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Ⅰ.单项填空

1.If I ruled the world，I would ________ the world ________ wars.

A.get ride of; by　　　　　　B.be rid of; by

C.rid; of         D.get rid; of

答案与解析：C　本题考查短语rid sb./sth.of sth.“除掉”。get rid of“摆脱，除掉”后直接加宾语。

2.When still young，he sometimes preferred ________ something new rather than ________ the routine.

A.trying; follow     B.to try; followed

C.trying; to follow      D.to try; follow

答案与解析：D　句意是：年轻的时候，他有时宁愿尝试新的东西也不愿意循规蹈矩。prefer to do A rather than do B意为“宁愿做A也不愿意做B”。

3.I would rather you ________ with us yesterday，but you left.

A.had stayed      B.stay

C.stayed       D.have stayed

答案与解析：A　句意为“我宁愿昨天你跟我们待在一起，但是你走了”。表示与过去事实相反的虚拟语气，谓语动词用过去完成时。

4.—What do you think of the coming 2012 London Games?

—Oh，the table tennis match is ________ to be the most exciting of it.

A.preferred      B.wished

C.expected      D.proved

答案与解析：C　句意是：“你认为即将到来的2012伦敦奥运会怎么样?”“哦，预计乒乓球将是最让人兴奋的项目。”

5.—You're coughing badly，Martin.Why not give up smoking?

—Give up smoking?Easier said than done，Amy.Once you ______ the habit of smoking，it is very hard for you to ______.

A.keep up; break it away

B.take up; drop it out

C.pick up; get rid of it

D.build up; do away with it

答案与解析：C　句意是：“马丁，你咳嗽得很厉害，为什么不戒烟呢?”“戒烟?说起来容易做起来难，艾米。你一旦养成了这个习惯，就很难戒掉。”pick up在此句中表示“养成;形成”;keep up表示“保持”;take up表示“从事”;build up表示“发展，增大”;break away表示“脱离”;drop out表示“退出”;get rid of表示“摆脱，除去”;do away with表示“摆脱;废除，取消”。

6.All flights have been put off ________ the fierce typhoon.

A.for the sake of      B.as a result

C.thanks to      D.because

答案与解析：C　句意是：由于凶猛的台风，所有的航班都推迟了。for the sake of表示目的，意为“为了……”;as a result，副词，表示“作为……的结果;由于……”;thanks to表示“多亏了，由于”;because后引导从句。

7.The population of Africa is ________ so rapidly as to cause concern of the whole world.

A.expanding       B.stretching

C.extending      D.spreading

答案与解析：A　expand不仅指尺寸的增加，还可指范围和体积的扩大。stretch一般指由曲变直、由短变长的伸展;extend指空间范围的扩大或长宽的向外延伸，也可指时间的延长;spread一般指向四面八方扩大或传播。

8.People should open the window in the morning to make air ________ in order to keep the indoor air fresh.

A.spread         B.remove

C.float        D.circulate

答案与解析：D　circulate表示空气、液体等的流通。spread“传播”;remove“去掉”;float“漂浮”。

9.—I'm going to attend your lecture at 9∶30 tomorrow morning.

—I regret to tell you that when you arrive it will have ended and I ________ questions with my students.

A.would discuss     B.will discuss

C.will be discussing     D.am discussing

答案与解析：C　由上文的“at 9∶30 tomorrow morning”及“when you arrive”知将来这个时间我正回答学生的提问，故选C。

10.The policeman's ________ traffic directions made all the drivers quite ________.

A.confused; confused     B.confusing; confusing

C.confusing; confused     D.confused; confusing

答案与解析：C　confusing修饰物，意为“令人迷惑不解的”;confused修饰人，意为“感到迷惑不解的”。

11.Victor apologized for ________ able to inform me of the change in the plan beforehand.

A.his being not      B.him not to be

C.his not being      D.him to be not

答案与解析：C　介词for后接名词或动名词作宾语，排除B、D两项;动名词的否定形式是在其前加not，故选C。

12.________ the same mistake again made his parents very angry.

A.His being made     B.He had made

C.He had making     D.His making

答案与解析：D　分析句子结构知，此处为动名词短语作主语;he与make the same mistake之间为逻辑上的主谓关系，当强调其逻辑主语时，其前可加相应的形容词性物主代词或名词所有格形式。

13.We do not have enough money.________，we cannot afford to buy the new car.

A.However      B.Anyway

C.Therefore      D.Though

答案与解析：C　anyway表示让步;however和though表示转折;therefore表示因果，根据句意选C。句意：我们没有足够的钱，因此买不起这辆新车。

14.About 11 million people have moved to this city.The population is ________ as ten years ago.

A.as twice large      B.twice as large

C.as many twice      D.twice as many

答案与解析：B　考查倍数的表达法。句意：大约有一千一百万人搬到这座城市，现在这座城市的人口是十年前的两倍。表示倍数时，其结构为“倍数+as+adj./adv.+as...”;此处as ten years ago为省略句，补充完整为as it was ten years ago。

15.I'm very glad to see that your vocabulary is gradually ________.

A.building up      B.turning up

C.coming up      D.waking up

答案与解析：A　build up“增加”。句意：看到你的词汇量在逐渐增长，我很高兴。turn up“出现”;come up“出现，发生”;wake up“醒来”。

Ⅱ.完形填空

One day when some people were rebuilding a barn，they found a mouse hole in a corner.So they used smoke   __1__   the mice to  come  out.A  while  later  they  indeed  saw  mice running out.

Then，everyone thought that all the mice had escaped.But as they were just about to start to   __2__，they saw two mice   __3__   at the exit of the hole.The strange thing was that they did not run away    __4__.Instead，one chased after the other near the exit of the hole.

Everyone was    __5__，so they stepped closer to take a look.They   __6__   that one of the mice was   __7__   and could not see anything，and the other one was trying to allow him to bite on his tail so they could escape   __8__.

After   __9__   what had happened，everyone was speechless and   __10__.A smart Israeli said，“I think the relationship between those two mice is husband and wife.”The others thought for a while，and all felt it    __11__，so they expressed their agreement.Therefore，the expression on the Israeli's face showed   __12__.

A Chinese，who was accustomed to the firm tradition of loyalty to    __13__，said：“I think the relationship between those two mice is that of mother and son.”__14__   the others thought for a while，and felt this was more reasonable.

At that moment，one    __15__    Samaritan who was squatting(蹲)on the ground resting his chin in his palms，looked at other people，and asked，“Why do those two mice have to have a   __16__   relationship?”

Suddenly，the atmosphere    __17__.Shocked，the group looked back at the Samaritan and remained   __18__.All the people who had spoken earlier all    __19__    their heads in shame，and did not dare to respond.

In fact，the true love is not    __20__    benefit，friendship and loyalty or blood relationship.Instead，it is based on no relationship.

1.A.to invite     B.to force

C.to trap      D.to free

2.A.clean up      B.come up

C.make up      D.break up

3.A.holding out      B.escaping

C.coming out       D.squeezing

4.A.approximately      B.certainly

C.immediately      D.eventually

5.A.puzzled      B.moved

C.embarrassed      D.ashamed

6.A.recognized      B.knew

C.heard         D.realized

7.A.deaf            B.blind

C.dumb         D.lame

8.A.separately       B.together

C.deliberately       D.accidentally

9.A.experiencing     B.promoting

C.witnessing        D.undergoing

10.A.lost face       B.lost in thought

C.lost heart      D.lost reason

11.A.made nothing     B.made up

C.made progress     D.made sense

12.A.self­esteem     B.self­confidence

C.self­consciousness    D.self­satisfaction

13.A.teachers      B.parents

C.leaders       D.relatives

14.A.Once again     B.Again and again

C.Once       D.Over and over

15.A.strong­minded     B.pure­minded

C.absent­minded     D.simple­minded

16.A.certain      B.sure

C.accessible     D.characteristic

17.A.accumulated    B.boiled

C.froze      D.refreshed

18.A.speechless    B.harmless

C.hopeless     D.stainless

19.A.surrounded    B.put away

C.put up      D.lowered

20.A.centered on    B.concentrated on

C.established on    D.faced on