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We firmly believe that war never settles anything. It only ______ violence. A. runs into B. es from C. leads to D. begins with 14. Some kinds of birds in winter fly to the south to ______ the cold in the north. A. get away from B. e up with C. break away from D. put up with 15. I have ______ all my papers but I still can’t find my notes. A. looked through B. looked for C. looked ahead D. looked out Ⅳ .完形填空 “Now, ” Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions(職業(yè) ). ” The class seemed to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be 1 . “Yes, you will all be searching for your future 2 . Each of you will have to 3 someone in your field, plus an oral report. ” Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I 4 print journalism. This meant I had to go to interview a trueblue newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him 5 able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen? ” I shook my head. “How about some 6 ? ” I shook my head again. Finally, I thought he realized I was 7 , and I got my first big tip as a 8 . “Never, never go anywhere without a pen or paper. You never know what you’ll 9 into. ” After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from memory in class. I got an A on the entire project. Years later, I was in college looking around for a new career, but with no success. Then I 10 Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn’t 11 me. They just reminded me how 12 the field was and how I had run away from petition all my life. This was true. But journalism did something to me。開頭已經(jīng)寫好,不計入總詞數(shù)。考查非謂語動詞。句意: ——你對于即將到來的假期有什么特別的計劃嗎? ——是的。句意:這款新車如此貴以至于超出了普通收入人群的支付能力。 assume 假設(shè); adopt 采用,收養(yǎng);convince 使相信。 by all means當(dāng)然可以; no way 沒門,不可能; my pleasure 不客氣; in no case 決不。考查詞匯辨析。 【變式備選】 On Christmas day, I gave my sister a hat and she offered me a watch ______. A. in turn B. in return C. by turn D. by return 【解析】 選 B。 14.【解析】 選 A。 Ⅳ . 1.【解析】 選 B。句意:最后, “我 ”選擇了 記者。 7.【解析】 選 C。 10.【解析】 選 B。 14.【解析】 選 D?!皊th. hit sb. ”常 用句型:某人想起某事。 “我 ”總是講起 Virginia DeView,想以此表達對Virginia DeView 的感謝。介詞 “for”指 “因為 ”。 15.【解析】 選 C。 11.【解析】 選 C。與前文 “extremely nervous”相呼應(yīng)。 “pick”在此處指 “選擇 ”。 “mad”表明老師的想法太不可思議了。句意:有些鳥為了躲避北方的寒冷,在冬天的時候飛到南方。 in turn 意為 “依次,反之 ”。 but for 要不是因為; except 除了,指同類事物的總體除去部分; apart from 除去 (細節(jié) ); besides 除了 …… 之外,還 …… 。此處用 adopted 表示 “采取 ”之意??疾樵~義辨