【正文】 40．A解析：A【詳解】句意：——為什么英國人一開始就經(jīng)常談?wù)撎鞖?？——因為天氣是一個安全的話題。39．C解析：C【詳解】句意：這種飲料味道很好，但這個瓶子里所剩無幾。generous慷慨的；modest謙虛的；patient耐心的；curious好奇的。36．C解析：C【詳解】句意：——決定是接受新的挑戰(zhàn)還是保持現(xiàn)狀是一個雙重選擇。free自由的；suitable合適的；strange奇怪的；friendly友好的。terrible可怕的；well身體健康的；sweet甜的/悅耳的；wonderfully奇妙地，副詞。根據(jù)“Would you mind not making much noise? Mum is sleeping.”可知，此處是認(rèn)為母親是醒著的，故選C。29．C解析：C【詳解】句意：現(xiàn)代科技能幫助醫(yī)生在線治療病人，真是太神奇了！考查形容詞辨析?？疾樾稳菰~辨析?？疾樾稳菰~比較級辨析。根據(jù)“As a…rule, prices follow needs”可知，此空應(yīng)是一個總結(jié)概括的語言，“as a general rule一般來說”符合，故選B。“make sb. +形容詞”表示讓某人保持某種狀態(tài)，根據(jù)上文“so that they don’t want to lose you”可知這里是說讓自己有價值，故選A。20．C解析：C【詳解】句意：——Peter 所有科目成績都好，但他從不炫耀?？疾樾稳菰~辨析。分為ed形容詞和ing形容詞，而要用哪個形式，取決于在句中的修飾成分，如果修飾物，就要用ing形容詞，一般譯為“令人……的”；而如果修飾人，就要用ed形容詞，一般譯為“感到……的”，所以做題的時候要分清是修飾人還是物，選擇合適的對應(yīng)形式?？疾樾稳菰~辨析，peaceful平靜的，和平的；primary主要的，最初的；generous豐富的，慷慨的；general普遍的，結(jié)合句意，公司應(yīng)該是給客戶提供豐厚的回報，故選C。根據(jù)than可知，此處是最新的劇本和上一個劇本進行比較，因此第一空用latest，第二空用last。考查形容詞詞義辨析和固定句型的用法。烹飪變得越來越流行，我現(xiàn)在可以做很好的菜了。根據(jù)后面robots will do some of the jobs可知，空處是說更少的工作，所以排除選項C與D；根據(jù)空后jobs可知，jobs為可數(shù)名詞，所以空處應(yīng)該用修飾可數(shù)名詞的fewer。根據(jù)句中“because it is the first time that an Asian film won the award”可知，這是亞洲電影首次獲得該獎項，所以此處使用surprised，表示“聽到這部電影的獲獎消息的時候很驚訝”?！?。creative有創(chuàng)造力的；relaxed放松的；nervous緊張的；confident自信的。這是世界上我最不想做的一件事。t worry, my son. No one is ________ and everyone fails from time to time.A．successful B．confident C．perfect D．excellent18．Helen is watching a basketball match Which is shown ________ on TV. Though he is not on the scene, he can still cheer for his team.A．lively B．live C．living D．a(chǎn)live19．As the population ________, the world seems to be smaller.A．increases more B．increase larger C．grows larger D．grows more20．—Peter has good grades in all his subjects, but he never shows off.—I agree. He is very________.A．humorous B．organized C．modest D．generous21．— I got a job in a sales pany.— Great! Make yourself ________ so that they don’t want to lose you.A．valuable B．possible C．enjoyable D．fortable22．Yesterday’s film was really ________ and it made all of us laugh.A．boring B．funny C．meaningless D．expensive23．— How do you find the price now? — As a ________ rule, prices follow needs.A．private B．general C．central D．difficult24．—We’re late! It’s already 7:30.—Don’t worry. My clock is 20 minutes ________.A．fast B．late C．slow D．early25．—I can’t afford the red shoes.—What about the black pair? The price is a little ________.A．cheaper B．lower C．higher D．more expensive26．—What do you think of the new car produced by BYD?—Oh, its improved system gives people a ________ ride even on mountain roads.A．similar B．terrible C．strange D．smooth27．Sadly the number of the tigers is getting ________.A．more and more B．fewer and fewer C．smaller and smaller D．less and less28．Students sho