【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 confident 自信的；warmhearted 熱心腸的。句意為：我弟弟真是能干，他經(jīng)常在辦公室里工作到深夜。 the railway station， the mother waved goodbye to her daughter until the train was _______. A. out of sight B. out of reach C. out of order D. out of place答案 A 解析 out of sight看不見；out of reach夠不到；out of order雜亂，出故障；out of place不在原來的地方，不恰當(dāng)。句意為：在火車站，這位母親揮手向她的女兒告別，直到火車看不見為止。24.—Hi， was the musical evening? —Excellent! Alex and Andy performed＿＿＿and they won the first prize. 答案 A 句意為：“喂，馬克！音樂晚會如何？”“太棒了！亞歷克斯和安迪表演得很嫻熟，他們得了第一名?！?5 If a person has not had enough sleep， his actions will give him during the day. 答案 A解析 句意為：如果一個人沒有足夠的睡眠的話，那么在白天他的行為就會表露出來。give away 贈送；泄露；表露；give up放棄；give in屈服，讓步；give back返還，歸還。26. Jack is late is of him to keep others waiting. 答案 D解析 It is typical of do ，意為“某人一向如此”。27. In those days， our ______ concern was to provide people who were stopped by the snow storm with food and health care. 答案 D 解析 normal正常的；標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的；constant不斷的；permanent永久的；primary基本的；首要的。句意為：在那些日子里，我們最主要的事情就是向那些被圍困在暴風(fēng)雪中的人們提供食物和健康護(hù)理。28. As he works in a remote area， he visits his parents only ______ . 答案 A 解析 occasionally ；anxiously ；practically ，實際地；urgently 。句意為：因為他在一個邊遠(yuǎn)的地區(qū)工作，所以他只能偶爾回去看望他的父母。29. Last night didn’t e back at the usual time. ，he met some friends and stayed out until midnight. 答案 C解析 句意為：昨天晚上庫魯克先生沒有按往常的時間回來，而是見了幾個朋友，在外面呆到半夜。C項為“相反的；反而”，符合題意；A項“與此同時”；B項“然而”，表轉(zhuǎn)折；D項“然而”，表轉(zhuǎn)折。30. He doesn’t have furniture in his room—just an old desk.A. any B. many C. some D. much答案 D 由于破折號后出現(xiàn)了just an old desk，表示肯定含義，且furniture為不可數(shù)名詞，故空格處用much。31. I haven’t seen Ann for long that I’ve forgotten what she looks like. 答案 C解析 由句意“我那么久沒見安了，以至于我已忘了她長得什么樣子了”及句中引導(dǎo)結(jié)果狀語從句的連接詞，可知用so…that…結(jié)構(gòu)。32. Although badly hurt in the accident，the driver was able to make a phone call. 答案 A解析 句意為：盡管在事故中受重傷，但司機還能打電話。although…yet/still…用以表達(dá)“盡管……，但還是……”，屬于讓步狀語從句的范疇。33. A cough is usually nothing to worry about unless it lasts for ten days . more most 答案 A解析 句意為：只要不持續(xù)10天或更長，通?？人允菦]有什么可擔(dān)心的。A項意為“更多”，B項意為“相反”，C項意為“至多”，D項意為“僅僅”。34. I like this jacket better than that one， but it costs almost three times______ .A. as much B. as many C. so much D. so many答案 A解析 空白處補充完整為as much as that one costs。35. There are plenty of jobs ______ in the western part of the country.A. present B. available C. precious D. convenient答案 B解析 available意為“可得到的，可利用的”。句意為：在這個國家的西部地區(qū)，有很多工作可找。36. Running a pany is not ______ a matter of hiring people — they also need to be trained.A. simply B. partly C. seriously D. equally答案 A解析 句意為：經(jīng)營一家公司不僅僅是雇用工人的問題——他們也需要被培訓(xùn)。故選A項。37. In spite of repeated wrongs done to him，he looks to people greeting him. 答案 A解析 in spite of是解題的關(guān)鍵詞，“盡管反復(fù)被冤枉，他看起來還是……”，由此排除C、D兩項；friendly友好的；lively活潑的，根據(jù)題意可知選A項。38. It looks like the weather is changing for ______ . Shall we stick to our plan?A. the worse B. worse C. the worst D. worst答案 A解析 句意為：看上去好像天氣在變壞。我們還要不要堅持我們的計劃？change for the worse變壞，惡化，是固定短語。. It is to spend money on preventing illnesses by promoting healthy living rather than spending it trying to make people after they are ill.。good 。better 。better 。good答案 C解析 由句意可知，兩處空白均表示兩者的比較，故用比較級。40 Would it be for you to pick me up at four o’clock and take me to the airport? 答案 D解析 句意為：4點鐘你來接我再送我去機場方便嗎？free自由的；vacant未被占用的；handy手邊的，附近的；convenient便利的，方便的。41. Speaking of all the songs he has written， I think this is probably his one. 答案 C解析 wellknown的比較級與最高級為betterknown與bestknown，因提到在他所寫的所有的歌曲中，這可能是最好的，因此此處應(yīng)用最高級。 has made a lot of films，but are good ones. 答案 C解析 由but可知此處應(yīng)表示否定意義，故只有C項符合題意。 new bus service to Tianjin Airport started to operate two months ago. 答案 C解析 句意為：兩個月前天津機場開始實施了一項新的正規(guī)的公共汽車服務(wù)。normal正常的。usual通常的。regular有規(guī)律的，固定的，正規(guī)的，mon普遍的，常見的。 was dismissed last week because of his attitude towards his job. B. A項“非正式的”；B項“漠不關(guān)心的”；C項“有決心的，堅決的”；D項“認(rèn)真的”。 melon the Smiths served at dinner would have tasted if it had been put in the fridge for a little while. 答案 B解析 本題考查形容詞的比較級。由后半句信息可知用比較級形式，表示“嘗起來味道更好”。 magazine is very with young people，who like its content an