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5. What does the underlined word “painstaking” (in Paragraph 3) probably mean? A. Something that hurts because it involves hard work. B. Taking a long time and involving much hard work. C. Requiring a lot of effort, like running a marathon. D. Requiring many fine tools, such as pens and pencils. 答案 B 解析 由第三段畫(huà)線單詞后的句子可知 “ 同一個(gè)人物都要畫(huà)幾千張圖,每張圖都要稍微變化一點(diǎn) ” 才能使動(dòng)畫(huà)活起來(lái),所以推斷 B項(xiàng)正確。 1. What is one of the chief differences between animation today and in Walt Disney’s early years? A. More people like animated movies. B. Fewer people like animated movies. C. Computers have made the job easier. D. Computers have made the job harder. 答案 C 解析 從第三段最后一句可知早期動(dòng)畫(huà)是純手工完成,費(fèi)時(shí)費(fèi)力,現(xiàn)在由電腦制作,容易多了。 10. A pair of Nike trainers, for example, could cost up to ________a similar Li Ning product. A. as five times much as B. five times as much as C. five times much as D. as much as five times 答案 B 解析 “ 倍數(shù)+ as+形容詞 /副詞原級(jí)+ as+比較對(duì)象 ” 是常見(jiàn)的倍數(shù)表達(dá)方式,僅B項(xiàng)符合這一結(jié)構(gòu),故 B項(xiàng)為正確答案。 the number of?? 的數(shù)量,后面的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù); a number of 許多,后面的 謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù); a great deal of, a large amount of 修飾不可數(shù)名詞。 inform通知; reform改革,改造; transform使改變形態(tài)。 仿寫(xiě):這條路是那條路的兩倍長(zhǎng)。 But_even_though_he_knows_that_he_is_wrong, he_never_apologizes. 2. But it was this sense of failure that made him determined to succeed in his new life. 翻譯: 但就是這種失敗感使他決心在新的生活中取得成功。 He_is_from_the_Northeast, as_we_can_see_from_his_accent. Ⅲ .單項(xiàng)填空 1. It is important to make connections between the way ________words are used. A. how B. when C. which D. in which 答案 D 解析 先行詞 way在定語(yǔ)從句中作狀語(yǔ)時(shí), way后面可用 in which, that或不填。 cloth 布料;clothing服裝的總稱。 8.