1. There is a real possibility that these animals could be frightened, _____ a sudden loud noise.
A. being there B. should there be C. there was D. there have been
B) 【句意】如果突然出现巨大的噪音，这些动物真的有可能受到惊吓。
【难点】该句是一个省略if的倒装的虚拟条件句，可还原为“if there should be...”。
Bit by bit, a child makes the necessary changes to make his language ______.
A. as other people B. as other people’s C. like other people D. like other people’s
D) 【句意】一点一点地，儿童就会将自己的语言作些必要的修改，而使之与他人的语言相像。
【难点】as和like都可以表示“像…一样”，但as是连词，后跟从句，like是介词，后跟名词或名词性短语。
11. It was during summer breaks that we first taste the satisfaction work that ______ into hard currency.
A. translates B. transfers C. transplants D. transmits
A) 【句意】暑假期间，我们第一次尝到了把劳动变成货币的滋味。
【难点】translate意为“变换，把…转化成”;transfer意为“移交，迁移”;transplant意为“移植(器官)”;transmit意为“传染(疾病)，传达(知识)”。
The crippled Jack proudly walked with a ______ to the platform to join the children.
A. jump B. limp C. hop D. jog
【句意】跛脚的杰克充满自豪，一颠一跛地走上台，加入孩子们的行列。
【难点】limp意为“跛行”;jump意为“跳，跃”;hop意为“(人们)单足跳”;jog意为“慢跑;缓行”。
The message is clear: Just as tea and banana cant’t go together, _________ should the son of a low class family expect to marry the daughter of a nobleman.
A. either B. not C. neither D. nor
C) 【句意】这是明摆着的事：就像茶叶和香蕉不相搭配一样，下层阶级家庭的儿子也不可能指望娶一个贵族的女儿。
【难点】neither用于否定句之后，意为“…亦不…”;either用于否定句，意为“(二者之中的)任何一方都(不)…”;nor意为“…也不…(置于否定句之后)”;not在本句中说不通。
Mr. Milton prefers to resign ______ part in such dishonest business deals.
A. than take B. than to take
C. rather than take D. rather than to take
C) 【句意】米尔先生宁愿辞职也不参加这种不诚实的商业交易。
【难点】prefer意为“宁愿”，其后接名词或动词不定式;prefer to do sth. rather than do sth.意为“宁愿…而不愿…”，rather than后接不带to的不定式。
I’d rather you ____by train because the weather forecast said there would be heavy snow tomorrow.
A. went B. should go C. will go D. go
A) 【句意】我宁愿你乘火车去，因为天气预报说明天将有大雪。
【难点】would rather 后接虚拟语气的从句，用一般过去时。
9. With one leg broken in that car accident, he cannot even walk,____run.
A. let alone B. that’s to say C. not to speak D. not to mention
A) 【句意】在车祸中，他的一条腿骨折，他连走路都不行，更不用说跑了。
【难点】let alone意为“更不必说”;not to mention意为“再加上”;that is to say意为“也就是说”。
____, she led a life of complete seclusion.
A. Being disgraced B. Disgraced C. Disgracing D. She was disgraced
B) 【句意】失宠后，她过着完全隐居的生活。
【难点】disgraced在这里是过去分词作状语，表示伴随状态。
___the factors already referred to, people sometimes feel insecure because their motives are misunderstood by others.
A. But for B. Except for C. Apart from D. Except that
C) 【句意】除了已经提及的因素外，有时人们感到不安全是因为他们的动机被他人误解。
【难点】apart from是包含在内的“除了”;excepr for和except that是不包含在内的除了;but for意为“要不是”。
Feeling that she was in the right, she took ____at the dirty remark.
A. protection B. offense C. defense D. guard
B) 【句意】她觉得自己有理，因此，她对这样肮脏的话语十分恼怒。
【难点】take offence意为“对…生气”;protection意为“保护”;defense意为“防卫”;guard意为“看守;警戒”。
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