Ⅰ.品句填词
1．He usually takes ___________ (高兴) in reading foreign novels.
答案：delight
2．The fireworks looked very ____________(辉煌的，壮丽的) against the dark sky.
答案：splendid
3．He has spent all the ten years in caving the ____________ (塑像) successfully.
答案：statue
4．You have ____________(高贵的) blood flowing through your veins.
答案：royal
5．You’d better correct all the __________ (错误) in your report.
答案：errors
6．I was ____________ (激动的) by your news that he was admitted to the famous university.
答案：thrilled
7．What you say is not ____________ (一致) with what you do.
答案：consistent
8．The story is totally ____________ (虚构的，想像的) and there is nothing to do with the reality.
答案：imaginary
9．He saw a man in____________(制服) coming towards him.
答案：uniform
10．I have the bicycle now but my sister was the ____________(最初的) owner.
答案：original
Ⅱ.选词填空
1．________________，she gave it to me without any hesitation.
答案：To my delight
2．They ________________ as two grains of wheat on the same stalk.
答案：looked as much alike
3．My father has________________ to fetch me from the airport.
答案：arranged for his driver
4．My car ________________ and consequently I was late.
答案：broke down
5．Mr.Smith fell ill and George ________________his position.
答案：took the place of
Ⅲ.单项填空
1．(2012·湖北黄冈中学上学期期中考试)What satisfies us is that the position of the house combines quietness and ________.
A．convenience B．efficiency
C．variety D．settlement
解析：选A。句意：令我们满意的是这所房屋的位置既安静又方便。convenience是“便利之处”，与上文的quietness相互应；而efficiency是“有效率”；variety是“多样性”；settlement是“定居，解决”。
2．(2012·抚顺县高中上学期高二英语月考试题)—How much is the new car your brother bought?
—Well，it should cost ________ 50,000 pounds—but I’m not sure.
A．exactly B．totally
C．roughly D．previously
解析：选C。句意“大约花费了五万英镑，但是我不确定。”roughly是“大约地，粗略地”之意，符合语境；而exactly是“确切地”，totally是“总共地”，previously是“以前地”。
3．We ________ the job ________ five sections with each person doing one part.
A．separated；into B．divided into
C．divided；from D．separated；from
解析：选B。句意：我们将工作分为了五个部分，每一个人完成一部分。考查了divide...into...表示“将整体分为几个部分”之意的用法。而separate...from...是“将……从……中分开”。
4．We should ________ our respective responsibility so that we can take charge of our own task.
A．make sure B．clear
C．clarify D．sort
解析：选C。句意：我们应该将我们各自的责任澄清一下，这样，我们就可以各司其职。考查了clarify表示“澄清，阐明”之意的用法；而make sure是“确保”；clear是“清除；使干净”；sort是“分类，整理”。
5．According to some scientists，no matter how fast the online technology developed，the e-books will never ________ the libraries.
A．take place of B．take the place of
C．have the place of D．make the place of
解析：选B。句意：有些科学家认为，无论网上图书发展地如何迅速，都永远代替不了图书馆。考查take the place of表示“代替”之意的用法。
6．This file is very important so don’t ________ any words when you are dealing with it.
A．leave off B．turn over
C．turn out D．leave out
解析：选D。句意：这份文件非常重要，所以，在处理时，请不要删去了任何单词。考查leave out表示“删去，遗漏”之意的用法。而leave off是“停止”；turn over是“反转，反过来”；turn out是“证明是”。
7．—Did you stay up last night?
—Yes.I sat before the desk until after midnight，________ in writing.
A．absorbing B．to absorb
C．having absorbed D．absorbed
解析：选D。句意：“昨晚你熬夜了？”“是的。我坐在桌子前直到半夜，专心写作。”此题考查absorb的短语。be absorbed in意为“专心于”，此题为形容词短语作状语。
8．________ by the special bargain sale，I went into the shop and bought many things I didn’t really need.
A．Attracting B．Attracted
C．To be attracted D．Having attracted
解析：选B。句意：受特价销售的吸引，我进入了商店买了些事实上我并不需要的东西。attract意为“吸引”，与句子的主语I之间是被动关系，因此应用被动语态形式。C表示尚未发生的事情。
9．The secretary will ________ for you to visit our factory next week.
A．manage B．arrange
C．order D．organize
解析：选B。句意：秘书将安排你下周来参观我们的工厂。考查arrange for sb.to do sth.表示“安排某人干某事”之意的用法；而manage是“设法”；order表示“命令”，多用于order sb.to do 的结构中；organize是“组织”，为及物动词，不与介词for连用。
10．The peace talks between two countries ________ and a fierce war was expected to ________ therefore.
A．broke out；break down
B．broke down；break up
C．broke down；break out
D．broke up；break out
解析：选C。句意：两国之间的和谈失败，因此一场激烈的战争将会在意料之中爆发。第一空考查break down表示“失败”之意的用法；而第二空考查break out表示“爆发”之意的用法。
Ⅳ.完形填空
If you have a watch，don’t repair it! I know it __1__.Once I had a beautiful watch.And this watch __2__perfect time.But one night it happened that I forgot to __3__it up.Next morning I went to a watchmaker as I wanted my perfect watch to __4__by the exact time.The watchmaker examined my watch and said: “The regulator (校准器) is to be pushed up __5__your watch is four minutes __6__.”
I tried to stop him，tried to __7__him understand that my watch kept perfect time，but he did not listen to me and pushed the regulator.
My beautiful watch began to gain time.It __8__faster and faster day by day.By the end of the second month it __9__all the clocks and watches of the town far behind.
What did I have to do? To take it to another watchmaker to be regulated.I expected him to regulate the watch immediately __10__he asked me to come in a week’s time.When at last I took my watch from him it began to __11__down.And I began to be late for trains，business appointments and even missed my dinners.
Now I went to __12__watchmaker.While I waited for him to repair my poor watch，he __13__it to pieces and said that he could finish this work __14__three or four days.I could do nothing but __15__.That time my watch went for half a day and then stopped.
So I kept __16__my watch from one watchmaker to another for a considerable period of time.
And as a result of it the cleverest man in the world could not __17__the time by my watch.The thing was getting __18__.My watch had __19__two hundred dollars originally but I paid for repairs more than two hundred.At last I decided to buy __20__watch，which I did.
1．A.for reality B．for truth
C．for certain D．for certainty
解析：选C。for certain“无疑地，确定地”，是一个固定用法，相当于without doubt；for sure；for certainty应为for a certainty才对。
2．A.kept B．told
C．observed D．struck
解析：选A。keep time“走时准确”，是习惯用法，tell time“报时”，observe time “守时”，strike表“鸣钟”时，常用结构为“strike the hours(每小时报时一次)；strike12钟刚敲12点”。
3．A.turn B．wind
C．pick D．put
解析：选B。wind sth.up“上(钟或表)的弦；上发条”。
4．A.be turned B．be taken
C．be put D．be set
解析：选D。set a clock / watch “对钟；对表；将闹钟等定时”。
5．A.as B．as if
C．when D．if
解析：选A。as用来引导原因状语从句。
6．A.fast B．slowly
C．faster D．slow
解析：选D。从上文中的be pushed up得知，手表的时间慢了四分钟，而不是快了四分钟。
7．A.get B．persuade
C．make D．explain
解析：选C。make sb.do sth./ get sb.to do sth.“使某人做某事”，此题之后接了省to的不定式understand，所以用make。
8．A.gained B．lost
C．went D．won
解析：选A。(指钟表)快(慢)于正确的时间，常用gain或lose。如：This watch neither gains nor loses.这表不快也不慢。go只表示“钟表在走(时)”。
9．A.had remained B．had left
C．had stayed D．had fallen
解析：选B。leave sth.far behind“使某事处于落后状态”， A、C、D都是不及物动词。
10．A.however B．and
C．but D．therefore
解析：选C。表转折，意为：我原指望他迅速将表校对，可是他要我一周后才来拿。however是副词，常用逗号隔开。
11．A.go B．walk
C．slow D．take
解析：选C。slow作动词，slow down“减慢速度”。
12．A.the third B．the second
C．the first D．the fourth
解析：选A。通过上下文得知作者已经去找过两个修表匠，现在要去第三个修表匠那儿。
13．A.broke B．took
C．tore D．cut
解析：选B。took sth.to pieces “拆开，拆散”，在这里指把表拆成零碎。broke“打碎”；tore“撕毁”；cut“切碎”。
14．A.after B．before
C．over D．in
解析：选D。介词in表示“从当时算起再过多长时间”。
15．A.to agree B．agree
C．agreeing D．agreed
解析：选B。but前有实义动词do时，but后要接省to的动词不定式。
16．A.taking B．bringing
C．carrying D．fetching
解析：选A。keep(on)doing sth.意为“不停地做……”。taking “拿去”；bringing“拿来”；fetching“去拿来”；carrying“提起，拿起”，无方向性。
17．A.recognize B．tell
C．know D．understand
解析：选B。tell the time 指“能够看懂钟表上的时间；看钟表等而说出时间”。不要受中文影响而错用understand。
18．A.seriously B．pleasant
C．badly D．serious
解析：选D。get 是连系动词，其后要接形容词作表语，可排除A、C，再从逻辑上分析，可排除B项。
19．A.spent B．took
C．cost D．paid
解析：选C。cost表示“某物花费多少钱”，有“等价交换”之意。
20．A.another B．the other
C．one D．one more
解析：选A。another表示“另一个(与之不同的一个)”；the other表“两个当中的另一个”；one表“数量(一个)”；one more“买了一个不够，还要再买一个”。
Ⅴ.阅读理解
(2012·江西八校联考)The audience start to scream and young people all over Britain turn on their TVs.Yes，it’s Top of the Pops!
Top of the Pops is an amazing 34-year-old TV programme.Pop stars from all over the world appear on this successful TV programme.After 1,800 shows，it’s still the most popular pop Music show in Britain.So what’s the secret?
“We get lots of bands to perform live in the studio，” says producer Chris Cowey.“That just doesn’t happen on other shows.”
Chris starts planning the programme over a week before it goes out.His first job is to decide which bands to have on the show.When the chart of the top twenty songs is produced on Sunday，Chris can start to book the bands.
Monday starts with Chris meeting his sound，lighting and camera workers.They listen to each song and plan the show.
Tuesday is paperwork day.There are bookings to make sure of letters to answer and lots of phone calls to make.The show is on Thursday.Bands arrive at the studio from 10 o’clock in the morning and start practising.Tonight’s presenter，Jo Whiley，practices too.
First the bands go to make up.Judy and Issy are the make-up artists.“We see the stars with no make-up on，looking terrible，” says Issy.Then the bands go to the costume department where Marianne dresses the stars.
Back in the studio things are happening.The audience are practicing their dance moves! It takes over two hours to record the whole programme，and then Chris edits it all night long.The final version is exactly 29 minutes long.
【解题导语】 本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍英国Top of the Pops节目的制作流程。
1．What makes Top of the Pops still the most popular in Britain?
A．The live performances in the studio.
B．The jobs carefully done by the workers of the TV station.
C．The great fame of the bands.
D．The large numbers of pop fans in Britain.
解析：选A。细节认定题。根据第二段的最后一句话和第三段的内容可知Top of the Pops节目在英国最受欢迎的原因是A项。
2．The underlined word “costume”(in Paragraph 7) probably means________.
A．make-up B．stage
C．studio D．clothes
解析：选D。猜测词义题。根据接下来的where Marianne dresses the stars可知，costume表示服装。
3．How is a Music programme made at the TV station?
A.→→→→
B.→→→→
C.→→→→
D.→→→→
解析：选C。排列顺序题。根据第四、五、六段和最后一段内容可知选C项。
4．Which is the proper title for the passage?
A．More Popular，More Successful
B．A Stage for Pop Stars
C．Go Backstage of Top of the Pops
D．A Popular Live Band
解析：选C。标题选择题。根据全文内容可知本文主要介绍了英国Top of the Pops节目的制作流程，故C项作为本文标题最合适。
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