8. (2015·安徽师大附中模拟)Authorities face a ________ task to persuade typhoon survivors to abandon their flood-stricken villages and relocate to safer lands.
A. complex B. rough C. tough D. sharp
【解析】选C。句意: 官方面对着劝说台风幸存者放弃他们受洪水袭击的村庄迁移到更安全地方的一场艰难的任务。complex复杂的; rough粗糙的; tough艰难的; sharp锋利的。根据常识“劝说人们离开自己家乡, 由于受对故乡的情感影响人们不愿意离开”, 故推知“此种任务艰巨”。
9. Be ________ ! You can’t expect me to finish all this work in so little time.
A. reasonable B. confident
C. creative D. grateful
【解析】选A。句意: 要讲道理啊! 你不能希望我在这么少的时间里完成所有任务吧。be reasonable“要讲道理啊”, 根据语境“这么少的时间里完成所有任务”可知答案。
10. As is often the case in nature, some plants are so ________ to temperature that they can only survive in cool places.
A. addicted B. cautious
C. sensitive D. available
【解析】选C。句意: 正如大自然中经常看到的情况一样, 某些植物对温度太敏感了以至于它们仅在凉爽的地方存活。addicted对……上瘾的; cautious谨慎的, 小心的; sensitive敏感的; available可以利用的。
11. (2015·绍兴模拟)—Have you been to the Great Wall?
—Perhaps not in my memory. ________ , it might have been during my early childhood.
A. If any B. If so C. If ever D. If not
【解析】选C。句意: ——你到过长城吗? ——或许不在记忆中了。如果去过的话, 或许在孩提早期去过。根据语境“在孩提早期去过”推知“如果去过”, 此处为省略句If ever=If I have been to the Great Wall。
12. Although it ________ a little bitter, this medicine will be good for curing the disease.
A. is tasted B. tasted
C. is tasting D. tastes
【解析】选D。句意: 尽管尝起来有点苦, 但这种药对治疗这种病有好处。taste是系动词, 不用被动语态, 也不用进行时, 故可排除A、C两项; 由主句的时态可知应选D。13. The young dancers looked so charming in their beautiful clothes that we took ________ pictures.
A. many of B. a large amount of
C. a plenty of D. masses of
【解析】选D。句意: 年轻的舞者穿着漂亮的衣服看上去这么迷人以至于我们给她们照了许多照片。若用many, 后面不能用of; a large amount of修饰不可数名词; a plenty of前面不用冠词; masses of“许多; 大量”, 修饰可数名词复数。
【加固训练】The construction was left half done, and ________ of money were wasted.
A. large numbers B. a great deal of
C. large amounts D. masses of
【解析】选C。句意: 建筑被剩下一半, 大部分钱都被浪费了。a great deal of +不可数名词; large amounts of+不可数名词作主语时, 谓语动词用复数。large numbers of+可数名词; masses of+可数名词或不可数名词, 这里修饰money是不可数名词, 但是空格后已有of, 故排除A、B、D三项, 故选C。
【拓展延伸】“多”有多种表达
+可数名词复数
many a +可数名词单数
+不可数名词
+可数名词复数/不可数名词
14. You cannot take back your words ________ they are out of your mouth.
A. before B. whether C. once D. while
【解析】选C。句意: 一旦说出口你就不可能收回你所说的话。根据语境“一旦……”表示条件, 故答案为C。
15. He was almost asleep, ________ with all this hard work.
A. worn down B. worn out
C. worn off D. worn away【解析】选B。句意: 他干了这么多重活儿, 累得精疲力竭, 差不多睡着了。wear out“使疲乏; 使厌倦; 使耗尽”; wear down“使消瘦, 使厌烦”; wear off“渐渐减少; 消逝”; wear away“消磨, 打发, 虚度; (时光等)流逝”。
