5. The wealth of a nation should be measured ______ the health and happiness of its people as well as the material goods it can produce.
A.in regard with
B.in line with
C.by means of
D.in terms of
A B C D
D
[考点] 本题考查介词短语的用法。 [解析] in terms of意为“根据,从……方面”;in regard with是一个错误的搭配;而in line with意为“与……一致,符合”;by means of意为“靠着,凭借”。此处指“从国民的健康、幸福,以及国家产生的物质资料”,因此D为正确选项。
[考点] 本题考查instead of doing sth. 的用法。 [解析] instead of doing sth. 意为“代替做某事”。本句意为:他没去伦敦,去了巴黎。
19. ______ by accident ______ by design, he arrived too late to help us.
A.Not only; but also
B.Neither; nor
C.Whether; or
D.Both; and
A B C D
C
[考点] 本题考查并列连词的含义。 [解析] Not only...but also...和Both...all...都表示“不仅……而且……”,Neither...nor...意为“既不……也不……”,Whether...or...意为“或者……或者……”。本句意为:无论是偶然还是必然,他都来得太迟了,所以没有帮到我们。故C项符合题意。
20. New machinery ______ arriving tomorrow.
A.will be
B.is
C.are
D.shall be
A B C D
B
[考点] 本题考查be+v.-ing to do sth.结构。 [解析] be+v.-ing to do sth. 常用来表示即将到来的事情。本句意为:新机器明天就到了。
第Ⅱ部分 非选择题 Ⅱ.Fill in the blanks with one of the items given.
1. costs, spends, twice as many as, twice as much as The encyclopedia ______ ______ the other one.
costs;twice as much as
[考点] 本题考查cost和倍数表达法。 [解析] 表示“某个事物花费……”时用cost;表示“花费是……的两倍”时用twice as much as。
2. isn't, hasn't been, haven't been, is, are, was The present government, which ______ in power long, ______ trying to control inflation. It isn't having much success.
hasn't been;is
[考点] 本题考查主谓一致。 [解析] 由题干中的in power long和isn't可知,动作已经完成且对现在产生影响,所以第一个空需用现在完成体;government作主语强调整体时,谓语动词应用单数形式,所以第一个空选hasn't been,第二个空选is。
3. is, was, are, scissors, scissor, scissores There ______ some ______ in the desk drawer in the bedroom if you need them.
5. even though, as though, although, understand, understood, understanding Whenever the professor explained something, she kept smiling and nodding her head from time to time ______ ______ every word of his lecture.
as though;understanding
[考点] 本题考查复合连接词as though的用法。 [解析] even though意为“即使,即便”;as though意为“仿佛,好像”。as though understanding是as though she is understanding的省略表达。
6. a, an, the, some, each ______ bullet hit the soldier and he was wounded in ______ leg.
A;the
[考点] 本题考查冠词。 [解析] 由题意知,一颗子弹是泛指,所以用a;be wounded in the+身体某部位意为“伤到身体某部位”,因此leg前加the。
7. am, was, were, get, got, should get If I ______ you, I ______ that car serviced.
10. such, so, it, make, to make, made ______ is not funny at all ______ fun of a disabled man.
It;to make
[考点] 本题考查It+be+adj. +to do sth. 。 [解析] 句中的It作形式主语,其真正主语是后面的不定式短语。本句意为:取笑残疾人并不好笑。
Ⅲ.Fill in the blanks with an item as required.
1. With a determiner: (1)Salt is ______ essential ingredient in all kinds of food. (2)—Which of the two buses shall I take to the airport? —You can take ______ one.
6. With an assertive, non-assertive or negative word: (1)I think I've lost that green scarf of mine; I can't find it ______. (2)—I'd like some more cheese. —I'm sorry there's ______ left.
7. With an appropriate conjunct: (1)You can phone the doctor if you like. ______, I very much doubt whether you will get him to come out on a Saturday night. (2)You say you want to marry her. ______, you shouldn't be quarrelling with her all the time.
However;In that case
[考点] 本题考查连接性状语。 [解析] however作副词时,意为“然而,可是”,表示转折,可以位于句首、句中、句末,并用逗号与其他部分分开。in that case是固定词组,意为“如果是那样的话”。
8. With an appropriate coordinator or subordinator: (1)Not everyone can go to Cambridge ______ Oxford. You're one of the privileged few. (2)Work hard ______ you are told to stop.
9. With an appropriate pronoun: (1)______ tries to steal our company cars all the time. (2)Please bring as ______ food as you can. The more, the better.
Someone;much
[考点] 本题考查代词。 [解析] someone作代词时意为“某人,有人”,表示泛指。as much...as you can意为“尽可能多地……”,其中much修饰不可数名词。
10. With an appropriate relative adverb: (1)He has left Beijing, ______ a meeting is to be held. (2)1990 is the year ______ he was born.
1. Using a question tag: They could hardly believe his words.
They could hardly believe his words, could they?
2. Using an exclamation: The moon is shining brightly.
How brightly the moon is shining!
3. Using inversion: He spoke so loudly that even people in the street could hear him.
So loudly did he speak that even people in the street could hear him.
4. Using a modal auxiliary: They were obliged to sell their house in order to pay their debts.
They had to sell their house in order to pay their debts.
5. Using a non-finite form: I only wish I could achieve half your success.
I only wish to achieve half your success.
6. Using a genitive or a double genitive: Professor Smith is one of my teacher's old friends.
Professor Smith is an old friend of my teacher's.
7. Using a disjunct: It is true that I don't like him at all.
Truly speaking, I don't like him at all.
8. Using extraposition: You will feel listening to him talk boring.
You will feel it boring listening to him talk.
9. Using discontinuity: He is the only student who applies for financial aid in this school.
He is the only student in this school who applies for financial aid.
10. Using fronting: You've made a wonderful suggestion!
A wonderful suggestion you've made!
11. Using an appropriate cohesive device: To guard against lost luggage, buy brightly coloured luggage or wrap bags with a belt so other passengers will not mistake your luggage with their own luggage.
To guard against lost luggage, buy brightly coloured luggage or wrap bags with a belt so other passengers will not mistake yours with their own.
12. Using subjunctive mood: She lost her passport and got stuck at the customs.
If she hadn't lost her passport, she wouldn't have got stuck at the customs.
13. Using a YES-NO question: He's always telling me that I don't plan for the future.
Is he always telling you that you don't plan for the future?
14. Using cleaving for place adjunct: I have lived in the same city for ten years.
It is in the same city that I have lived for ten years.
15. Using the passive voice: We must put an end to this state of things as soon as possible.
This state of things must be put an end to as soon as possible.
Ⅴ.Answer the following questions.
1. What is complete inversion?
Complete inversion refers to a clear reversal of the order of subject and predicate, rather than part of the predicate as is done by partial inversion.
2. What is the system of two tenses and two aspects?
Two tenses are past tense and present tense, two aspects are perfect aspect and progressive aspect.
Ⅵ.Define the follwing terms with examples.
1. postponement
Postponement is a grammatical device that enables us to build up a suspense and create a climax, which is generally realized by active-to-passive transformation, by extraposition of a clause element, by discontinuity of adjacent element, or by various other means. e. g. ,The rain destroyed the flowers. The flowers were destroyed by the rain.
2. subordination
Subordination is generally realized by subordinators, involving the linking of units at different levels so that they form a hierarchy. e. g., When the rain stopped, the sun came out.
3. adjuncts
Adjuncts are parts of the basic structure of the clauses or sentences in which they occur and modify the verbs. Adverbs of time, place, frequency, degree and manner are examples of adjuncts. e. g. , She lived here in 1985. (when-adjunct)
4. anaphoric reference
Anaphoric reference is used to retrieve information from the foregoing context. e. g. ,I have read that book. It is not very interesting.