爱华网基础一练夯实
练基础 小试牛刀
Ⅰ.词汇知识
1．(2013·安徽卷)Traditionally, college students hold a graduation ceremony to encourage themselves before they ________ on their life journey.
A. give up B. settle down
C. get through D. set off
答案与解析 D set off on their life journey“踏上生活之旅”。give up“放弃”； settle down“定居；平静下来”； get through“通过；穿越”。
2．Your watch ________ about five minutes a day. You'd better get it repaired at once.
A. earns B. gains
C. obtains D. quickens
答案与解析 B 句意：你的手表大约每天快5分钟。你最好马上(找人)修修。gain“(钟、表)快”。earn“赚得；获得；赢得”； obtain“获得”； quicken“加快”。
3．We ________ the old scientist ________ his great contribution ________ the country.
A. admire; for; to B. admire; at; to
C. respect; on; for D. respect; on; to
答案与解析 A 句意：我们钦佩那位老科学家为国家所做出的巨大贡献。admire sb. for sth.“因某事而钦佩某人”； contribution to sth.“对……的贡献”。
4．________ hunting animals and birds for food, Kooris ________ roots and nuts.
A. Adding; got
B. Add; gathered
C. In addition to; collected
D. In addition to; gathered
答案与解析 D add“增加；添加；补充说”； in addition to“除……外”； collect“收集；集中”； gather“采摘；收拾”。根据语境可知，应用in addition to“除了狩猎动物和鸟类作食物外”，再结合roots和nuts可知应用gather，故选D项。
5．— What on earth makes you so happy?
— Oh, the photo ________ me of the interesting days working in Africa.
A. informs B. warns
C. reminds D. persuades
答案与解析 C 由语境可知，答语表示“使我想起了……”，故用remind sb. of sth.。
Ⅱ.语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Long, long ago, in Chunqiu Dynasty of ancient China, a man __6__ the state of Chu dropped his beautiful well?set sword into the water because of the shake from the boat __7__ he was in the middle of the river. “Oh, God，” he cried. “What can I do？” __8__ (hear) that, the boatman replied __9__ (calm), “It doesn't matter. I'm coming to dive for __10__.” But the man hesitated for a while and said, “We can't do that because the water is rapid and deep. But I have a better idea.” __11__ these words, he took out his knife and made a mark on one side of the boat __12__ his sword was dropped. “Well, everything is done！” When the boat stopped at __13__ opposite bank, the man undressed __14__ (him) immediately and dove into the water for his sword from the very place where he __15__ (make) the mark. When he finally appeared from the water murmuring, “What's happening? Why can't I find my sword from the water just under the mark？”， laughter burst from the passengers.
答案 6.from 7.while/when 8.Hearing 9．calmly 10.it 11.With 12.where 13.the 14.himself 15.had made
