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Unit 1 Cultural relics
Ⅰ.单项填空
1.The necklace the woman bought is________,because it is made of glass.
A.priceless
B.worthwhile
C.valuable
D.worthless
答案 D [考查形容词词义辨析。priceless无价的;值钱的;worthwhile 值得花(时间、钱等);valuable 有价值的;worthless 没用的;无价值的。由从句内容可知,the necklace不值钱。句意:那位女士买的项链不值钱,因为那是用玻璃做的。]
2.____makes the peasant worker proud is______he has set up a new bridge for the villagers.
A.What; that
B.What; because
C.That; what
D.That; because
答案 A [考查名词性从句。________makes the peasant worker proud是主语从句部分,该部分缺少主语,因此选起双重作用的what;第二空________he has set up a new bridge for the villagers是表语从句部分,该部分不缺少主干成分,且句意完整,因此选只起连接作用的that。]
3.—How do you find the match between Spain and Switzerland?
—________Powerful Spain lost the game by 0-1.
A.I watched it on TV. B.It's amazing!
C.You guessed it! D.Congratulations!
答案 B [考查情景交际。由答语可知,答话人认为很不可思议。It's amazing!太不可思议了!句意:——你认为西班牙和瑞士的比赛怎么样?——太不可思议了!实力很强的西班牙队以0:1输了。]
4.—Why not meet Diana today?
—I am sorry to tell you that she has been________from our company.
A.removed
B.rolled
C.explored
D.interrupted
答案 A [句意:“今天为何没见Diana?”“很遗憾地告诉你,她已经被公司开除了。”remove“使离去;把……免职;撤去”。再如:He was removed from the post. 他被解雇了。]
5.With your brother's help, I've made great progress in English and I really want to do something for him________.
A.in turn
B.by turns
C.in return
D.in answer
答案 C [考查介词短语的辨析。in turn 反过来,反之;by turns 轮流;in return 作为回报;in answer无此搭配形式。句意:在你哥哥的帮助下,我的英语取得了很大进步,因此我很想做点事情来报答他。]
6.The news was so________that all of us were________at it.
A.amazing; amazed
B.amazed; amazing[来源:Z#xx#k.Com]
C.amazing; amazing
D.amazed; amazed
答案:A 考查现在分词和过去分词的区别。该句意为消息令人惊讶(amazing),我们对此深感惊讶(amazed)。
7.At that time, his country was________Japan, so hearing from him was extremely difficult.
A.at war with
B.at the war with
C.at war against
D.during the war with
答案 A [考查固定短语的用法。be at war with意为“与……交战”,war前为零冠词,故排除B,D;介词应该用with,故排除C。]
8.—How do you find the British Museum?
—Great! It's________worth____