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Ⅰ.单项填空

1.Mr.Mc Coy was homeless and had to put his child up for

________.

A.adoption     B.adaptation

C.devotion    D.education

答案与解析：A　句意为：Mc Coy先生无家可归只得把他的孩子寄养给别人。adoption“收养，采纳”;adaptation“修改，改编”;devotion“奉献”;education“教育”。

2.E­shopping，when properly ________，can save us a lot of time and energy.

A.done     B.is done

C.having done     D.doing

答案与解析：A　when properly done是when it is properly done的省略，E­shopping与do之间是被动关系。

3.The book has been well received，but ________ actual sales，it hasn't been very successful.

A.in terms of    B.in case of

C.as a result of    D.in face of

答案与解析：A　句意为：这本书很受欢迎，但至于实际销量，它并不是很成功。in terms of根据……，从……方面;in case of 万一;as a result of 因为;in face of面对。

4.That wasn't the first time he ________ us.I think it's high time we ________ strong actions against him.

A.betrayed; take    B.had betrayed; took

C.has betrayed; took  D.has betrayed; take

答案与解析：B　在句型It/This/That is/was the first/second...time+从句中，从句谓语动词用完成时。主句中有is，从句用现在完成时;主句中有was，从句用过去完成时。在It is(high)time+从句中，从句谓语动词常用should+动词原形或过去式，故结合前一空选B。C项第一空不对。

5.The boy looked at his mother in________，not daring to believe it's  true.

A.amazement      B.absence

C.surprised     D.astonished

答案与解析：A　句意为：那个男孩子吃惊地看着母亲，不敢相信这一切是真的。in amazement“吃惊地”=in surprise=in astonishment。C和D项词性错误。

6.After years of try and hard work，________ smiled on him finally.

A.misfortune     B.fortune

C.misfortunes     D.fortunes

答案：B

7.(2011•安庆联考) Hello.You________68442936.I'm sorry I'm unable to answer your call right now.

A.reached     B.have reached

C.are reaching    D.had reached

答案：B

8.The veteran workers are doing their best to pass ________ their technical know­how(技能)to the younger generation.

A.off      B.on

C.away     D.through

答案与解析：B　pass on 传授;pass off 逐渐消失;冒充;pass away 去世，消磨掉;pass through 穿过;通过;经历。

9.We________certain living things as birds not because they have long legs or short legs，but because they all have feathers.

A.suppose             B.classify

C.look                D.insist

答案与解析：B　classify...as...“把……归类为……”。

10.A teacher must see to it that every one of his students develops________.

A.fairly               B.properly

C.hurriedly            D.extremely

答案与解析：B　properly“适当地，相当地”符合题意。

11.Shanghai and Nanjing are among the most important cities in China________their size and population.

A.in favor of          B.in case of

C.in honor of           D.in terms of

答案与解析：D　in terms of“就……来说;从……角度”符合题意。

12.Lang Lang is my favorite pianist.I regard him as________other pianists.

A.superior to           B.more superior to

C.superior than         D.more superior than

答案与解析：A　be superior to...“优越于……”为固定词组。superior 无比较级，也不能与than搭配。

13.(2011•安庆联考) Was it________the conference of APEC that made Shanghai the focus of the world then?

A.holding      B.to hold

C.held      D.having held

答案与解析：A　这句话是强调句型，强调句中的主语，原句应是 Holding the conference of APEC made Shanghai the focus of the world then.

14.If there is anything you want，please don't ________to ask me.

A.stop                 B.mind

C.hesitate               D.pause

答案与解析：C　hesitate to do...“做……犹豫不决”，符合题意。stop“停止”;mind“介意”;pause“暂停”。

15.Because of their continuous failures，my enthusiasm for Chinese football team gradually________.

A.faded away            B.ran out

C.gave up               D.died out

答案与解析：A　fade away“逐渐消失;消退”。run out“用完”，其主语通常是物;give up“放弃”;die out“灭绝”。

Ⅱ.完形填空

I arrived in the classroom，ready to share my knowledge and experience with 75 students who would be my English Literature class.Having taught in__1__for 17 years，I had no __2__about my ability to hold their attention and to__3__on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue.

I was__4__when the monitor shouted，“Stand up!”

The entire class rose as I entered the room，and I was somewhat__5__about how to get them to sit down again，but once that awkwardness(尴尬) was over，I quickly__6__ my calmness and began what I thought was a fact­packed lecture，sure to gain their respect — perhaps__7__their admiration.I went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a sense of achievement.

My students__8__a diary.However，as I read them，the rosy glow was gradually__9__by a strong sense of sadness.The first diary said，“Our literature teacher didn't teach us anything today.__10__her next lecture will be better.”Greatly surprised，I read diary after diary，each expressing a __11__theme.“Didn't I teach them anything?I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historical__12__for all the works we'll study in class，”I complained.“How__13__ they say I didn't teach them any thing?”

It was a long term，and it__14__became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as__15__of my students.I thought a teacher's job was to raise__16__questions and provide enough background so that students could __17__their own conclusions.My students thought a teacher's job was to provide__18__information as directly and clearly as possible.What a difference!

__19__，I also learned a lot，and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a__20__American teacher，knowing how to teach in a different culture.

1.A.the UK         　  B.the US

C.China              D.Australia

2.A.worry                B.idea

C.doubt              D.experience

3.A.impress              B.put

C.leave               D.fix

4.A.excited              B.satisfied

C.disappointed        D.shocked

5.A.puzzled              B.sure

C.curious            D.worried

6.A.found               B.returned

C.regained            D.followed

7.A.more                B.even

C.yet                D.still

8.A.passed              B.borrowed

C.kept                D.read

9.A.replaced             B.taken

C.caught              D.moved

10.A.Naturally           B.Perhaps

C.Fortunately        D.Reasonably

11.A.different            B.strong

C.similar           D.usual

12.A.happenings         B.characters

C.development       D.background

13.A.should             B.need

C.will               D.must

14.A.immediately        B.certainly

C.simply             D.gradually

15.A.that               B.what

C.those              D.ones

16.A.difficult            B.interesting

C.ordinary           D.unusual

17.A.draw               B.get

C.decide             D.give

18.A.strange             B.standard

C.exact              D.serious

19.A.Therefore           B.However

C.Besides            D.Though

20.A.normal             B.happy

C.good              D.better