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1.—Turn off the TV, Jack.________your homework now?
—Mum, just ten more minutes, please.
A.Should you be doing
B.Shouldn't you be doing
C.Couldn't you be doing
D.Will you be doing
答案:B 由句意知,媽媽是在責(zé)備杰克“難道你現(xiàn)在不應(yīng)該在做作業(yè)嗎?”,故應(yīng)用否定式疑問句。
2.Being a disabled man, he has difficulty ________.
A.earning livings B.earning his living
C.to earn livings D.to earn his living
答案:B 考查固定搭配。have difficulty (in) doing sth做某事有困難,earn one's living謀生。
3.Not earning enough money this month, I had to ________ my expenses.
A.cut in B.cut off
C.cut across D.cut down
答案:D 句意:由于這個(gè)月沒有掙夠錢,我不得不減少開支。cut in插嘴;cut off切斷;cut across抄近路;cut down減少。
4.A large sum of money has been raised for the ________ of the poorlyeducated children in the mountainous areas.
A.profit B.favor
C.advantage D.benefit
答案:D 句意:為幫助山區(qū)那些受教育程度很低的孩子,人們募捐了大量的錢。for the benefit of sb為了某人的利益,為幫助某人。
5.Though we are not walking slowly, I still think that it won't be ________ he ________ up with us.
A.long before; catches
B.before long; catches
C.for long; caught
D.long until; will catch
答案:A 句意:盡管我們走得挺快的,但我認(rèn)為他不久就會(huì)趕上我們的。It won't be long before...表示“用不了多久就……”,為常用句型。
6.The cancer risks ________ with smoking have been well proved.
A.combined B.associated
C.caused D.joined
答案:B associate with...和……有聯(lián)系,符合語境及句子結(jié)構(gòu)要求。combine with與……結(jié)合起來;cause和join不與with連用。
7.He ________ a number of books about the subject in the library before he gave his speech.
A.referred B.looked into
C.consulted D.looked up
答案:C 考查動(dòng)詞及短語意義。A項(xiàng)應(yīng)加to,refer to查閱;look into調(diào)查;consult查閱;look up查找。由句意可知C項(xiàng)切題。
8.Since they bought the house, the Smiths ________ debt these years.
A.have got into
B.have run into
C.have been in
D.have been out of
答案:C 由語境可知此處用be in debt。get/run into debt表動(dòng)作,不和時(shí)間段連用。
9.Why are you spying ________ me all the time? What do you want to spy ________?
A.on; out B.for; for
C.on; at D.on; for
答案:A 考查固定短語。spy on暗中監(jiān)視,窺探;spy out查明,弄清楚。句意:你為什么一直暗中監(jiān)視我?你想查明什么?
10.(2014·鶴崗高一檢測)To our joy, the operation is ______ success and the patient is now out of ________ danger.
A.a; the B.a; /
C./; the D./; /
答案:B 句意:令我們高興的是,手術(shù)成功了并且病人現(xiàn)在脫離了危險(xiǎn)。a success“一件成功的事”,在這里success為抽象名詞具體化;out of danger為固定搭配,意思為“脫離危險(xiǎn)”。