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Unit 1 Festivals around the world
Ⅰ.单项填空
1.As the storm drew nearer, black clouds were________over the sky.
A.smoothing
B.disappearing
C.gathering
D.picking
解析 smooth使平整;使光滑;disappear消失;gather聚集;pick选择;挑选。句意:随着暴风雨的来临,乌云在天空聚集起来。
答案 C
2.The news shocked the public,______to great concern about students’ safety at school.
A.having led
B.led
C.leading
D.to lead
解析 考查非谓语动词。句意:这个消息震惊了社会,引起了公众对在校学生安全的极大担忧。此处为非谓语动词作结果状语。主语与lead是主动关系,故排除过去分词led;而having led表示动作发生在shocked之前,不合逻辑,故排除;不定式to lead 表示出乎意料的结果,而现在分词表示自然的结果,故选leading。
答案 C
3.Kathy________some French while she was away on a business trip in France.
A.picked up
B.took up
C.made up
D.turned up
解析 考查动词短语的辨析。pick up拾起;捡起;无意中学会;take up开始从事;make up 弥补;编造;turn up 出现;调大音量。句意:Kathy在去法国出差时学会了一些法语。
答案 A
4.It is________that he has been addicted to the drugs and has difficulty quitting it.
A.obviously
B.apparently
C.possibly
D.likely
解析 考查句型的搭配。It's likely that 从句“有可能干某事”。
答案 D
5.In our childhood,we were often ______ by Grandm