8. ________ you have a healthy diet, you can reduce its benefits by bad eating habits.
A. As long as B. Even if
C. As far as D. Now that
【解析】选B。考查连词。句意: 即使你有健康的饮食, 也会因不好的饮食习惯而减少它的益处。even if意为“即使”, 符合句意。
9. (2015·泰州模拟)—It’s a long time since I saw my sister.
— ________ her this weekend?
A. Why not visit B. Why not to visit
C. Why not visiting D. Why don’t visit
【解析】选A。句意: ——我很久没见我的姐姐了。——为什么这周末不去看看她呢? Why not do. . . ? “为什么不……? ”为常用句型。若选D项, 应在don’t后加you。
10. Due to the super typhoon Haiyan, all the flights were delayed or cancelled, so the conference had to be ________ .
A. put off B. put through
C. put up D. put down
【解析】选A。考查动词词组辨析。句意: 由于超级台风“海燕”, 所有的航班都被推迟或取消了, 因此这个会议不得不被推迟了。put off推迟; put through完成; put up张贴; put down记下。
11. —He says that my new car is a ________ of money.
—Don’t you think those words are just sour grapes?
A. lack B. load C. question D. waste
【解析】选D。本题考查名词词组在具体语境中的用法辨析。句意: ——他说我的新车只是在浪费钱而已。——难道你不觉得那些话有吃不着葡萄说葡萄酸的感觉吗? a lack of缺乏; a load of大量, 许多; a question of……的问题; a waste of浪费。
12. Nothing will be done because no ________ takes the matter seriously.
A. authority B. power
C. energy D. author
【解析】选A。考查名词。authority“当局; 当权者”符合题意; power权力; energy精力; author作者, 作家。
13. —Have you come to an agreement?—No, we haven’t discussed the matter ________ .
A. in case B. in total
C. in common D. in detail
【解析】选D。in detail表示“详细地”; 答句表示“没有, 我们还没有详细地讨论这个问题”。
14. He came here ________ to see you, ________ after he heard that you had returned from abroad.
A. specially; mainly B. specially; especiallyC. especially; especially D. especially; specially
【解析】选B。句意: 他来这里是专门看你的, 特别是在听说你从国外回来后。specially“专门地”符合题意。
15. —Can I have the sports section, please?
— ________ . I’ve read it.
A. Yeah, go ahead B. It’s up to you
C. It depends D. It’s not allowed
【解析】选A。句意: ——请问, 我可以看一下体育专刊吗? ——好的, 看吧。我已经看过了。go ahead“行; 可以”符合语境。
