专题01名词——高效演练一.单句语法填空1.The__________ (possible)that there is life on other planets in the universe has always inspired scientists to explore the outer space.【答案】possibility【解析】考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。
句意:宇宙中其它星球上存在生命这种可能性总是激励科学家们去探索外部空间。
故填possibility。
2. Try to understand what’s actually happening instead of acting on the _______ (assume)you’ve made.【答案】assumption【解析】考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。
句意:试着去理解实际发生的事情,而不是按照你所做的假设行事。
故选assumption 。
3.In 1863 the first underground passenger railway in the world opened in London. It ran for just under seven kilometers and allowed people to avoid terrible (crowd) on the roads above as they travelled to and from work.【答案】crowds【解析】考查名词。
crowd前没有冠词、指示代词和形容词性人称代词,故用复数形式。
4.But for tourists like me,pandas are its top ________(attract).【答案】attraction【解析】句意:但是对于像我一样的游客来说,大熊猫是最大的吸引。
形容词top“头等的;最重要的”后面跟名词形式。
5.The nursery team switches him every few ________(day)with his sister so that while one is being bottlefed...【答案】days【解析】句意:护理团队每隔几天就把他和他的妹妹互换一下,这样当他们中的一个在被人工喂养的时候……。
every few days“每隔几天”。
6.Then,handle the most important tasks first so you'll feel a real sense of ________(achieve).【答案】achievement【解析】句意:然后,首先处理最重要的任务,那么你会感到真正意义上的成就。
介词of后应用名词作宾语。
7.Recent ________(study)show that we are far more productive at work if we take short breaks regularly.【答案】studies【解析】句意:最近的研究显示如果我们有规律地进行短暂的休息的话,我们工作的效率会更高。
study“研究”为可数名词,本句的谓语动词为show,说明主语应用名词复数studies。
8.Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius,who lived from roughly 551 to 479 B.C.,influenced the ________ (develop)of chopsticks.【答案】development【解析】句意:一些人认为大约生活于公元前551年到479年间的中国伟大学者孔子影响了筷子的发展。
根据空格前的the可知,所填词应用名词形式。
故填development。
9.Any smell might attract natural ________(enemy)that would try to eat the little panda. 【答案】enemies【解析】句意:任何气味都有可能吸引自然界中那些想要吃掉熊猫宝宝的敌人。
根据常识可知,此处表示“吸引了自然界中的敌人”,故填可数名词enemy的复数形式。
10.It is important to pay your electricity bill on time,as late ________(pay)may affect your credit.【答案】payments【解析】句意:准时付电费很重要,因为支付晚了会影响你的信用。
前面有形容词late修饰,此处应用名词形式,payment可用作可数名词,所以用复数形式。
11.We can achieve a lot when we learn to let our _______ _(different)unite,rather than divide us.【答案】differences【解析】句意:当我们学会“求同存异”,而不是“分崩离析”的时候,我们就能获得很多。
物主代词our 后面接名词,这里是指“我们的差异”,所以用复数形式。
12.He gave himself a new name to hide his ____(identical) when he went to carry out the secret task.【答案】identity【解析】句意:他执行一项秘密任务时,给自己起了一个新的名字来掩盖身份。
根据空格前是形容词性所有格his可知,其后应该用名词。
故填identity。
13.There is no need to tell me your answer now. Give it some ______ (think)and then let me know. 【答案】thought【解析】句意:现在没必要告诉我答案,你再思考一下,之后告诉我。
这里指让对方再好好想想。
根据空格前有some,故填名词thought。
14.—Go and say sorry to your Mom, Dave.—I’d like to, but I’m afraid she won’t be happy with my ______(apology) .【答案】apologies【解析】句意:—Dave,去跟你的妈妈道歉。
—我想这样做,但是我担心她对我的道歉不满意。
英语中,给别人的祝贺(congratulations)、祝福(wishes)、感谢(thanks)、道歉(apologies)和问候(greetings)等都要用复数形式。
故填apologies。
15.Some schools will have to make ______(adjustment) in agreement with the national soccer reform. 【答案】adjustments【解析】句意:为了与国家的足球改革相适应,一些学校必须做出调整。
根据空格前没有指示代词、形容词性所有格和冠词可知,此处用复数形式。
故adjustments。
16. One of the most effective ways to reduce (stressful) is to talk about feeling with someone you trust.【答案】stress【解析】句意:减少压力的最有效的方法之一是和你信任的人谈谈你的想法。
reduce做“减少”时是及物动词,其后接宾语,故用名词形式stress。
17.She was put under house arrest two years ago but remained a powerful (symbolic) in lastyear's election.【答案】symbol【解析】考查名词。
根据空格前有冠词a和形容词powerful可知此处填名词symbol。
句意:虽然两年前就已遭软禁,她在去年的选举中仍然是势力强大的代表人物。
故填symbol。
18.Wind is now the world’s fastest growing ________ (sourced)of power.【答案】source【解析】考查的是名词。
根据空格前有the world's fastest growing可知此处应该填名词。
句义:风力是现在世界上增长速度最快的电力来源。
根据句义可知source of power指电力来源。
故填source。
19. We most prefer to say yes to the ______ (request)of someone we know and like.【答案】requests【解析】考查名词。
根据空格前有the可知此处应该用名词,又根据空格后的of someone可知此处用复数形式。
句意:我们更喜欢同意那些我们了解和喜欢的人的请求。
故填requests 。
20.Health care workers are at the risk of getting infectious diseases because of their ________(expose) to patients.【答案】exposure【解析】考查名词。
句意:医护人员因接触病人而有被感染的风险。
根据空格前有their这个形容词性物主动词,故填名词exposure。
21.If you want to see a doctor,you fix a date with him ahead of time.That is a common ________(practical) in the USA.【答案】practice【解析】考查名词。
根据空格前有a common,故填名词形式practice 。
句意为:如果你想去看医生,你要提前和他约定日期。
那在美国是一种惯例。
common practice意为“普遍的做法,惯例”。
22.In 2013,Beijing adopted an emergency ____(respond) program for air pollution.【答案】response【解析】考查名词。
根据空格前有冠词an和名词emergency,故填名词形式response。
句意为:在2013年,北京通过了空气污染应急响应计划。
emergency response应急响应。
23.Usually the Player of the Year title is given to a big name from the best team.But this time there is a ________(except).【答案】exception【解析】考查名词。