爱华网基础一练夯实
练基础 小试牛刀
Ⅰ.词汇知识
1．Tony ________ in the accident when he fell overboard yesterday. He was ________ drowned.
A. fled; nearly B. escaped; slightly
C. survived; narrowly D. missed; hardly
答案与解析 C flee可用作及物动词或者不及物动词，意为“逃跑，逃离”； escape“逃跑”； survive“活下来”； miss“错过”。nearly“几乎”； slightly“稍微地”； narrowly“狭窄地；勉强地；险些”； narrowly drowned“险些溺死”； hardly“几乎不”。根据句意，选C项。
2．You helped me with my study. ________， I'll show you some picture books.
A. In advance B. In return
C. In case D. In addition
答案与解析 B 句意：你在学习上帮助了我。作为回报，我将给你一些图画书看。in return“作为回报”； in advance“提前”； in case“万一”； in addition“除此之外”。
3．In order to catch the movie, Mary finished her supper in ________ ten minutes.
A. less than B. more than
C. rather than D. better than
答案与解析 A 句意：为了赶上那场电影，玛丽不到10分钟就吃完了晚饭。less than“少于；小于”； rather than“而不是”； better than“比……好”； more than“多于；超过”。根据语境可知此处应该为不到十分钟就吃完了。
4．— Why not meet Diana today?
— I am sorry to tell you that she has been ________ from our company.
A. removed B. employed
C. explored D. interrupted
答案与解析 A 句意：——今天怎么没见戴安娜？——我很遗憾地告诉你她已被我们公司开除了。remove“移动；除掉”； employ“雇用”； explore“探索；探险”； interrupt“打断”。由句意可知应选A项。
5．(2013·衡水中学调研)The fire caused thousands of pounds' ________ of damage.
A. worth B. price
C. value D. prize
答案与解析 A 句意：这场火灾造成了上千英镑的损失。worth“价值”； price“价格”； value“价值”； prize“奖(品)”，只有worth可与数字连用，表示“价值为……”。
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。
Anne: How are you finding teaching here?
Tom: I get the feeling that somehow the school is __6__ (success). The buildings and furniture are so old, yet amazingly, the students seem happy. These days you can't compete __7__ you can really provide the best. That's the trouble with these small family?owned schools. So many __8__ (take) over by large companies. They seem __9__ (offer) a whole range of subjects, not just English and math.
Anne: I think that's good, because they can bring together __10__ mixture of teachers of different subjects. A geography teacher, say, might give you fresh ideas __11__ you can apply in teaching English or math.
Tom: I've always found __12__ a real eye?opener talking to other English teachers, because people's methods of teaching the same subject __13__ vary so much. Actually I sometimes feel that about classes. I feel it's my role __14__ the teacher to make sure we get on all right, __15__ I can't always do it.
答案 6.successful 7.unless 8.are taken 9.to offer
10．a 11.that 12.it 13.can 14.as 15.but
