【文章內容簡介】 備有……”，這里使用的是過去分詞作狀語。句意：探險家們帶著這臺新機器，進了山洞，希望能找到埋藏的金銀財寶。4．D。when it es to...為習慣表達，意思是“當涉及到……的時候”。句意：論開車技術，我們不分上下?？梢f到做飯，我比我弟弟可就差遠了。5．A。in return for“作為……回報；以……為變換”。句意：他們與雇主達成的協(xié)議是降低他們的工資標準，但每周工時要縮短。6．D。句中puzzle表示“難解，費解之迷”，常用單數，其前加不定冠詞；in better condition“情況會更好”。7．B。in return“作為回報，作為報答”。句意“他總是樂于助人，作為回報，大家都喜歡他”。in conclusion“最后”；in turn“輪流”；in particular“尤其”。8．B。句意：大會主席作了精彩演講，結束時，祝愿所有人事事如意。concluding it...為動詞－ing形式作狀語，表示伴隨情況。9．D。what really counts是主語從句，what在從句中作主語。句意：在我看來，重要的不是失敗本身，而是我們對待失敗的態(tài)度以及失敗之后的所作所為。10．B。ask permission為固定短語，意為“征求許可”；指說話雙方都知道的人或物前要用定冠詞the。11．D。句意：昨晚，樓上舉行晚會，這使得我無法聚精會神地做功課。concentrate on sth.“專心致志于”。set down“寫下，記下”；center upon“把……當作中心”；care about“關心，在乎”。12．C。此處用現在完成進行時表示某一動作從過去某一時刻起一直持續(xù)到現在，而且還有可能持續(xù)下去。13．A。fascinating與fascinated都用作形容詞，其中前者常修飾物，表示“使人著迷的”，后者多修飾人，表示“(某人)著迷的”。14．C。句意：既然你對該職位如此感興趣，為什么不向公司申請呢？apply (to sb.) for...“(向某人)申請……”。15．CⅢ.完形填空(2009江蘇聯考)I grew up in an ordinary family, which is not so well off. I could understand the __1__ my parents were bearing at that time. __2__， I work very hard now in the hope of entering the university and change the __3__ of my family and me.I think that in a certain sense, difficult situations can __4__ a person’s potential and pave the way for him to __5__. One can be strong, brave and __6__ after all these hardships he has __7__. All in all, I think that flowers from a greenhouse can never __8__ a storm and that a hard life is good for children.So I think parents should make their children grow strong, by helping them experience life in bad conditions, __9__ a child will value the labour and be capable of facing hardship.I lived a happy childhood. Not only did my parents love me from the __10__ of their hearts, but also they gave me chances to increase my ability. My parents __11__ primary importance to the management of my pocket money, which led to the __12__ that often I could only watch my friends eating candies with my empty pocket. This experience helped me __13__ the truth that my parents worked hard to earn a life, and so would I in the future.As the saying __14__， “No pains, no gains.” It is __15__ that the way one lives in his childhood plays an important part in his development. If one is __16__ in a family that is wasteful, he is likely to be lazy when he grows up. __17__， a child who lives a hard life in his childhood, learning that one must be independen