1. We can't ______ one to change the habits of a lifetime in a short time.
A.hope
B.wait
C.expect
D.imagine
A B C D
C
[解析] expect期望,盼望,表示认为有很大的客观可能性,例如:I expect the work to be finished by Friday.(我期望这项工作能在星期五前做完。)wait for…to do sth.等待、等待……做……,强调“等”这一动词的本身,如:The audience are waiting eagerly for the performance to begin.(观众正等着演出开始。)本题如改为这样:I waited for him to arrive in time for dinner, but he didn't come.(我等他来赶上晚餐,但他没有来。)由此可见,expect是表示“期待”,而wait for是表示“等待”,词义完全不同。 注意hope后不能接sb. to do sth.。imagine being on the moon. 3)I'm sorry, but I can't imagine anyone doing research like that. 我们不能期望一个人在这样短的时间内改变一辈子养成的习惯。
2. His landlady gave him a week's ______ to leave the flat.
A.threat
B.notice
C.advice
D.caution
A B C D
B
[解析] notice预先通知(尤用雇主、雇员或房东、房客之间):give one's employee a month's notice(通知雇员一个月后离职)。本题译文:他的女房东通知他一周后从套间搬走。
3. Even if they are on sale, these refrigerators are equal in price to, if not more expensive than, ______ at the other store.
4. He has left his book here on ______,so that you can read it.
A.purpose
B.intention
C.aim
D.meaning
A B C D
A
[解析] on purpose是介词习语,意为“故意地”。如用intention,则应说by intention故意地。
5. The open university was started in order to help those who ______ having a university education when they were young.
A.stopped
B.failed
C.missed
D.ceased
A B C D
C
[解析] miss doing sth.没有做某事:I missed seeing the film when it was shown at school.(学校放映那部电影时,我没有能去看。)
6. Comrade Li Dazhao, ______ librarian of Beijing University, was one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party.
A.sometimes
B.sometime
C.some time
D.some times
A B C D
B
[解析] sometime(=former)过去的,以前的:Mice Brown,a sometime pupil of our school,is now a teacher there.
7. The patients believe that the doctor knows exactly how to put them ______.
A.correct
B.perfect
C.fight
D.well
A B C D
C
[解析] put sth. /sb. fight纠正;治好,使恢复健康:Since man has done so much damage, it is up to man to put the matters fight.(既然人类已造成了如此巨大的损害,人类有责任纠正这种状况。)又如:This medicine will soon put you fight.(这药很快会使你恢复健康。)其他3个选择均不能与put构成习语,故不能入选。本题译文:病人相信医生清楚地知道怎样冶好他的病。
8. The old man got into the ______ of storing money under the bed.
A.tradition
B.habit
C.use
D.custom
A B C D
B
[解析] get into the habit of doing sth.意为”养成了做……的习惯”。habit指个人的习惯,而custom则指社会的风俗习惯。tradition”传统
9. The problem is not ______ so easy as you think. It's far from being settled.
17. Shanghai is so full of ______, it seems as if things never stop.
A.strength
B.spirit
C.force
D.energy
A B C D
D
[解析] D“精力,活力”。 A“力气”; B“精神”; C“力量,武力”。
18. No one has ______ been able to trace the author of the poem.
A.still
B.yet
C.already
D.just
A B C D
B
19. His new appointment takes ______ from the beginning of next month.
A.place
B.effect
C.post
D.office
A B C D
B
[解析] take effect生效。
20. He is a very honest official and never ______ any gifts from the people who sought his help.
A.accepted
B.received
C.carried
D.excepted
A B C D
A
[解析] receive收到,接到,指“收,接”这一动作;而accept是经过考虑“接受”下来,表示当事人的态度,如:I received the present, but I did not accept it.(我收到了这件礼物,但我没有接受。)
21. An early typewriter produced letters quickly and neatly; the typist, ______ couldn't see his work on his machine.
A.however
B.therefore
C.yet
D.although
A B C D
A
[解析] however然而。 早期的打字机打起字来又快又整齐,然而打字员不能看着机器键盘打字。
22. We are interested in the weather because it ______ us so directly ------what we wear, what we do, and even how we feel.
A.benefits
B.guides
C.affects
D.effects
A B C D
C
[解析] affect(=have an influence or effect on)影响:The climate affected his health.(气候影响[损害]了他的健康。) affect vt. 影响。effect n. (=influent)影响,作用:Some films have a misleading effect on children. effect vt. (=bring about)实行,进行,产生……后果:1)I will effect my purpose: no-one shall stop me! 2)We hope to effect an improvement.(我们希望能引起改进。)
23. It is wrong for someone in such a high ______ in the government to behave too badly in public.
A.situation
B.position
C.employment
D.profession
A B C D
B
[解析] position此句中指“地位”(不可数,有时加不定冠词),如:1)She was a woman of high position. 2)a high(low)position society.
24. He looked rather untidy as there were two buttons ______ from his coat.
A.loosing
B.losing
C.off
D.missing
A B C D
D
[解析] missing缺少的;a book with some missing pages.(缺页书)。
25. How can we get this language point ______to the students.
A.down
B.round
C.across
D.into
A B C D
C
[解析] 本题译文,我们怎样才能把这个语言点向学生讲清楚?
26. Although John was the eldest in the family, he always let his sister ______ charge of the house.
A.take
B.hold
C.make
D.get
A B C D
A
[解析] take charge of(=to be or become responsible for sb. or sth.)负责、掌管、看管;He took charge of the department(or the children).
27. It isn't quite ______ that he will be present at the meeting.
A.sure
B.right
C.exact
D.certain
A B C D
D
[解析] I am sure that+从句。He is sure to come. =He is certain to come.但在it作形式主语,that引导主语从句时,主句中表语只能用certain,不能用sure.
28. It was a long time before the cut on my hand ______ completely.
A.healed
B.cured
C.improved
D.recovered
A B C D
A
[解析] heal 1)使痊愈,治愈:The salve will help to heal the wound.(这种药膏能治愈你的伤。)2)痊愈(多指外伤):The cut on my leg has healed.(我腿上的伤口以痊愈。)可见,本题是heal的第二种用法。cure治疗,治好;The drug cured my fever.(这种药使我退烧了。)This medicine should cure you of your cold.(这种药定会治好你的感冒。)recover也可以表示“痊愈”,意为“恢复正常”。例如:1)I think she will recover.(我认为她会痊愈的。)2)He almost fell ill, but quickly recovered.(他差点病到,但很快就痊愈了。)也可以用recovered做表语表示“痊愈,恢复正常:Are you completely recovered from your illness?(你的病是不是完全好了?)
29. As soon as the children were ______, their mother got them out of bed and into the bathroom.
30. Roses are quite ______ flowers in English gardens.
A.ordinary
B.common
C.usual
D.general
A B C D
B
[解析] common(=usual and ordinary; happening of found often and in many places)普通的;常见的;常常发生的;到处可见的:a common experience(普通的经历);a common tree(常见的树木)。This bird is common throughout Europe.(这种鸟在欧洲很常见。)They can treat most of the common diseases.(他们能治疗大多数常见病。) usual(=done, found, used or existing most of the time)经常的,通常的,惯例的,习以为常的;强调时间习惯方面,例如:This is the usual state of the house.(这房子里平常就是这种样子。)ordinary正常的,普通的,正常的;an ordinary day(平凡的一天),ordinary people(普通人),a piece of ordinary dance music(一首普通的舞曲)。 general普通的。它与common比较,语气稍强,含有很少例外的意外。可见本题中用common是最佳的选择。
31. If the boy had ______ the dog alone it wouldn't have bitten him.
A.set
B.left
C.had
D.put
A B C D
B
[解析] leave sb./sth. alone不惹,不管,不碰:Leave the box alone.(别碰那个盒子。)
32. Pigeon is often considered a(n) ______ of peace.
A.example
B.sign
C.mark
D.symbol
A B C D
D
[解析] 象征。句子意思:鸽子常常被人们当作和平的象征。 A. 榜样 B信号、迹象 C标记、痕迹
33. If you don't take away all your things from the desk, there won't be enough ______for my stationery.
44. When will the new driving laws come into ______?
A.use
B.effect
C.service
D.existence
A B C D
B
[解析] come into effect“开始生效”;come into use“开始使用”;come into service“投入服务/使用”;come into existence“存在”。
45. Honesty is the most important ______ a man can have.
A.habit
B.manners
C.quality
D.effect
A B C D
C
[解析] “品质,特性”;A. “习惯”;B. “礼貌”;D. “效果”。
46. Although the working mother is very busy, she still ______ a lot of time to her children.
A.devotes
B.spends
C.offers
D.provides
A B C D
A
[解析] 表示“将精力、能力用于某事,或专注于某一目标”,如she devoted all her life to the scientific research. spend“花(时间)在……上”时,宾语后接on或in。offer意为“给予,主动提出",offer sth to sb 表示“把某物给某人”。provide意为“提供,供给”,多指免费提供生活必需品和必要的条件设施。常用搭配为:provide sb with sth, provide sth for sb
47. After the president made an official announcement, she expressed her ______ opinion.