选修8 unit 3 Inventors and inventions
1．(2016·长春模拟)When people think of this brand, they always______it with good quality.
A. associateB. advertise
C. combine
D. trade
解析：associate...with把……联系在一起。答案：当人们想起这个品牌的时候，他们总是把它和好的质量联系起来。
答案：A
2．(2016·宿州模拟) Giving children pocket money as a gift during the Spring Festival is a common______in China.
A. sense
B. practice
C. deed
D. habit
解析：a common practice常见的做法。句意：春节期间给孩子们压岁钱在中国是很常见的。答案：B
4．—Why did Bob cry?
—He couldn’t bear______like that before the whole class.
A．making fun of
B．being made fun of
C． to be laughed
D．being made fun
解析：动词bear后可跟v.-ing形式作宾语，且此处应该使用被动形式。选项C中应用动词短语laugh at，所以B项符合题意。
答案：B
5．It is difficult to______one twin from the other.They almost don’t ______from each other.
A．differ；distinguish
B．distinguish；different
C．distinguish；differ
D．tell；different解析：distinguish表示“区分，辨别”，常构成distinguish A from B，而differ from each other意为“有区别，不同于”，相当于be different from each other。
答案：C
6．—Mum，it is nice weather.I want to skate this afternoon.
—Don’t you think the ice on the lake is too thin to ______ your weight?
A．carry
B．bear
C．catch
D．take
解析：这里的bear不表示“忍受”，而是“承受”的意思。
答案：B
7．Hardly could he______this amount of work in such a short time.
A．get through
B．get off
C．get into
D．get down
解析：考查动词短语辨析。句意：在这么短的时间内他几乎完不成这么多工作。get through有完成之意，符合句意。get off下车；get into进入，陷入；get down“下车，吞下，写下”；都与句意不搭配。
答案：A
8．It is hard for young children to distinguish right ______ wrong.
A．with B．to
C．from D．between
解析：distinguish right from wrong“辨别是与非”。
答案：C
10．—Mum，we’ve got to be ______ and buy only what we need.
—Oh，I’m glad to hear that.
A．practical
B．content
C．familiar
D．actual解析：前句句意：我们一定要实际些，只要我们需要的东西。practical实际的，符合情况的；content满意的；familiar熟悉的；actual实际的。答案：A
11．Start out right away，______ you’ll miss the first train.
A．and
B．but
C．or
D．which
解析：句意：立刻出发，否则你会错过第一班火车的。or否则，符合句意。
答案：C12．It’s the sort of work that ______ a high level of concentration.
A．calls for
B．makes up
C．lies on
D．stands for
解析：考查短语动词辨析。call for需要，需求；make up编(故事、借口等)；lie in位于，在于；stand for代表。根据句意，A项符合。
答案：A
14．(2012·陕西高考)—The trip shouldn’t take more than an hour.
—______.It is at least two hours. A． I guess so
B．That’s it
C．You must be joking
D．It depends解析：句意：——这一旅程应该用不了一个多小时。——你肯定是开玩笑吧。至少两个小时。A项表示“我猜想如此”； B项表示“正是这样”；C项表示“你肯定是开玩笑吧”；D项表示“视情况而定”。根据后文信息It is at least two hours.可以看出，答话者不赞同对方的观点，且给出了明确看法，所以选C项。
答案：C
15．(2012·山东高考)—I don’t know about you，but I’m sick and tired of this weather.
—______.I can’ t stand all this rain.
A．I don’t care
B．It’s hard to say