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Ⅰ.单项填空
1.________the youth________ the rising sun at 8 or 9 o'clock a.m., Mao Zedong expressed his great hope for the youth.
A.Comparing; with
B.Compared; to
C.Compared; with
D.Comparing; to
解析:句意:毛泽东把年轻人比做早上八九点钟的太阳,他对年轻人寄予了厚望。compare ...to ...“把……比做……”,Mao Zedong 与compare为主谓关系,故用现在分词短语作状语。
答案:D
2.The most________names of the Americans are Smith, Johnson, Williams, Brown and Miller.
A.ordinary
B.average
C.normal
D.common
解析:考查形容词辨析。common“常见的”,符合语境。ordinary“(因平凡而显得)普通的,一般的”;average“平均的”;normal“正常的”。
答案:D
3.Being late for the bus________waiting for another twenty minutes.
A.mean
B. means
C. meaning
D.meant
解析:句意:错过这班公交车意味着再等二十分钟。主语是Being late for the bus,动名词短语作主语,谓语用单数。
答案:B
4.We agreed________the hero but so far he hasn't turned up yet.
A.having met
B.meeting
C.to meet
D.to meeting
解析:句意:我们同意见这位英雄,但是到目前为止他还没有出现。agree to do sth.“同意做某事”,其中to是动词不定式的标志。
答案:C
5.________ the lesson, Xiao Hua, or you'll not follow all the others.
A.Concentrating on
B.Concentrate on
C.Concentrated on
D.Concentrates on
解析:考查固定句型。concentrate on/ upon“集中精力于……”,此处为祈使句,所以应用动词原形。
答案:B
7.Jim sold most of his things. He has hardly ________left in the house.
A.anything
B.everything
C.nothing
D.something
解析:考查部分否定。句意:吉姆卖掉了他的大部分东西,在房子里他几乎没剩下任何东西。句中的hardly是一个否定含义的词,如表示全部否定只能用anything。
答案:A
8.Her height will be very much_________her disadvantage if she wants to be a dancer.
A.for
B.about
C.of
D.to
解析:句意:如果她想当舞蹈演员的话,她的身高将对她不利。be to sb.'s disadvantage是固定搭配,意思是“对某人不利”。
答案:D
9.(2010·湖南高考)If he ________ my advice,he wouldn't have lost his job.
A.followed
B.should follow
C.had followed
D.would follow
解析:本题考查虚拟语气的用法。句意:如果他当初听了我的建议,他就不会失去工作了。由句意可知从句是对过去动作的虚拟,对过去动作虚拟时。从句应用过去完成时,故选C。
答案:C[来源:学科网ZXXK]
10.We played cards to________the evening until the train came.
A.take
B.cost
C.pass
D.complete
解析:句意:那天晚上我们打牌消磨时间,一直打到火车来为止。此处pass的意思是“度过”。
答案:C
Ⅱ.句型转换
答案:1.am independent of 2.It is no good 3.are at a disadvantage 4.Compared with the train 5.All of them haven't
Ⅲ.语境翻译
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