爱华网基础一练夯实
练基础 小试牛刀
Ⅰ.词汇知识
1．This kind of plants are ________. Some day they will ________ forever.
A. dying off; die out B. dying away; die off
C. dying down; die out D. dying out; die away
答案与解析 A 前面句子用了进行时，表示正在逐渐灭亡，故用die off。后面表示有一天会永远消失，故用die out，选A项。
2．It is quite ________ that he will be present at the meeting.
A. exact B. certain
C. sure D. right
答案与解析 B It is certain that为固定搭配，意思是“……是肯定的”。
3．Chinese arts have won the ________ of a lot of people outside China.
A. enjoyment B. appreciation
C. entertainment D. reputation
答案与解析 B 句意：国外有很多人非常欣赏中国的艺术。enjoyment“享受；快乐”； appreciation“欣赏；感激”； entertainment“娱乐；消遣”； reputation“名声；名誉”。此处表达中国的艺术赢得了他们的“欣赏”，故选B项。
4．Many new drugs have been developed to give some ________ from pain.
A. shelter B. safety
C. defense D. relief
答案与解析 D 句意：许多新药品被研制出来，缓解疼痛。relief“减轻或解除”，符合句意。
5．This book ________ 18 articles, ________ three written by my father.
A. contains; includes
B. includes; containing
C. contains; including
D. includes; contained
答案与解析 C 句意：这本书含有18篇文章，包括3篇我父亲写的文章。contain侧重整体包含的内容，而include则强调是整体的一部分。including介词，意为“包括”。
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。
Host: Hello, everyone. We're talking to Stella Hamptons, whose new movie will be released in January. Stella, please tell us a little about your life __6__ you became a big star.
Stella: Well. I think I must __7__ (work) twenty or thirty different jobs. I remember I worked for a big department store in the hats department. We never had any customers during the day. When I got __8__ (sleep), I used to lie down under the hat __9__ (shelf). Well, one day I got __10__ (catch), uh, by the manager. And I got fired. Then I decided to paint houses. __11__ turned out that I was allergic to the paint. And I got sick. I got fired again.
Host: Any other stories?
Stella: Well ... I __12__ (actual) drove a taxi for a few days. __13__ my third day, I hit a pole. No one was hurt in __14__ accident, but it scared me to __15__ (die)．
Host: Well, Stella. Thanks. After the commercial break, we'll continue with Stella's stories with some pictures.
答案 6.before 7.have worked 8.sleepy 9．shelves
10.caught 11.It 12.actually 13.On 14．the 15.death
