1.(2015·高考安徽卷)They believe that there are transport developments ________ that will bring a lot of changes for the better.
A.out of date
B.out of order解析:选D。考查介词短语。句意:他们相信交通的发展已经近在眼前了那会带来很多更好的变化。around the corner的意思是“在附近;很快”符合语境。out of date过时;out of order杂乱无章;around the clock昼夜不停地。(2015·高考福建卷)Human life is regarded as part of nature and,as such,the only way for us to survive is to live________nature.
A.in view of
B.in need of
C.in touch with
D.in harmony with
解析:选D。考查“in+名词+介词”型短语意义辨析。句意:人类生活被认为是自然的一部分同样我们存活下去的唯一的方法是和自然________。in view of鉴于考虑到由于;in need of需要;in touch with与……保持联络;in harmony with与……协调与……一致与……和谐。根据题干中的Human life is regarded as part of nature可知人与自然应该和谐相处故选D项。(2015·高考湖北卷)This meeting room is a non-smoking area.I would like to warn you ________ that if you smoked here you would be fined.解析:选A。考查“in+名词”型短语意义辨析。句意:这个会议室是“无烟区”。我想________提醒你如果你在这里吸烟你就会被罚款。根据题干中that引导的宾语从句可知说话者是在“提前”告诉对方这一事实所以选择in advance。in detail详细地;in total总共;in general一般来说。(2017·高考大纲全国卷)I think Mrs.Stark could be ________ between 50 and 60 years of age.
A.anywhere
B.anybody
D.anything解析:选A。考查不定代词。句意:我认为斯塔克夫人可能在50到60岁之间。anywhere“在任何地方”;anybody“任何人”;anyhow“不管怎样无论如何”;anything“任何事情”。实际上本题中含有固定搭配 anywhere between...and...意为“数目在……之间大约”。(2017·高考江苏卷)Good families are much to all their members,but ________ to none.
A.something
B.anything
D.nothing解析:选C。考查不定代词。句意:优秀的家庭对她的成员们来说意味everything)。but表示转折关系相当于not...any...故but everything to none可转化为:but they are not everything to any one of their members属于部分否定。故选择C项。(2017·高考浙江卷)People won’t pay attention to you when they still have a lot of ideas of their own crying ________ expression.
A.from
B.over
C.with
D.for解析:选D。考查介词。句意:当人们仍有许多自己的观点迫切需要表达时他们是不会理会你的。由语境可知此处要用介词for表示目的。其他三项均无此用法。(2015·江苏南通二次调研)The campaign is________only partially successfulbest
解析:选D。句意:这场战役充其量仅仅取得阶段性成功因此我们必须继续努力。at last最后;at latest最近;at least至少;at best充其量最多。根据题干中的only partially判断。故选D。(2015·启东中学调研测试)I think George left because he had lost his job or________.anything
C.something
D.everything
解析:选C。考查代词。句意:我认为乔治离开是因为他丢失了他的工作或者其他的东西。A.nothing没什么;任何东西;C.something某事某个东西;一切事情一切东西。故选C。(2015·江苏扬州中学质检)Studying Tom’s menuany of the items are similar to________of McDonald’s.
A.those
B.ones
C.any
D.all
解析:选A。考查代词。句意:研究一下Tom的菜单我发现菜单中的许多都与麦当劳的相似。代词大多是用来代替上文中已出现过的名词因此代词的选择应基于其所代名词的性质来进行。在本题中根据句意首先排除C和D选项因为既然是many of the items就不可能are similar to any/all of McDonald’s。其次其所代的名词是items是McDonald的items是特指因此选A相当于the items。故选A。(2015·苏、锡、常、镇四市Each misfortune you come across will carry in________the seed of tomorrow’s good luck.So hang on until you succeed.
A.one
B.some
C.that
D.it
解析:选D。考查代词。句意:你遭遇的每次不幸都是明天的好运的种子。因此坚持下去你就会成功的。the seed是carry的宾语s good luck是定语修饰seed。in it是状语其中it作in的宾语(不是形式宾语更不是形式主语)指代misfortune。故判断选D。
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