Ⅰ.语法单句填空
1.—Cathy, what are you going to do this weekend?
—________possible, I'm going to see my parents in the countryside.
答案：If 答语句意：如果可能的话，我要去看望乡下的父母。if possible如果可能的话。
2.At first I regretted ______(invite) them to stay, but we soon became great friends.
答案：inviting 考查非谓语动词。句意：起初，我后悔邀请他们留下来，但是我们很快成为了朋友。regret doing后悔做了某事。
3.I had a busy and tiring weekend because ________(decorate) the house for the Christmas cost me a whole day.
答案：decorating 考查动名词做主语。句意：我这个周末过的很忙很累，因为装饰圣诞房子花了我一整天。because引导原因状语从句，从句中的cost是谓语，前面是主语，用动名词作主语。
4.The bride and groom gave ________ attended their wedding some gifts to share their happiness.
答案：whoever 考查名词性从句连接词。句意：新郎新娘给任何一个参加他们婚礼的人一些礼物来分享他们的快乐。whoever=anyone who。
5.Wouldn't you rather your child________(become) successful with his study and on the scholarship?
答案：became 考查虚拟语气的用法。句意：难道你不想让你的孩子在学业上成功，获得奖学金吗?would rather后面的从句用虚拟语气，即用动词的过去式形式。
6.(2012·四川改编)New technologies have made ________ possible to turn out new products faster and at a lower cost.
答案：it 考查代词。句意：新的技术已经让以更低的成本更快地生产出新的产品成为可能。根据句意可知，it在句中作形式宾语，真正的宾语是后面的不定式。
7.—To get a slim figure, Fanny has tried many ways, but in vain.
—So now she is reduced to not ________(eat) anything for supper.
答案：eating 句意：——为了有一个苗条的体形，范妮尝试了许多方法，但都徒劳。——因此现在她被迫晚饭什么都不吃。be reduced to doing sth.沦落到做某事，陷入……的境地。
8.The United Nations is trying to free the world ________ the threat of war.
答案：from free...from...使……免于……。
9.His contribution to the boy's welfare was to equip him ________ the world in which he would live.
答案：for 句意：他对孩子福利事业的贡献是为了让自己有能力适应他将生活的这个世界。equip...for...为……装备。
10.(2014·浙江改编)An average of just 18.75cm of rain fell last year, making ________ the driest year since California became a state in 1850.
答案：it 本题考查代词。句意：去年平均降了18.75厘米的雨，使其成为自1850年加利福尼亚成为州以来最干旱的一年。由语境可知，此处考查的是代词的替代，替代前面提到的last year，为同名同物，同一者，用it。
