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Unit 1 A land of diversity
I.单项填空
1.Some researchers point out that________daydreaming is___ _____means of relaxation.
A.the; a
B.不填; the
C.a; the
D.不填; a
答案 D [考查冠词。句意:一些研究者指出做白日梦是一种放松方式。第一空daydreaming是专有名词,不加冠词;第二空a means of relaxation“一种休闲方式”。
2.He didn't________what I said because his mind was on something else.
A.hold on
B.catch on
C.take in
D.get over
答案 C [考查动词短语。句意:他不知道我说了什么,因为他的心思在别的地方。take in“理解,领会,记住”。]
3.Environmental groups intend to____the pressure until the government changes the law.
A.keep up
B.make up
C.pick up
D.bring up
答案 A [考查动词短语。keep up“保持,继续”;make up“弥补;组成;化妆”;pick up“捡起,获得”;bring up“养育,教育”。根据题意正确答案应该为A。]
4.After suffering a heart attack, Michael Jackson was pronounced dead, ________a tragic end to the world's most popular entertainer.
A.marking
B.to mark
C.marked
D.having marked
答案 A [考查非谓语动词作结果状语。句意:心脏停止跳动后,杰克逊被宣布死亡,标志着这位世界顶级音乐天王的悲剧结局。由句意可知,此处表示顺理成章的结果,因此用动词的ing形式。]
5.Maybe you have been to many famous restaurants, but nowhere else________on such nice ducks.
A.you can feast
B.can you taste
C.you can taste
D.can you feast
答案 D [考查倒装。nowhere等否定副词放在句首,主句用部分倒装;feast on“尽情享用(美味佳肴)”。]
6.All over the world there seems________people out of work nowadays.
A.to have a great many
B.to be a great many
C.to have a great many of
D.to be a good many of
答案 B [这里构成there seems to be结构。表示“许多,大量”时,可以用a good/great many,但后面不能用of。句意:全世界现在似乎有许多人失业了。]
7.Look! There are________grazing over there.
A.two cattles
B.two head of cattles
C.two cattle
D.two heads of cattle
答案 C [cattle是单复数同形的名词,表示多数时直接在前面加数词。]
8.—So you missed the meeting.
—________.I got there five minutes before it finished.
A.Not at all
B.Not exactly
C.Not especially
D.Not really
答案 B [“你错过了开会”,而从答语中的“我在会议结束前五分钟到会场”,可以看出答话者认为对方讲话不够确切,毕竟答语者参加了会议,只不过迟到而已。][来源:学。科。网Z。X。X。K]
9.________of children in our class have brown eyes; only three have blue eyes.
A.None
B.The most
C.The majority
D.Every
答案 C [the majority of+名词意为“……的大多数”。句意:我们班大多数孩子是棕