9. He became an official in the government as his parents had hoped, but he didn’t like it and had no ________ in this field.
A. ambition B. intention
C. identification D. explanation
【解析】选A。句意: 正如父母所愿, 他成为了一名政府官员, 但是他不喜欢这个职位, 在此领域没有什么抱负。ambition抱负, 野心; intention意图; identification辨认, 识别; explanation解释。
10. (2015·岳阳模拟) ________ in 1636, Harvard is one of the most famous universities in the United States.
A. Founded B. Being founded
C. It was founded D. Founding【解析】选A。考查非谓语动词。句意: 建于1636年的哈佛大学是美国最著名的大学之一。本句主语是Harvard, 与found之间是被动关系, 故用过去分词形式。
11. Children’s words and actions are often fairly ________ , and they do not seem to follow a definite plan or pattern.
A. random B. aggressive
C. deliberate D. temporary
【解析】选A。句意: 孩子们的言行往往相当随意, 他们似乎并不遵循一定的计划或模式。random随意的, 随机的; aggressive侵略的, 侵犯的; deliberate故意的; temporary临时的。
12. The model has ________ because it improved on the idea of local online advertising.
A. caught on B. kept on
C. taken on D. held on
【解析】选A。考查动词短语辨析。句意: 该模式一直很受欢迎, 因为它将地方在线广告的理念进一步深化了。catch on流行, 受欢迎; keep on继续进行; take on承担, 呈现; hold on握住不放, 坚持住。
13. (2015·长沙模拟)In his victory speech ________ before a huge crowd of his supporters, Obama declared that “Change has come to America”.
A. delivered B. to be delivered
C. having delivered D. delivering
【解析】选A。句意: 奥巴马在他的一大群支持者面前发表的获胜演说中宣称“美国的变革时代已经到来”。speech和deliver之间是被动关系, 故选A。
14. Everything seemed to be going ________ for the first two days after I moved to New York.
A. vividly B. generally
C. frequently D. smoothly
【解析】选D。考查副词辨析。句意: 在我搬到纽约后的开始两天一切看起来都很顺利。A项表示“生动地”; B项表示“普遍地, 大体地”; C项表示“频繁地”; D项表示“平滑地, 顺利地”。
15. ________ by the mudslide, the city was cut off from the outside.
A. Having struck B. To be struck
C. Struck D. Being struck
【解析】选C。考查非谓语动词。句意: 由于受泥石流的袭击, 这座城市与外界失去了联系。此处struck by the mudslide相当于状语从句because it was struck by the mudslide。由此可知句子主语the city与strike之间是逻辑上的被动关系, 所以要用过去分词。to be struck作状语表示目的; being struck表示“正在被袭击”。
【加固训练】
Just as I didn’t know what to do next, it suddenly ________ me how we could improve the situation.
A. drew B. struck C. rushed D. pushed
【解析】选B。It strikes/struck sb. (that). . . 某人突然想起……。这里指突然想起我们如何改善这种状况。
