一、单项填空
1．Babies are not born with ______ moral sense；they can’t tell ______ difference between right and wrong.
A．the；the B．a；a
C．a；the
D．/；a
解析：考查冠词。moral sense意思“是非感”。第一个空处指“孩子不会生来就有是非感”，因此用不定冠词；第二个空处考查的是固定短语：tell the difference between...and...，因此C项符合。
答案：C
2．All the students in his class insisted that Jack ______ the cleverest and that he ______ monitor.
A．should be；chosen
B．were；must be chosen
C．was；should choose
D．was；be chosen
解析：insist表示“坚持说”时宾语从句中用陈述语气，表示“坚决要求”时宾语从句中用虚拟语气(should)＋动词原形。第二个空主语he和choose之间是被动关系，因此选D项。句意：班里所有的学生都坚持说Jack是最聪明的，并坚决要求选他为班长。
答案：D
3．Two months later，as I couldn’t see there was any point in ______they had been investigating，I simply dropped out.
A．which
B．where
C．what
D．that
解析：考查名词性从句中连词的选用。从语境看，连词在这里引导宾语从句，并在从句中作宾语，因此用what。
答案：C
4．—Jenny took the 8：00 bus to Guangzhou this morning.
—Really？She ______ the 9：00 train.It’s much more comfortable and safer to travel by train.
A．could have taken
B．should take
C．must have taken
D．can take
解析：句意：——珍妮已乘坐8点的汽车去广州了。——真的吗？她本可以坐9点的火车去，坐火车比坐汽车更舒服，更安全。“情态动词could＋完成式”表示“本来可以做但没做”，即实际上并没有做某事。
答案：A
5．You must come back on time，______ I’ll allow you to go there.
A．on that condition
B．on condition that
C．on which condition
D．on no condition
解析：考查定语从句。on which condition引导的是非限制性定语从句。句意：你必须按时回来，只有这样我才会让你去那里。
答案：C
6．It is simply for that reason ______ I won’t tell him the truth that his mother has been dead.
A．why
B．that
C．so
D．which
解析：考查强调句。强调了状语部分simply for that reason。第一个that是强调句，第二个that引导的从句是truth的同位语从句。reason后不是定语从句，此题易错选A项。
答案：B
10．It remains a question ______we can get so much money in such a short time.
A．how
B．that
C．when
D．what
解析：考查how引导的同位语从句。句意：如何在这么短的时间内弄到那么多的钱仍是个问题。
答案：A
11．There is a new problem involved in the popularity of private cars ______ road conditions need ______.
A．that；to be improved
B．which；to be improved
C．where；improving
D．when；improving
解析：第一个空考查that引导的同位语从句，表示问题很确定了；第二个空考查need to be done“需要被干”。
答案：A
12．______ will take the position is none of my business.
A．Who
B．Whoever
C．Whom
D．Whomever
解析：whoever引导了主语从句并作从句的主语。句意：不论谁当选都与我无关。
答案：B
13．—Hey，Tom，where have you been?
—Oh，I ______ in the traffic jam.Otherwise I ______here earlier.
A．got stuck；would have come
B．got stuck；was
C．have got stuck；would have come
D．had got stuck；would come
解析：第一个空get stuck in表示“受困于……”；第二个空是含有otherwise的含蓄条件句的虚拟语气，表示与过去事实相反。
答案：A
14．Countless people in developing countries no longer suffer malnutrition.______，poverty remains a problem worldwide.
A．While
B．Nevertheless
C．Besides
D．In addition
解析：nevertheless“然而”。句意：发展中国家的无数人不再遭受营养不良的疾苦。然而，贫穷仍然是全世界面临的问题。
答案：B
15．Who would you rather ______ it for you tomorrow?
A．have delivered
B．has delivered
C．have deliver
D．has delivering
解析：考查have sb.do“叫某人干某事”；另一个结构是would rather do“宁愿做某事”。句意：你愿意让谁明天把它送到你那里去？
答案：C
二、完形填空
Two weeks ago，my son came home from nursery school with a splinter(刺)in his palm.It was so__1__that I wasn’t
sure if it was really there.
“It’s there，”my wife said.She’d__2__to pull it out before I’d come home but didn’t__3__and hurt him terribly.My son had shouted and cried and__4__had poured down his face.When I looked at it，I saw a small area of swelling around a tiny black dot.
“Let’s__5__until tomorrow to let the swelling go down，”I said.So we did.The next morning，however，__6__it was somewhat reduced，the area was still swollen.So we began discussing the__7__to pull it out，or it would get worse.
“No！”my son exclaimed.We looked at one another__8__.For a while，we didn’t know what to do.We tried__9__with him.He wouldn’ t give in.Then we__10__him a special treat：a lollipop(棒棒糖)．
Timidly(胆怯地)，he__11__his palm to me.I squeezed his palm around the splinter and my son shouted in pain and ran away.Ten more minutes of attempting to__12__him to give me his hand did no good.So against his__13__，as gently as I could，I pinned his palm and pulled the splinter out.
“We got it！”I exclaimed.“We got it！”He stopped crying.A(n)__14__appeared at the corners of his mouth.He was__15__that the splinter was gone.We__16__by giving him not one but three lollipops.
The__17__of pulling the splinter out got me thinking.This was one of my son’s earliest introductions to the__18__that sometimes pain is actually necessary.I__19__my son that when pain is necessary we must face it__20__.For example，we have to go through the pain of shots in order to get rid of flu.
作者从给儿子拔刺的经历认识到，有时候痛苦是在所难免的，如果必须面对痛苦，就要勇敢地面对。
1．A.obvious
B．small
C．strange
D．serious
解析：根据句中I wasn’t sure if it was really there可推断，刺很小。
答案：B
2．A.seemed
B．afforded
C．continued
D．tried
解析：根据句中hurt him terribly可推断，作者的妻子尝试拔过刺。
答案：D
3．A.dare
B．insist
C．succeed
D．promise
解析：根据下文可知，妻子尝试拔刺，可惜没有成功。
答案：C
4．A.tears
B．dirt
C．blood
D．wind
解析：根据句中My son had shouted and cried可推断，儿子疼得眼泪都流下来了。
答案：A
5．A.sit
B．wait
C．sleep
D．keep
解析：根据下文中So we did.The next morning...可知，他们要等到第二天再拔刺。
答案：B
6．A.since
B．if
C．until
D．though
解析：此处表示让步关系，用though。
答案：D
7．A.result
B．need
C．time
D．cost
解析：根据句中or it would get worse可知，他们认为有必要把刺拔出来。
答案：B
8．A.carefully
B．hardly
C．helplessly
D．painfully
解析：根据后句中we didn’t know what to do可知，他们很无助。
答案：C
9．A.reasoning
B．sharing
C．staying
D．walking
解析：根据后句He wouldn’t give in可知，他们在跟儿子讲道理。
答案：A
10．A.sent
B．cancelled
C．promised
D．lent
解析：根据后文可知，他们承诺给儿子一个棒棒糖。
答案：C
11．A.reduced
B．pushed
C．devoted
D．handed
解析：根据后句中I squeezed his palm可知，儿子把手掌给作者了。
答案：D
12．A.order
B．persuade
C．help
D．allow
解析：根据前句中ran away可知，作者需要再次说服儿子把手掌给她。
答案：B
13．A.will
B．interest
C．expectation
D．imagination
解析：根据前句中did no good可知，说服无效，作者只好不顾儿子的意愿。
答案：A
14．A.change
B．emotion
C．smile
D．problem
解析：根据前句He stopped crying可推断，儿子开始笑了。
答案：C
15．A.afraid
B．sure
C．sorry
D．happy
解析：根据句中the splinter was gone可推断，儿子很高兴。
答案：D
16．A.celebrated
B．played
C．prepared
D．examined
解析：根据句中giving him not one but three lollipops可知，全家人庆祝了一下。
答案：A
17．A.operation
B．process
C．performance
D．method
解析：根据后句中This was one of my son’s earliest introductions可推断，这里指拔刺的过程。
答案：B
18．A.belief
B．idea
C．religion
D．fact
解析：句中提到的sometimes pain is actually necessary是一个事实。
答案：D
19．A.warn
B．teach
C．ensure
D．comfort
解析：根据that后面的内容可知，这是作者在教育儿子。
答案：B
20．A.suddenly
B．formally
C．bravely
D．quickly
解析：根据句中must可推断，作者教育儿子要勇敢面对。
答案：C
1．When the public schools cut the school year short，the author felt________.
A．happy
B．lucky
C．worried
D．puzzled
解析：推理判断题。从第一段的Thinking that cutting the school year short would affect my chances of getting into a competitive college可知作者为课时减少一事感到担忧。
答案：C
2．Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A．The author joined many clubs in high school.
B．The author was determined to set up a club in college.
C．The author’s application was refused by the math club.
D．The author believed founding a club could show his leadership.
解析：细节理解题。从第二段的Colleges looked for individual roles of leadership.If I founded a club，then I would have a better chance of becoming an able student.可知D项正确。
答案：D
3．The author had some Tshirts printed to________.
A．earn money
B．show his designing talent
C．advertise his club
D．give his friends a gift
解析：推理判断题。从第三段的To make this popular，I would need something to spread the word.What about Tshirts？可知答案。
答案：C