课后作业(四)Ⅰ.语法和词汇知识1．—I've never found a better job.—________.A．I don't think so B．Too badC．Congratulations D．Don't worry【解析】既然对方说“我再也找不到比这更好的工作了”，就应该表示祝贺，故选C。
【答案】 C2．(2012·抚顺高三质检)Proper ________ to high yield of rice have been found by Yuan Longping.A．ways B．accessesC．approaches D．methods【解析】考查名词词义辨析。
句意：袁隆平已找到水稻高产的好办法。
approach表“方法”时与介词to搭配，而A、D两选项与介词of搭配，虽然access(通路)可以与介词to搭配，但其义放在此处不通。
【答案】 C3．(2013届泰安一模)I really don't want to attend that party but I don't know how to________ it.A．get away from B．get away withC．run away with D．do away with【解析】句意：我的确不想参加那个晚会，但我不知道如何摆脱。
get away from“摆脱开”；get away with“做错事却未受惩罚”；run away with“失去控制，使按捺不住”；do away with表示“废除”。
根据语境答案为A。
【答案】 A4．Almost 50% of those ________ said that they supported the President'sdecision.A．survey B．surveyingC．surveyed D．who surveyed【解析】考查非谓语动词。
句意：被调查的人中将近一半说他们支持总统的决定。
“被调查的”用surveyed作定语，相当于定语从句who were surveyed。
【答案】 C5．It's high time that we ________ measures to stop selling polluted vegetables.A．must take B．takeC．took D．will take【解析】句意：确实到了我们采取措施阻止卖这些被污染蔬菜的时候了。
考查It is (high) time that sb.did sth.“某人该做某事了”。
【答案】 C6．(2013届淄博市高三第一次模拟考试)—— You look unhappy，my son.—— I'm wondering how long it'll be ________we come to China again.A．since B．whenC．before D．after【解析】句意：——我的孩子，你看上去不高兴。
——我在想再过多久我们才能再次回到中国。
考查It will be ＋一段时间＋before从句。
意为“再过多久才……”。
【答案】 C7．Five workers ________ the mine disaster.After the injured ________ to the hospital, doctors and nurses immediately got down to saving their lives.A．was survived；rushedB．survived from；were rushedC．survived；was rushedD．survived；were rushed【解析】句意：五位工人在矿难中死里逃生，被匆忙送进医院后，医生和护士马上着手抢救他们。
此处survive表示“在……之后继续生存，从……中逃生”；rush“急忙送”与the injured为被动关系。
【答案】 D8．(天津高考改编)The young man couldn't ________ a new car . Instead, he bought a used one.A．offer B．affordC．charge D．spare【解析】句意：那位年轻人买不起新车，便买了一辆二手车。
afford 买得起，有能力支付，符合语境。
【答案】 B9．(2013届济宁模拟)Tom wants to know if we can ______ John for the night，since he has lost all his money and can go nowhere.A．put up B．put offC．put on D．put down【解析】句意：汤姆想知道我们能否让约翰留宿，因为他丢了所有的钱而无处可去。
put up此处意为“为……提供膳宿”符合句意。
【答案】 A10．— Do you remember the day one year ago?— Yes.That was the first time we ________ when it was snowing.A．have met B．had metC．had been met D．have been met【解析】考查动词的时态。
This/It ＋be ＋the first time＋that从句中用完成时；若前面是一般现在时，从句用现在完成时；若前面是一般过去时，则从句用过去完成时。
而且由语境可知，主语we与meet之间为主动关系，故B为正确答案。
【答案】 B11．The maths exam was rather difficult；to our joy, ______ students passed it.A．a great deal of B．a great manyC．the large number of D．a plenty of【解析】考查固定短语。
a great many修饰可数名词复数；a great deal of 修饰不可数名词，the number of意为“……的数量”；plenty of前面没有a。
【答案】 B12．— Why not go out for a picnic on such a sunny day?— ________ good.A．Sounding B．SoundC．Sounded D．Sounds【解析】此处sound为系动词，意为“听起来”，后面可用形容词、名词或介词短语作表语。
此处省略了主语that或it。
【答案】 D13．What would you give her ________ the painting she has collected?A．in place of B．in exchange forC．on account of D．in favor of【解析】句意：你给她什么来交换她收藏的那幅画？in place of代替；in exchange for用来交换；on account of由于；in favor of支持。
【答案】 B14．Though they all lived nearby, I soon ________ with them.A．kept in contact B．made contactC．got contact D．lost contact【解析】句意：虽然他们都住在附近，但我很快就和他们失去联系了。
keep in contact with与……保持联系；make contact with(想办法)联络，联系；get in/into contact with与……取得联系；lose contact with与……失去联系【答案】 D15．With the cost of living ________，they find it difficult to make ends meet.A．to go up B．to go downC．going up D．going down【解析】句意：随着生活费用的上涨，他们发现使收支相抵很难。
go down“下降”，不符合题意。
根据句意和with复合结构的用法，C项正确。
【答案】 CⅡ.翻译句子1．时间过得真快啊！我们已经10年没见了。
(It is/ has been ＋时间段＋since 从句)_________________________________________________________________ 2．再过些时候，我们才能知道事情的真相。
(It be ＋一段时间＋before从句) _________________________________________________________________ 3．这是我最后一次玩这样的电脑游戏。
(This/It is the last time＋that从句) _________________________________________________________________ 4．宇宙飞船是什么样子？(What's ...like？)_________________________________________________________________ 5．他回答问题的方式令人吃惊。
(the way that...)_________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 1.How time flies! It has been 10 years since we last met. 2.It will be some time before we know the truth. 3.This is the last time that I have played such computer games. 4.What's a spaceship like？ 5.The way that he answered the questions was surprising.Ⅲ.完形填空I was stopped at a red light only a mile or so from my goal of my brother's house.We were planning to__1__ down together to North Carolina to be with my father who was critically ill.As I __2__ at the stop light, I noticed Sharper's Florist over to the left.It was the same __3__ I had stood as a young man nervously __4__ out some roses for my date — floods of memories__5__my mind.I noticed the liquor store straight ahead where my father and I had been many times before, buying the beer of the week. We both liked German __6__.The light finally came __7__.And I made my left turn and drove through the __8__ section of our__9__.I remembered how each thanksgiving my __10__would betogether. I also remembered how my father would __11__ some time out of each thanksgiving to make sure there was no one __12__ in the neighborhoods surrounding where we __13__ .I can remember as a young boy going with him to __14__ some food. I was scared. I had __15__ been into this part of town this deeply before.But my father seemed __16__and went about his business.The people we went to seemed to know him and __17__ accepted what he came to offer.My father seemed able to __18__ the food in a way that honored those he was giving to.He would stop at each place and talk a little.My father wanted to be sure __19__ had food. If there were people he found who didn't have food he would __20__ and get more.That's the kind of man he was.【语篇解读】作者开车回家乡，打算同弟弟一起去陪伴病重的父亲。