Test Eight???

It is the first time +that?分句

在“It is/was/will be the first time+that?分句”结构中，当主句动词为is/will be时，that分句动词一律用现在完成体，引导词that可以省略。例如：?

It is the first time I’ve been here.?

Don’t forget, it’ll be the first time I’ve spoken in public.?

当主句动词为was时，that?分句动词通常用过去完成体。例如：?

It was the first time she’d been at a summer school and she thoroughly enjoyed it.??

近义词辨析?

fast, hasty, quick, rapid, speedy, swift?

这组词均含有“迅速的”，“快捷的”的意思。?

fast

强调速度快，且保持不变；又指钟表的时间超过准确的时间。?

We took a fast train to Beijing.我们坐快车来北京。?

hasty

指匆忙、急促，涉及因此而引起的慌乱、疏漏。?

Don’t arrive at hasty conclusions.别匆忙下结论。?

quick

强调动作、行为发生得突然且持续时间短。指人时，暗示聪明、领悟快。?

The tiger took a quick leap at the sheep.老虎猛地向羊扑去。?

rapid

指就整个过程来讲速度快，但并不一定指这一过程的速度始终均匀不变。?

The growth of the economy has been rapid in recent years.近年来，经济增长速度很快。?

speedy

指人处理问题迅速或物体运转速度快。?

His accusations brought a speedy denial.他的指控马上遭到了否认。?

swift

与fast和quick同义，但带有文学色彩。?

Eagles are swift in flight.鹰飞得很快。

全真模拟试题?

1. It was requested that all of the equipment ?____?in the agreed time.?

A. erectedB. would be erected ?

C. be erectedD. will be erected ?

2. The man sitting opposite me smiled dreamily, as if ?____?something pleasant in the past.?

A. to remember B. remembered?

C. having been remembered D. remembering?

3. I ?____?him the Christmas gift by mail because he came home during the Christmas holidays.?

A. ought to have sentB. couldn’t have sent?

C. must have sentD. needn’t have sent?

4. It turned out that the children were not ?____? for the accident.?

A. to blameB. to be blamed?

C. to be blamingD. to have been blamed?

5. The desegregation was achieved through a number of struggles, ?____?been mentioned in previous chapters.

A. a few of whichB. a few of them?

C. a few of thoseD. a few of that?

6. Setting up a committee might be a way ?____? the project more efficiently.?

A. to be doingB. doingC. to doD. being done?

7. It ?____? to see so many children in that mountainousarea cannot even affordelementary education.?

A.pains her B. makes her pain?

C. is paining D. is pained?

8. Our boss, Mr. Thompson, ?____? a raise in salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet.?

A.was promisingB. has been promising?

C. promised D. has promised?

9. He was determined to sail around the world ?____? his illness and old age.?

A. givenB. althoughC. despiteD. in spite?

10. The board deemed it’s urgent that these invitations ?____?first thing tomorrow morning.?

A. had to be put in the mail?

B. must be put in the mail?

C. be put in the mail?

D. should have been put in the mail?

11. ?____? drills that have no real topic have to remain as they are.?

A. Manufacture B. Manipulative?

C. Manipulate D.Manifest?

12. This book has been in the works so long that I have lost ?____?of most of the sources found for me by the staff of the library.?

A. traceB. trailC. trackD. touch?

13. The elbows on your coat have worn thin, so I must ?____?them.?

A. mendB. patchC. repairD. pitch?

14. ?____? and wage increases have not kept in step.?

A. ProductionB. Product?

C. ProduceD. Productivity?

15. People under stress have performed ?____? feats of strength, like lifting an automobile off an accident victim.

A. specificB. extraordinaryC. abruptD. abnormal?

16. Modern appliances ?____? us from a good deal of household work.For instance, the dryer frees us from hanging the laundry.?

A.escapeB . benefitC. liberateD. comfort?

17. The audience waited in ?____? silence while their aged speaker searched among his note for the figures he could not remember.?

A. respectiveB. respectC. respectfulD. respectable

18. The disappearance of her paper has never been ?____?.?

A. counted for B. looked up?

C.accounted forD. checked up?

19. When he was asked about the missing briefcase, the man ?____?ever seeing it.?

A. refusedB. deniedC. opposedD. resisted?

20. Communication between a young couple is a(n) ?____?business.?

A. sharpB. dreadfulC. intenseD. delicate?

21. After so many weeks without rain, the ground quickly ?____?the little rain that fell last night.?

A. skippedB. soakedC. retrievedD. absorbed?

22. We’ll ?____? you as soon as we have any further information.?

A. notify B. signify?

C. communicateD. impart?

23. The fox fell into the ?____? the hunters had set forit.?

A. bushB. trapC. trickD. circle?

24. I don’t know you want to keep the letter. I’ve ?____?it up.?

A. tornB. givenC. brokenD. disposed?

25. The old lady ?____? and fell from the top of the stairs to the bottom.?

A. slidedB. slippedC. splitD. spilled?

试题答案与解析??

1. C)【句意】所有设备要求在商定的时间内安装完毕。?

【难点】request后面的宾语从句要求使用虚拟语气，即（should）+动词原形，本句用的是被动语态。?

2. A)【句意】坐在我对面的那个人梦幻般地笑着，好像回想起过去发生的某件高兴的事。?

【难点】“as if +不定式”是一个常见的结构，意为“好像”。?

3. D)【句意】我本不必把圣诞礼物给他邮去，因为他圣诞节期间回家了。?

【难点】主句用了一句与过去事实相反的表示必要性的虚拟语气，符合题意。?

4. A)【句意】结果证明是，这起事故不怪孩子。?

【难点】be to blame 是一个习惯搭配，意为“该受责备”。

5. A)【句意】经过若干次斗争，种族隔离被取消了，其中的几次斗争在前几章里已经提到。?

【难点】这里考的是非限制性定语从句，关系代词which前加修饰语。?

6. C)【句意】建立一个委员会或许是更有效地做这项工程的方法。?

【难点】way后面可接不定式作定语，也可接of doing形式。?

7. A)【句意】看到那片山区有那么多孩子连小学都上不起，她感到很痛心。?

【难点】It pains sb. to see...意为“看到…使某人感到痛心”。

8. B)【句意】我们的老板汤姆逊许诺给我们加薪好些年了，可到现在什么也没发生。?

【难点】这句话考的是现在完成时行时。?

9. C)【句意】他不顾疾病缠身，年老体弱，决心做环球航行。?

【难点】despite是介词，意为“尽管”，等于in spite of,两者的后面都接名词。?

10. C)【句意】董事会认为，明天早晨的第一件事就是将这些邀请函紧急寄出。?

【难点】it is urgent that 后接虚拟语气，即（should）+动词原形。?

11. B)【句意】没有实际主题的操作性训练只得保持原样。?

【难点】manipulative 意为“操作的；控制的”；manufacture意为“制造”；manipulate意为“操纵”；manifest意为“显然的；明了的”。?

12. C)【句意】写作这本书的时间如此之长，以致于我找不到图书馆职员为我找到的大部分原始资料。?

【难点】lose track of 意为“失去与…的联系；失去…的线索”；trace意为“痕迹，遗迹”；trail 意为“踪迹；臭迹；足迹”；touch意为“接触”。?

13. B)【句意】你大衣的肘部磨薄了，我得在那儿打块补丁。?

【难点】patch意为“补缀；修补”；mend意为“修理；修补”，比如鞋；repair意为“修理；修复”，比如机器；pitch意为“投；掷；扔”。?

14. D)【句意】生产率的提高和工资的提高没有保持同步。?

【难点】productivity 意为“生产力；生产率”；production意为“生产；制造”；product意为“产品”；produce意为“农产品”。

15. B)【句意】人们在心理压力的作用下，表演了非凡的力量技艺，比如把一辆汽车从交通事故的受害者身上搬开。?

【难点】extraordinary意为“不平常的；非凡的”；specific意为“特有的，特种的”；abrupt意为“突然的，意外的”；abnormal意为“不正常的，反常的”。?

16. C)【句意】现代化的家用电器把我们从大量的家务劳动中解放出来，比如，甩干机使我们不必把洗的衣服挂起来。?

【难点】liberate意为“解放”，与from连用；escape意为“逃跑；逃走”；benefit意为“有益于”；comfort意为“安慰；慰问”。

17. C)【句意】那位上了年纪的发言人在他的笔记中寻找着他记不起来的数字，此时，听众们恭敬地等候着，全场一片寂静。?

【难点】respectful意为“尊敬的；恭敬的”；respective意为“各自的，分别的”；respect是名词，意为“尊敬”；respectable意为“可敬的”。?

18. C)【句意】文件的消失从未得到过解释。?

【难点】account for意为“解释；说明”；count for意为“值，计”；look up意为“查检”；check up意为“核实”。?

19. B)【句意】当这个人被问及丢失的文件夹时，他否认曾经见过。?

【难点】四个选项中只有deny合题意。deny+动名词，意为“否认”；refuse意为“拒绝”，加不定式；oppose意为“反对，抵抗”，常接介词to; resist意为“反抗，抗拒”。?

20. D)【句意】年轻夫妇之间的交流是件棘手的事。?

【难点】delicate意为“需要小心处理的，棘手的”；sharp意为“尖刻的，辛辣的”；dreadful意为“遭透的，非常讨厌的”；intense意为“强烈的，剧烈的”。?

21. D)【句意】好几星期没下雨，昨晚下了一场小雨，很快被地面吸收了。?

【难点】absorb意为“吸收”；skip意为“使(石片)跳跃着擦过水面”；soak意为“把…浸湿”；retrieve意为“使恢复；使再生”。?

22. A)【句意】一有进一步的消息，我们立即通知你。?

【难点】notify意为“通知；报告”；signify意为“象征，预示”；communicate意为“传达，传递”；impart意为“告诉；传授”。

23. B)【句意】狐狸掉进了猎人为它设的陷井。?

【难点】bush意为“树丛”；trap意为“陷井”；trick意为“把戏”；circle意为“圈，圆圈”。?

24. A)【句意】我不知道你要保留那封信。我已把信撕了。?

【难点】tear up意为“撕毁”；give up意为“放弃”；break up意为“击碎；拆散”；dispose of意为“处理；清除”。?

25. B)【句意】老太太滑倒了，从楼梯顶上摔到了下面。?

【难点】slip意为“滑倒；滑落”；slide意为“滑行；光滑地移动”；split意为“裂开”；spill意为“溅出；流出”。