1、冠词.单项填空1What _ pity that you couldnt be there to receive _ prize!Aa；a Bthe；a Ca；the Dthe；the解析该句是感叹句，What a pity that.是固定句型，所以第一空用不定冠词a；而第二空依据语境可知应该是谈话双方都知道的事物，所以用定冠词the。答案C2.We can never expect _ bluer sky unless we create _ less polluted world.Aa；a Ba；the Cthe；a Dthe；the解析句中sky与world都表示泛指，a表示“一”这个
2、数量，相当于“one”。答案A3.The biggest whale is _ blue whale，which grows to be about 29 meters longthe height of _ 9story building.Athe；the Ba；a Ca；the Dthe；a解析句意：最大的鲸鱼是蓝鲸，它可以长到大约29米长一座9层楼的高度。前一空格处是“the单数可数名词”表类指；后一个空表示泛指。答案D4.Have you heard _ news？ The price of _ petrol is going up again!Athe；the B/；the Cthe
3、；/ D/；/解析根据语境可知，句中的news特指后面一句的内容，于是前面用定冠词修饰；而petrol为不可数名词，表类别，不能用冠词，于是选C。答案C5.In many places in China，_ bicycle is still _ popular means of transportation.Aa；the B/；a Cthe；a Dthe；the解析第一空为类指，表自行车，用“the/a单数可数名词”或“可数名词复数”形式均可；第二空为泛指，表示一种工具，故用不定冠词a。答案C6.It is such _ honour to take part in _ celebration
4、，so how could I make any mistakes?Aan；/ Bthe；the Can；the D/；the解析考查冠词。句意：参加这个庆祝活动是多大的荣幸，我怎么能出任何差错呢？It is an honour to do sth中honour的意思是“荣幸，光荣”，为可数名词，故用不定冠词；根据语意可知，此处celebration为特指，故选C项。答案C7.The boy didnt come to _ life and the method to start his breathing ended up as _ failure.A/；the Bthe；/ Ca；a D/
5、；a解析考查冠词的用法。句意：男孩没能苏醒过来，让他恢复呼吸的方法以失败告终。come to life“开始动起来”，life前不用冠词；failure在这里是抽象名词具体化，表示“失败的人或事”，前面应用不定冠词。答案D8.On _ Monday morning in July，Mr. Anderson happened to find his missing father among the people at _ church.Aa；the Bthe；/ Ca；/ D/；a解析考查冠词的用法。在七月的一个星期一早上，安德森先生碰巧在做礼拜的人中发现了他失踪的父亲。Monday前一般不用冠
6、词，但表示“某个星期一”时用不定冠词；at church在教堂做礼拜。答案C9.Londons taxis are regarded as _ best in the world，and New Yorks yellow taxis came _ second，according to an annual taxi poll.Athe；the Bthe；a C/；the Dthe；/解析考查冠词。第一空，形容词最高级前要使用定冠词；第二空，序数词second充当副词使用，前面不加冠词，come second “第二名”，也可看成固定用法。答案D10.With _ successful laun
7、ching of Tiangong1，Chinas space dream has taken _ step closer to reality.Athe；a B/；a Ca；the Dthe；/解析考查冠词。第一空特指“天宫一号”的成功发射，故用定冠词the；第二空则表示“朝迈进一步”，表示泛指，故用不定冠词。答案A.阅读理解AWhen 19yearold Sophia Giorgi said she was thinking of volunteering to help the MakeAWish Foundation (基金会)，nobody understood what she w
8、as talking about.But Sophia knew just how important MakeAWish could be because this special organization had helped to make a dream come true for one of her best friends .We were interested in finding out more，so we went along to meet Sophia and listen to what she had to say.Sophia told us that Make
9、A Wish is a worldwide organization that started in the United States in 1980.“Its a charity(慈善机构)that helps children who have got very serious illnesses.MakeAWish helps children feel happy even though they are sick, by making their wishes and dreams come true ，” Sophia explained .We asked Sophia how
10、 MakeAWish had first started.She said it had all begun with a very sick young boy called Chris ，who had been dreaming for a long time of becoming a policeman .Sophia said lots of people had wanted to find a way to make Chriss dream come trueso, with everybodys help, Chris, only seven years old at th
11、e time，had been a “policeman” for a day.” When people saw how delighted Chris was when his dream came true, they decided to try and help other sick children too，and that was the beginning of MakeAWish，” explained Sophia.Sophia also told us the Foundation tries to give children and their families a s
12、pecial, happy time.A MakeAWish volunteer visits the families and asks the children what they would wish for if they could have anything in the world.Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true. They do this either by providing things t
13、hat are necessary，or by raising money or helping out in whatever way they can.【语篇解读】 该篇主要描写了Sophia志愿为MakeAWish慈善机构服务的故事，并解释了MakeAWish的起源，并提倡人们应该多为别人付出一点，帮助他人实现梦想。11Sophia found out about MakeAWish because her best friend had_.Abenefited from it Bvolunteered to help itCdreamed about it Dtold the auth
14、or about it解析细节理解题。由第一段because this special organization had helped to make a dream come true for one of her best friends.可知。答案A12According to Sophia，MakeAWish_.Ais an international charityBwas understood by nobody at firstCraises money for very poor familiesDstarted by drawing the interest of the p
15、ublic解析细节理解题。由第二段第一句.a worldwide organization可知。答案A13What is said about Chris in Paragraph 3?AHe has been a policeman since he was seven.BHe gave people the idea of starting MakeAWishCHe wanted people to help make his dream come true.DHe was the first child MakeAWish helped after it had been set up.
16、解析推理判断题。由第三段We asked Sophia how MakeAWish had first started及末句可知。答案B14Which of the following is true about MakeAWish volunteers?AThey are important for making wishes come true.BThey try to help children get over their illnesses.CThey visit sick children to make them feel special.DThey provide what i
17、s necessary to make MakeAWish popular.解析细节理解题。由最后一段中Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true.可推知。答案ABWhen times get tough，we all look for ways to cut back.When were hungry，we eat at home instead of going out.We take buses instead of
18、 taxis.And we wear our old designer jeans just a few months longer.With college expenses at alltime highs，high school students are eager to do anything to cut the cost of a university education.One costcutting proposal is to allow college students to get a bachelors degree in three years instead of
19、four.Educational institutions have been actively exploring ways to make the learning process more efficient.But theres a question：Would the quality of undergraduate(本科生)education suffer？ Few US universities have formally approved a “threeyear degree”model.I doubt that mainstream North American colle
20、ges will carry out a threeyear curriculum(课程)any time soon.For one thing，most universities already allow highly qualified students to graduate early by testing out of certain classes and obtaining a number of college credits(学分)In addition，at famous universities，the committee who determine which cou
21、rses are required and which courses are electives are unlikely to suddenly “throw out”one quarter of the required credits.Professors will resist “diluting(稀释)”the quality of the education they offer.In my opinion，a quality fouryear education is always superior to a quality threeyear education.A coll
22、ege education requires sufficient time for a student to become skilled in their major and do coursework in fields outside their major.It is not a good idea to water down education，any more than its not a good idea to water down medicine.If we want to help students find their way through university，w
23、e should help them understand early on what knowledge and skills they need to have upon graduation.We should allow students to test out of as many courses as possible.We should give them a chance to earn money as interns(实习生)in meaningful parttime jobs that relate to their university studies，such as
24、 the fiveyear coop program at Northeastern University.【语篇解读】 本文为议论文。作者认为把大学四年的学制缩短为三年不是一个好主意，保证足够的时间才能保证大学教育的质量。15The first paragraph serves as a(n) _.Aexplanation BdefinitionCintroduction Dcomment解析篇章结构题。本题要求学生推断文章的结构。根据第一段的内容可知第一段是用来引入话题的，故C项最佳。答案C16In most US universities，_.Acollege students are
25、offered the coop programBelectives credits make up one quarter of the required creditsCall students are required to finish fouryear education before graduationDsome excellent students can graduate ahead of time解析细节理解题。根据第三段中的most universities already allow highly qualified students to graduate early
26、可知特别优秀的大学生可以提前毕业。答案D17We can infer that _.Athe author is a college professorBthe author thinks the cost of a university education is too high for people to affordCthe author considers the university education quality very importantDthe author pays special attention to the allround development of col
27、lege students解析推理判断题。在第四段作者给出了自己的观点，从“A college education requires sufficient time for a student to become skilled in their major.”“It is not a good idea to water down education”等处可以看出作者非常看重大学教育质量。答案C18Which of the following can be the best title?AIts time to shorten the learning processBBest learning takes place over timeCUniversity education should be watered downDCollege education calls for reform解析标题选择题。作者认为把大学四年的学制缩短为三年不是一个好主意，学好大学功课是需要付出时间的，故B项最佳。答案B