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

A

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?

A. He broke his leg and couldn’t move a bit.

B. The hospital was too far.

C. The cliff was steep.

D. He was halfway up on the cliff.

【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第二段第二句可知“因为摔断腿无法行动，所以用直升机把他救起”。

4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The two boys had their legs broken.

B. The two boys went away to explore on their own.

C. One of the boys was sent to hospital.

D. The accident took place in the mountains in Scotland.

【解析】选A。  推理判断题。根据第二段第二句可知其中一个男孩受伤，而不是两个，显然A项不对。