A. look up B. set up
C. turn up D. break up
【解析】选D。根据“after many years together”可知, 句中强调的是“乐队决定解散了”。break up“解散, 打碎”, 符合句意。look up“查阅”; set up“建立”; turn up“出现, 调高
10. The police have put up posters around the city with photos of the man they ________ in connection with the murder case outside a bank.
A. seek B. are seeking
C. have sought D. were seeking
【解析】选B。句意: 警方在全城张贴了他们正在搜寻的那个男人的照片, 那个男子与一起在银行外发生的谋杀案有关。根据句意可知, seek这个动作正在进行, 所以用现在进行时。
11. The new system needs to be in operation for five months ________ it can be updated.
A. as B. while C. before D. once
【解析】选C。考查状语从句。before的基本含义是“在……之前”, 又可以根据不同语境灵活翻译成“才”、“还没来得及就……”、“趁……就”等。这里before用于肯定句中, 强调主句动作所用时间长或花费的精力大, 译成“才”。
【加固训练】
John thinks it won’t be long ________ he is accustomed to his new job.
A. when B. after C. before D. since
【解析】选C。考查状语从句。句意: 约翰认为不会过多久他就会习惯于他的新工作。“It won’t be long before. . . ”是固定句型, 意为“不会过多久就……”。
12. The boy was so joyful because the lost dog recognized him ________ .
A. at the first sight B. at first sight
C. for first sight D. in the first sight
【解析】选B。句意: 男孩太高兴了丢失的狗一见到他就认出他来了。at first sight“乍一看”符合题意。13. Tuhao, dating back perhaps as far as the Southern Dynasty, ________ its new meaning last September.
A. put on B. took on
C. carried on D. depended on
【解析】选B。考查动词短语辨析。句意: 土豪一词可以追溯到南朝, 去年九月该词有了新的含义。put on“穿上, 增加”; take on“呈现, 开始具有”; carry on“继续”; depend on“依靠, 依赖”。结合句意可知选B。
14. (2015·淮北重点中学联考)—How do you find the latest movie The Breakup Guru directed by Deng Chao?
— ________ . I can’t think too highly of it.
A. That’s all right B. It all depends
C. Quite by accident D. It’s really wonderful
【解析】选D。——你认为最近由邓超执导的新电影《分手大师》怎样? ——太好了, 我怎么高度评价都不为过。How do you find. . . ? 意为“你觉得……怎么样? ”用于询问对某事(物)或某人的看法、观点或意见, 所以对方的回答应是评价。
15. (2015·淮北模拟)—He ________ love with Mary for 12 years up till now.
—They’ll get married sooner or later.
A. has fallen in B. has been in
C. fell in D. is in
【解析】选B。句意: ——到目前为止, 他与玛丽相爱12年了。——他们迟早会结婚的。fall in love with强调动作, 不与表示时间段的状语连用, 排除A、C两项; be in love with表示状态, 可与表示时间段的状语连用; 根据时间状语up till now可知用现在完成时, 故选B。
