Ⅱ. Grammar and Vocabulary: 20%
Section A
Directions:
Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
1. The poor slave________ from morning till night.
A. made to work B. was made working
C. was made work D. was made to work
【答案】D
【解析】
【詳解】考查動詞用法。句意:這個可憐的奴隸被迫從早到晚地工作。make sb. do sth.使得某人做某事。其中make后面的不定式短語要省略to,但是變?yōu)楸粍咏Y(jié)構(gòu)時,不定式短語要帶to,即be made to do sth. 故選D。
2 This shirt________ much softer than that one.
A. is feeling B. is felt C. feels D. was feeling
【答案】C
【解析】
【詳解】考查感官動詞的用法。句意:這件襯衫摸起來比那件柔軟得多。feel意為“摸起來”,是感官動詞,用主動表被動,且句子描述客觀事實,時態(tài)用一般現(xiàn)在時,主語This shirt是單數(shù),因此空格處用第三人稱單數(shù)feels,故選C。
3. Great changes________ in Shanghai in the last 10 years.
A. are taken place B. have taken place
C. have been taken place D. are being taken place
【答案】B
【解析】
【詳解】考查時態(tài)和語態(tài)。句意:在過去的十年里,上海發(fā)生了巨大的變化。take place發(fā)生,為不及物動詞短語,所以無被動語態(tài)。根據(jù)句中時間狀語in the last 10 years可知,用現(xiàn)在完成時。故選B。
4. By the end of last year another new gymnasium ______ in Beijing.
A. would be completed B. was being completed
C. has been completed D. had been completed
【答案】D
【解析】
【詳解】考查時態(tài)。句意:到去年年底為止,在北京,另外一座新的體育館已經(jīng)被建成了。本題的解題關(guān)鍵是by到......時為止,該詞要和完成時連用,本句by后面有last year,使用過去完成時的時態(tài)。故D正確。
5. -Excuse me, sir. Would you do me a favor?
-Of course. What is it?
-1______ if you could tell me how to fill out this form.
A. had wondered B. was wondering
C. would wonder D. did wonder
【答案】B
【解析】
【詳解】考查時態(tài):句意:---對不起,先生,你能幫我個忙嗎?---當然。是什么?---我想知道你能不能告訴我怎么填這個表格。根據(jù)句意可知,本句為過去進行時。故選B。
6. He will have learned English for eight years by the time he _______ from the university next year.
A. will graduate B. will have graduated C. graduates D. is to graduate
【答案】C
【解析】
【詳解】考查時態(tài)。句意:到下一年從大學畢業(yè)為止,他已經(jīng)學了八年英語。by the time 引導的時間狀語從句中,用一般現(xiàn)在時表示將來,故選C。
7. If city noises________ from increasing, people________ shout to be heard even at the dinner table 20 years from now.
A. are not kept; will have to B. are not kept; have to
C. do not keep; will have to D. do not keep; have to
【答案】A
【解析】
【詳解】考查時態(tài)和語態(tài)。句意:如果不阻止城市噪音的增加,即使在吃飯的時候,人們也必須大聲喊叫才能被聽到。根據(jù)句意和句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知,句子為if引導的條件狀語從句,主句應(yīng)用一般將來時,從句用一般現(xiàn)在時表將來。keep…from doing意為“阻止……做某事”,從句中主語city noises與keep之間為被動關(guān)系,所以應(yīng)用一般現(xiàn)在時的被動語態(tài)。have to意為“不得不”,主句應(yīng)用一般將來時。故選A。
8. The telephone________ four times in the last hour, and each time it________ for my roommate.
A. has rung; was B. has been ringing; is
C. had rung; was D. rang; has been
【答案】A
【解析】
【分析】
【詳解】考查時態(tài)。句意:在過去的一個小時里,電話響了四次,每次都是找我室友的。第一空根據(jù)后文“four times in the last hour”可知表示在過去的一段時間內(nèi)已經(jīng)發(fā)生過的事情,應(yīng)用現(xiàn)在完成時;第二空描述過去發(fā)生的事情用一般過去時,主語為it,謂語用單數(shù)。故選A。
9. Shirley ________ a book about China last year but I don’t know whether she has finished.
A. has written B. wrote C. had written D. was writing
【答案】D
【解析】
【詳解】考查時態(tài)。句意:雪莉去年在寫一本關(guān)于中國的書,但我不知道她是否寫完了。根據(jù)“but I don’t know whether she has finished.”和時間狀語last year可知,用過去進行時,表示過去一段時間一直從事的活動。故選D。
10. Was it the third time he________ in China, succeeding the show in Beijing last year and his recital in Shanghai in January.
A. had performed B. performed C. has performed D. performs
【答案】A
【解析】
【詳解】考查固定句型和過去完成時。句意:繼去年在北京的演出和今年1月在上海的獨奏之后,這是他第三次在中國演出嗎?句子是一般疑問句,還原成陳述句是It was third time he________ in China,it was the+序數(shù)詞+that sb. had done sth.是固定句型,意為“這是某人第幾次做某事”,因此空格處是過去完成時had performed,故選A。