【命题立意】考查介词短语的用法。
【解析】句意：他放弃教学以有利于作为音乐家的职业。in favor of以……有利于，支持，赞成；in terms of根据，依……而言； with regard to关于，说起；with reference to提及，参考。故判断选A。
29. The frozen waterfall has attracted floods of tourists to_______ the natural beauty. A. cherish B. admire C. observe D. discover
【答案】B
【命题立意】考查动词的用法。
【解析】句意：冰冻的瀑布吸引了大量游客欣赏自然美景。cherish珍贵；admire欣赏，赞赏；observe观察；discover发现。故判断选B。 30. —Do you know the story of Niulang and Zhinu?
—Of course. Their love story was_______ as an example for hundreds of years in China. A. taken up B. kept up C. picked up D. held up
【答案】D
【命题立意】考查动词短语的用法。
【解析】句意：---你知道牛郎和织女的故事吗？---当然。在中国上百年来，他们的爱情一直作为典范而传送着。hold up as an example奉为楷模。Take up占用；keep up保持；pick up捡起。故判断选D。
31. Estella showed me the way with a candle. When she opened the side entrance, the_______ of the daylight quite confused me.
A. trend B. rush C. crash D. increase
【答案】B
【命题立意】考查名词的用法。
【解析】句意：Estella用蜡烛给我指路。当她打开侧门时，强烈的日光让我模糊不清。the rush of the daylight强烈的日光。trend趋势；crash坠毁；increase增加。故判断选B。 32. If people outside China learned a bit about jasmine tea culture, they would realize there_______ a lot of enjoyment in it. A. is B. was C. were D. would be
【答案】A
【命题立意】考查主谓一致和时态的用法。
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【解析】句意：如果国外的人们学一点关于茉莉花茶的文化，他们将会意识到它里面有许多乐趣。主句和从句都是与现在事实相反的虚拟语气，但realize的宾语从句说的是客观事实，应用一般现在时。故判断选A。
33. My voice was so little and the shop owner had to bend down to hear_______ I wanted to buy. A. what it was B. it was what C. what it was that D. what was that
【答案】C
【命题立意】考查强调句型的用法。
【解析】我的声音太小了以致于店主弯下腰来听我确实想买什么。Hear后的宾语从句使用的强调句型，强调的是what，宾语从句应用陈述语序。故判断选C。
【举一反三】高考中强调句型考查热点
考点一：强调句型的基本结构：强调句型“It is / was + 被强调的成份 + that + 其他成份”用来强调主语、宾语和状语等成份。that只起连接作用，不作成份，但不能省略。有时强调的部分比较特殊，如主语从句、状语从句、名词、不定式短语、V-ing的复合结构等。如：It was in the library that I saw her yesterday. 我昨天正是在图书馆见到她的。
考点二：特殊句式中的强调句型
（1）如果强调的是特殊疑问句中的疑问词，表示“到底”、“究竟”等语气时，就用如下结构：
（2）“特殊疑问词 + is / was + it + that + 该句的其余部分”。如：How is it that you usually go to work? 你通常是怎样去上班的？
（3）在强调“not... until”结构中由until所引导的短语（或从句）作时间状语时，要用固定的强调句型：“It + is / was + not until... + that + 该句的其余部分”，that所引导的从句中的谓语动词用肯定式。如：His father didn't come back from work until 12 o'clock. = It was not until 12 o'clock that his father came home form work. 直到12点他的爸爸才下班回家。
考点三：强调句型与时间状语从句、定语从句的判断。
强调句型要注意和it代表时间、距离、温度、自然现象、具体事物或人物等时所构成的各种句型的区别。试比较：
It was on March 1 that I had my hair cut. (强调句) It was March 1 when I had my hair cut. (后面是定语从句)
判断是否是强调句，可采用“还原法”。如果还原为一般句式后，句子各种成份完整，则是强调句。否则不是。如第一句可还原成：I had my hair cut on March 1.
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考点四：偶尔考查谓语动词的强调句式。
英语中常用助动词do、does或did强调谓语，一般用在肯定句和否定句中。如： He did go to the airport yesterday, but he did not find you. 他昨天确实去了机场，但他真地没有找到你
34. Mr. Smith let off upon me the speech he_______ to make all along. A. had died B. died C. was dying D. had been dying
【答案】D
【命题立意】考查时态的用法。
【解析】句意：史密斯先生向我不断练习一个他一直就渴望做的演讲。本句正常语序是：Mr. Smith let off the speech…upon me。Let off本意是：开枪，这里引申为“不断练习”，upon表示说话的对像。看四个选项，可以断定这是考查时态。考查时态，一看时态标志词，二看动作的先后顺序。时态标志词all along，这是进行时的标志，一般还有the whole day/night, all the ime等；let off动作发生在过去。先后顺序：先准备演讲die to make the speech，然后是let off的过去的动作，所以die to这个动作是发生在过去的过去，应用过去完成进行时。be dying to do sth非常渴望做某事。故判断选D。 35. —Do you know the newly appointed CEO? --__________.
A. I’ll check it B. Only that there is one C. More often than not D. It will come to me
【答案】B
【命题立意】考查交际英语的用法。
【解析】句意：---你认识新任CEO吗？---我只知道有这么个人。B项是省略句，原句是：I only (know) that there is one. A项意为―我要核查一下。C项意为--常常。D项意思要结合不同语境来确定，可翻译为：我会得到它。故判断选B。 第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项， 并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
Why do young adult children become independent so much later than they did in 1970，when the average age of independent living was 21? Why have reduced class sizes and increased per-pupil expenditures (花销）not 36 higher academic achievement levels? Why is the mental health of
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today’s kids so poor when 37 with that of children in the 1960s and before? Why do today’s 38 become defensive when told by teachers that their children have misbehaved in school? The answer in two words: parental 39 . Those two words best summarize the 40 between “old” child raising and new, post-1960s parenting. Then, the overall philosophy was that parents were not to be 41 involved with their kids. They were available 42 crisis, but they stood a (an) 43 distance from their kids and allowed them to experience the benefits of the trial-and-error process. It was the child’s 44 , back then, to keep his or her parents from getting involved. That was 45 children learned to be responsible and determined. Today’s parents help their kids with almost everything. These are parents who are 46 when it comes to an understanding of their purpose in their kids’ lives. Their involvement leads them to personalize everything that happens to their kids; 47, the defensiveness. But given that schools and mental health professionals have been pushing parent involvement for nearly four decades, the confusion and defensiveness are 48 . University researchers analyzed three decades of data relating to parent participation in children’s academics. Their conclusions 49 what I’ve been saying since the 1980s: parental help with homework 50 a child’s academic achievement and is not reflected on standardized tests. Parents who manage a child’s social life interfere with the 51 of good social skills. Parents who manage a child’s after-school activities grow kids who don’t know how to 52 their own free time. Parents who get involved in their kids, 53 with peers grow kids who don’t know how to avoid much less trouble.
These kids have anxieties and fears of all sorts and don’t want to leave their 54 . And their parents, when the time comes, don’t know how to 55 being parents. You can imagine what will become of their future.
【文章解读】本文是一篇关于家庭教育的文章。作者主要论证了抚养孩子不应该再是自己父母的事，隔代培养不利于孩子的成长。
36. A. counted on B. resulted in C. touched on D. taken in 【答案】B
【命题立意】考查动词短语的用法。
【解析】本空考查动词短语基本含义的辨析。count on依赖；result in导致，造成；touch on谈及，涉及；take in吸收。根据句意判断，“为什么缩减的班级规模和增加的每个学生个人
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消费没有导致更高的学业成功水平”。故选B。
37. A. associated B. linked C. compared D. matched 【答案】C
【命题立意】考查动词的用法。
【解析】本空考查动词基本含义的辨析。associated联系；link联系；compare比较；match相配。和20世纪0年代或以前相比，孩子的心灵那么脆弱。be compared with和……相比。故选C。
38. A. parents B. adolescents C. psychologists D. youths 【答案】A
【命题立意】考查名词的用法。
【解析】本空考查名词基本含义的辨析。Parents父母亲；adolescents成年人；psychologists心理学家；youths年轻人。根据空后的defensive有保护意识的，应是父母亲。故选A。 39. A. assistance B. protection C. involvement D. preference 【答案】C
【命题立意】考查名词的用法。
【解析】本空考查名词基本含义的辨析。assistance帮助；protection保护；involvement卷入；preference偏爱。与下文的involved对应。故选C。 40. A. differences B. similarities C. choices D. relations 【答案】A
【命题立意】考查名词的用法。
【解析】本空考查名词基本含义的辨析。differences不同；similarities相似性；choices选择；relations关系。“这两个单词最好地总结了古老的孩子抚养和新的，60后的父母抚养之间的不同。”故选A。
41. A. slightly B. passively C. highly D. fairly 【答案】C
【命题立意】考查副词的用法。
【解析】本空考查副词基本含义的辨析。slightly轻轻地；passively被动地；highly高度地；fairly相当，很。Be highly involved with高度参与。故选C。 42. A. in case of B. in spite of C. in view of D. in fear of 【答案】A
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