1. Generally speaking, friends have ______ in ______
each other.
A. little; common with
B. much; common with
C. many; common with
D. much; similar to
2. Free medical treatment in this country covers sickness of mind as well as ______ sickness.
A. normal
B. particular
C. ordinary
D. common
3. The suit fits me well, ______ the trousers are too short.
A. except
B. besides
C. but
D. except that
4. Written English is more or less the same in both British and American English ______ the differences in spelling.
A. except for
B. except that
C. except
D. besides
5. Your age shouldn’t make any difference _______ whether you get the job or not.
A. between
B. from
C. to
D. in
6. Education can _______ the quality of a person’s life.
A. make big difference for
B. make big differences for
C. make the big difference to
D. make a big difference to
7. It is well known that Mao Zedong spoke with a strong Hunan _______.
A. pronunciation
B. voice
C. accent
D. sound
8. It’s _______ that a man isn’t strong enough to lift an elephant.
A. clear
B. evident
C. obvious
D. visible
9. He found it dull to be kept in the same class with the other students, for his English was _______ above the beginners’ level.
A. obvious rather
B. obviously well
C. obvious much
D. obviously fairly
10. —How much does it cost to buy this kind of bike?
?Four _______ yuan.
A. hundred
B. hundreds
C. hundreds of
D. hundred of
11. There are ______ places of interest from all over the world in the World Park.
A. two hundred of
B. two hundreds
C. hundreds of
D. two hundreds of
12. The river would soon _______ with mud if not dealt with properly.
A. fill up
B. be full of
C. fill in
D. full up
13. Rather than ______ on holiday to the seaside I prefer ______ to work in the day and go to school at night.
A. going; to go
B. go; to go
C. going; going
D. go; going
14. I prefer writing a term paper ______ an examination.
A. to taking
B. to take
C. for taking
D. that take
15. The instructions on the box are very ______. No one can understand them.
A. confused
B. confusing
C. surprised
D. surprising
16. There are many things whose misuse is dangerous, but it is hard to think of anything that can be ______ tobacco products.
A. compared with
B. compare to
C. comparing with
D. comparing to
17. ______ with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain does not seem high at all.
A. When compared
B. Compared
C. While comparing
D. Comparing
18. You have made some progress this term, but ______ with the top students, you still have a long way to go.
A. to compare
B. comparing
C. compared
D. having compared
19. He lives ______ the climate is mild.
A. which
B. where
C. when
D. at which
20. He ______ the second page.
A. omitted reading
B. omited reading
C. omitted to reading
D. omited to read
答案与解析
1. B
根据句意“一般来讲，朋友彼此之间有很多共同之处”，首先排除A项；此处“很多共同之处”表示抽象意义，应该用much，排除C项；根据短语搭配排除D项，故选B。
2. D
本题考查词汇辨析。common普通的；常见的；normal正常的；particular尤其；特别的；ordinary平凡的。句意：这个国家的免费医疗包括常见疾病，也包括精神病。
3. D
except与but此处作介词，后面不能接句子；besides是“包含在内”。根据句意选择D项。句意：除了裤子太短外，这身套装很适合我。
4. A
根据空格后的名词，排除B项；except意为“排除”在外；besides意为“除了……还有……”。根据句意选择A项。句意：美式英语和英式英语的书面英语大体相似，只是拼写有些差异。
5. C
根据短语搭配make no difference to，很容易排除A、B、D三项，而选择C项。句意：你能否得到工作与年龄无关。
6. D
make a difference to意为“对……有影响”。根据短语搭配，应该选择D项。句意：教育对一个人的生活质量有很大影响。
7. C
pronunciation“发音”；voice人的“嗓音”；accent“口音”；sound指自然界的“声音”。句意：众所周知，毛泽东说话带有很重的湖南口音。
8. C
clear“清楚的”；evident推理或事实证明事物“明显的”；obvious“明显的”；visible“可看得见的”。根据句意选择C项。句意：很显然，一个人是不能举起大象的。
9. B
修饰后面的介词短语above…，只能选B项。
10. A
hundred，thousand，million等表示“量”的名词前面如果有具体的数词修饰，该名词不用复数且此时其后也不能跟介词of。故选择A项。
11. C
具体数词如two等，修饰hundred时，hundred必须用单数形式且不能和of同时连用；而hundreds of是固定搭配。
12. A
首先，空格后的介词为with，B选项的be full of后就可以直接带mud了，不用再多个介词with，所以B选项不对；C选项的fill in是“填写”之意；根据短语搭配fill up with sth.（用……装满/充满），故选择A项。句意：如果不妥善处理的话，这条河很快就会积满了淤泥。
13. B
rather than后接动词原形，排除A、C两项；根据prefer to do…rather than do搭配，排除D项，故选B。句意：我宁愿白天工作，晚上上学，也不愿到海边度假。
14. A
根据prefer sth. to sth.或prefer to do than to do或prefer doing to doing结构可知答案。由于前面是prefer writing，所以后面要用to taking。另外，还有prefer to do rather than do搭配，rather than do可以提前。句意：我喜欢写学期报告，而不喜欢参加考试。
15. B
confused“困惑的”；confusing“令人困惑的”；surprised“吃惊的”；surprising“令人吃惊的”。根据后一句的句意“没有人能明白”可知前一句句意为“盒子上的说明是令人困惑的”，故选B。
16. A
分析句子结构，可知that引导一个定语从句，在从句中作主语，compare应该用被动结构。句意：有许多东西误用了很危险，但是与烟草比起来很难想到其他东西。
17. B
compared with/to常作状语，意思是“与……比较起来”。句意：和整个地球相比较，最高的山峰根本就不算什么。
18. C
分析句式结构可知，but是连词，连接下面的句子，compared with在but后面的句子中作状语，意思是“与……相比”。
19. B
分析句式结构，可知live后面接了一个地点状语从句，故选择B项。句意：他住在气候适度的地方。
20. A
根据搭配选择A项。句意：他忘了读第二页。
Ⅱ.完形填空
I think we should try to find a happy memory，something to lift us on those unpleasant days.I’m saying this because I think I have just found mine.
I had some work in Glasgow then.I was on a really__1__schedule，which meant I would have no time for myself all day.I was having one of those days，when the train was completely__2__ and the conversation around me seemed to be particularly__3__.Besides，I had a bit of headache.__4__quickly across the station hall，I fished some__5__from my pocket.There was usually someone at the exit__6__The Big Issue(a magazine that helps homeless folk earn a living)．
__7__the crowd pated ways at the bottom of the hall，I saw someone selling The Big Issue.She really looked like she had been sleeping__8__.Her clothes were__9__and she obviously hadn’t had a scrub(擦洗)for quite a while.
As I__10__the exit，I saw that she was also__11__from side to side.At first I thought she was trying to keep__12__against the biting wind.But she wasn’t.She was moving in time to a__13__.I couldn’t hear her，but I could see her lips moving.
When I got closer，I saw a white__14__hanging from her elbow and noticed that she had sunken eyes.She was__15__，dirty and living on the streets.I came closer and through the__16__of the traffic I could hear her__17__the immortal(不朽的)line，“...And I think to myself，what a wonderful world！”
I bought her last magazine for twice what I had originally__18__.She thanked me and__19__her belongings and went tapping off along the pavement－still singing.
So，I have my happy__20__for that day，and I think it will stay with me for a long，long time.
【解题导语】 在刺骨的寒风中，一位靠出售杂志维持生计的盲人女士竟然无比乐观地纵情歌唱美好的世界……
1．A.enjoyableB．relaxing
C．tight
D．tiring
解析：选C。根据本句后半部分的内容可知作者的时间安排非常“紧”。D项表示“令人疲倦的”，在文章中没有信息支持。
2．A.crowded
B．delayed
C．loaded
D．crashed
解析：选A。根据下一段开头部分的内容可知火车上十分“拥挤”。
3．A.moving
B．interesting
C．pleasing
D．meaningless
解析：选D。下一句提到作者还有一点儿头疼，由此可判断此处表示的是否定意义，作者认为周围人的谈话特别“没有意义”。
4．A.Looking
B．Walking
C．Wandering
D．Searching
解析：选B。上文提到作者的时间安排非常紧，而且作者难以忍受拥挤的乘客们无聊的闲谈，另外，又感到有点儿头疼，由此可推断作者快步穿过了车站大厅。
5．A.cigarettes
B．sweets
C．change
D．paper
解析：选C。下一句提到常有无家可归的人在出口处卖杂志来维持生计，由此可推断作者从口袋中拿出一些“零钱”。
6．A.selling
B．buying
C．collecting
D．delivering
解析：选A。根据括号中的注释可知是“出售”这种杂志。
7．A.With
B．Since
C．Until
D．As
解析：选D。当人群在大厅的尽头走向四面八方的时候，作者看到有人在卖这种杂志。此处as表示“当……时候”。
8．A.comfortably
B．rough
C．soundly
D．anxiously
解析：选B。她看起来一直露宿街头。sleep rough是固定用法，表示“露宿”，符合语境。D项表示“忧虑地”，与下文她的乐观表现不符。
9．A.shabby
B．casual
C．tidy
D．fashionable
解析：选A。下文提到她很长时间没有擦洗了，and 连接的应是相同意思的分句，由此可知选A项，她的衣服非常“破旧”。
10．A.left
B．passed
C．approached
D．examined
解析：选C。上文提到作者在未走到出口之前就准备好了零钱，由此可知作者想买杂志，approach在此处表示“靠近”。
11．A.jumping
B．climbing
C．rolling
D．rocking
解析：选D。由空后的from side to side，再结合下文的描述，尤其是“She was moving in time...”可知她在左右“摇晃”。rock是动词，意为“轻轻摆动，摇晃”。
12．A.active
B．energetic
C．warm
D．awake
解析：选C。作者起初以为在刺骨的寒风中她是为了“取暖”才来回晃动身体的。
13．A.dance
B．tune
C．step
D．sound
解析：选B。文章倒数第二段提到她是在唱歌，由此可推断她是在随着曲调左右晃动。
14．A.issue
B．arm
C．stick
D．log
解析：选C。上文提到通常无家可归的人会在出口处出售这种杂志，结合选项可推断她是一位残疾人，所以选C项“拐杖”。另外，倒数第二段中的“tapping off along the pavement”也是线索。
15．A.deaf
B．lame
C．mad
D．blind
解析：选D。她的眼睛深陷，由此可推断她是一位“盲人”。
16．A.noise
B．music
C．voice
D．sound
解析：选A。在车站的出口处，车水马龙，喧嚣不堪，显然是“噪音”。C项强调人的“噪音”，D项泛指自然界中的各种声音，语义都不恰当。
17．A.recite
B．compose
C．read
D．sing
解析：选D。下文提到她是在唱歌，因此用sing。
18．A.expected
B．charged
C．intended
D．organized
解析：选C。作者用了平时买杂志的两倍的钱买了她的最后一本杂志。
19．A.picked up
B．threw away
C．turned out
D．hid away
解析：选A。既然她已经卖完了最后一本杂志，自然是表示感谢后“收拾”自己的东西并拄着拐杖离开。
20．A.decision
B．memory
C．program
D．design
解析：选B。结合上文的叙述以及本句后半句的内容可知作者有了那天的幸福“回忆”。
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B. The coin can be circulated as a currency.
C. Limited supplies guarantee a stable price of the coin.
D. Demand for the coin is bound to break records.
65. If you buy six 2017 U. S. Mint Silver Eagles by post, you should pay at least ____.
A. $230.7 B. $233.7 C. $240.7 D. $243.7
66. The ad strongly encourages people to purchase the silver coins by ____.
A. shopping online B. making a phone call
C. lining up in front of the stores D. writing to the company
【要点综述】本文是一则广告，强调的是这种硬币的收藏价值很高，希望吸引顾客购买。
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65.【答案】C
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66.【答案】B
【解析】细节理解题。根据For fastest service, call toll-free 24 hours an hour可知广告建议人们通过电话购买，故选B。
B
Shakespeare’s Birthplace and Exhibition of Shakespeare’s World
Welcome to the world-famous house where William Shakespeare was born in l564 and where he grew up. The property (房产) remained in the ownership of Shakespeare’s family until 1806.The House has welcomed visitors traveling from all over the world, for over 250 years.
◆Enter through the Visitors’ Centre and see the highly-praised exhibition Shakespeare’s World, a lively and full introduction to the life and work of Shakespeare.
◆Stand in the rooms where Shakespeare grew up.
◆Discover examples of furniture and needlework from Shakespeare’s period.
◆Enjoy the traditional(传统的) English garden, planted with trees and flower mentioned in the poet’s works.
◆The Birthplace is within easy walking distance of all the car parks shown on the map; nearest is Windsor Street (3 minutes’ Walk).
◆The House may present difficulties but the Visitors’ Centre, its exhibition, and the garden are accessible (可进入的) to wheelchair users.
◆The Shakespeare Coffee House(opposite the Birthplace).
60. How much is the admission for a family of two grown-ups and two children？
A.￡9.80.
B.￡12.00.
C.￡14.20.
D.￡16.40.
61. Where is the nearest parking place to Shakespeare’s Birthplace？
A. Behind the exhibition hall.
B. Opposite the Visitors’ Centre.
C. At Windsor Street.
D. Near the Coffee House.
62. A wheelchair user may need help to enter ____________.
A. the House
B. the garden
C. the Visitors’ Centre
D. the exhibition hall
参考答案
60. B
61. C
62. A
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