

【典型例題】
I. Knowledge and Usage (知識與用法) (共20小題;26—35題每小題0.5分,36—45題每小題1分,計15分)
(A) Please complete the following sentences with one word for each blank by using the Chinese or English hints given in the brackets and the initials. 請根據括號中所給的漢語或英語提示及首字母完成下列句子,每空一詞。
27. Jenny shook hands and e___ (交流) a few words with the manager.
28. Lily loves to create her own cartoon c___ (角色) in her spare time and some of them are great.
33. Why is Jason always in a relaxed, c___ (feeling sure about ones own ability to do things and be successful) mood?
35. The students are really l___ f___ t___ (to be thinking with pleasure about sth. that is going to happen) seeing Dr. Smith again.
【答案及解析】
27. exchanged。首先通過題干中的漢語釋義和分析句子成分可知此處應填一個動詞;然后結合所給首字母,我們不難發現此處應用exchange;接著,根據空白處前面的“shook hands”可知此處應用動詞的一般過去時形式,故而應填exchanged。
28. characters。首先通過題干中的漢語釋義和分析句子成分可知此處應填一個名詞;然后結合所給首字母,我們不難發現此處應用character;接著,根據空白處后面的“some of them”可知此處應使用名詞的復數形式,故而應填characters。
33. confident。首先通過題干中的英語釋義和分析句子成分可知此處應填一個形容詞;然后結合所給首字母,我們不難發現此處應用confident;但是需要注意的是其是否需要比較級或是最高級的變化,本題題干中沒有比較或是最高的意味,故而應填confident。
35. looking forward to。首先通過題干中的英語釋義和分析句子成分可知此處應填一個動詞詞組;然后結合所給首字母,我們不難想到詞組look forward to;接著,根據空白處前面的“are”可知此處應使用動詞的現在進行時形式。
【答題策略】
此題型的解題關鍵是:首先,要通讀全句并仔細分析句子成分判斷出所給釋義的詞性;接著,結合所給首字母提示在腦海中搜索相應詞語;然后,進一步分析語境以使用正確的形式進行填空,如動詞的時態和語態、名詞的單復數或是形容詞 / 副詞的比較級 / 最高級等;最后,在試填結束后再一次通讀全句以確定答案。【典型例題】
(B) Please complete the following passage by choosing the best of the four choices in the boxes, marked A, B, C and D. 請從方框中所給的A, B, C, D四個選項中選出最佳選項完成下面的篇章。
For any tourist visiting Egypt, there are two things that everyone must see. The first is the [A. 137 meter high
B. 137-meter-high
C. 137 meters high
D. 137-meters-high]Great Pyramid of Giza,[A. large
B. larger
C. largest
D. the largest]of all the pyramids in Egypt. The second is the Great Sphinx of Giza, a sculpture (雕塑) with the body of a lion and the head of a man, which stands 20 meters tall and 73 meters long.
__The origin of the Great Sphinx of Giza[ [A. makes up
B. bases on
C. dates back to
D. breaks down] ] 5,000 years. Although many sphinx sculptures have been found over the years, researchers [A. also
B. still
C. seldom
D. already] believe that the Great Sphinx, which guards the pyramids in Giza, was actually the first one to be made (around 2600—2500 B.C.). The head of the Great Sphinx represents Khafre, the Pharaoh [A. who
B. what
C. when
D. where]ruled Egypt at that time.
About two thousand years later, around 570 B.C., sand had covered all except the head of the Great Sphinx. The people [[A. live
B. lived
C. living
D. to be lived] ] in the area had forgotten the history of the sculpture, so they imagined that the head represented the sun god Ra and began worshiping (敬奉) it. Then the son of Pharaoh Amenhotep II heard the head speak to him in a dream—the Great Sphinxs head made him [[A. promise
B. pretend
C. charge
D. develop] ] to clear the sand from the sculptures body. The son, Thutmose, kept his word and did what he was told in the dream. He also built walls around the sculpture to prevent the sand [A. by
B. for
C. into
D. from]covering it again. [A. Before
B. After
C. As though
D. Even if]all of the sand was cleared away, Thutmose made a large stone tablet that told the story of his dream. And he placed the tablet between the two front feet of the Great Sphinx, where it stands [[A. to this day
B. from now on
C. now and then
D. up and down] ] .
【答案及解析】 36—40 BDCBA 41—45 CADBA
36. B。本題考查復合形容詞的使用,即“數詞-名詞-形容詞”,我們需要注意的是其中的名詞需使用單數形式。
40. A。本題考查定語從句先行詞的使用。根據句意可知,此處應使用who來替代(Khafre) the Paraoh。
41. C。本題考查非謂語動詞的使用。根據分析句子成分可知,此句并不缺少謂語且應使用現在分詞作后置定語來修飾the people。
42. A。本題考查動詞的語義辨析。根據句意可知,此處應使用promise,意為“承諾”。
43. D。本題考查介詞的使用。prevent... from... 意為“阻止……”。
【答題策略】
此題型的解題關鍵是“在答題之前,一定要快速地通讀一遍全文,以便對文章的大意有所了解。”這對答題是非常有幫助的。
【典型例題】
II. Cloze (完形填空) (共 15小題;每小題1分,計15分)
(A) Please read the following passage and fill in the blanks with the correct forms of 5 words or phrases out of the 7 given in the box, according to the context. 請閱讀下面的篇章, 并根據其內容提示, 從方框中所給的7個詞語中選出5個, 并用其正確形式填空。
[look like, disappear, mother, specially, main, shelter, pick up]
When is a bear not a bear? Does that sound like a riddle with a tricky answer? It doesnt! A bear is not a bear when it is a koala. It is a small typical Australian animal.
Koalas have a 46. ___ smell because they eat only one thing—the leaves from the eucalyptus (桉樹) tree. When they have babies, they become more careful, and baby koalas spend a lot of time riding around on their??????? 47. ___ backs.
What about the panda? For a long time, some experts decided it was just a kind of animal that 48. ___ a bear. So whats the latest word? The panda is a bear after all.
Pandas are picky eaters, too. Most of them eat only bamboo and they live 49. ___ in great bamboo forests in China.
Unfortunately, eucalyptus trees and bamboo forests are 50. ___ very fast these days. There are fewer and fewer koalas and pandas left because they cant find enough food. What a pity!
【答案及解析】 46. special 47. mothers 48. looked like 49. mainly 50. disappearing
46. special。本題考查形容詞。首先,空格后的smell為名詞,故此處需要一個形容詞用作定語修飾smell;接著,再結合上下文意可知此處應使用specially的形容詞形式。
47. mothers。本題考查名詞所有格。結合上下文意可知此處應使用mother的所有格形式,但是需要注意的是空格后的backs為復數形式,所以此處應用mother的復數所有格形式。
50. disappearing。本題考查謂語動詞。首先,通過分析句子成分可知此句缺少謂語;接著,再結合上下文意可知此處應使用disappear的相應形式,由于此句句意不包含被動語義,故應使用disappearing。
【答題策略】
此題型的解題關鍵是“在答題之前,一定要快速地通讀一遍全文,以便對文章大意和其基本時態有所了解。”這對答題是非常有幫助的。
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