21. -It looks heavy. Can I give you a hand?
-___________. (2009全国卷I)
A. No, thanks B. Yes, my pleasure C. No, never mind D. Yes, I do
【答案】A。
【考点】考查交际口语的用法。
【解析】比较四个选项,只有No, thanks(不用,谢谢)与前面一句相吻合,其余三个选项为答非所问。
22. Let’s go to _________ cinema―that’ll take your mind off the problem for _________ while. (2009全国卷I)
A. the; the B. the; a C. a; the D. a; a
【答案】B。
【考点】考查冠词的用法。
【解析】go to the cinema为惯用表达,其意为“去看电影”;for a while也是惯用搭配,其意为“一会儿”。如:He loves to go to the cinema and loves her to go with him. 他喜欢去电影,并且喜欢邀她一起去。
23. How much _________ she looked without her glasses! (2009全国卷I)
A. well B. good C. best D. better
【答案】D。
【考点】考查比较级的用法。
【解析】D。此题是将“戴眼镜”与“不戴眼镜”作比较,故用比较级。句意为:她不戴眼镜看上去要好多了!
24. Could I speak to _________ is in charge of International Sales please? (2009全国卷I)
A. who B. what C. whoever D. whatever
【答案】C。
【考点】考查名词性从句的用法。
【解析】whoever在此相当于the person who。句意为:请找一下负责国际贸易的人接电话好吗?又如:You’re responsible to whoever is in charge of sales. 你要向主管销售的人负责。
25. What do you mean, there are only ten tickets? There _________ be twelve. (2009全国卷I)
A. should B. would C. will D. shall
【答案】A。
【考点】考查情态动词的用法。
【解析】should在此表示“应该”。四个选项中只有A代入句中意思最通顺。句意为:你什么意思,只有十张票?应该有十二张的。
26. His sister left home in 1998, and _________ since. (2009全国卷I)
A. had not been heard of B. has not been heard of
C. had not heard of D. has not heard of
【答案】B。
【考点】考查动词的时态和语法。
【解析】B。根据句末的副词since可知,句子应用现在完成时,故可排除选项A和C;再根据his sister和谓语hear of之间的动宾关系,可确定答案为B。句意为:他妹妹1998年离家后再也没有消息。
27. I tried phoning her office, but I couldn’t ________.(2009全国卷I)
A. get along B. get on C. get to D. get through
【答案】D。
【考点】考查短语动词的用法。
【解析】对于考查特定语境中词语用法的考题,最好的方法是代入翻译法,即将四个选项分别代入句中再翻译原句,哪个选项使原句最通顺,哪个选项就是最佳答案。四个选项的意思分别为:get along意为“相处,进展,过生活”;get on意为“相处,进步,过生活”;get to意为“到达”;get through意为“接通(电话),到达(某地),通过(测试)”。根据句意,只有D最合适。get through在此表示“接通电话”。又如:Did you get through your driving test? 你的驾驶测验通过了吗?
28. She brought with her three friends, none of _________ I had ever met before. (2009全国卷I)
A. them B. who C. whom D. these
【答案】C(http://www.yygrammar.com/)。
【考点】考查定语从句的用法。
【解析】由于两个句子之间没有并列连词,所以不能选A或D;又因为是用于介词of之后作宾语,所以要用宾格whom,不用who。句意为:她带来了三个朋友,我以前一个也没有见过。又如:The lorry crashed into a queue of people, several of whom had to have hospital treatment. 卡车冲进了一队人之中,其中有几个不得不住院治疗。
29. Edward, you play so well. But I _________ you played the piano. (2009全国卷I)
A. didn’t know B. hadn’t known C. don’t know D. haven’t known
【答案】A。
【考点】考查动词时态的用法。
【解析】根据句意可知,说话者是“过去”不知道,现在已经知道了,因此句子用一般过去时。句意为:爱德华,你弹得太好了。但我之前不知道你会弹钢琴。又如:Hello! I didn’t know you were in
30. The children all turned _________ the famous actress as she entered the classroom. (2009全国卷I)
A. looked at B. to look at C. to looking at D. look at
【答案】B。
【考点】考查非谓语动词的用法。
【解析】考查不定式用作目的状语的用法――“转头”的目的是“为了看……”。句意为:当这位著名的女演员走进教室的时候,孩子们都转过头来看她。
31. The computer was used in teaching. As a result, not only ___________, but students became more interested in the lessons. (2009全国卷I)
A. saved was teachers’ energy B. was teachers’ energy saved
C. teachers’ energy was saved D. was saved teachers’ energy
【答案】B。
【考点】考查倒装句的用法。
【解析】当not only…but also中的not only置于句首时,其后的句子要用部分倒装。又如:Not only did he come, but he saw her. 他不仅来了,而且还见到了她。Not only do they need clothing, but they are also short of water. 他们不但需要衣服,而且还缺水。
32. Encourage your children to try new things, but try not to _________ them too hard. (2009全国卷I)
A. draw B. strike C. rush D. push
【答案】D。
【考点】考查特定语境中动词的用法。
【解析】push在此表示“催逼”,与动词drive大致同义,如:Don’t push [drive] her too hard. 不要逼她太甚。句意为:要鼓励你的孩子去尝试新事物,但不要试图逼得太过。
33. One of the most important questions they had to consider was _________ of public health. (2009全国卷I)
A. what B. this C. that D. which
【答案】C。
【考点】考查替代词的用法。
【解析】that在此用于替代前面出现过的question,即that of public health相当于the question of public health。句意为:他们必须考虑的最重要的问题之一是公共健康问题。
34. Everybody was touched _________ words after they heard her moving story. (2009全国卷I)
A. beyond B. without C. of D. in
【答案】A。
【考点】考查介词的用法与搭配。
【解析】beyond words为习语,意为“无法用语言表达”。又如:Her devotion to her mother was beyond words. 她对母亲的爱非言语所能形容。
35. Now that we’ve discussed our problem, are people happy with the decisions _________?(2009全国卷I)
A. taking B. take C. taken D. to take
【答案】C(http://ask.yygrammar.com/)。
【考点】考查非谓语动词的用法。
【解析】由于名词decision与动词take之间为被动关系,所以只能选过去分词taken,其中taken用作定语,修饰名词decision。句意为:我们已经讨论了我们的问题,人们对作出的决定会满意吗?又如:We couldn’t agree on any of the problems discussed. 我们未能就所讨论的任何问题达成协议。