笔试部分(共七大题,计120分)

　　I. 选择填空 (Vocabulary and structure) ( 共20小题,计20分)

　　解题关键:分析语境逻辑巧解语境题;分析句子结构巧解成分确定题。

　　A)从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　1. -I have failed. I really don't know why I did so badly.

　　- _______ Just try to do it better next time.

　　A. Don't lose heart!

　　B. Look out!

　　C. You're hopeless.

　　D. Can't you be more careful?

　　答案:A. 本题考查交流用语用法.对对方的暂时失败应给予安慰和鼓励。

　　2. The boy hasn't come to school. He _______ missed the bus.

　　A. has B. had C. should have D. must have

　　答案:D. 本题考查推测性情态动词的用法.由男孩没有来上学推测他一定是错过了公共汽车。

　　3. -Would you like some wine?

　　-I don't drink as a rule, but I don't mind a glass or more _______ .

　　A. all the time B. more or less

　　C. at any time D. once in a while

　　答案:D.本题考查频度时间短语用法区别.因主语通常不喝酒,因此即使喝酒也是"偶然的"。

　　4.-Which of these electronic dictionaries do you like most?

　　- _______ of them.They are expensive and of little use.

　　A. None B. Both C. All D. Either

　　答案:A. 本题考查代词用法区别.因这些电子词典贵又用处小,所以主语一定一本也不喜欢。

　　5. -What made him unhappy?

　　- _______ .

　　A. Lost the ticket to a football match

　　B. Losing his wallet

　　C. To lose a beautiful notebook D. Lose his new pen

　　答案:B. 本题考查句子成分的担任条件.分析成分、语境含义和句子结构不难发现,空后面省去了made him unhappy,所以该空缺主语,应由动名词担任。

　　6. Mr. Cox suggested a good way _______ prices from _______ .

　　A. to stop; rising B. of stopping; raise

　　C. to stop; raising D. stopping; rising

　　答案:A.根据stop...from doing...这一固定用法,首先确定第二个空应填V-ing形式。而第二个空后没有宾语,所以构成第二个空V-ing形式的动词应为不及物动词。而分析语境含义及句子结构可知第一个空应填不定式。综合起来考虑,选A。

　　7. It's said there is so much land in Australia that the government doesn't know _______ .

　　A. what to do it B. to do what with it

　　C. it what to do with D. what to do with it

　　答案:D.本题考查短语搭配及不定式用法.表如何处理时,do with应和what连用。

　　8. Nobody noticed the thief slip into the house because the lights happened to _______ .

　　A. give in B. go out C. be burnt on D. be put up

　　答案:B. 本题考查动词短语用法区别。分析语境含义不难发现该空有灯熄灭之意,所以应填go out。

　　9. -Did you notice John was not at home today?

　　-No.If _______ working, I would have noticed it.

　　A. I'd not been B. I wasn't C. I'd be D. I weren't

　　答案:A. 本题考查虚拟语气用法。分析语境含义可知,该句表示对过去情况进行假设,从句应用had done的形式。

　　10. You might wonder how the hibernating(冬眠) animal _______ to live without eating for so many months.

　　A. succeeds B. remains C. manages D. tries

　　答案:C. 本题考查动词用法区别。分析语境可知,该空表设法做成某事,应填manages。

　　11. The pianos in the shop are _______ but _______ .

　　A. more expensive; not as better

　　B. much more expensive; as better

　　C. cheaper; not as good

　　D. much cheaper; as good

　　答案:C. 本题考查比较级和同级比较用法。第一空应使用比较级,第二空应使用同级比较。且据语意,第二空应为否定含义。

　　12. _______ box can not be lifted by a boy of five.

　　A. So heavy a B. So a heavy C. A such heavy D. Such heavy

　　答案:A .本题考查冠词用法。和such与so连用时,固定用法为such a/an + adj.+单数可数名词或 so + adj.+ a/an + 单数可数名词。

　　13. The teacher thought his students _______ everything _______ .

　　A. had had; well prepared B. have; well prepared

　　C. had got; good prepared D. had; prepared well

　　答案:A. 本题考查时态、动词词组及过去分词修饰语用法。析语境可知,本题所考短语为have sth。 done,第一空所表示动作发生在thought之前,所以应使用过去完成时,第二空过去分词前应用副词well作程度状语。

　　14. Reporters keep an ear to the ground so as to know as soon as possible what will happen.The underlined phrase means " _______ ".

　　A. lie down and listen to the sound from the ground

　　B. want to know where the news is

　　C. ask the way to the place where the accident happened

　　D. pay attention to the way things are going, or seem likely to go

　　答案:D. 本题考查语境词义推断.由语境含义可以推断要尽快地了解将要发生什么事,当然应多关注现在正在发生或将来要发生的事情。

　　15. For my money,we'd better start off earlier so that we can arrive there on time. The underlined phrase means " _______ ".

　　A. By this means B. In my opinion C. By the way D. By and by

　　答案:B. 本题考查词义推断及介词短语区别.分析语境逻辑可知,我们最好早点出发以便能准时到达那里是我个人的观点,所以应填In my opinion。

　　B)下列五题中的句子可以组成一篇小短文,请从所给的四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　解题关键:这道试题要求考生在连贯的语境中填词,考生不能拘泥于一道题的语境,应借助整个语篇的上下文进行语境理解,从而顺利解题。

　　16. Insects are an _______ part of life on Earth.

　　A. honorable B. unnecessary C. important D. impossible

　　答案:C .由下文所介绍的很多昆虫对人类有作用反推,昆虫是地球上重要生命的一部分。

　　17. There are more than one million kinds of insects in the _______ - more than all other kinds of animals put together.

　　A. world B. sight C. beginning D. universe

　　答案:A .由第16题空后面的on Earth推断,应填world。

　　18. Insects have many different living and eating habits. Some live in hot climates; others _______ cool temperatures. Some eat plants; others eat other insects or dead animals.

　　A.fix B.intend C.live D.prefer

　　答案:D .some与others体现出对称语境,应填prefer。

　　19. Many insects are useful to humans. For example, some farmers put ladybugs on their plants _______ these insects eat insects that destroy crops.

　　A. though B. because C. but D. while

　　答案:B .空档前后语境为因果关系。

　　20. However, insects inside a house are usually not useful. Termites(白蚁), for instance, eat the wood in our houses, and ants get into our food. Most people want to _______ , or kill, insects in their homes.

　　A. get out of B. get along with C. get rid of D. get away from

　　答案:C .由or的逻辑性可知,该空含义与kill相同,应填get rid of。

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