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Ⅰ.专题特训(动词与动词短语)
1．Have a good rest; you need to ______ your energy for the tennis match this afternoon. A．leave B．save C．hold D．get
解析 句意：好好休息吧，你需要为今天下午的网球赛保存精力。 答案 B
2．Mary finally ______ Bruce as her lifelong companion. A．received B．accepted C．made D．honoured
解析 句意：玛丽最终接受了布鲁斯作为她的终身伴侣。accept...as...接纳??为??。 答案 B
3．It seems difficult to ______ “hurt” from“injure” in meaning. A．judge B．tell C．divide D．separate 解析 tell A from B说出A和B的区别。 答案 B
4．The three sisters decided to hold a family party to ______ their parents' silver wedding. A．celebrate B．memorize C．congratulate D．welcome
解析 句意：三姐妹决定举行一次家庭聚会，庆祝她们父母的银婚。 答案 A 5．Joe Jones，the eldest of the eight children，had to ______ out of high school at the age of 16 to help his father on the farm.
A．leave B．drop C．fall D．go 解析 drop out“中途退学，辍学”。 答案 B
6．They ______ the train until it disappeared in the distance. A．saw B．watched C．noticed D．observed
解析 句意：他们看着火车直到它消失在远方。see看见；notice注意到；observe观测。均不合题意。
答案 B
7．—Do you think the Stars will beat the Bulls?
—Yes.They have better players，so I ______ them to win. A．hope B．agree C．expect D．suggest
解析 句意：——你认为明星队能战胜公牛队吗？——是的，他们有着比较优秀的运动员，因此，我预计他们赢。expect预计。
答案 C
8．—Excuse me.May I ask you some questions?
—Sorry，I'm too busy and haven't a minute to ______． A．spend B．spare C．share D．stop
解析 答句句意：对不起，我太忙了，没有一分钟时间可以腾出来。spare 抽出，匀出。 答案 B
9．Although the working mother is very busy，she still ______ a lot of time to her children. A．devotes B．spends C．offers D．provides
解析 句意：尽管这个在职母亲非常忙，但她仍然在她的孩子身上投入很多时间。devote...to...把??献给。
答案 A
10．When I opened the door，a parcel on the floor ______ my eye. A．met B．caught C．drew D．attracted
解析 句意：当我在开门时，我看见地板上有一个包裹。catch one's eye引起某人注意，惹人注目。
答案 B
11．Nick is looking for another job because he feels that nothing he does ______ his boss. A．serves B．satisfies C．promises D．supports
解析 句意：Nick正在找另一份工作，因为他觉得他做什么都不能使老板满意。satisfy使??满意。
答案 B
12．What you said just now ______ me of that American professor. A．mentioned B．informed C．reminded D．memorized 解析 句意：你刚才所说的话使我想起了那位美国教授。remind sb of sb/sth使某人想起某人/某事。
答案 C
13．Our English teacher ______ our buying a good English－Chinese dictionary. A．asked B．ordered C．suggested D．required 解析 句意：我们的英语老师建议我们买一本好的英汉词典。suggest sb's doing sth建议某人做某事。
答案 C
14．To be mentally healthy，you need to ______ good relationships with each other. A．build up B．put up C．take up D．hold up
解析 句意：为了精神健康，你们彼此需要建立良好的关系。build up 建立；put up张贴，搭起； take up占用；hold up阻挡。根据句意可知选A。
答案 A
15．—I'm still working on my project.
—Oh，you'll miss the deadline.Time is ______． A．running out B．going out C．giving out D．losing out
解析 根据语境可知时间快要到了，此处要用现在进行时表示将来，run out表示“用完；耗尽”。后三项分别表示“出去”“分发”“输掉”，都不合语境。
答案 A
16．—Do you know why Michael resigned from the board? —He held out for higher wages, but was ________ in the end. A．put down B．broke down C．cut down D．turned down
解析 考查动词短语辨析。句意：——你知道Michael为什么要从董事会辞职吗？——他提出要增加薪水，但最终被拒绝的了。put down镇压，记下；break down打破，折断，出故障；cut down消减；砍倒；turn down调小；拒绝。根据题意可知选D项。
答案 D 17．Durant，the Thunder basketball player，has ________ some growing pains trying to improve his floor games this season.
A．gone through B．got through
C．looked through D．broken through
解析 考查动词短语辨析。go through经历；通过；完成；get through完成；通过；接通；look through浏览；break through突破。本句意为“经历了成长的痛苦”，故应选A项。
答案 A
18．I will move out next week.I'm not going to ________ my roommate smoking any longer. A．turn to B．stick to
C．come up with D．put up with
解析 考查动词短语辨析。句意： 我下周就会搬出去。我再也受不了我室友吸烟了。turn to 向??求助；stick to 坚持；come up with 想出；put up with 忍受。根据题意可知选D项。
答案 D
19．More and more rich people have promised to ________ their wealth after death to help the poor and the disabled.
A．give away B．give up C．give out D．give in
解析 考查动词短语辨析。句意：越来越多的富人已经许诺他们去世后把他们的财产捐给那些穷人和残疾人。give away赠送，分发；泄露；give up放弃；give out分发，发出；give in屈服，上交。根据题意可知选A项。
答案 A
20．All these documents must be ________ the university you are applying for before December.
A．donated to B．sent in
C．submitted to D．handed in
解析 考查动词短语辨析。句意：所有的文件必须在十月之前递交给你申请的大学。donate...to...捐赠；send sth in 寄出；submit to向??递交；hand in上交。根据题意可知选C项。
答案 C Ⅱ.完形填空
体裁：夹叙夹议 话题：感悟人生 时间：14分钟
She stared in the mirror，long and hard.She was not seeing the reflection(影像)that stared back at her；she was lost in a world of __1__．In an instant she was back；the reflection in the mirror __2__ her.For a second she thought it was her mother staring back at her.But as reality slowly set back in，she __3__ that the reflection was indeed hers. Gone were the dimples (酒窝)that once graced her cheeks.Where had those __4__ little dimples gone，she thought to herself? So __5__ in the daily chores of her day－to－day life，she had not noticed that time had not stood __6__，until today，when she __7__ to stop and look，really look into the mirror，the mirror that had seen her __8__ from a bright－eyed 20－year－old full of hope.
The years had passed her by and as she wondered about this __9__fate，that nature __10__ages everyone，she began to __11__．She knew deep down in her heart that if she were given the __12__ to have her time over again，she would not change a thing.She was __13__ where she was meant to be.
As she __14__ at this stranger in the mirror，she looked deep into her eyes.She could see the __15__ and the kindness that emanated from(从??发出)them.She __16__ noticed that there was a
warmth that had not been there so many years ago.
Finally，after years of trying to __17__ the stereotypes (模式化的形象) that __18__ bothered her，she finally saw beauty，real beauty.
“You are __19__，” she whispered at the mirror and this time she __20__ it；she really，really meant it.
【语篇导读】 一位女士偶然照镜子，发现岁月的痕迹已经爬上了脸颊，不禁忧伤。但看到自己眼睛里闪烁的智慧和善良，她坚信自己是美丽的。
1．A.memories B．regrets C．happiness D．imagination
解析 从文章第二段这位女士回忆了自己容颜的变化可知，此处是说这位女士陷入回忆之中，故选memories。
答案 A
2．A.embarrassed B．frightened C．confused D．worried
解析 以下句“For a second she thought it was her mother staring back at her.”可知，镜子里的影像使她感到迷惑。
答案 C
3．A.discovered B．understood C．noticed D．realized
解析 她最终意识到(realized)镜子里的影像就是她自己。 答案 D
4．A.deep B．cute C．shallow D．fine
解析 她暗自思忖，这对可爱的(cute)小酒窝哪儿去了？ 答案 B
5．A.thrown up B．picked up C．caught up D．taken up
解析 她天天忙着做家务，几乎没有时间照镜子。be caught up in sth表示“被卷入，陷入”。
答案 C
6．A.firm B．dim C．far D．still
解析 她忙于家务，没有注意到时间并不是静止不动的(still)。 答案 D
7．A.happened B．began C．continued D．decided 解析 根据上下文语境可知，她是偶然停下来照镜子发现自己变老了。因此用happen to do sth，表示“碰巧，恰好做某事”。
答案 A
8．A.admit B．change C．overcome D．cover
解析 这面镜子见证了她从一个20岁的青春少女，变成(change)现在的样子。 答案 B
9．A.strange B．silent C．secret D．cruel
解析 岁月流逝，青春不再，因此此处表示“残酷的(cruel)”命运。 答案 D
10．A.actually B．suddenly C．eventually D．equally
解析 大自然最终(eventually)会给每个人刻画上岁月的痕迹。