Ⅰ.多项选择
1．Tom get addicted to drinking wine.As a result，he________as a failure in his career.
A．ended up
B．dropped out
C．came back
D．started off
[解析]句意：汤姆沉溺于饮酒。结果，他在事业上以失败者而告终。本题考查动词短语辨析。“end up as”表示“以作为……而告终”；drop out 退学或退出；come back 回来；start off 出发。
[答案]A
2．(2017·安徽蚌埠十一中月考)I really can't ________ with the noise that is going on outside.It is driving me crazy.
A．come up
B．put up
C．push ahead
D．get through
[解析]put up with 忍受。句意：我实在不能忍受外面的噪音，它快使我发疯了。come up with 提出；put ahead 前进；get through 完成。
[答案]B
3．He is ________ thought of.He always thinks about others' profit first.
A．high
B．badly
C．highly
D．deeply
[解析]句意：他的口碑不错。他总是把别人的利益放在第一位。think highly of 对……评价高。
[答案]C
4．Some parents are just too protective.They want to ________ their kids from every kind of danger, real or imagined.
A．spot
B．dismiss
C．shelter
D．distinguish
[解析]句意：有些父母太保护孩子了。他们想为他们的孩子挡住来自各方面的危险，无论是真实的还是想象的。spot 点缀；dismiss 打发走，解散；shelter 袒护，庇护，避难；distinguish 区别，辨别。
[答案]C
5．He's going to relax with friends once the exams are ________ and he has exciting plans for the summer holidays.
A．at the end
B．by the end
C．in the end
D．at an end
[解析]be at an end 表示“结束，终结”，符合句意。at the end (of) 在(……的)末端；by the end (of) 到(……)结束时；in the end 最后。
[答案]D
6．Hearing her only son killed in the accident, the old woman ________ her face in her hands and cried.
A．bent
B．sheltered
C．buried
D．trapped
[解析]bury one's face in one's hands 双手掩面。
[答案]C
7．(2011·新乡调研)—We ________ hope you will get a nice result on the National Games.
—Thank you very much.
A．rapidly
B．properly
C．gradually
D．sincerely
[解析]We sincerely hope that...我们真诚地希望……。
[答案]D
8．Afterwards，she went straight to the ladies' room and________tears.
A．gave out
B．burst out
C．found out
D．burst into
[解析]考查动词短语辨析。give out 分发；find out 弄清楚；burst out doing sth./burst into sth.突然……起来，tears是名词，所以用burst into。句意：之后，她径直去了卫生间，突然大哭起来。
[答案]D
9．The houses across the street are________，but they were in good condition a few years ago.
A．in rows
B．in details
C．in ruins
D．in total
[解析]考查介词短语辨析。in rows一排排地；in details 详细地；in ruins 成为废墟；in total 总共。句意：街对面的房子已破烂不堪了，但几年前它们都还是完好无缺的。
[答案]C
10．The young man dove into the cold water to________the drowning boy.Everyone was proud of him.
A．carry B．rescue
C．judge
D．forecast
[解析]考查动词辨析。carry 搬运；rescue 营救；judge 判断；forecast 预报，预测。句意：那个年轻人一头跳进冰冷的水里救出了溺水的男孩。大家都为他感到自豪。
[答案]B
.阅读理解
A
(2017·北京海淀区期末练习)Sarah came running in. “Look what I found.”Over the top of the paper I was reading came a crispy long object that caused me to jump. It was a snake skin that had been shed by one of our many garden snakes.
“Isn't it beautiful？” said my wideeyed sevenyearold daughter.
I stared at the organic wrapper and thought to myself that it really wasn't that beautiful，but I have learned never to appear uninterested with children. They see only good quality and excellence in the world until educated otherwise.
“Why does it do this？” Sarah asked.
“Snakes shed their skin because they need to renew themselves.” I explained. “Why do they need to renew themselves？” Sarah asked.
I suddenly remembered an article on this page many years ago where the writer was expressing her concept of renewal. She used layers of paper over a wall to describe how we hide our original selves, and said that by peeling away those layers one by one, we see the original beneath. “We often need to shed our skins and those coatings that we cover ourselves with.” I said to my now absorbed daughter. “We outgrow some things and find other ones unwanted or unnecessary. Tills snake no longer needs this skin. It is probably too crinkly (起皱的) for him, and he probably doesn't think he looks as smart in it as he once did.”
Sarah was getting the point. As we talked, I knew that she began to understand, although slightly, that renewal is part of progress; that we need to take a good look at ourselves, our rooms, schoolwork and creativity, and see what we need to keep and what we need to cast off. I was careful to point out that this is a natural consequence of their growth.
“I see, Dad.” said Sarah and jumped off my lap and ran off.
I hoped she would remember this. That often, in order to find our real selves underneath the layers of community and culture with which we cover ourselves year after year, we need to start examining these layers. We need to gently peel some away, as we recognize them to be worthless or unnecessary; or at best, store the ones thrown away as mementoes (念想) of our promotion to a better vitality or spirit.
1．At the first sight of the snake skin, the author was________.
A. scared
B. puzzled
C. uninterested
D. excited
2．Sarah learned from her father that renewal is________.
A. to recover the layers inside
B. to review what has been done
C. a natural part of getting mature
D. the process of finding the unwanted
3．It can be inferred from the passage that the author________.
A. dislikes the snake skin at all
B. shows concern for nature and culture
C. can grasp the chance to educate children
D. often encourages his daughter to raise questions
4．The author mainly tells the reader that________.
A. snakes cast off the layers to look smarter
B. we should renew ourselves to get improved
C. snakes shed their skins to renew themselves
D. we should explore our original nature underneath
答案与解析
1．A 从第一段中over the top of... came a crispy long object that caused me to jump 可知作者第一眼看见蛇皮时很害怕。
2．C 从倒数第三段最后一句I was careful to point out that this is a natural consequence of their growth可知。
3．C 从第三段至第六段内容可知作者能抓住机会教育孩子。
4．B 从最后一段最后一句可知B项正确。
B
(2010·重庆高考)It is hardly surprising that clothing manufacturers (生产商)follow certain uniform standards for various features(特征)of clothes.What seems strange，however，is that the standard adopted for women is the opposite of the one for men.Take a look at the way your clothes button.Men's clothes tend to button from the right, and women's from the left.Considering most of the world's population—men and women—are righthanded， the men's standard would appear to make more sense for women.So why do women's clothes button from the left?
History really seems to matter here.Buttons first appeared only on the clothes of the rich in the 17th century, when rich women were dressed by servants.For the mostly righthanded servants，having women's shirts button from the
left would be easier.On the other hand, having men's shirts button from the right made sense, too.Most men dressed themselves，and a sword drawn from the left with the right hand would be less likely to get caught in the shirt.
Today women are seldom dressed by servants，but buttoning from the left is still the standard for them.Is it interesting? Actually, a standard, once set, resists change.At a time when all women's shirts buttoned from the left，it would have been risky for any single manufacturer to offer women's shirts that buttoned from the right.After all, women had grown so used to shirts which buttoned from the left and would have to develop new habits and skills to switch.Besides, some women might have found it socially awkward to appear in public wearing shirts that buttoned from the right，since anyone who noticed that would believe they were wearing men's shirts.
1．What is surprising about the standard of the clothing industry?
A．It has been followed by the industry for over 400 years.
B．It is different for men's clothing and women's.
C．It works better with men than with women.
D．It fails to consider righthanded people.
2．What do we know about the rich men in the 17th century?
A．They tended to wear clothes without buttons.
B．They were interested in historical matters.
C．They were mostly dressed by servants.
D．They drew their swords from the left.
3．Women's clothes still button from the left today because____.
A．adopting men's style is improper for women
B．manufacturers should follow standards
C．modern women dress themselves
D．customs are hard to change
4．The passage is mainly developed by________.
A．analyzing causes
B．making comparisons
C．examining differences
D．following the time order
答案与解析
[语篇解读] 众所周知，服装生产商追求时装的多样化并不奇怪。然而，奇怪的是男女所采用的规格完全不同，最明显的就是纽扣的系法根本不同。男装倾向于从右边系纽扣，女装正好相反。追溯其历史渊源，主要是长期以来一个民族形成的习惯难以改变。本文通过分析讲述了服装行业存在的这种实际现象。
1．B 由第一段信息句What seems strange，however，is that the standard adopted for women is the opposite of the one for men(然而，奇怪的是男女所采用的规格完全不同)可知，服装行业规格令人奇怪的现象就是男女服装的完全不同。故选B。根据文章第二段Buttons first appeared only on the clothes of the rich in the 17th century(17世纪，纽扣首先出现在富人所穿的衣服上面)可排除A项；第一段Considering most of the world's population—men and women—are the righthanded(考虑到大部分人——不管是男的还是女的——都用右手系纽扣)可排除D项；第一段．..the men's standard would appear to make more sense for women(相比较而言，男装规格比女装更容易让人接受)，并没有谈及男装规格比女装规格更好的问题，故排除C项。
2．D 事实细节题。由第二段信息句Most men dressed themselves，and a sword drawn from the left with the right hand would be less likely to get caught in the shirt(大部分男士穿衬衫，用右手从左边拔剑可能不会受到衬衫的阻挡)可知本题选择D。由第二段第一句17世纪纽扣首先出现在富有人家的衣服上可排除A；第二段第一句表明：在男女服装的规格上，历史起了很重要的作用，并不是男人们对历史事件感兴趣，排除B；第二段最后一句大部分男的自己系纽扣，而非他们的纽扣是由女性系的，排除C。
3．D 事实细节题。由第三段Actually，a standard，once set，resists change(事实上，一个规格一旦形成就很难改变)和After all，women had grown so used to shirts which buttoned from the left and would have to develop new habits and skills to switch(毕竟，妇女已经习惯了从左边系纽扣的衣服，因此必须要养成新习惯和改变角色的技能)可知，今天女性仍然从左边系纽扣的主要原因是长期形成的习惯难以改变。故选D。文章没有谈及采用男性款式对女性不合适的问题，排除A；生产商追求的是服装的多样性，并非守旧，排除B；C项文章没有提及。
4．A 推理判断题。综观全文，文章第一段提出问题，第二段和第三段通过例子来解释所提出的问题，通过摆事实、讲道理，说明了女装从左边系纽扣的原因和历史渊源。故选A。即：通过分析原因来阐明问题的。按时间顺序、比较不同和事物比较在文中都没有体现。
Ⅲ.完成句子
1.________people including the old and the young were buried under the ruins of the buildings after the earthquake.(thousand)
地震过后，数以万计的人，包括年老的和年少的都被埋在了建筑物的废墟里。
2．All the students________hearing the news that Bill devoted all his money to charity.(shock)
所有的学生听到比尔把他全部的钱捐献给慈善机构的这一消息时都震惊了。
3．________，he will not forget the terrible experience. (everywhere)
无论他去哪儿，他都永远不会忘记那次可怕的经历。
4．But the one million people of the city，________these events，were asleep as usual that night.(think)
但是城市里的一百万人没把这件事当回事，在那天晚上仍像往常一样熟睡。
5．The frightened boy________is looking for her now.(whose)
那个母亲在地震中丧生的吓坏了的男孩现在正在寻找他的母亲。
6．We don't know the number of people________in the disaster.(lose)
我们不知道在灾难中丧失家园的人的数量。
7．________he had been told about it.(seem)
看起来好像他已经被告知了那件事。
8．She went into her room，________and cried.(bury)
她双手蒙着脸并且哭着进入了房间。
9．Today，we'll discuss________cases where beginners of English fail to use the language properly.(number)
今天我们将讨论大量的英语初学者不能正确的运用英语的例子。
10．He is the only one of the students________a doctor in the future.(want)
他是唯一一个将来想成为医生的学生。
答案
1．Tens of thousands of
2．were shocked at
3．Everywhere he goes
4．who thought little/nothing of
5．Whose mother died in the earthquake
6．who lost their homes
7．It seemed as if/though
8．buried her face in her hands
9．a great number of
10．who wants to become/be