6. The idea ______ to him in his dream and he decided to carry it out.
A.happened
B.struck
C.appeared
D.occurred
A B C D
D
[解析] 固定搭配occur to想起,想到。happen to(和名词连用)临到……头上(某情况,尤指不幸的事);(和动词连用)偶然;碰巧。It appears to me that...据我看来,我觉得。strick在表示“突然想起”的意思时直接接人:The thought struck me from out of the blue.我突然有了这个想法。
7. I' m not surprised you failed the exam. You ______ have worked harder.
A.should
B.must
C.would
D.ought
A B C D
A
[解析] 句法结构题。你考试不及格我一点都不惊讶,你本应该更用功些。should have done表达应该做而没做。
8. The two things are the same in outward form but different ______.
A.in general
B.in addition
C.in essence
D.in common
A B C D
C
[解析] in essence表示“本质上”的意思。in addition“此外”;in general“一般地”in common“共同的,共用的”。只有C符合题意。
9. The hotel was awful! ______, our room was far too small. Then we found that the shower didn't work.
A.To begin with
B.after all
C.In reality
D.As a whole
A B C D
A
10. A modem city has been set up in ______ was a wasteland ten years ago.
A.what
B.which
C.that
D.where
A B C D
A
11. These three teachers vary ______ their manner of teaching.
A.between
B.from
C.with
D.in
A B C D
D
12. I believe that every crime, ______ the circumstance, should be severely punished.
A.in spite of
B.because of
C.instead of
D.on account of
A B C D
A
in spite of不管,不顾。本句的意思是:“我认为每一种犯罪,不管环境如何,都应当受到严厉的惩罚。”因此A符合题意。because of由于,因为;instead of替代;on account of由于,因为。
13. In the course of a day students do far more than just ______ classes.
A.attend
B.attended
C.to attend
D.attending
A B C D
A
[解析] 句法结构题。学生每天不仅仅是上课。attend在这里是do包含的内容。
14. Though customs vary from ______ to ______, people across the world have learned to respect each other.
A.a country... a country
B.countries... countries
C.country... country
D.a country... another country
A B C D
C
[解析] from...to...涉及的名词相同时,不用任何冠词。
15. A liar cannot make himself ______.
A.believe
B.to believe
C.believing
D.believed
A B C D
D
[解析] 本题考查复合宾语的用法。一个说谎者很难使自己被相信。宾语和宾语补足语之间为被动关系,因此应用过去分词作宾语补足语。另外,make后跟含有动词不定式的复合宾语时动词不定时不带to,但当此结构转变为被动语态时应用带to的不定式。如:She was made to leave the room.
16. He prefers ______ interesting books to ______ TV in the evening.
A.to read, watching
B.reading, watching
C.reading, watch
D.to read, watch
A B C D
B
[解析] 短语用法题。晚上他不愿看电视而愿意看看书。prefer to...后面跟名词或动名词。
17. Tom ______ the bag as his by telling what it contained.
A.identified
B.recognized
C.showed
D.said
A B C D
A
[解析] 题干大意为:汤姆说出包里所装的东西后,认领了那个包。identify表示“辨认出”;recognize虽然也可作“认出”解,但是该词指“(根据人或物的外表)辨认出”,这与后面的介词短语by telling what is contained不符合;如选show或say,后面的介词短语显然多余了。
18. Athletes from all over the world will ______ for championships in Beijing.
35. When they had finished playing, the children were made to ______ all the toys that they had taken out.
A.put off
B.put out
C.put up
D.put away
A B C D
C
[解析] put up“放回原处”,“贮藏在安全的地方”,如:When you have done with the book,please put it up in its place.“书用完请放回原处。”;put off“延期”;put out“伸出,生产”;put away“收起来”,“储存”。
36. The report of an earthquake (地震) in the South China Sea has not been ______ yet.