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【解析】前后两个句子是相同的语义关系，在时间上表示同时，所以用meanwhile。 14.(辽宁卷)We only had ＄100 and that was _______to buy a new computer. A. nowhere near enough C. enough near nowhere 【答案】A
【解析】nowhere near是固定短语，意思是“差得远；远不及”，相当于一个形容词，enough
做副词用，修饰形容词或副词时，应该放在被修饰词的后面。句意：我们只有100美元，他怎么也不够买一台新电脑的。
15.(山东卷)Mothers holding jobs outside the home should have _______ schedules to make it easier to care for their children. A. heavy 【答案】C
【解析】句意应为“在外工作的母亲们应该有灵活的时间以便照看孩子们。”表示“灵活的”
用flexible 。heavy 表示“沉重的”； smooth表示“光滑的，滑顺的”； complex表示“复杂的，难懂的”。
16.(陕西卷)Studies show that people are more to suffer from back problems if they always sit before computer screens for long hours. A. likely B. possible C. probable D. sure 【答案】A
【解析】所填词做表语，主语是人，由more来修饰，意思是：可能，选A。其中四个选
项中possible和probable也都“可能的”之意，但他们做表语时主语只能是物，sure在此处意思不恰当。
17.(天津卷) People have always ______ about exactly how life on earth began. A. curious 【答案】A
【解析】根据介词about后面宾语从句的意义，可以确定前面表示的是好奇，be curious
about 是“对……感到好奇”的意思。句意：人们一直对于地球生命的起源感到好奇。
18.(浙江卷)I have been convinced that the print media are usually more __ and more reliable than television. A. accurate 【答案】A
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B. near enough nowhere D. near nowhere enough
B. smooth C. flexible D. complex
B. excited C. anxious D. careful
B. ridiculous C. urgent D. shallow
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【解析】accurate 精确的；ridiculous可笑的，滑稽的；urgent紧急的；shallow浅的，肤
浅的。句意：我确信印刷媒体常常会比电视更准确、更可靠。
19.(浙江卷)Do you think shopping online will __ take the place of shopping in stores? A. especially B. frequently C. merely D. finally 【答案】D
【解析】especially 特别，尤其；frequently经常，merely仅仅，finally最终。句意：你认
为网上购物最终会替代商场购物吗？
20.(浙江卷)Playing on a frozen sports field sounds like a lot of fun. Isn't it rather risky, __________.
A. though B. also 【答案】A
【解析】根据句意：在冰场上玩耍听起来很有趣。然会不会有危险呢？前后两句之前是明
显的转折关系，所以选择though。
21.(四川卷)The school was moved out of downtown as the number of students had grown too .
A. small 【答案】C
【解析】the number of 意为“……的数量”，其后的形容词应为大小，不用多少。又据句
意学校被移出了市中心，应该是学生的数量变得太大了，故选C。
22.(上海卷)In ancient times, people rarely travelled long distances and most farmers only travelled the local market. A. longer than 【答案】D
【解析】as far as远到（至）……句意：古时候人们很少会进行远程旅行，大多的农民只
去逛逛当地的市场。
23.(上海卷). It took us quite a long time to get to the amusement park. It was journey. A. three hour 【答案】C
【解析】此题考查复合形容词。数词+连字符+名词的用法,连字符连接的词作名词定语且用
单数。意为“三小时的路程”
2011年
1.（新课标卷) The form cannot be signed by anyone yourself.
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C. either D. too
B. few C. 1arge D. many
B. more than C. as much as D. as far as
B. a three-hours C. a three-hour D. three hours
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A. rather than B. other than C. more than D. better than 【答案】B
【解析】句意：这张表格只能由你本人签字。rather than而不；other than除了，相当于
but和except；more than不仅仅；better than比……多、好。选B。
2.（大纲卷）It is one thing to enjoy listening to good music, but it is _____ another to play it well yourself.
A. quite B. very C. rather D. much 【答案】A
【解析】 句意：听音乐是一回事，演奏音乐是另一回事。在第二句中省略了thing，quite
another (thing)表示“完全不同、完全是另一回事”。
3.（大纲卷）Mr. Stevenson is great to work for—I really couldn’t ask for a＿boss. A. better B. good C. best D. still better 【答案】A
【解析】根据句意前半句可知， 史蒂文先生工作棒极了，后面意味这再也找不到更好的
老板了，用否定副词与比较级连用表达最高级。
4.（上海卷）When Mom looked back on the early days of their marriage, she wondered how they had
managed with ______ money. A. so few 【答案】C
【解析】本题考查so和such。难点在于他们后面如果是不可数名词怎么办。such+形容词
+不可数名词与so+形容词+不可数名词，两种结构完全一样，如何区分？其实，区别很简单，就看形容词是什么。如果该结构中的形容词是表示数量多少的many, much, few, little, 则用so; 但是，当little 翻译成“小”的时候，用such, such little children 这么小的孩子。so little money这么少的钱。
5.（湖北卷）The old engineer’s eyes still shone bright in the wrinkled brown face and his step as he came across the room was _______, though slow. A. shaky 【答案】D
【解析】shaky颤抖的；heavy沉重的；casual漠不关心的，冷淡的；steady稳定的。根据
前面的交代，选D。句意：这位年长的工程师，古铜色的脸上布满皱纹，但目光炯炯。当他走过房间时，步子虽慢但是沉稳。
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B. such few C. so little D. such little
B. heavy C. casual D. steady
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6.（湖北卷）An unhappy childhood may have some negative effects on a person’s character; however, they are not always _______. A. practical 【答案】C
【解析】根据句意“不幸的童年可能会对给一个人的性格产生消极的影响；然而，这种影
响不总是长久的。”选择。permanent：持久的。长久的；beneficial：有利的，有益的；practical：实际的，实践的；avoidable：可以避免的。
7.（湖北卷）The state-run company is required to make its accounts as ______ as possible for its staff to monitor the use of money. A. transparent 【答案】A
【解析】transparent：透明的；secure：安全的；formal：正式的；reasonable：合理的。
句意：人们要求这家国有公司的账目尽可能地透明，以便公司的员工对金钱的使用加以监督。
8.（江西卷）—The film is, I have to say, not a bit interesting. —Why? It’s ______ than the films I have ever seen.
A. far more interesting B. much less interesting C. no more interesting D. interesting 【答案】A
【解析】程度副词可修饰形容词比较级，放于比较级前。根据应答者用“Why?”进行的反
问，选A。句意：“我得说，这部电影一点都不令人感兴趣。”“什么？这可比我看过的电影有趣得多了。”
9.（江西卷）The house was too expensive and too big. ______, I’d grown fond of our little rented house. A. Besides 【答案】A
【解析】 根据前后句判断出为并列关系。Besides 此外，而且，表并列；Therefore 因此，
表因果；Somehow 无论如何，表转折；Otherwise 除此之外，表转折。选A。句意：这个房子太贵太大。而且我已经喜欢上了我们的小小租用房。
10.（辽宁卷）No matter how________ , it is not necessarily lifeless. A. a desert may be dry B. dry a desert may be C. may a desert be dry D. dry may a desert be
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B. avoidable C. permanent D. beneficial
B. reasonable C. secure D. formal
any less
B. Therefore C. Somehow D. Otherwise
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【答案】B
【解析】考查副词修饰形容词的语序。how与形容词和可数名词单数连用的顺序为：how+
形容词+a(n)+可数名词单数，与其用法一样的还有so，too等。如：so difficult a question如此难的一个问题；It’s too long a Journey to make in one day.旅程太远，一天之内到不了。故选B。句意：沙漠无论多么于旱。也不一定就没有生命。
11.（江西卷）She has already tried her best. Please don’t be to _____ about her job. A. special 【答案】D
【解析】考查形容词的固定搭配。be particular about 对……挑剔，是固定搭配。选D。
句意：她已经尽了最大的努力。请不要对她的工作太挑剔了。
12.（江苏卷）In that school, English is compulsory for all students, but French and Russian are ______.
A. special B. regional C. optional D. original
B. responsible
C. unusual
D. particular
12.（安徽卷）To be great, you must be smart, confident, and, ______, honest. A. therefore B. above all C. however 【答案】B
【解析】A项为“因此，所以”；B项为“首先，尤其是，最重要的是”；C项为“可是，然而”；
D项为“毕竟；终究”。根据句意选择B项。句意：要想成为伟大的人物，你必须聪明、自信，而最重要的是要为人诚实。
13.（安徽卷）_____, I managed to get through the game and the pain was worth it in the end. A. Hopefully B. Normally C. Thankfully 【答案】C
【解析】hopefully充满希望地；normally正常地；thankfully庆幸地；conveniently方便
地。根据句意，选C。句意：庆幸的是，我终于打完了比赛，其中的辛苦没有白费。
14.（浙江卷）Since people are fond of humor, it is as well in conversation as _______ else. A. anything 【答案】C
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D. after
D. Conveniently
B. something C. anywhere D. somewhere