8.When she worked with the government, she _____ the difficult task of monitoring elections.
参考答案为:D
A.overworked
B.overtook
C.underwent
D.undertook
[解析]本题主要考查词义辨析，这四个选项词型相近，undertake 是承担的意思因此选D在学习词汇的时候要注意一些词型词义相似的词的辨析。
9. Apparently, it wasn't an accident. Someone must have done it on ______.
参考答案为:C
A.intention
B.determination
C.purpose
D.reason
[解析]本题主要考查搭配on purpose 的意思是“故意地”
10.The young doctor could not sleep at night, the worsening condition of a patient _____ him.
参考答案为:A
A.disturbing
B.disturbed
C.being disturbed
D.to disturb
[解析]本题与第4题一样都考查分词的独立结构。
二、完形填空
Sometimes people find really wonderful things when they are not looking 11 them. One example was John Colter. Colter was a mountain man who lived 12 in the Rocky Mountains of the United States. He loved to walk in the mountains, but one day in 1803 he saw a strange 13. Water was shooting high into the air and 14 into a green pool. It was a natural water fountain. Colter found other pools of blue water. Some of the pools were hot. The chemicals in the water made a beautiful color, 15 they also made it smell bad. 16 there were large, clear lakes and spectacular waterfalls on cold, clear mountain rivers. Colter was excited, so he told 17 about the place. 18, the other people did not believe him. They thought that he was a dreamer, a fool. 19 they saw these wonders, they too were excited. Today the place Colter 20 is known as Yellowstone Park.
11.A.forward
B.for
C.upon
D.into
解：B
[解析]本题主要考查词组搭配look for 寻找。
12.A.along
B.alive
C.alone
D.lonely
解：C
[解析]本题主要考查alone和lonely的区别：alone表示独自一个人，而lonely主要表达孤独的意思。
13.A.sight
B.site
C.glimpse
D.glance
解：A
[解析]本题是词义辨析题14. 本题主要考查语法
14.A.fall
B.falling
C.to fall
D.falls
解：B
[解析]本题主要考查语法
15.A. but
B.and
C.thus
D.so
解：A
[解析]本题是上下文的关系题，上下文关系的题型是近几年完型填空的考查重点，做这种题的关键首先是要理解上下文的意思，然后再确定关系。
16.A.Nearly
B.Near
C.Next to
D.Nearby
解：D
[解析]本题是词义辨析题，区别nearly, near, next to, nearby的用法和意思。
17.A.the other
B.others
C.another
D.each other
解：B
[解析]本题主要考查the other, other, others, another,each other的区别，在完型填空中经常有这个考点。
other, another, the other, others , 的区别;
other 指另外的人或物;others 泛指别人，可与some 连用;the other 指两个中的另一个，常和one连用;the others 表示其余所有的人或物;another 则泛指另一个。
Some pupils are reading the text loudly, others are doing their homework.
Mrs. Clark has two beautiful hats. One is red, the other is blue.
This suit doesn’t fit me. Would you please show me another one?
