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【题干】Did you notice the __________ on the leader's face when he heard 23 countries couldn't get enough rice in Africa?
A. appearan B. description
C. Expression D. attitude
【答案】C
【解析】句意:当这位领导听说在非洲有23个国家得不到足够的粮食时,你注意到他脸上的表情了没有?A项意为“面貌”,B项意为“描述”,C项意为“表达;表情”;D项意为“态度”。
【题干】Sometimes, the entrance tickets are ________ free of charge from the university.
A. available B. valuable
C. imaginable D. accessible
【答案】A
【解析】考查形容词辨析。句意:有时候,门票在大学里是可以免费获得的。故由题意可知用available “可获得的”。 valuable“珍贵的”;imaginable “ 可想象的”;accessible “可行 的”,均不符合句意。
【题干】I prefer studying English at home ________ the match.
A. to watching B. to watch
C. rather than watch D. rather watching
【答案】A
【解析】考查短语搭配。句意:和看比赛相比,我更喜欢在家学习。句中prefer…to…意为“与……相比更喜欢……”,此 时to 对比的是两个动名词或名词,故A正确,由prefer doing… rather than doing…可知C项错误。【题干】There was no wind and smoke rose ________ up wards.
A. straight B. direct
C. straightly D. directly
【答案】A
【解析】本题考查straight做副词的用法。straight“直线地”;straightly“直接地”,具有抽象意义。direct“直接地”;directly“坦率地;直接地”。故由题意可知选A。
【题干】We listened to Philip's ________ of the wedding. He is good at describing.
A. Description B. explanation
C. instruction D. expression
【答案】A
【解析】description指对某一事物的叙述或描述。
【题干】If you get second degree burns, you may feel ________ .
A. extremely pain B. extremely painful
C. extreme pained D.extreme painful
【答案】B
【解析】句意:如果你是二度烧伤,你会感觉相当痛。feel为系动词,所以此处需要形容词painful,副词extremely修饰形容词。
【题干】Walking alone in the dark, the boy whistled to ________ his courage.
A. hold up B. keep up
C. set up D. take up
【答案】B
【解析】句意:独自在黑暗中行走,这个男孩吹口哨来给自己壮胆。hold up“举起;推迟”,keep up“保持;继续”,set up“创建,建立”take up“开始从事;占据”。故选B。
【题干】On the bank of the river, we found him ________ on a beach, with his eyes ________ on a kite in the sky.
A. seated;fixing B. sitting;interesting
B. seated;being interested D. sitting; fixed
【答案】D
【解析】find sb doing sth“发现某人做某事”;fix one's eyes on “注视;凝视”,eye与fix之间为被动关系,且不强调正在进行。 故选B。
【题干】We've got a general idea of what we want, but nothing ________ at the moment