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【题干】 The living room is clean and tidy,with a dining table already ______ for a meal to be cooked.
A.laid B.laying
C.to lay D.being laid
【答案】A
【解析】with后跟复合结构,a dining table与lay之间为被动关系,且有already暗示,故空格处应用过去分词表示被动和完成。句意:“起居室干净又整洁,吃饭用的餐桌也已摆好。”
【题干】Your ______ as a student will be excellent if you develop a habit of reflecting on how you learn.
A.operation B.growth
C.performance D.character
【答案】C
【解析】句意:“作为一个学生,如果你能够养成对所学的东西进行反思的习惯的话,你会非常出色。” performance意为“表现”;operation意为“操作;手术”;growth意为“增长”;character意为“人物,角色”。
【题干】 Although he is a ten-year-old boy, he kept ______ in face of great danger.
A.Easy B.angry
C.Safe D.calm
【答案】D
【解析】考查形容词辨析。句意:“虽然他只是—个十岁的男孩,在大灾难来临时却能保持镇静。”calm意为“镇静的,沉着的”。
【题干】They have donated much money and they are ______ to people there.
A.calm B.generous
C.violent D.sensitive
【答案】B
【解析】句意:“他们捐出了很多钱,对那里的人很慷慨。”generous 意为“慷慨的,大方的”。
【题干】“It’s such a nice place,” Mother said as she sat at the table ______ for customers.
A.to be reserved B.having reserved
C.Reserving D.reserved
【答案】D
【解析】注意reserve和谓语动词sat之间没有连词,故用非谓语动词,且reserve和其逻辑主语the table存在逻辑上的动宾关系,所以用reserve的过去分词短语作the table的后置定语表示被动和完成。
【题干】As we joined the big crowd I got ______ from my friends.
A.separated B.spared
C.lost D.missed
【答案】A
【解析】get separated from sb意为“与某人分开”。句意:“我们融入一大群人的时候,我与我的朋友走散了。”get lost意为“迷路”;spare意为“节省”;miss意为“错过,没赶上”。
【题干】______ an important decision more on emotion than on reason, you will regret it sooner or later.
A.Based B.Basing
C.Base D.To base
【答案】B
【解析】句意:“把一个重要的决定更多地建立在情感而不是理性思考的基础上,你迟早会后悔的。”base sth on/upon...意为“以……为某事物的基础或根据”,此处动词base与其逻辑主语you之间构成主谓关系,所以用现在分词作状语。
【题干】Emergency line operators must always stay ______ and make sure that they get all the information they need to send help.
A.Silent B.quiet
C.still D.calm
【答案】D
【解析】句意:“紧急情况接线员接到紧急电话时一定要保持镇静,这样才能确保得到需要救援者的所有信息。”句中的emergency line和calm吻合,说明这种性质的工作需要工作人员保持冷静。
【题干】She is famous ______ her poem sand also famous ______ an actress.
A.for; for B.as; for
C.for