—Of course. They mean _____ a kind of pet to their masters.

A. better than                           B. more than

C. rather than                           D. other than

【解析】选B。根据句意可知，猫对于主人的用途不仅仅是宠物，还有其他用途。所以此句要用more than。better than 比……好;rather than 而不是;other than除了。

4. The painting hanging on the wall looks much better_____.

A. in the distance                    B. in a distance

C. at the distance                    D. at a distance

【解析】选D。本题考查固定短语。at a distance 从远处。in the distance在远处，在远方。根据句意“这幅挂在墙上的画稍远一点更好看”所以选D。

5. After all the passengers _____ ,  the helicopter was _____ soon.

A. got on;  landing                 B. got on;  taking off

C. got in;  landing                  D. got in;  taking off

【解析】选B。get in 乘坐出租车或小车。get on 乘坐火车，大公共汽车，船，飞机等。根据句意“乘客登机后，飞机将要起飞”，所以选B。

6. Simon thought his computer was broken _____ his little brother pointed out that he had forgotten to turn it on.

A.  until　        B. unless             C. after         D. because

【解析】选A。 根据句意 “西蒙认为他的电脑坏了直到他弟弟告诉他忘了开机。”until “直到……”。

7. It was foolish of him to _____ his notes during that important test,  and of course he got punished.

A. refer to       B. take off         C. get on          D. put on

【解析】选A。句意：他在那次重要测试中查阅笔记是非常愚蠢的，当然他受到了惩罚。refer to 查阅，参考。take off 起飞，脱掉;get on 上车;put on 穿上，上演。

8.  If we sit near the front of the bus, we’ll have a better _____ .

A. scenery        B. scene           C. sight          D. view

【解析】选D。句意为：如果我们坐在公交车的前面，我们可以有更好的视野。四个选项均有风景的意思，只有view有“视野”之意。

9.  The government has rebuilt the old temple _____ a long time ago.

A.abandoned                              B.abandoning

C.was abandoned                       D.being abandoned

【解析】选A。句意：政府已经重建了那座很久之前遗弃的旧庙。 abandoned 为过去分词作后置定语，abandoned 也可理解为形容词“被遗弃的”。

10. The increasingly developing technology _____ humans to know more about space and themselves.

A. makes       B. allows          C. lets            D. forced

【解析】选B。句意：不断发展的技术使人类能够更多地了解太空和他们自己。allow sb. to do sth. 允许某人干某事;make/let sb. do sth. 使某人干某事;force sb. to do sth. 迫使某人做某事。

四 阅读理解

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Two teenagers had to be saved from a steep mountainside in Scotland earlier today.  They were members of a party of youngsters who were in the second week of a fortnight’s(两周)camping in the mountains.  The two boys,  both from Birmingham,  had been with a party of ten others who,  with an experienced guide and mountaineer,  had been on a two-day climb away from the main party.  They had become separated from the others and it wasn’t until late yesterday afternoon that the alarm was raised and a search party was organized.

The search which was called off late yesterday evening when thick fog set in,  begun again early this morning and the boys were seen halfway up on a steep cliff(悬崖) face.  Climbers quickly discovered that one of the boys had broken his leg and he was taken off the mountain by helicopter and flown to the nearest hospital.  It is believed that the two went off exploring on their own and then got stuck on the cliff.

1. The youngsters planned to stay in the mountains for _____ .

A. one week                           B. two weeks

C. one day                             D. two days

【解析】选B。 细节理解题  根据第一段. . . in the second week of a fortnight’s camping in the mountains可知他们计划在山中宿营两周。

2. The search was put off until early the next morning because of the _____ .

A. heat                B. cold            C. rain               D. fog

【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第二段第一句可知“寻找被推迟是因为浓雾”。

3. Why was one of the boys taken off the mountain by helicopter?