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课时跟踪检测(六) Learning about Language & Using Language
Ⅰ.句型转换
1.I came across her quite by chance in Oxford Street.
→I came across her quite by accident in Oxford Street.
2.I made my promise that I would help him no matter what happened.
→I promised to help him whatever happened.
3.He can not explain his failure in the English examination.
→He can not account for his failure in the English examination.
4.She didn't remember her appointment with the doctor until she had arrived home.
→It was not until she had arrived home that she remembered her appointment with the doctor.
5.It's wellknown that he is a successful businessman.
→As is wellknown,_he is a successful businessman.
→What is wellknown to us all is that he is a successful businessman.
Ⅱ.单项填空
1.________ many of my friends, I dislike people who talk much but never do anything.
A.As for
B.Instead of
C.As with
D.Except for
解析:选C。句意:和我的许多朋友一样,我不喜欢那些只说不做的人。as with意思是“与……一样”,符合语境。as for“至于”;instead of“取代”;except for“除了……以外”。
2.As we know, the US President Barack Obama was ________ by a single mother and his grandparents.
A.taken up
B.given up
C.grown up
D.brought up
解析:选D。句意:众所周知,美国总统奥巴马是由其单身母亲和外祖父母养大的。take up“占用”;give up“放弃”;grow up“长大”;bring up“抚养;抚育”。根据句意可知D项正确。
3.The boy has good ________, and always offers his help in a friendly ________.
A.manner; manner
B.manners; manner
C.manner; manners
D.manners; manners
解析:选B。good manners“有礼貌”;in a friendly manner“以友好的方式”。所以B项正确。
4.Being out of work again, he ________ aimlessly and didn't know where to go and what to do.
A.showed
B.wondered
C.waved
D.wandered
解析:选D。句意:他又一次失业了,毫无目的地游荡着,不知道该去哪儿该干什么。wander“游荡”。
5.Studying abroad needs ________ money, which is impossible for his parents to afford.
A.a large number of
B.a great many of
C.a large amount of
D.quite a few
解析:选C。句意:出国学习需要大量的钱,他的父母不可能负担得起。A、B、D项都修饰可数名词复数,C项修饰不可数名词。
6.If we keep wasting so much energy, the ________ are that our oil wells will dry up and the environment will be destroyed.
A