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Unit 1 The written word
[对 点 题 组]
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1．He was so ________(渴望)for a job that he would do anything.
2．Cheating at the game ruined that player's ________(名声)．
3．If you ________(滥用)something，you use it in a wrong way or for a bad purpose.
4．It was ________(慷慨的)of you to share your food with me.
5．We should try to reform ________(罪犯)rather than punish them.
答案 1.desperate 2.reputation 3.abuse 4.generous 5.criminals
Ⅱ.单项填空
1．Billy Crystal hosted the Academy Awards again this year，and his performances always________the expectations of most audience.
A．put up with
B．end up with
C．live up to
D．add up to
答案 C [考查动词短语辨析。句意：比利·克里斯托今年再次主持了奥斯卡金像奖，他的表现总是不辜负大部分观众的期望。live up to“不辜负，达到”，符合句意。put up with“忍受”；end up with“以……结束”；add up to“总计为”。]
2．She is ________on becoming a musician，so she has given up her other hobbies and is engaged in music.
A．bent
B．buried
C．devoted
D．kept
答案 A [句意：她一心想要成为一名音乐家，所以她放弃了其他爱好而投身于音乐。be bent on“一心想要”，符合句意。be buried in/be devoted to“专心于”。]
3．I would rather ________the football match last night with my friends；otherwise，I would have finished my homework by now.
A．not have watched
B．not watch
C．hadn't watched
D．haven't watched
答案 A [句意：昨天晚上，我宁愿没有和朋友们一起看足球比赛，要不然的话，我现在就做完作业了。would rather not have done表示“宁愿过去没做某事(而事实上做了)”。]
4．During job interviews，many graduates use the________and image of their schools to the full to impress the employers.
A．expectation
B．contribution
C．reputation
D．regulation
答案 C [句意：在求职面试中，很多毕业生充分利用他们学校的名声与形象以给雇主留下深刻的印象。reputation名声，名誉，符合句意。expectation“期待，期望”；contribution“贡献”；regulation“规则”。]
5．He tried ________to persuade his father to give up smoking，which disappointed his mother.
A．in fact
B．in vain
C．in short
D．in addition
答案 B [考查介词短语辨析。句意：他没有说服爸爸戒烟，这使得他的妈妈很失望。in vain“徒劳无益，白费力气”，符合句意。in fact“事实上”；in short“简而言之”；in addition“此外”。]
6．The knowledge that I had caused him to lose his job made me bitterly________.
A．desperate
B．innocent
C．ashamed
D．immoral
答案 C [考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我使他失去工作的消息令我感到很内疚。ashamed“羞耻的，内疚的，惭愧的”，符合句意。desperate“绝望的”；innocent“无辜的”；immoral“不道德的”。]
7．The MP4 was so beautiful and it happened to be 40% off，so I couldn't resist________it.
A．to buy
B．buying
C．to be bought
D．being bought
答案 B [句意：这款MP4非常漂亮而且碰巧打六折，我就忍不住买下了它。resist doing sth“抵制住做某事的诱惑”，且I与buy之间为主动关系，故选B。]
8．She________to clean out the spare room last week，but it was much too occupied at that time.
A．intended
B．was intended
C．had intended
D．was intending
答案 C [句意：上周她本打算彻底打扫那个闲置的房间，但是那时候里面堆的东西太多了。had intended to do sth“本打算做某事，但事实上没做”。]
9．The driver who died in the accident could have ________，but he was sent to hospital too late.
A．cured
B．recovered
C．survived
D．rescued
答案 C [考查动词词义辨析。句意：死于事故的那位司机本能够活下来的，但送到医院时太晚了。survive“活下来”，符合句意。cure“治愈”；recover“康复”；rescue“营救”。]
10．The fact that she was foreign made ________difficult for her to get a job in that country.
A．so
B．much
C．that
D．it
答案 D [考查it的用法。句意：她是外国人的事实使得她在那个国家很难找到工作。it作形式宾语，difficult是宾语补足语，真正的宾语是to get a job in that country。]