短文語法填空

　　閱讀下面短文，按照句子結(jié)構(gòu)的語法性和上下文連貫的要求，在空格處填入一個適當(dāng)?shù)脑~或使用括號中詞語的正確形式填空。A London-based translation firm is offering parents-to-be the chance to check the meaning of prospective baby names in other languages to avoid causing their offspring future __1__ (embarrass)．

　　Celebrity couple Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes might have thought twice about naming __2__ daughter Suri if they __3__(know) that it means “pickpocket” in Japanese, “turn sour” in French, and “horse mackerel” in Italian, suggests Today Translations.

　　__4__1000 pounds ( $ 1 678 ), the company’ s linguists will carry out a “basic name translation audit” of names，__5__(check) their meaning in 100 languages, or more for an additional cost.

　　While open to everyone, the firm said __6__ expects the service is likely to attract celebrity clients, who are known for giving their babies unusual names.

　　Other names of celebrities’ babies it has checked include Kai Rooney, the name of the newborn son of English soccer player Wayne Rooney，__7__ means “probably” in Finnish, “pier” in Estonian, and “stop it” in the west African language of Yoruba.

　　__8__ musicians Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale may have known Zuma meant “peace” in Arabic when __9__(choose) their son’ s name, they may not have been aware it also translates as “Lord frowns in anger” in the Aztec language of Nahuatl.

　　However, some unusual name choices of celebrities’ babies are beyond easy translation, the company admits，__10__ as Jermajesty — the name of Michael Jackson’ s brother Jermaine’s son.

　　1． [解析]　考查詞性轉(zhuǎn)換。空格前為形容詞修飾語，而且此處是cause sb.sth.的結(jié)構(gòu)，因此斷定此處需要填名詞，embarrass的名詞形式為embarrassment。

　　[答案]　embarrassment

　　2． [解析]　結(jié)合語境考查形容詞性物主代詞。名詞前設(shè)空答案首先考慮限定詞，因為上文提到“Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes”，所以用their，意為“他們的女兒”。此處表示“名人夫婦Tom Cruise和Katie Holmes要是知道Suri這個名字在其他語言里的意義的話，他們也許會三思后再起名字了”。

　　[答案]　their

　　3． [解析]　結(jié)合語境考查動詞的時態(tài)。由上文“might have thought”可知，條件句中應(yīng)用“had＋過去分詞”。

　　[答案]　had known

　　4． [解析]　結(jié)合語境考查介詞。此處for表示交換，此處表示公司給你提供名字方面的調(diào)查服務(wù)是要收取一定的服務(wù)費的。

　　[答案]　For

　　5． [解析]　結(jié)合語境考查現(xiàn)在分詞作伴隨狀語。文章中的“__5__(check)their meaning in 100 languages”作伴隨狀語；設(shè)空處的動詞與主句的主語是邏輯上的主謂關(guān)系，所以用check的現(xiàn)在分詞形式。

　　[答案]　checking

　　6． [解析]　結(jié)合語境考查代詞的用法?？崭裎挥谫e語從句的謂語動詞之前，因此此處需要能作主語的名詞或代詞。上文剛出現(xiàn)過the firm，所以此處用it來代替它。

　　[答案]　it

　　7． [解析]　考查which引導(dǎo)的非限制性定語從句。此處which引導(dǎo)的定語從句是修飾Kai Rooney這個名字的，which在定語從句中作主語。

　　[答案]　which

　　8． [解析]　結(jié)合語境考查連詞。此處意為“盡管音樂家Gwen Stefani和Gavin Rossdale也許知道Zuma在阿拉伯語中的意思是和平，但是他們也許不知道……”。前后兩個分句之間有邏輯上的讓步關(guān)系，故此處應(yīng)填While/Although/Though。

　　[答案]　While/Although/Though

　　9． [解析]　結(jié)合語境考查“連詞＋分詞”型省略句。連詞后設(shè)空且給出動詞提示詞，這時要首先考慮動詞和句子主語的關(guān)系，若是主謂關(guān)系就用現(xiàn)在分詞，此處主語和choose之間就是主謂關(guān)系。

　　[答案]　choosing

　　10．[解析]　結(jié)合語境考查such as的用法。此處such as用于列舉事物。句意：然而有些名人的孩子的名字不好翻譯，例如喬丹的弟弟的兒子的名字Jermajesty就不好翻譯。

　　[答案]　such

　　完形填空

　　完形填空。閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more anxious, waiting for the final school bell. Upon its

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　　everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David

　　David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often wondered what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so

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　　for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David

　　3. I can still remember he was always

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　　a smile and willing to help. He always stayed after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He

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　　just simply smile and ask what else he could do, then thank me for letting him stay and slowly head for home

　　Weeks passed and the

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　　over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of school before the holiday break. I smiled in

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　　as the last of them hurried out of the door. Turning around I saw David quietly standing by my desk.

　　“I have something for you.” he said and

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　　from behind his back a small box.

　　9 it to me, he said anxiously, “Open it.” I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lifted the lid and to my surprise saw nothing. I looked at David‘s smiling face and back into the box and said, “The box is nice, David, but it’s

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　　.”

　　“Oh no it isn’t” said David. “It’s full of love. My mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there.”

　　Tears filled my eyes

　　11I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given attention to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning

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　　the little empty box set on my desk.

　　1. A. warning

　　B. ringing

　　C. calling

　　D. yelling

　　2. A. modestly

　　B. naturally

　　C. inaccurately

　　D. inappropriately

　　3. A. popular

　　B. upset

　　C. special

　　D. funny

　　4. A. expressing

　　B. delivering

　　C. wearing

　　D. sharing

　　5. A. would

　　B. should

　　C. might

　　D. could

　　6. A. argument

　　B. excitement

　　C. movement

　　D. judgment

　　7. A. relief

　　B. return

　　C. vain

　　D. control

　　8. A. searched

　　B. found

　　C. raised

　　D. pulled

　　9. A. Holding

　　B. Handing

　　C. Sending

　　D. Leaving

　　10. A. cheap

　　B. empty

　　C. useless

　　D. improper

　　11. A. as

　　B. until

　　C. because

　　D. though

　　12. A. from

　　B. behind

　　C. over

　　D. towards

　　【參考答案】參考答案

　　1-5BDCCA

　　6-10 BADBB

　　11-12 AB

　　閱讀理解【1】

　　閱讀下列四篇短文，從每小題后所給的A,B,C或D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。

　　Eddie Mckay,a once-forgotten pilot,is a subject of great interest to a group of history students in Canada.

　　It all started when Graham Broad,a professor at the University of Western Ontario,found McKay’s name in a footnote in a book about university history. McKay was included in a list of university alumni (校友)who had served during the First World War,but his name was unfamiliar to Broad,a specialist in military history. Out of curiosity,Broad spent hours at the local archives (檔案館)in a fruitless search for information on McKay. Tired and discouraged,he finally gave up. On his way out,Broad’s glance happened to fall on an exhibiting case showing some old newspapers. His eye was drawn to an old picture of a young man in a rugby uniform. As he read the words beside the picture,he experienced a thrilling realization. “After looking for him all day,there he was,staring up at me out of the exhibiting case,” said Broad. Excited by the find,Broad asked his students to continue his search. They combed old newspapers and other materials for clues. Gradually,a picture came into view.

　　Captain Alfred Edwin McKay joined the British Royal Flying Corps in 1916. He downed ten enemy planes,outlived his entire squadron(中隊)as a WWI flyer,spent some time as a flying instructor in England,then returned to the front,where he was eventually shot down over Belgium and killed in December 1917. But there’s more to his story. “For a brief time in 1916 he was probably the most famous pilot in the world,” says Broad. “He was credited with downing Oswald Boelcke,the most famous German pilot at the time.” Yet,in a letter home,McKay refused to take credit,saying that Boelcke had actually crashed into another German plane.

　　McKay’s war records were destroyed during a World War Ⅱ air bombing on London—an explanation for why he was all but forgotten.

　　But now,thanks to the efforts of Broad and his students,a marker in McKay’s memory was placed on the university grounds in November 2007. “I found my eyes filling with tears as I read the word‘deceased’ (陣亡)next to his name,” said Corey Everrett,a student who found a picture of Mckay in his uniform. “This was such a simple example of the fact that he had been a student just like us,but instead of finishing his time at Western,he chose to fight and die for his country.”

　　1. What made Professor Broad continue his search for more information on McKay?

　　A. A uniform of McKay.B. A footnote about McKay.

　　C. A book on McKay.

　　D. A picture of McKay.

　　2. What did the students find out about McKay?

　　A. He trained pilots for some time.

　　B. He lived longer than other pilots.

　　C. He died in the Second World War.

　　D. He was downed by the pilot Boelcke.

　　3. McKay’s flying documents were destroyed in.　

　　A. BelgiumB. GermanyC. CanadaD. England

　　4. We can learn from the last paragraph that McKay.　

　　A. preferred fight to his study

　　B. went to war before graduation

　　C. left a picture for Corey Everrett

　　D. set an example for his fellow students

　　5. What is the text mainly about?

　　A. The research into war history.

　　B. The finding of a forgotten hero.

　　C. The pilots of the two world wars.

　　D. The importance of military studies.

　　【參考答案】1--5 、DADBB

　　閱讀理解【2】

　　閱讀下列四篇短文，從每小題后所給的A,B,C或D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。

　　Only three local students won Chinese Blog (博客) Competition. And 15 of the 18 awards went to students from China.

　　170 students’ task:　to get a fully-designed blog up and running, complete with many postings based on a theme of choice—all written in Chinese.

　　Themes ranged from local opinions—such as the usage of Singlish, education and whether Singapore can be a cultural centre—to food blogs.

　　The entries were judged on language proficiency (熟練程度) and the quality of writing, as well as the design and level of exchanging ideas with readers.

　　Academics from the National University of Singapore and the SIM University, IT experts, and a journalist from Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao in Singapore made up the judges.

　　In the end, only three Singaporean students made it to the award list—the rest of the awards were swept up by students from China.

　　"No surprise,” said Mr. Chow Yaw Long, 37, teacher-in-charge from Innova Junior College, which organized the event. “Although the topics were local subjects, the foreign students were generally better in terms of the content of the posts and their grasp of the Chinese language.”

　　One of the three local students winning the first prize in the Best Language Award was blogger Christina Gao, 19, from the Saint Andrew’s Junior College, who spared no effort in researching for and writing her blog. Each entry took her between five and seven days to produce, complete with pictures and even podcasts (播客).

　　Her advice for bloggers is:　Be responsible.

　　"Some bloggers out there only seek to blame the authorities and other bloggers,” said Miss Gao, “I think they lack responsibilities and there is no value to their posts.”

　　1. The competition was organized by　.　

　　A. the National University of Singapore

　　B. Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao

　　C. Innova Junior College

　　D. the Saint Andrew’s Junior College

　　2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

　　A. Chinese students won most of the awards.

　　B. Not all the themes were about local subjects.

　　C. The blogs could be written in Chinese or Singlish.

　　D. The judges were from universities in Singapore and China.

　　3. What Miss Gao said suggests that　.　

　　A. she likes to blame the authorities

　　B. she has a sense of responsibility

　　C. she thinks highly of the others’ blogs

　　D. she loves to read valuable posts

　　4. The passage is mainly about　.　

　　A. how Chinese students won the awards in the competition

　　B. why bloggers should take responsibility for their blogs

　　C. how Miss Gao won the first prize in the competition

　　D. what the result of the competition was

　　【參考答案】1--4 、CABD

　　短文改錯

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　　???? 注意：1. 每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞； ?????????? 2. 只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。Sir,

　　Last year I bought the refrigerator in your store on Hong Qi Street. We all like the shape of the refrigerator. Recently I have found anything is wrong with it. It begins to make a noise when it turned on. At first it is low but gradual it becomes louder and louder. To make matter worse, it even stopped working sometimes. We all feel disappointing. I am writing to you to ask for help. Would you please send a person to repair? I will at home this weekend. Please call me until you come here. My telephone number is 66065531. Thanks you very much.

　　Li Ming

　　【參考答案】改錯

　　1 the--a

　　2 anything--something

　　3 it去掉或turned前加is

　　4 gradual—gradually

　　5 matter—matters

　　6 stopped—stops

　　7 disappointing—disappointed

　　8 repair后加it

　　9 until—before/when

　　10 Thanks--Thank