高 效 作 业

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Ⅰ.单词拼写

1．Father is thankful to me for p_________________ him to give up smoking.

2．We are flying at an a_________ of 20 000 feet.

3．You should choose the p_________ tool for the job.

4．Some people have a wrong a____________ towards the disabled.

5．Does the environment d____________ one's character?

答案是：persuading；altitude；proper；attitude；determine

6．In the _________(日记), writers set down their experiences, ideas and afterthoughts about what they have seen.

7．After the ______(最后的) exam, we had a good time on the hill.

8．After _________________(毕业) from college, he went to work in the poor area.

9．We all know that he is too _________(顽固) to apologize.

10．The sun is now __________ (在……下面) the horizon.

答案是：journal　；final；graduating；stubborn；beneath

Ⅱ .单项选择

1．(2010•安徽皖南八校二联)－Could we put off our camping?
－______， this is the only day everyone is available.

A．Not obviously B．Not exactly C．Not nearly D．Not really

答案：D

解析：考查交际用语。Not really的意思与no相同，但语气更委婉，相当于I'm afraid not。由this is the only day everyone is available可知，不能将外出宿营往后推。

2．She was so ______ that she wouldn’t give in until she received a full apology.
A．serious B．determined C．reliable D．stubborn

答案：D

解析：由until引导的时间状语可知她是一个很顽固的人。serious严肃的，认真的；determined有决心的；reliable可靠的；stubborn顽固的。

3．—I'm going to the States.
—How long ______ you ______ in the States?
A．are; stayed B．are; staying
C．have; stayed D．did; stay

答案：B

解析：用进行时态表将来。

4．Michael never dreamt of ______ for him to be sent abroad so soon.
A．being a chance B．there’s a chance
C．there to be a chance D．there being a chance

答案：D

解析：dream of“梦想”，of为介词，后接动词ing形式；there being a chance...为动名词的复合结构。

5．My father has never liked meat, but he always had a ______ for fruit and vegetables.
A．interest B．preference C．enthusiasm D．devotion

答案：B

解析：句意为：我爸爸从不喜欢肉，他更喜欢水果和蔬菜。A.兴趣；B.偏爱，更喜欢；C.热情；D.致力，贡献。

6．Despite such a big difference in the ______ towards what one eats, there is no doubt that people in the West regard the Chinese food as something special.
A．point B．idea  C．attitude D．sight

答案：C

解析：考查名词辨析。只有 attitude可与 towards 搭配，意为“对……的态度”。

7．Much to our delight, John was finally ______ to join in our adventurous travel to the South Pole.

A．advised B．agreed C．admitted D．persuaded

答案：D

解析：由much to our delight 可知选 persuade，表示“说服”。

8．Mrs Smith has tried many times to persuade her husband to give ______ smoking, but Mr Smith wouldn't listen. Finally Mrs Smith had to give ______ and let him be.
A．in; in B．up; up C．up; in D．in; up

答案：C

解析：give up＋doing 意为“放弃做某事”；第二空 give in表示“屈服，让步”。

9．Jane is very popular because she is easy to ______.
A．be got along B．get along C．get along with D．be got on with

答案：C

解析：考查 be＋adj.＋to do结构。其中 to do不用被动语态，且必须是及物动词或短语。

10．______ you have learned Spanish, you will find Italian easy.
A．Because B．Though C．Before D．Once

答案：D

解析：考查 once“一旦”引导带有条件意义的时间状语从句。

11．The birthday party should be ______ arranged so that everyone can enjoy themselves.

A．exactly B．rightly C．correctly D．properly

答案：D

解析：考查副词辨析。properly “恰当地；合适地”合题意。

12．—I'm afraid that she won't come to help me as she promised.
—Don't worry. Nothing will ______ her mind if she has ______up her mind.

A．change; made B．turn; done C．grow; given D．make; changed

答案：A

解析：考查固定短语。change one's mind 改变主意；make up one's mind 下定决心。

13．(2010•绵阳中学)______， I have to put it away and focus my attention on study this week.

A．However the story is amusing
B．No matter amusing is the story
C．However amusing the story is
D．No matter how the story is amusing

答案：C

解析：考查特殊句式。前半句是however引导的让步状语从句，意思是“无论故事多么引人发笑”，相当于“No matter how amusing the story is”。

14．—Have you been acquainted with each other for long?
—Not very long, ______ we started to work in the company.

A．after B．before C．when D．since

答案：D

解析：考查 since 引导的时间状语从句，从句中用一般过去时，主句用现在完成时态。

15．______ to train his daughter in English, he put an ad like this in the paper, “______， an English teacher for a ten－year－old girl.”
A．Determined; wanted B．Determined; wanting
C．Determine; wanted D．Determining; wanting

答案：A

解析：第一空 determined to do 做状语，表示“下定决心”；第二空 wanted 表示“被需要”。

Ⅲ .完形填空
I'm an operating engineer, running crane in New York City. I was in the countryside, playing golf when we got the call that a plane had __1__ the World Trade Centre. We checked out of the hotel immediately and started __2__ our way downtown. When I got home, I called the rescue center and they told me to come __3__ and get on the __4__ list.

The next morning I went down to the __5__ at about 5 a．m., and four hours later I __6__ the call to come down to West Street. I called my wife and told her not to __7__ me, and that I would stay in __8__ with her. I took the subway. It stopped at West Fourth Street, so I had to __9__ the rest of the way.

And somewhere in there I became __10__ that I was going into something I __11__ . I once worked there in 1966 for the __12__ of the World Trade Centre. On halfway on September 12, I was frightened to see the World Trade Centre was a huge pile, maybe ten __13__ tall. And it was burning. I started to ask __14__ in which my crane might be __15__ a whistle blew suddenly warning us of some danger.

I saw people running away and I really didn't know what to do. So I did the same, too. It was as if they had __16__ the bulls go in Spain and we were running through the street. People fell down; people __17__ them up as they came by, and carried them, just to get them out of the way, because something was extremely __18__ . I didn't even look back. We stopped running when we got to the Battery Tunnel, and I caught my __19__ and said, “Oh, my God, I'm going to __20__ .”

Then I settled down a little bit, thinking about what we should do next. As we started again we knocked into a fire chief officer and we asked, “What can we do to help you？”

1．d B．reached C．hit D．passed

2．g B．making C．getting D．losing

3． B．near C．in D．down

4．eer B．soldier C．police D．fireman

5．y B．hotel C．center D．home

6．ed B．made C．heard D．got

7． B．forget C．stop D．expect

8． B．touch C．silence D．anger

9． B．complete C．cancel D．smooth

10．ted B．frightened C．surprised D．interested

11． B．met C．designed D．had

12．uction B．plan C．destruction D．use

13． B．meters C．stories D．floors

14． B．numbers C．position D．directions

15． B．why C．when D．because

16． B．let C．asked D．enjoyed

17． B．gave C．held D．picked

18．ous B．urgent C．emergent D．important

19． B．sight C．breath D．sense

20． B．die C．remain D．work

答案及解析：
1. C。 根据常识可知，是指飞机撞上世贸大厦。hit撞击。

2. B。 我们结账离开宾馆，然后向市中心驶去。make one's way to sp.走向或驶向某地。

3. D。他们让我来参加志愿者。

4. A。 因为是要去进行营救，所以是志愿者名单，而不是士兵、警察或消防队员名单。全文第一句话就告诉我们作者是an operating engineer。

5. C。“我”去了世贸中心，指世贸大厦倒塌的地方。

6. D。这里不是指自己打电话，而是指接到电话领任务去那里服务。

7. D。“我告诉妻子不要和我联系。”not to expect me，这里是指不要和我联系，因为后文提到我会和她保持联系的。

8. B。固定短语，stay in touch with sb.和某人保持联系。

9. A。地铁停下后作者只能步行，所以是walk。

10. B。看到倒塌的场面作者感到触目惊心，害怕。

11. A。“我”建造的建筑物，下句有暗示：“I once worked there in 1966 for the __12__ of the World Trade Centre.”

12. A。在那里工作是为了建造世贸大厦。for the construction of sth.为了建造某物。

13. C。而现在作者看到世贸大厦成了一堆废墟，有10层楼那么高。

14. D。

15. C。when引导时间状语从句，这时警铃响起……

16. B。let the bulls go in Spain为固定习语。

17. D。pick up 把……拉起来。

18. A。人们向外疯狂地跑，原因自然是有危险。

19. C。catch one's breath无法喘气。这是由于跑得太快造成的。

20. B。结合上句，跑得太快无法呼吸，以至于感觉要死掉了。

Ⅳ.短文改错
We were late as usual. My husband had insisted on watering the flowers in the garden by himself. When we realized 1.______

how he couldn't manage it, he asked me for help at the last moment. 2.______

So now we had only an hour to get to the airport. Unluckily, 3.______

there were not many more cars or buses on the road and we 4.______

were able to get here just in time. We checked in and went 5.______

答案是：we→ he；how→that或去掉how；Unluckily→Luckily；去掉more；here→there

straight to the big hall to wait for our flight be called, but 6.______

no announcement is made. A girl there told us the plane hadn't 7.______

come yet. In the end, there came an announcement tells us that 8.______

the passengers waiting for Flight LJ108 could get the free meal 9.______

and that the plane hadn't left London for some technical problems. 10.______

答案是：be前加 to；is→was；tell→telling；第二个the→a；√