C. pay for you D. pay off you

【解析】选B。pay sb. back 还钱给某人。you是代词，应放在back前。而pay for sb. “为某人付钱”，pay sb. off“结清账，解雇某人”。

9. —Is there any news for the missing boy?

—Yes, he was observed______ computer games at eight o’clock yesterday in a net bar.

A. play B. played

C. to play D. playing

【解析】选D。根据时间状语及句意可知，应选择一个表示动作正在进行的选项作主语补足语，故D项符合题意。

10. In the snowstorm in January, 2008, many of the crops in Hunan were ________ to death.

A. freeze B. freezing C. frozen D. froze

【解析】选C。be frozen to death“被冻死”，而A、D形式不对;freezing “极冷的”，不符合句意。

11. —Now that you like the house so much, why not buy it?

—Well, I can’t afford_______house.

A. that a big B. a big that

C. a that big D. that big a

【解析】选D。that相当于副词so, 表示程度，修饰形容词或副词，但如果在“a(n)+adj. +n. ”这个结构中则用that+adj. +a(n)+n. 的形式。

12. Most women wish_________ a happy family with a healthy child.

A. to B. for

C. with D. of

【解析】选B。wish for企盼，盼望。句意：大多数女人都盼望着一个有着健康孩子的幸福家庭。

13. —Keep away from him. He is always hitting anyone_______ .

—I’ll be careful. Thank you.

A. within his reach B. in his reach

C. out of his reach D. beyond his reach

【解析】选A。上句句意：离他远点。他总是打能够得到的人。within his reach“他能够到的”。

14. He was so nervous that he could hear his heart______ .

A. jumping B. knocking

C. beating D. striking

【解析】选C。句意：他那么紧张以至于能听到自己的心跳。beat(心脏)跳动。

15. —How do you like the film “Slumdog Millionaire”?

— ________，it is interesting.

A. Personally B. Personal

C. In person D. Generally

【解析】选A。personally“就本人而言”，用于陈述自己的观点之前。in person亲自，generally一般而言，均与句意不符。而B项词性不对。

Ⅳ. 阅读理解

Let us begin by saying what causes our dreams. Our dreams do not come from another world. They are not messages fromsome outside source. They are not a look into the future, either.

All our dreams have something to do with our feelings, fears, longings, wishes, needs and memories. If a person is hungry, or tired, or cold, his dreams may include a feeling of this kind. If the covers on your body, such as a quilt or a blanket, have slipped off your bed, you may dream that you are sleeping on ice or in snow. The material for the dream you will have tonight is likely to come from the experience you have today.

So the subject of your dream usually comes from something that has effect on you while you are sleeping(feeling of cold, a noise, a discomfort, etc. )and it may also use your past experiences and the wishes and the interests you have now. This is why children are likely to dream of fairies, older children of school examinations, hungry people of food, homesick soldiers of their families and prisoners of freedom.

To show you how this is happening while you are asleep and how your needs and wishes can all be joined together in a dream, here is the story of the experiment. A man was asleep and the back of his hand was rubbed with a piece of soft cotton. He would dream he was in hospital and his charming girlfriend was visiting him, sitting on the bed and feeling his hand gently!

There are some scientists who have made a special study of why we dream, what we dream and what those dreams mean. Their explanation of dreams, though a bit reasonable, is not accepted by everyone but it offers an interesting approach to the problem. They believe that dreams are mostly expressions of wishes that did not come true. In ot her words dreaming is a way of having your wishes carried out.

1. From the passage we know that our dreams_____.

A. are imagination of our daily life

B. are man’s curious look into the future

C. have nothing to do with our feelings

D. are to some degree connected with our feelings

【解析】选D。细节理解题。由第二段的第一句话：All our dreams have something to do with our feelings. . . 可知我们的梦和我们日常的心情、恐惧等有一定的关系。

2. In your dream when you feel like eating something it indicates(暗示)that______.

A. you are in a state of being cold

B. you are in a state of being tired

C. you are in a state of hunger

D. you should have had your dinner that day

【解析】选C。推理判断题。由第三段的内容：梦到的物体可能受到你现在的希望影响，儿童梦见仙女;学生梦见考试;饥饿的人梦见食物，想家的士兵梦见家人;犯人梦见自由，推出在梦里想吃东西可能是你处在饥饿的状态中。

3. Older children often dream of examinations probably because_______.

A. they are interested in exams

B. they are often worried about their studies

C. they hope for better life

D. they show much interest in their studies

【解析】选B。推理判断题。由第三段的内容：梦到的物体可能受到过去的经历影响，学生梦见考试，从常理来讲应该是由曾经惧怕考试所致。

4. Some scientists’ explanation of dreams _______.

A. is not widely accepted though a bit reasonable

B. gives an exact description of our life

C. provides us with information of dreams

D. is of no use for us

【解析】选A。细节理解题。由最后一段的Their explanation of dreams, though a bit reasonable, is not accepted by everyone. . . 可得出答案。

Word power &Grammar and usage

Ⅰ. 单项填空

1. The foreign minister said, “_______ our hope that the two sides will walk towards peace. ”

A. This is B. There is　 C. It is D. That is

【解析】选C。it作形式主语，而把主语从句that the two sides will walk towards peace放在了主句之后。

2. ________ that the weather was to be very hot this Sunday.

A. It was said in the newspaper

B. As was reported on the radio

C. What the weather report said

D. It was said in the newspaper was

【解析】选A。“that the weather was to be very hot this Sunday”为主语从句，因此用it作形式主语。而B项应用逗号与主句隔开，且that应去掉;C项 what从句作主语，应该由was作系动词, that从句为表语从句。

3. Nancy told me ______ she wanted to have an e-pal to chat with on line.

A. if B. that C. whether D. what

【解析】选B。句意：南希告诉我她想在网上交个笔友聊天。that引导宾语从句，从句中不缺少任何成分。

4. Celia looks just like her sister_____ her sister has shorter hair.

A. besides B. except

C. but for D. except that

【解析】选D。考查词语辨析。except意为“除去……，不包括……”;except that. . . “除了……(后接从句。除except that外，还有except when, except what, except where等。)”; besides“除……之外还有……(意为“包括……在内，在原基础上另外加上……”，句中常出现also, too, more, other, another, else等词。)”;but for=without“要不是因为……，如果没有……”。

5. —I doubt ______ I’ll be chosen for the team.

—The chance is one tenth _________you will be chosen.

A. that; that B. if; that

C. if; whether D. whether; whether

【解析】选B。doubt if/whether 怀疑是否……, 第二个从句是同位语从句，对chance的内容进行说明。答句句意为：你被选中的可能性是十分之一。

6.________ is no chance that they will show up at the meeting.

A. That B. It C. There D. This

【解析】选C。There’s no chance/possibility that. . . 为固定句型，此句型中that引导同位语从句。

7. Evidence has been piled up______specific speech sounds are recognized by babies as young as five months old.

A. what B. which C. when D. that

【解析】选D。that引导同位语从句，解释evidence的内容。

8.______ we’ll go camping tomorrow depends on the weather.

A. If B. Whether

C. That D. Where

【解析】选B。句意为：明天我们是否去野营得依据天气而定。依据题意，主语从句表达一个未确定的概念，须用whether引导，意为“是否”;if所引导的主语从句一般不能置于句首。

9. The reason _____ my absence was _____ I was ill.

A. for; that B. why; that

C. for; because D. why; because

【解析】选A。考查表语从句。句意为：我缺席的原因是我生病了。for和why虽均可表示“原因”，但介词for后要接名词或名词短语，而why为连词，后要接从句，且the reason作主语时后面应跟that引导一个表语从句。

10. I take it for granted______ a mother should love her child.

A. whether B. when

C. what D. that

【解析】选D。句意：我认为母亲爱孩子是理所当然的。that引导宾语从句，没有实际意义，it作形式 宾语。而whether，when，what均与句意不符。

Ⅱ. 完成下列句子

1. People doubt whether/if he can get a gold medal (他是否能得金牌).

2. He asked whether he could get more information(是否他能得到更多信息)about you, such as your studies, your interests and your family.

3. The reason why he was absent was that one of his old friends visited him (他的一位老友来看望他).

4. The question wh ether middle school students should study English or not (中学生要不要学英语) was discussed at yesterday’s meeting.

5. She told me (that)she would do anything (她愿意做一切)for the party.

III. 用所给词的适当形式填空[来源:Z*xx*k.Com]

1. It will take three weeks, possibly longer to finish this book. (impossible)

2. Song Zuying has a pleasant voice and many people like her. (unpleasant)

3. We were talking on the phone when the line went dead suddenly. (sudden)

4. This book is about the relation of time and space. (relate)

5. The blind man got to know many things by touching. (touch)

6. Those who misuse their power will end up in prison. (use)

7. He opened the milk and sniffed at it，saying “fine”. (sniff)

8. Now our country lays great stress on our development of science. (stressed)

9. The depth of the water here is about 21 metres. (deep)

10. The students were ignorant of any events outside their classroom. (ignore)

IV. 句型转换

1. It is I, not you who made the mistake.

It is I rather than you who made the mistake.

2. The music came to a sudden stop during the party.

The music came to a stop all of a sudden during the party.

3. I was so much moved by the story that I could hardly fall asleep late into the night.

I was moved so　deeply that I could hardly fall asleep deep into the night.

4. Little Tom couldn’t understand the picture.

Little Tom couldn’t make sense of the picture.

5. There were such a lot of people that no seat was left.

There were so many people that no seat was left.

V. 单项填空

1. —Do you think Peter is free today?

—I don’t think so. Recently he has been______the most of his time to prepare for the final examinations.

A. making B. planning

C. using D. getting

【解析】选A。考查固定短语。make the most of充分利用……。答句句意为：我不这样认为。最近他一直在充分利用时间为期末考试做准备。

2. —How did you get burnt?

—Oh, I_______a hot pot.

A. felt B. touched

C. held D. kept

【解析】选B。touch表示“触摸”时，意指“碰到、碰上”。而feel 表示“触摸”时，指有意识地触摸、抚摸某物。

3. I always cannot help_______ people in trouble a hand. But I am so busy today that I cannot help_______ the work with you.

A. to give; to do B. giving; doing

C. give; do D. giving; do

【解析】选D。考查非谓语动词。cannot help doing sth. 禁不住做某事;cannot help(to) do sth. 不能帮着做某事。

4. Soon______was clear that he couldn’t stay in China forever, he had to play on the world’s big stages.

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

【解析】选B。it作形式主语，that从句是真正的主语。It was clear that. . . 很明显……。

5. Several new events were_______ the program for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. [来源:Z。xx。k.Com]

A. added to B. added up

C. adding D. adding up to

【解析】选A。add. . . to. . . 把……加到……上去。句意为：2008北京奥运会新增加了几个项目。add up加起来，add up to总计。

6. The policemen of Dongguan wrote down all the information_________ the case of many missing children.

A. is related to B. relate to

C. related to D. related

【解析】选C。related to形容词短语作定语修饰the information。句意：东莞的警察记下了所有与多名儿童失踪案有关的信息。

7. —Have you heard any sound last night?

—Yes. At about 2 o’clock in the morning, a gun shot_______.

A. rang up B. rang off

C. rang back D. rang out

【解析】选D。ring out突然响起(铃声、枪声)。ring (sb. ) up给……打电话;ring off挂断电话;ring back 回电话。

8. The price of meat reduced_______ 30% ________ 15. 5 yuan per kilogram because of the crisis(危机).

A. to; by B. by; to C. to; to D. by; by

【解析】选B。by表示下降的程度，而to则表示“下降到……”。句意为：由于危机，肉的价格下降了30%，下降到每公斤15. 5元。

9. —You look disappointed!

—I made a suggestion but they chose to_____ it.

A. ignorant B. ignore

C. ignoring D. ignorance

【解析】选B。答句意为“我提出了建议，但他们不予理会”。choose to do sth. 意为“选择做……”，所以ignore要用原形。

10. Mr. Li______as a secretary in the company since he entered it.

A. has been serving B. has been served

C. is serving D. had been serving