Ⅰ.语法单句填空
1.Many people have come to realize that they should go on ________ balanced diet and make room in their day for exercise.
答案：a 句意：许多人已经意识到他们应该保持平衡的饮食，而且每天留时间进行锻炼。a balanced diet平衡的饮食。
2.(2011·四川改编)—How was your recent trip to Sichuan?
—I've never had a ________ pleasant one before.
答案：more 考查形容词的比较级。句意：——你最近去四川的旅行怎么样?——这是让我最为愉快的旅行了。否定词never与比较级a more pleasant构成最高级的含义。
3.—In this day and age, women can have children and jobs as well.
—I can't agree more. It's great to have the two__________(combine).
答案：combined 句意：——在现在这个年代，妇女可以兼顾养育子女与工作。——我非常同意。把这两者结合起来是非常棒的。
4.(2013·全国Ⅱ改编)Since nobody gave him any help, he ________ have done the research on his own.
答案：must 本题考查情态动词的用法。句意：因为没有人帮助他，他一定是自己独立完成的研究。must have done表示对过去事实的肯定推测。
5.While prices are rising so fast，many people are working out ways to cut ________their expenses.
答案：down 句意：当价格飞涨时，许多人做出了削减费用的举措。cut down削减，缩短，砍倒。
6.You' d better take into account your own ________(strong) and weaknesses before choosing a major.
答案：strengths 句意：在选专业之前你最好考虑你的优缺点。strength“强项，优势”，符合句意。
7.The child should be punished. You shouldn't let him get ________ with telling lies.
答案：away 句意：这孩子应受到惩罚。他撒谎你不应该不处罚他。get away with侥幸成功;逃脱处罚。
8.—Are you pleased with what he has done?
—Not a bit. It couldn't be any ________(bad).
答案：worse 考查形容词的比较级。答语中的Not a bit表示“一点儿也不”，由此可知，第二个说话人认为他做的事情糟糕透顶，此处是否定词与比较级连用表示最高级含义。
9.Mr. Stevenson is great to work for—I really couldn't ask for a ________(good) boss.
答案：better 考查比较级用法。“can't/couldn't...+比较级”表示最高级含义。根据前半句“Mr. Stevenson is great to work for”可知，Stevenson是一个不错的老板，因此说“我真的找不到个比他更好的老板了”，表示在我看来他是最好的。
10.Whom do you expect to have ________(solve) the problem of overloaded school buses?
答案：solve 句意：你希望让谁来解决校车超载的问题?expect to do sth.表示“期望做某事”; have sb. do sth. 表示“让某人做某事”。本句是对“expect to have sb. do sth.”中的宾语sb.进行提问。
