Test  One

集体名词作主语主谓一致

1)通常作复数的集体名词

集体名词，如：police, people,cattle,militia,poultry等，

通常作复数，用复数动词。如：

Domestic cattle provide us with milk, beef and hides.

2)通常作不可数名词的集体名词

有些集体名词，如foliage,machinery,equipment,furniture,merchandise,通常作不可数名词，随后的动词用单数。例如：All the machinery in the factory is made in China.

3)既可作单数也可作复数的集体名词

集体名词，如audience, committee, class, crew, family, public, government等，既可作单数，也可作复数用。

The city council is meeting to set its agenda.

4)a committee,etc. of +复数名词

如果主语是由“a committee of /a panel of /a board of +复数名词”构成，随后的动词通常用单数。例如：

A committee of five men and three women is to consider the matter.

近义词辨析

tired, exhausted, fatigued, weary, wornout

这组词均含有“疲惫的”的意思。

tired可指因体力或脑力消耗太多而需要休息，还可指因长期做某事而失去兴趣。

Henry was so tired that he went to bed immediately after he got home.亨利很疲惫，一到家就上床睡觉去了。

exhausted

表达的疲惫程度最强，指因劳累过度而精疲力竭。

The exhausted engineer fell asleep on the bus.精疲力竭的工程师在公共汽车上睡着了。

fatigued

所表达的疲劳程度比tired和weary强，表示由于过度劳累而引起疲乏，不能再继续下去。

He felt fatigued and didn’t want to say a single word.他疲惫不堪，不想说一句话。

weary

语气比tired强，指由于长时间努力工作或由于做单一的事而引起疲倦。

After a long and weary wait, the plane finally came to take them back.经过漫长而又令人疲乏的等待后，飞机终于来接他们回去了。

wornout

这个词不太正式，多用于口语。

The troops were wornout after winning the battle.战后,部队疲惫不堪。

全真模拟试题

1. Although ______ Spanish, he attended the course.

A. he was knowing       B. he is knowing

C. having a knowledge of   D. knows

2. You ______that letter to James. However, you didn’t.

A. ought to write         B. ought to have written

C. should write D. should be writing

3. Joseph was very lucky ______ with his life; he almost did not get out of the room.

A. to escape   B. to have escaped

C. to escaping   D. to be escaping

4. Bread and butter ______liked by Westerners.

A. is       B. are       C. were     D. be

5. The back garden of our house contains a lawn, ______

 very pleasant to sit on in summer.

A. which is   B. which it is   C. it is   D.  where it is

6. He set up in business ______ his own and was very successful.

A. in   B.  of   C.  on   D. by

7. John’s score on the test is the highest in the class; he ______

 last night.

A. must study  B. should have studied

C. must have studied  D. is sure to study

8. Frank almost never received any education, ______?

A. would he   B. did he

C. didn’t he   D. wouldn’t he

9.  Even if his letter ______ tomorrow, it ______

 too late to do anything.

A.  will arrive...is  B.  should arrive...were

C.  arrives...will be   D.  arrives...would be

10. We can hear  ______from the back of the room.

A. just as good   B.  just as easy  

C.  just as well   D.  easily as well

11. To obtain a satisfactory result, one must apply two ______

 of paint on a clean surface.

A.  coats   B. levels   C.  times   D. courses

12. The small mountain village was ______ by the snow

for more than one month.

A. cut back   B.  cut out

C.  cut off   D. cut away

13.  Miss Green was ______ $100 for driving after drinking.

A. fined   B.  charged   C.  punished   D.  posed

14.  Modern ______ perhaps causes more problems than it solves.

A. technique B.  technology

  C. tactics D.  tendency

15. Mary tiptoed over and took the clock away because she hated to hear

it ______ when she was trying to go to  sleep.

A. sounding   B. ringing   C. ticking   D. humming

16. Under this ______ pressure some of the rocks even

became liquid.

A. intensive   B.  weighty   C.  intense   D.  bulky

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17. Of course, most immigrants did not get rich overnight, but the ______ of them were eventually able to improve upon their former standard of living.

A. maximum   B.  minority   C. majority   D.  minimum

18. Nancy was surprised that they have ______. They seemed to be a happy couple.

A. split up   B.  broken down  

C. fallen through   D. knocked out

19.   The beach is in an ideal ______ to draw tourists.

A. condition   B. situation   C. state   D. publicity

20. Our ______ sensitivity decreases with age. By age

60, most people have lost 40 percent of their ability to  smell and 50 percent of their taste buds.

A. sensible   B. senseless 

C. sensitive   D. sensory

21. The eldest child is thoroughly ______ because they

 always give him whatever he wants.

A. wasted   B. spoiled

C.  destroyed D.  uneducated

22.  If a substance is dissolved in water or heated, it may ______ a gas.

A. give into   B. give over

C. give off   D. give away

23. His manner was so pleasant that Bolla felt at ______ with him at once.

A. peace   B. large   C. ease   D. best

24.  —Can you take  the day off tomorrow?

—Well, I’ll have to get ______ from my boss.

A. permission   B. permit

C. allowance   D. possession

25. The ______ in Janet’s character has hindered her from advancement in her career.

A. weakness   B. merit

C. defect   D. shortcoming

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试题答案与解析

1. C) 【句意】虽然只懂一点西班牙语，但他还是参加了这个课程的学习。

【难点】know是静态动词，不能用于进行时；选knows从句中又缺少主语。knowledge作“知识”讲时是不可数名词，但作“了解”讲时，前面可加“a”，常用于词组have a knowledge of中，所以选C)。

2. B) 【句意】你本应该给詹姆斯写信，然而，你没写。

【难点】ought to have written是虚拟语气，与本句句意相符。

3. B) 【句意】约瑟夫幸运地逃了性命；他险些没从房间里逃出来。

【难点】to have escaped 是不定式的完成式，表示过去的某一动作业已完成。

4. A) 【句意】黄油面包受西方人青睐。

【难点】bread and butter 是西方人吃的一种食品，虽然有三个字，表达的却是一个东西，并且是不可数名词，作单数。

5. A) 【句意】我家的后花园有一片草坪，夏天坐在上面会令你心旷神怡。

【难点】which引出非限制性定语从句，在句中作主语，且和sit on 构成动

宾关系。类似的句子有：This room is comfortable to live in 这句中live in 和this room构成动宾关系。

6. C) 【句意】他独自一人开始经商，并且做得很成功。

【难点】on one’s own 是个常用的介词词组，意为“独自”；of one’s own表示“某人自己的(东西)”，如：I have a flat of my own.我自己有套房子。

7. C) 【句意】约翰的考试分数全班最高；他

昨天晚上一定学习了。

【难点】表示对过去某一动作行为的猜测须要用must have done这一句型结构。

8. B) 【句意】弗兰克几乎从未受过任何教育，是不是?

【难点】这是一句含有否定副词never的一般过去时的句子，由于主句为

否定形式，所以反意问句用肯定形式。

9. C) 【句意】即使他的信明天到也无济于事了。

【难点】在条件句中表示现在将来的时间，需要用一般现在时，主句中使

用将来时。

10. C) 【句意】我们在房间的后面也能听得很清楚。

【难点】as well意为“(程度)同样地好”，是副词短语修饰动词hear；just表示程度，意为“刚好”。

11. A) 【句意】为获得一个满意的结果，你必

须在一个干净的表面上涂两层油漆。

【难点】coat意为“覆盖物，层”;level意为“(建筑物)楼层”;times意

为“次，回”;courses意为“(一层)砖面；一排”。

12. C) 【句意】这个小山村被大雪封住达一个多月。

【难点】cut back意为“削减；缩减”;cut out意为“停止；切下”;cut

 off意为“切断；使隔断”;cut away意为“切除；砍掉”。

13. A) 【句意】格林小姐因酒后驾车被罚100美元。

【难点】fine意为“处…以罚金”;charge意为“要(价)，收(费)，要(人)支付(钱)”;punish意为“罚，惩罚”;pose意为“造成，引起(困难)”。

14. B) 【句意】现代技术所引发的问题也许比

它所能解决的要多。

【难点】technique意为“技法；具体的技术”;technology意为“工业技术”;tactics意为“战术，兵法，策略”；tendency意为“倾向”。

15. C) 【句意】玛丽蹑手蹑脚走过来把钟拿走

了，因为她讨厌在自己想睡觉的时候听它滴哒地响。

【难点】sound意为“作声，发声，响”;ring意为“鸣，发出清脆响亮的声音”;tick

意为“发出滴哒声”;hum意为“发连续低沉的声音(如蜜蜂、马达的嗡嗡声)”。

16. C) 【句意】在这种强大的压力下，一些岩

石甚至变成了液体。

【难点】intensive意为“加强的；集中的”;weighty意为“沉重的；笨

重的”;intense意为“强烈的，剧烈的”;bulky意为“庞大的；粗壮的”。

17. C) 【句意】当然，大多数移民不是一夜之

间就发财的，但是他们大多最终改善了自己的生活水平。

【难点】maximum意为“最大限量；最高点”;minority意为“少数，半数

以下”;majority意为“大多数”;minimum意为“最低限度，最低点”。

18. A) 【句意】南希对他们的离婚表示十分惊讶，因为他们似乎是一对快乐的夫妇。

【难点】split up意为“分裂，离婚”;break down意为“(精神方面)垮

掉；(健康)变得

衰弱；崩溃”;fall through意为“失败；成为泡影”;knock out意为“使筋疲力尽”。

19. B) 【句意】这片海滩所处位置理想，吸引了很多游客。

【难点】condition意为“状况；形势”;situation意为“位置，地点，

环境”;state意为“状态，情形”;publicity意为“公众的注意，名声”。

20. D) 【句意】我们的感官能力随着年龄的增

长而下降。比如说，到60岁的时候，多数人失去了他们40%的嗅觉能力和50%的味觉能力。

【难点】sensible意为“明智的，合情理的”;senseless意为“失去知觉

的，不省人事的”;sensitive意为“敏感的”;sensory意为“感觉的，传递感觉的”。

21. B) 【句意】他们的大孩子被彻底宠坏了，因为他要什么，他们就给什么。

【难点】waste意为“使衰弱；使消瘦”;spoil意为“宠坏，溺爱”;destroy意为“破坏；毁灭”;uneducated意为“未受(良好)教育的”。

22. C) 【句意】如果一种物质溶解在水里或被

加热，它可能释放出一种气体。

【难点】give into为非固定搭配；g

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 off意为“散发”；give away意为“送掉，分发(奖品)等”。

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