Why, you may wonder, should spiders be our friends? Because they destroy so many insects, and insects 1 some of the greatest enemies of the human race. Insects would make 2 impossible for us to live in the world. They would devour (eat up quickly) all our crops and kill our flocks and herds, were it not 3 the protection we get from insect-eating animals. We 4 a lot to the birds and beasts who eat insects but all of them 5 together kill only a fraction of the 6 destroyed by spiders. 7 , unlike some of the insect eaters, spiders never do the least 8 to us or our belongings.

　　Spiders are not insects, 9 many people think, 10 even nearly related to them. One can tell the 11 almost at a glance, 12 a spider always has eight legs but an insect never more than six.

　　How many spiders are 13 in this work on our 14 ? One authority 15 spiders made a 16 of the spiders in a grass field in the south of England, and he estimated that there were more than 2 250 000 in one acre; that is 17 like 6000 000 spiders of different kinds on a football field. Spiders are busy for at least half the year in killing insects. It is 18 to make more than the 19 guess at how many they kill, but they are hungry creature, not 20 with only three meals a day.

　　1. A. includeB. involveC. consistD. cover

　　2. A. thisB. that C. itD. them

　　3. A. withB. forC. ofD. on

　　4. A. devoteB. dedicateC. oweD. contribute

　　5. A. gottenB. putC. linkedD. associated

　　6. A. numberB. amountC. plentyD. proportion

　　7. A. ConsequentlyB. MoreoverC. ConverselyD. However

　　8. A. damageB. ruinC. goodD. harm

　　9. A. asB. whichC. becauseD. though

　　10. A. soB. eitherC. norD. none

　　11. A. likenessB. differenceC. similarityD. appearance

　　12. A. ifB. althoughC. forD. when

　　13. A. participatedB. joinedC. enclosedD. involved

　　14. A. honorB. sakeC. sideD. behalf

　　15. A. onB. inC. aboutD. with

　　16. A. censusB. consensusC. conscienceD. consciousness

　　17. A. nothingB. somethingC. anythingD. everything

　　18. A. likelyB. uselessC. impossibleD. probable

　　19. A. broadestB. widestC. bravestD. wildest

　　20. A. concernedB. identifiedC. patientD. content

　　答案

　　1. 【答案】A. include

　　【解析】本題測(cè)試詞義搭配.include(= bring in as a part of the whole) 包括，包含：1) The book includes two chapters on grammar. 2) The plan includes most of your suggestions. 3) Our delegation included two interpreters(我們的代表團(tuán)里包括2位翻譯)involve 雖然也有“包含”的意思，但其后所接的名詞大多數(shù)是非實(shí)體性名詞，所以involve 的確切含義是“(=have s a necessary consequence)必然包括某種結(jié)果，牽涉到”，例如：The war involved a great increase in the national debt.(戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)必然使國(guó)家負(fù)債驟增。)根據(jù)上下文的意思來(lái)看，此處指“昆蟲(chóng)中有某些人類(lèi)最大的天敵”，句中enemies是實(shí)體名詞，故此體應(yīng)選include. cover 也有“包括”之意，但主要是指“談到，涉及到”，例如：1) The discussion covered a wide range of subjects. (這次討論涉及到范圍廣闊的議題。) 2)His studies covered a wide field.(他的研究涉及到很大的領(lǐng)域) cover 作“包括，包含”解時(shí)一般不結(jié)具體的事物或動(dòng)物名詞。consist 后接of,意為“由…..組成”。可見(jiàn)，本題答案非A 莫屬。

　　2. 【答案】C. it

　　【解析】本題測(cè)試結(jié)構(gòu)搭配.it 是形式賓語(yǔ)，其實(shí)際賓語(yǔ)是for us to live in the world.

　　3. 【答案】B. for

　　【解析】本題測(cè)試結(jié)構(gòu)搭配. were it not for sth. 是虛擬條件句，意為“要不是….,要是沒(méi)有….的話(huà)”。

　　4. 【答案】C. owe

　　【解析】本題測(cè)結(jié)構(gòu)型詞義搭配. owe…..to…把…..歸功于….: He owed his success o luck more than to capacity. contribute to 有助于，促進(jìn)，加�。篊ars contribute to air pollution. (汽車(chē)加劇了空氣污染);devote sth. to 奉獻(xiàn)，致力于;dedicate … to 奉獻(xiàn);均不符合題意。

　　5. 【答案】B. put

　　【解析】本題測(cè)試詞義搭配.put together 加在一起。put together 在句中是過(guò)去分詞短語(yǔ)作定語(yǔ)，修飾前面的all of them.

　　6. 【答案】A. number

　　【解析】本題測(cè)試詞義搭配. insect 是可數(shù)名詞。此處是指昆蟲(chóng)的“數(shù)目”，故應(yīng)選number. An (或 the) amount of +不可數(shù)名詞(單數(shù))，故不能入選。plenty of +可數(shù)名詞(復(fù)數(shù))或不可數(shù)名詞(單數(shù))，意為“很多，大量的”，用于肯定句中，例如：1) There was plenty of work for girls of her age. 2) There are plenty of men out of work. (許多失業(yè)男子)proportion 比例。

　　7. 【答案】B. Moreover

　　【解析】本題測(cè)試邏輯搭配.moreover 意為“此外，而且”，正合題意。

　　8. 【答案】D. harm

　　【解析】本題測(cè)試詞義搭配. do harm to …對(duì)某人有害，正合題意。do damage to sth. 對(duì)….造成損害，與題意不符。do good to sb./sth. 對(duì)…有好處，與題意相悖。do與ruin不搭配，通常說(shuō)cause ruin, bring about ruin, lead to ruin等

　　9. 【答案】A. as

　　【解析】本題測(cè)試結(jié)構(gòu)搭配.as 引導(dǎo)非限定性定語(yǔ)從句，例如：As you know, China is a country with a large population. (正如你所知道的，中國(guó)是一個(gè)人口眾多的國(guó)家)

　　10. 【答案】C. nor

　　【解析】本題測(cè)試邏輯搭配. not … as 翻譯時(shí)否定要轉(zhuǎn)移到as 上。

　　本句譯文：蜘蛛不像許多人想的那樣是昆蟲(chóng)，它們甚至與昆蟲(chóng)幾乎無(wú)關(guān)。nor引導(dǎo)的是延續(xù)否定句，其中省略了主語(yǔ)與系動(dòng)詞。如果把主語(yǔ)與系動(dòng)詞補(bǔ)上，則應(yīng)為：…nor are spiders even nearly related to them. not nearly 意為“全然不”，此句中的not的否定意義由nor來(lái)體現(xiàn)。此外，有些語(yǔ)法學(xué)家認(rèn)為，此類(lèi)句子中nor連接的是兩個(gè)并列成分，例如：For ten days I did not see him nor telephone him.

　　so引導(dǎo)延續(xù)肯定句，例如：She was right, and so were you , at least to an extent. (她是對(duì)的，你至少在某種程度上也是對(duì)的。) 根據(jù)上下文意思，此句時(shí)表示延續(xù)否定，因此不能用，so。至于either,雖然也可以用在延續(xù)否定句中，但詞序不對(duì)，例如：1) I can’t dance, either. 2) China will not be a superpower, not either or even in the future. (中國(guó)不做超級(jí)大國(guó)，現(xiàn)在不做，以后也不做。)

　　none pron.作代詞：1) None of them spoke English except Tallit. 2)”How many fish did you catch?” ”None. ” 3) We none of us said anything. (作同位語(yǔ)) 4)She had none of her brother’s beauty.(她一點(diǎn)也不像他兄弟的美貌。)5) none but Johnson could have done such a thing.(只有約翰有可能作出這樣的事來(lái)。) 6) The stranger was none other than my old friend. (這位陌生人不是別人，正是我的老朋友。)

　　none adv. 作副詞：1) She spent two weeks in hospital but she is none the better for it. (她住院兩個(gè)星期，但他并不因此而好一些。) 2) None the less it is one of the most powerful weapons the workers possess. (盡管如此，這仍然是工人手中最有力的武器之一。)3) I am afraid he is none too clever .(恐怕他不太聰明。) 根據(jù)題意，本題不能選none.但上述有關(guān)none的用法，例句考生務(wù)必倍加注意，因?yàn)閚one是常用詞，所以它是重要的測(cè)試內(nèi)容。例如：1984年試題I. 26. The man over there is ____our principal. A. no other but B. no other than C. no one than D. none other than (應(yīng)選D. none other than)

　　11. 【答案】B. difference

　　【解析】本題測(cè)試邏輯型詞義搭配.根據(jù)上下文意思可以看出，此處是講蜘蛛與昆蟲(chóng)的區(qū)別，故應(yīng)選 B。difference.考生在做類(lèi)似試題時(shí)，一定要注意上下文的連貫意思。

　　12. 【答案】C. for

　　【解析】本題測(cè)試邏輯搭配.此句中for引導(dǎo)表示附加說(shuō)明的原因分句。按傳統(tǒng)語(yǔ)法分類(lèi)，for在此引導(dǎo)的分句是并列句而不是從句。按慣用發(fā)，在for前必須有逗號(hào)。

　　13. 【答案】D. involved

　　【解析】本題測(cè)試結(jié)構(gòu)型詞義搭配.participate(in)參與;join(in)參加;但本句謂語(yǔ)是被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，故上述兩詞均不能入選。be involved in 參與，參加;如填入句中不但在此以上，而且在結(jié)構(gòu)上均符合題意，故答案非D莫屬。

　　14. 【答案】D. behalf

　　【解析】本題測(cè)試詞慣用搭配.on one’s behalf or on behalf(=for; in the interest(s)of; on account of) 代表，為了….的緣故：1) I am writing on behalf of my mother to express her thanks for your gift. 2) I felt guilty on you behalf. (我為你感到內(nèi)疚。) in honor of or in one’s honor 為了(紀(jì)念或表示敬意而舉行某活動(dòng))：We gave the dinner party in his honor (我們?yōu)樗�舉辦晚餐會(huì)。) for the sake of 為了…..起見(jiàn)。on one’s good/bad side(搞好/壞 關(guān)系)：John thought that he would get a good grade if he got on the good side of the teacher.(約翰想，如他和老師搞好關(guān)系，他會(huì)得到高分。) 此外，on the side 額外的，作為兼職的：He makes a little money on the side by doing house-keeping work for Mrs. Johnson. (他替約翰太太做家務(wù)額外掙一點(diǎn)錢(qián)。)

　　15. 【答案】A. on

　　【解析】on 表示“關(guān)于(某一問(wèn)題);對(duì)，就(某一點(diǎn))”，例如：We had many quarrels on politics and religion. 2) You are an authority on clothes. 3) He is absorbed in his work on bacteria. in 表示“在…方面”，例如：a specialist in history 歷史學(xué)方面的專(zhuān)家。

　　16. 【答案】A. census

　　【解析】本題測(cè)試詞義搭配.本題測(cè)試考生辨析形似異意詞的能力。census 調(diào)查;consensus 一致看法。(意見(jiàn)等)一致;conscience 良心;consciousness 意識(shí)，覺(jué)悟，自覺(jué)。

　　17. 【答案】B. something

　　【解析】本題測(cè)試慣用搭配.something like(=approximately)大約。

　　18. 【答案】C. impossible

　　【解析】本題測(cè)試邏輯搭配.按上下文邏輯意思來(lái)看，應(yīng)選impossible,句中more than 修飾the widest,說(shuō)明其程度，如：I’ m more than content with what you have just said (我對(duì)你剛才所說(shuō)的極其滿(mǎn)意。)

　　19. 【答案】D. wildest

　　【解析】本題測(cè)試詞義搭配. wild 在此處的含義是“不精確的，大致的，(沒(méi)有證據(jù)的)大膽的”。本句譯文：不可能做出極其大膽的猜測(cè)：蜘蛛殺滅多少害蟲(chóng)，但是蜘蛛是胃口極大的動(dòng)物。它們肯定不會(huì)滿(mǎn)足一天只吃三頓。

　　20. 【答案】D. content

　　【解析】本題測(cè)試邏輯型詞義搭配.從邏輯意思和語(yǔ)義上分析，content正合題意。上面談到“蜘蛛是食量很大的動(dòng)物”，可見(jiàn)“蜘蛛是不會(huì)滿(mǎn)足于一天三頓的”。be content with 滿(mǎn)足于：My father had to be content with this small success.