7.In spite of the joking around the little girl kept ________________(注意力集中在讲座上).(focus)

解析：考查keep用法。Keep sth. done意为“使……被做”。

答案：her attention focused on the lecture

8.It was because of his driving after drinking too much ________________(导致了事故).(lead)

解析：考查强调句型。本句是强调结构，由短语lead to可知答案。

答案：that led to the accident

9.I looked forward to the time ________________(我会脱离)all desire and can give myself without hindrance to my work.(free)

解析：考查定语从句。“脱离”可表达为be free from，本题是定语从句，先行词是time且从句缺少状语，故用when。

答案：when I shall be free from

10.The prices ________________(上涨)all the time and no one knows when it will become stable.(go)

解析：考查动词时态。“上涨”可表达为go up;由all the time and no one knows when it will become stable可知是完成进行时。

答案：have been going up

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(2011年安徽合肥第一次质检)When your kids were six or seven，you sent them to school.Did you ever wonder what goes through a teacher’s__1__as he or she tries to teach your kids?Did you ever wonder what the teacher__2__from you，the parents?

Parents can be__3__or suspicious.They can be of great help to the teacher__4__be in need of help themselves.Some teachers think parents are too__5__on their children.Here is__6__one teacher puts it.

“I usually have the__7__of parents coming in and__8__me how much they care about the kids’ education and how they really__9__their kids.They tell me they stand and__10__ them closely when they do their homework.Sometimes they__11__offer help with the kids’ lessons as if they were teachers.They check their schoolwork，and are too sensitive to__12__.They blame the kids on everything having to do__13__school.When a parent asks me how his or her kid is getting on in my class，my answer usually is ‘Well，you know，he is__14__a good kid.He is fine in my class.Maybe you don’t have to be so__15__with your kid.’”

Teachers want parents to know that they are professionals at__16__with children.They have__17__many children and even parents.Because of this，teachers can be__18__at educating children.Teachers are__19__that parents want their children to do well，but they know more about what children should be able to do at different ages and__20__.

【解题导语】　家长对自己刚刚上学的孩子抱有很大的希望，因此对孩子非常关注，但是老师毕竟是教育孩子的专家，他们对孩子的教育是很专业的，所以家长不必担心自己的孩子在学校的学习情况。

1.A.heart　　　　　　　  B.mind

C.soul       D.spirit

解析：选B。根据语境“你是否想知道老师脑子里想的是什么?”可知B项正确。mind“头脑”。

2.A.reflects      B.results

C.benefits      D.expects

解析：选D。“你是否想知道老师对你们的期盼?”expect“期望，盼望”，符合语境。reflect“反射，反映，沉思”;result“发生，产生”;benefit“得益于，得利于”。

3.A.effective      B.attentive

C.supportive     D.positive

解析：选C。家长可能会很支持老师，也可能怀疑老师的能力。supportive“支持的，给予帮助的”;effective“有效的”;attentive“注意的，专心的”;positive“肯定的，积极的”。

4.A.but       B.or

C.thus       D.as

解析：选B。通过语意“父母可能对老师很有帮助或者本身很需要帮助”可知答案。or此处表示选择，此句与上句形式一样。

5.A.hard       B.keen

C.dependent     D.crazy

解析：选A。语意为“一些老师认为有些家长对孩子太严格”。从下文第三段可知答案。hard“苛刻的，严厉的”;keen“热心的，渴望的”;dependent“依靠的，依赖的”;crazy“疯狂的”。

6.A.where       B.how

C.when      D.why

解析：选B。其中一个老师是这样说的。put在这里意为“说，表达”，此处应该用how表示方式。

7.A.problems      B.contracts

C.accidents      D.agreements

解析：选A。通过上下文可知此处讲的是老师会经常遇到一些有关家长教育孩子的问题，因此此处应该用problems。contract“合同”;accident“事故”;agreement“同意，一致”。

8.A.advising      B.examining

C.telling      D.instructing

解析：选C。通过语式分析可知此处应该和前面的coming in构成顺承关系，故用telling。一些家长过来告诉我……。

9.A.help with      B.deal with

C.make up      D.give up

解析：选B。下文讲述的是家长们是如何关注和教育自己的孩子的，故此处应该用deal with“应对，处理”。

10.A.connect      B.guide

C.watch      D.inspire

解析：选C。根据语意“家长们站在孩子们旁边，看着自己的孩子做作业”，watch...closely“密切注视”，能够很好地体现出家长们的心情。