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　　Ashrita Furman is not a____1____athlete. As a child, he was not interested in sports and was____2____. However, the Guinness Book of World Records____3____him. When he was____4____16, he met an Indian meditation teacher and knew it is important for people to develop their bodies as it is to develop their minds, hearts and____5____selves. Since then he has made many records in sports which are not ____6____. ____7____these activities might be childish and cause laughter rather than respect, they need an enormous____8____of strength，____9____and determination. In reality he is a man who likes____10____.

　　答案　1.natural　2.unfit　3.fascinated　4.aged　5.spiritual　6.conventional　7.While　8.amount　9.fitness

　　10.challenges

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　　1. Mike arrived at the meeting________at ten o'clock—as it was scheduled —not a minute early or late.

　　A.flexibly B.loosely

　　C.punctually D.approximately

　　解析　flexibly 可變通地，柔韌地; loosely 松散地，自由地; punctually 準(zhǔn)確無誤地，準(zhǔn)時地; approximately 大約地，近似地。根據(jù)句意應(yīng)選C項。

　　答案　C

　　2.________a small number of Australians are bitten by spiders each year, most recover without any medical treatment.

　　A.While B.Unless C.When D.Because

　　解析　句意：雖然每年有少數(shù)的澳大利亞人被蜘蛛咬傷，但大部分沒有經(jīng)過任何醫(yī)療就康復(fù)了。while 在此表示“雖然，盡管”，引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句。

　　答案　A

　　3. I've become good friends with several of the students in my school________I met in the English speech contest last year.

　　A.who B.where C.when D.which

　　解析　考查定語從句。several of the students是定語從句的先行詞且從句中缺賓語who引導(dǎo)定語從句。句意：我已經(jīng)成了我在去年英語演講比賽中遇到的幾個學(xué)生的好朋友。

　　答案　A

　　4. A team of nurses________the doctor in performing the operation on the boy wounded in the earthquake.

　　A.supported B.encouraged

　　C.assisted D.respected

　　解析　考查動詞辨析。句意：一隊護士協(xié)助這個醫(yī)生給那個在地震中受傷的男孩做手術(shù)。support支持;encourage鼓勵;assist協(xié)助;respect尊敬。

　　答案　C

　　5. I'm calling to require about the position________in yesterday's China Daily.

　　A.advertised B.to be advertised

　　C.advertising D.having advertised

　　解析　考查非謂語動詞。句意：我打電話想詢問一下昨天《中國日報》上刊登的招聘職位的有關(guān)情況。position與advertise之間是被動關(guān)系，所以用過去分詞作后置定語。

　　答案　D

　　6. It took us quite a long time to get to the amusement park. It was________journey.

　　A.three hour B.a three­hours

　　C.a three­hour D.three hours

　　解析　句意：去游樂園花了我們很長一段時間，是3個小時的路程�？疾閺�(fù)合形容詞。一段3個小時的路程有兩種表達方式：a three­hour journey; three hours'journey。類似表達 a one­week event, a two­year project。

　　答案　C

　　7.________I accept that he is not perfect，I do actually like the person.

　　A.While B.Since C.Before D.Unless

　　解析　句意：盡管我承認(rèn)他不完美，但我確實喜歡這個人。while盡管，雖然。

　　答案　A

　　8. Her son, to whom she was so________， went abroad ten years ago.

　　A.loved B.cared C.devoted D.affected

　　解析　考查固定搭配。be devoted to致力于。句意：她摯愛的兒子十年前出國了。

　　答案　C

　　9. After she retired, she________most of her time to housework and bringing up her grandchildren.

　　A.spent B.took C.provided D.devoted

　　解析　句意：退休后，她把大部分時間花在了做家務(wù)和撫養(yǎng)孫輩上。spend用于 “spend...on sth/(in) doing sth”結(jié)構(gòu);take作“花費”解時，用于it takes sb some time to do sth句型; provide“提供”;devote...to(doing) sth“把……用于……”。

　　答案　D

　　10. The book didn't ________children probably because the author employed too many scientific terms in it.

　　A.apply to B.appeal to

　　C.intend to D.lead to

　　解析　句意：孩子們對這本書不感興趣很可能是因為作者使用了太多的科技術(shù)語。appeal to sb吸引某人，使某人感興趣;apply to sb向某人申請;lead to導(dǎo)致，通向;intend to do sth打算做某事。

　　答案　B