11. (2015·苏州中学模拟)It is easy to ________ my car from others in the parking place; it has an advertisement about Panasonic TV on the back of it.

A. make up B. find out

C. pick up D. pick out

【解析】选D。句意: 在停车场认出我的车很容易, 它的后面有松下电视的广告。make up编造; find out发现; pick up拾起; pick out认出, 挑选出。

12. Mrs. Smith finds it hard to clear up the mess, as her children are always ________ whenever she tries to.

A. in the way B. on the way

C. in a way D. by the way

【解析】选A。考查介词短语辨析。句意: 史密斯太太觉得很难把杂乱的东西收拾好, 因为无论她什么时候试图整理, 她的孩子们总是碍手碍脚。in the way挡道; on the way在途中; in a way在某种程度上; by the way附带说说, 顺便提一下。

13. From the teacher’s patient explanation, I have learnt what a big responsibility ________ is to educate us.

A. this B. that C. it D. one

【解析】选C。考查it作形式主语。句意: 从老师耐心的讲解中, 我了解到教育我们是多么重大的责任啊。句中have learnt后面是由what引导的感叹句, it是形式主语, 动词不定式短语是真正的主语。

14. (2015·南京师大附中模拟)Mark lives in a big pleasant room ________ approximately 5 meters by 6 meters.

A. measures B. measuring

C. to be measured D. having measured

【解析】选B。句意: 马克住在一个面积大约为5×6米的很大而又舒服的房间里。本句中的动词measure可以作为及物动词, 表示“测量; 估量”; 也可以表示“距离(或长度、宽度、数量等)为……”。本句中的measure表示的就是“距离(或长度、宽度、数量等)为……”, 动词measure与前面的名词room构成逻辑上的主动关系, 故使用现在分词短语measuring approximately 5 meters by 6 meters来修饰前面的名词room。

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除了动词measure在表示“某物有……长(宽、高等)”含义时没有被动语态和进行时态形式外, 下列动词(短语)也适用于本规律, 它们是: consist of(由……组成); belong to(属于); date back to(追溯到); break out(爆发, 突然发生); stand/lie(表示静止状态, 意为“某物位于某处”)以及taste, feel, look, smell, sound等感官动词; stay, keep, remain(作系动词, 表示“保持, 仍然”)。例如:

Why don’t you put the meat in the fridge? It will ________ fresh for several days.

A. be stayed B. stay

C. be staying D. have stayed

【解析】选B。stay在句中为系动词, 意为“保持”, 没有进行时态和被动语态形式。

15. Christine is ________ about anything but her dress as she doesn’t really care about what she looks like in the eyes of others.

A. cautious B. optimistic

C. particular D. curious

【解析】选C。考查形容词辨析。句意: Christine对她所穿的衣服根本不在意, 因为她真的不在乎别人怎么看她。cautious谨慎的, 小心的; optimistic乐观的; particular挑剔的, be particular about对……挑剔; curious好奇的。anything but除……之外任何事(物)都……, 根本不……。

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