單選題

　　1、The room was quiet, ______ the occasional coughing from my throat.

　　A、in case

　　B、except for

　　C、by far

　　D、instead of

　　正確答案： B

　　答案解析： 本題考查介詞短語意義區(qū)分�！咀g文】 這個(gè)房間很安靜，除了偶爾從我喉嚨里發(fā)出的咳嗽聲以外。 A 以免、以防萬一 B 除了…以外 C 到目前為止 D 代替

　　2、The profit-sharing plan is designed to ______ the staff to work hard.

　　A、calculate

　　B、demonstrate

　　C、speculate

　　D、motivate

　　正確答案： D

　　答案解析： 本題考查詞語辨析�！咀g文】利潤共享計(jì)劃目的是激發(fā)員工努力工作。A 計(jì)算、估算 B 證實(shí)、論證、演示 C思索、推測 D 激勵(lì)、激發(fā)

　　3、【完成句子】Did you know that before 1950, hurricanes had no names? They were simply given numbers. The first names were simply Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, etc. but in 1953, females names were given because of the unpredictability(不可預(yù)知)factor of the storms. In 1979, realizing the sexist(性別歧視的)nature of such names, the lists were expanded to include both men and women.

　　The main consideration of using males and females’ names for hurricanes is __________.

　　A、the timely(及時(shí)的)discover

　　B、its uncertainty

　　C、sex equality

　　D、its connection with humans

　　正確答案： C

　　答案解析： 依靠原文(利用(male, female)names作為答案線索詞)中最后一句判斷答案為C(與性別有關(guān))。

　　4、In order to follow fashions, the girl has to ______ great discomforts.

　　A、catch up with

　　B、put up with

　　C、keep up with

　　D、fall in with

　　正確答案： B

　　答案解析： 本題考查短語辨析�！咀g文】為了跟隨時(shí)尚，這個(gè)女孩不得不忍受極度地不舒適。put up with：忍受。catch up with：追上，趕上。keep up with：和...保持聯(lián)系。fall in with：偶然遇到，贊同。

　　5、【完成句子】Lightning is generated when electrical charges separate in rain clouds, though processes are still not fully understood. Typically, positive charges(正電荷) build at the cloud top, while the bottom becomes negatively charged(負(fù)電荷的). In most instances of cloud-to-ground lightning, the negatively charged lower portion of the cloud repels negatively charged particles on the ground’s surfaces, making it become positively charged. The positive charge on the ground gathers at elevated points.

　　In most cases of cloud-to-ground lightning, the ground’s surface__________.

　　A、is positively charged

　　B、is shifted sideways by strong winds

　　C、is negative charged

　　D、is changed from positively charge to negative charge

　　正確答案： A

　　答案解析： 本段文字解釋了云層與地面之間的閃電的成因，云層下部帶負(fù)電荷，排斥地面表層的負(fù)電荷，所以地面表層聚集的是正電荷。答案為A。