A. popular with B. consistent with C. familiar to D. familiar with 【答案】D
【解析】句意：日本的学校通过每个月组织防震演习使学生们熟悉处于地震中的情况。familiar 熟悉的；
popular 流行的，受欢迎的；consistent 一致的；similar 类似的，相似的。 8.Unfortunately the restaurant he recommended fell short of our _______. A. expectations B. advantages C. opportunities D. contributions 【答案】A
【解析】expectations 期待，期望，预期；advantage 优越性，有利方面，有利条件，优点，优势；opportunity
机会，机遇；contribution 贡献，捐赠。句意; 遗憾的是他推荐的餐厅与我们心目中期望的相去甚
远。根据句意选 A 项。
9.According to police _______, Mr. and Mrs. Hunt were found dead on the floor of their kitchen.
A. appointments B. accounts C. agreements D. assistance 【答案】B
【解析】句意：根据警方的解释。Hunt 先生和夫人被发现死在家里厨房的地板上。account 账户，账号，
说明，叙述。police accounts 警方解释；appointment 约定，约会；agreement 协议；assistance 援 助，帮助。
10.It’s impossible for her to have more free time to accompany her parents because her work _______ much of their time.
A. takes up B. takes over C. takes off D. takes in 【答案】A
【解析】take up 拿起，占据(时间或空间)；take over 接管；take off 脱掉，起飞；take in 吸收，上当。句意：
她不可能有更多的空余时间来陪伴她的父母，因为工作占据了她的大部分时间。
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11.Team leaders must ________ that all members get over their natural desire to avoid the embarrassment
associated with making mistakes.
A. satisfy B. Compromise C. quarrel D. ensure 【答案】D
【解析】句意：团队领导们务必保证(ensure)所有成员克服他们的天生的欲望——想要避免因犯错误而带来 的尴尬。根据句意选 D。
12.Experience doesn’t always _______ to the problem we are faced with. A. make a choice B. make a difference C. make up D. make out
【答案】B。make a choice 做出选择；make a difference 起作用，有影响，有意义；make up 组成，编造，
化妆；make out 理解，辨认出。句意：经验并不总是对你所面临的问题起到解决的作用的。 13.—Hi, Mum. I got promoted for my wonderful performance in my work. —_______
A. Congratulations! B. Best wishes. C. Good luck. D. Don’t mention it. 【答案】A
【解析】孩子因在工作中表现得好而得到提升，妈妈应该表示“祝贺” ，故选 A。 14.It made our head teacher angry _______ Wang Lin, without the _______ from the school，was absent from class for a week.
A. that, permission B. which, permit C. which, permission D. that, permit 【答案】A
【解析】句意：王琳未经学校允许旷课一周，这使我们的校长很生气。it 是形式主语，真正的主语是后面
的从句，而且引导词在从句中不作成分，故应用 that 引导。permission 允许，许可。 15.Chinese customs regulations _______ taking precious works of art out of China. A. prohibit B. Forbid C. avoid D. respect 【答案】A
【解析】句意：中国海关条例规定禁止将珍贵的文物带出中国。prohibit 和 forbid 这两
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个词都有“禁止”的
意思，但应用范围不同：prohibit 用于上级部门的正式法令、规定或权威机构的法律、法令；forbid
用于普通人之间如禁止某人做某事，或不让某人做某事。
三、完形填空。
I was driving to the grocery store on a warm morning in May.I smiled as I watched the golden sunshine __1__ off the leaves.It was such a __2__ and heavenly time.
My calm was broken，__3__，as I rounded a curve(拐弯处)．A huge U-Haul truck was coming my way several feet over the center line.I swerved as far onto the side of the road as I could to __4__ it.It was followed by not one but two other U-Haul trucks just as __5__.I wondered if all the stuff inside of them __6__ the same person.I slowed down my car and waited for my heart rate to __7__.It was then that I __8__ a self-storage business along the side of the highway，building new units for all the people who couldn't fit their __9__ into their houses.I saw a(n)__10__ couple carrying boxes into one of the units.It seemed __11__ that a couple just out of their teens could already have too much stuff.
I lost my own __12__ for owning stuff when a house fire in the middle of the night destroyed everything my family owned.The only thing I had left was the underwear I was wearing.Yet，our whole family had awakened __13__ to escape.In the weeks that followed friends and family gave us a lot of stuff to get us back on our feet，but none of it seemed as __14__ any more.What was important was seeing Mom's smile，giving Nana a hug and a kiss，and watching Dad snooze(打盹) in his chair __15__ a hard day's work.What was important was the stuff of __16__，not the stuff of this world.Since then I have tried to limit the things I would __17__.I didn't want too much stuff to __18__ my life.I wanted to only buy what I needed and to spend my days in learning，growing，and __19__ my family and others.
I assumed that only by doing so could I make my __20__. 1．A.appreciating B．reflecting C．admiring D．releasing 2．A.refreshing B．delightful C．peaceful D．dynamic 3．A.though B．too
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C．anyway D．instead 4．A.miss B．reject C．ignore D．desert 5．A.useful B．large C．new D．good
6．A.turned to B．referred to C．reacted to D．belonged to 7．A.beat BC．accelerate D8．A.noticed BC．did D9．A.furniture BC．possessions D10．A.old BC．middle-aged D．11．A.curious BC．certain D12．A.hope BC．faith D13．A.in return BC．in time D14．A.affordable BC．beneficial D15．A.before BC．after D16．A.mind BC．head D17．A.purchase BC．waste D18．A.put up BC．bring up D19．A.helping BC．loving D20．A.name B．pulse ．follow ．thought ．established ．boxes ．materials ．young
small ．apparent
．obvious ．talent
．taste ．in turn
．in vain ．significant
．practical ．in
．during ．hand
．soul ．donate
．need ．crowd up
．set up ．abusing
．affecting ．day
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