sickness D.ruin
答案:A
解析:此处指“昆虫给我们造成的损害”,此空从第4、5空所在句子中的harmful,damage等词也可推知选A项。
六、语法填空
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Last year,my brother and I went to Miami for a vacation.Some of my friends who had been there before said 1 was a wonderful holiday destination.Before we went,we had planned for months.When the day came,we were ready.
After our plane landed,we went to the hotel.We had made our reservation six months 2 (early),but the man at the front desk said there had been a mistake.We 3 (tell)that our rooms hadn’t been reserved for that week, 4 for the week after.I didn’t understand 5 this would happen and my credit card had already been charged 6 the reservation.What’s worse,the hotel had been fully booked.When we were wondering what to do,the manager came out.She was 7 (surprise)helpful.She apologized for the mistake and gave us a spare VIP room on 8 top floor.We had never stayed in such an amazing room,and we weren’t charged extra.
The next day,my brother and I went to the beach 9 we watched some people play volleyball.We got a little 10 (sunburn),but the day had been so relaxing that we didn’t mind.
答案:1.it 2.earlier 3.were told 4.but 5.why 6.for
7.surprisingly 8.the 9.where 10.sunburned/sunburnt
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