单项填空
1. I would like a job which pays more, but ________ I enjoy the work I’m doing at the moment.
A. in other words B. on the other hand
C. for one thing D. as a matter of fact
【解析】选B。考查短语辨析。句意: 我想有一份待遇更好的工作, 但是另一方面, 我也喜欢现在的工作。in other words换句话说; on the other hand另一方面; for one thing一方面; as a matter of fact事实上。
2. (2015·海安模拟)Only one third of the people present at the meeting voted ________ the new law.
A. in search of B. in favour of
C. in short of D. in case of
【解析】选B。考查介词短语辨析。句意: 在会议上, 在场的只有三分之一的人投票支持新法律。in search of寻找; in favour of支持, 赞同; in short of缺少; in case of以防, 以免。
【加固训练】
—Do you believe that opportunities always ________ the prepared minds?
—I couldn’t agree more.
A. make B. change C. keep D. favour
【解析】选D。句意: ——你认为机会总是青睐有准备的人吗? ——完全同意。favour意为“偏爱, 较喜欢”, 符合语境, 故选D项。
3. You can’t take photographs in here unless you get ________ from the administrator.
A. award B. shelter
C. permission D. schedule
【解析】选C。考查名词辨析。句意: 你不能在这里拍照, 除非你得到了管理员的允许。award奖赏; shelter住所, 庇护所; permission允许; schedule时刻表。4. My mother went to the private school in person ________ that I would be safe there.
A. confirming B. having confirmed
C. to confirm D. confirmed
【解析】选C。考查非谓语动词。句意: 我妈妈亲自去了那所私立学校, 以便确认我在那里是安全的。根据句意可知, 此处应用不定式作目的状语。
5. (2015·杭州模拟) ________ Daley has always been the focus of much media attention, he tries to lead a normal life.
A. As B. While C. Since D. Before
【解析】选B。考查连词辨析。句意: 尽管Daley总是媒体关注的焦点, 但他努力去过一种正常的生活。根据句意可知上下文存在转折的关系。故用while表示“尽管”符合上下文。as随着, 因为; while当……时, 然而, 尽管; since自从, 既然; before在……之前。
【加固训练】
Focus of much media attention ________ Daley has always been, he tries to lead a normal life.
A. as B. while C. since D. before
【解析】选A。考查倒装。句意: 尽管Daley总是媒体关注的焦点, 但他努力去过一种正常的生活。此处为as引导的倒装句, 表示“尽管, 虽然”, 相当于Although Daley has always been the focus of much media attention. . . 。
6. (2015·启东中学模拟)As they had no children of their own, they ________ a child.
A. adapted B. received C. adopted D. provided
【解析】选C。句意: 因为他们没有自己的孩子, 他们就收养了一个。adapt适应; receive收到; adopt采纳, 收养; provide提供。
【加固训练】
①(2015·温州中学模拟)Considering the advantages of the method, they decided to ________ it.
A. arrange B. possess C. adopt D. adapt
【解析】选C。考查动词辨析。句意: 鉴于这种方法的优越性, 他们决定采纳它。arrange安排, 排列, 整理; possess拥有, 具备, 控制; adopt采纳, 采用; adapt适应, 改编。此处应为“采用了这个方法”, 故答案应为C。
②(2015·杭州模拟)The new tax policy would force companies to ________ energy-saving measures.
A. adapt B. adopt C. adjust D. attach
【解析】选B。考查动词辨析。句意: 新税收政策会迫使公司采用节能措施。adapt适应, 改编; adopt收养, 采纳; adjust调整; attach附上。故选B。
7. In China, farmers are ________ from the central government’s new policies on agriculture.
A. suffering B. profiting
C. earning D. learning
【解析】选B。考查动词辨析。句意: 在中国, 农民正从中央政府的新农业政策中受益。suffer遭受; profit得益; earn获得; learn学到。
8. Don’t look down upon the ugly little worm. In a few weeks, it ________ into a beautiful big butterfly.
A. transforms B. would transform
C. have transformed D. will transform
【解析】选D。考查时态。句意: 不要小看这个丑陋的小虫子。几个星期以后, 它就会变成美丽的大蝴蝶。本题的关键在于时间状语In a few weeks, 该时间状语和将来时连用, 表示“一段时间以后”, 使用一般将来时。故D项正确。
9. (2015·安徽六校联考) ________ Wuhan with Shanghai, to be frank, and you’ll find it’s more convenient to live in the former.
A. To compare B. Comparing
C. Compare D. Compared
【解析】选C。考查特殊句式。句意: 坦白地讲, 比较武汉和上海, 你就会发现生活在武汉会更方便。根据连词and可知此处是并列句, 句中没有主语, 判断是祈使句, 用动词原形开头。
【加固训练】
(2015·南京模拟)Though I am improving in my study, I still have a long way to go ________ some of my classmates.
A. to compare with
B. to compare to
C. comparing with
D. compared with
【解析】选D。考查过去分词作状语。句意: 虽然我的学习正在进步, 但是和一些同学比起来我仍然有很长的路要走。
10. The mother was filled with ________ about her daughter’s health, so she asked the doctor for help.
A. eagerness B. anxiety
C. disappointment D. fright
【解析】选B。考查名词辨析。句意: 母亲为女儿的健康忧心忡忡, 于是她求助于医生。eagerness渴望, 热心, 热切; anxiety焦虑, 忧虑; disappointment失望; fright惊吓, 恐怖。
