选修7 unit 5 Travelling abroad
1．(2012·湖北高考)Walking alone in the dark，the boy whistled to______his courage.
A．hold upB．keep up
C．set up
D．take up
解析：首先了解这四个选项的汉语意思。A项hold up表示“支撑；阻挡”；B项keep up表示“使不下降；保持不变；维持”；C项set up表示“建立，成立”；D项take up表示“开始从事；占领；继续”。由题中的关键信息walking alone in the dark以及whistled可知男孩吹口哨是为了保持勇气，给自己壮胆。所以此处选B项。句意：一个人在黑暗中走，小男孩吹口哨以保持勇气。
答案：B
2．(2016·上高二中模拟)—Mum, Tom is always working late into night. I don’t know what he is busy doing.
—Oh, he______for his new project.A. has prepared
B. had prepared
C. was preparing
D. has been preparing
解析：句意：——妈妈，Tom总是工作到深夜，不知道他在忙于干什么。——哦，他一直在为新的工程做准备。
答案：D
4． She is shy.She is not used to______in front of others.
A．praise
B．praising
C．being praised
D．be praised
解析：考查be used to doing “习惯于做某事”。句意：她很腼腆，不习惯当着别人的面受表扬。主语she和praise之间是被动关系，因此C项正确。
答案：C
5．The doctor recommended that you ______ swim after eating a large meal.
A．wouldn’t B．couldn’t
C．needn’t
D．shouldn’t解析：句意：医生建议说在吃过饱饭后不要游泳。recommend作“建议”讲，后面的宾语从句用虚拟语气，谓语动词为“should(not)＋动词原形”。
答案：D
7．Though their team had better players，they lost the game because they made no______for it until the last moment.
A．preparation
B．qualification
C．destination
D．competition
解析：make preparation for...为……作准备。
答案：A
8． While the government says there is a(n)______supply of houses，prices of apartments have been going up these years.
A．parallel
B．absent
C．abundant
D．short
解析：句意：虽然政府说房源充裕(abundant)，但房价这些年却一直在上涨。
答案：C
9．His long service with the company was______with a present.
A．admitted
B．acknowledged
C．attributed
D．accepted
解析：句意：他为那家公司长期的服务得到了认可，公司送礼物作为答谢。acknowledge“答谢，公认”。
答案：B
10．Michelle asked a fellow teacher to______her so that she could attend the conference.
A．account for
B．substitute for
C．send for
D．make up for解析：B项意思为“代替”；D项“弥补”；A项“解释，说明”；C项“派人去请”。
答案：B
11．When I called on Mr.Smith，he was ______ in writing a lecture speech on A(H1N1)flu.
A．occupied
B．occupying
C．taken up
D．absorbing解析：考查occupy的用法。be occupied in doing...“正忙于做……”。句意：当我访问史密斯先生时，他正忙于写一篇关于甲型流感的讲座稿。由题意可知A项正确。
答案：A
12．Warmblooded animals live an active life even in freezing winter，which helps them to ______ their normal body temperature.
A．keep up
B．build up
C．bring up
D．pick up
解析：keep up“保持，维持”，keep up one’s normal body temperature意为“维持某人的正常体温”。build up“增强，发展，增加”；bring up“抚养，呕吐”；pick up“拾起，学会，振作起来”。由题意可知，A项正确。
答案：A
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14．—I can’t imagine Phelps smoking marijuana(大麻)．
—______.
A．Nor am
B．So do I
C．Me，too
D．Me，neither
解析：考查日常用语。neither表示“也不”。根据题干中第一句话可知，这里是表示否定的情况。答语的意思是“我也无法想象”。
答案：D
15．(2012·大纲全国高考Ⅱ)—Try not to work yourself too hard.Take it easy.
—Thanks.______
A．So what?
B．No way.
C．What for?
D． You too.