22．People still don’t know they should drink a cup of coffee in the early morning. A.whether 【答案】A
B.what C.when D.how
【解析】考查名词性从句。句意:人们依旧不知道他们是否应一大早喝咖啡。分析句子结构可知,空处引导宾语从句,再根据句意可知,此处表示\是否\故应用whether。
23．Yao Ming has been nominated for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, which probably him
the first Chinese player to receive the honor. A.makes 【答案】C
【解析】考查时态。句意:姚明已经获得了奈史密斯篮球名人堂的提名资格,此举可能将会使他成为获此殊荣的中国第一人。根据句意可知,姚明只是获得提名资格,还没有进入名人堂,因此,用一般将来时。故答案选C项。
24．The number of children being home educated in Britain has increased by 65 percent over the six years.
B.has made C.will make D.will have made
A.being recorded 【答案】D
B.to be recorded C.recording D.recorded
【解析】考查非谓语动词。句意:根据记录,英国接受家庭教育的儿童数量在近6年内增加了65%。分析句子结构可知,空处在句中作后置定语,修饰The number of children being home educated, record与其逻辑主语The number of children being home educated为动宾关系,且非谓语动作已发生,故应用过去分词形式。
25．The survey shows that the US is still a favorite for studying abroad.
A.opportunity 【答案】B
B.destination C.challenge D.qualification
【解析】考查名词辨析。句意:调查表明,美国依旧是人们出国留学最喜欢的目的地。根据句意可知,此处应填destination\目的地\故答案选B项。
26．Although his family couldn’t afford his education, he managed to find a place at the College of Art word of his talent quickly spread. A.whose 【答案】D
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B.when C.which D.where
【解析】考查定语从句。句意:尽管他的家里无法供他上学,但是他设法进了艺术学院,在那里,他极有绘画天赋的消息很快就传开了。分析句子结构可知,where在句中引导定语从句,修饰the College of Art,并在从句中作地点状语。
27． how these things came about just makes celebrating Christmas that much more wonderful.
A.Know 【答案】B
B.Knowing C.Having known D.Being known
【解析】考查非谓语动词。句意:知道这些事情是如何产生的能让庆祝圣诞节变得更加精彩。此处为动名词短语在句中充当主语。
28．—Come on! Jim. We’ll be late for our train.
— . I’m taking a short cut. We’ll arrive at the train station on time. A.Not bad C.Take it easy 【答案】C
【解析】考查交际用语。——快点!吉姆。我们要赶不上火车了。——别着急,我正在抄近路,我们会准时赶到火车站的。Take it easy\放轻松,别着急\符合语境。故答案选C项。
29．There is no doubt that those who want to buy a house are the proposal that the government should bring
B.Don’t mention it D.It depends
down the housing price. A.in favor of 【答案】A
【解析】考查介词短语。句意:毫无疑问,那些想买房的人都赞成政府应该降低房价的提议。根据语境可知,in favor of\赞成\符合语境。in honor of意为\为纪念……\意为\寻找\意为\需要\。
30．To the man’s relief, he could stations all over Europe with his new radio.
B.in honor of C.in search of D.in need of
A.set up 【答案】B
B.pick up C.take up D.bring up
【解析】考查动词短语。句意:令这个人感到欣慰的是,通过新买的收音机,他可以收听全欧洲的电台了。pick up意为\接收(信号),收听(电台)\符合语境。
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31．Many people think that the sentence of death is too severe a(n) for any crime.
A.defeat 【答案】C
B.treatment C.punishment D.injury
【解析】考查名词辨析。句意:许多人认为死刑对任何犯罪来说都是太严厉的处罚。a severe punishment表示\严厉的处罚\故选punishment。
32．Although these states and their people are , they share the common goal of economic development.
A.diverse 【答案】A
B.suitable C.distinct D.apparent
【解析】考查形容词辨析。句意:虽然这些国家及人民各不相同,但他们有着经济发展的共同目标。根据后面的\可知,答案选A项,diverse意为\不同的,多种多样的\。
33．It took what seemed to be years the football star appeared, which made the fans disappointed and angry.
A.when 【答案】B
B.before C.since D.until
before【解析】考查状语从句。句意:这位足球明星似乎过了好几年的时间才出现,这使得球迷既失望又气愤。意为\在……之前\符合句意。
34．However, the government has been accused of its election promises even though more changes have taken
place. A.betraying 【答案】A
【解析】考查动词辨析。句意:然而,尽管已经发生了更多变化,但是政府还是被控诉背叛了自己的选举承诺。根据句中的\可知,答案选A项。betray\背叛\。
35． what would happen the next day, they would have had second thoughts.
B.achieving C.rejecting D.disapproving
A.Were they to know C.Should they know 【答案】B
B.Had they known D.Did they know
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【解析】考查虚拟语气。句意:要是他们早知道第二天将发生的事情,他们会改变主意的。根据句中的\would have had second thoughts\可知,此处表示的是与过去的事实相反的假设,故从句用had done结构。本条件状语从句中省略了if,故须把had提前。故答案选B项。
三、完形填空：共20题
Have you ever wondered where your food comes from? YouTube star Andy George has, and he took it into his own hands to 36 . George hosts\ 37 that shows the entire process of creating 38 items like tools and suits. George’s latest work was to 39 the process of making a chicken sandwich from scratch. The entire 40 list for the sandwich included tomatoes, sunflowers, eggs, salt, honey, wheat, milk, and so on. George 41 his entire sandwich-making process on the YouTube website,\already has over half a million 42 .
To make the sandwich, George 43 all of the ingredients himself. This included planting seeds in a community garden to grow 44 , taking honey out from a local bee farm, milking a cow to make butter and cheese, and 45 wheat to create bread. The 46 ingredient to prepare for the sandwich was the salt — George had to leave his home to 47 salt water and then he turned it into salt.
George says that his\ 48 as a documentary project, and it 49 became a series as he found it an interesting way to 50 the world and view it in a new way.
Through his station George hopes to bring 51 to how much time and effort goes into making products as 52 as a sandwich, which he believes some people take for granted.\ 53 world that goes on behind the scenes in everyday items that we buy, use and throw away,\
For his next project, George hopes to travel to Mexico to create coffee and chocolate from scratch. He plans to set up a fundraising page 54 the upcoming weeks to help pay for the 55 . 36． A.stand out 37． A.channel 38． A.usual 39． A.develop 40． A.element 41． A.launched 42． A.choices 43． A.gathered 44． A.vegetables 45． A.selling 46． A.smallest 47． A.research 48． A.started
B.turn out B.page B.daily B.instruct B.function B.posted B.fans B.purchased B.fruit B.turning B.hardest B.select B.existed
C.find out C.site C.common C.follow C.member C.downloaded C.views C.reviewed C.rice C.processing C.greatest C.inspect C.contributed
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D.make out D.section D.popular D.document D.factor D.reported D.readers D.produced D.trees D.watering D.quickest D.collect D.differed
49． A.hopefully 50． A.explore 51． A.topic 52． A.practical 53． A.wonderful 54． A.in 55． A.fee
B.immediately B.influence B.attraction B.useful B.incredible B.by B.charge
C.eventually C.impress C.focus C.basic C.mysterious C.until C.cost
D.suddenly D.correct D.awareness D.delicious D.invisible D.from D.invention
【答案】
36．C 37．A 38．B 39．D 40．A 41．B 42．C 43．D 44．A 45．C 46．B 47．D 48．A 49．C 50．A 51．D 52．C 53．D 54．A 55．C
【解析】
36．根据上文可知,安迪·乔治非常想知道食物是从哪里来的,下文提到他还亲自体验并拍摄自己制作食物的
全过程,故此处指他自己动手一探究竟。故空格处填find out,意为\发现,找出,探个究竟\。
37．根据语境及第四段的\可知,\是视频网站YouTube上
的一个频道,该频道主要展示制作日常物品的全过程。
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