2013年GCT英語考前練習(xí)

　　Part One Vocabulary and Structure

　　Directions：

　　There are ten incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A， B， C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

　　1. Many newcomers complain of the rapid _________ of life in Hong Kong.

　　A. rate B. pace C. speed D. growth

　　答案B.pace of life意為“生活節(jié)奏”;rate意為“比率，速率”;speed意為“速度”;growth意為“發(fā)育，成長”。

　　2. To one´s boss， an employee should dress neatly， be ________ and show interest in the job.

　　A. instant B. timely C. punctual D. quick

　　答案C.instant意為“立刻的，即時的”;timely意為“及時的”;quick意為“(做事)迅速的”;punctual意為“守時的，準(zhǔn)時的”。

　　3. The girl will not become a nurse because she will faint at the __________ of blood.

　　A. vision B. eyes C. sight D. view

　　答案C.at the sight of意為“看見”;view意為“眼界，視野”;vision是指人的視力或視野，引申為夢幻景象。

　　4. The government_________ regulations that put this old city under protection.

　　A. published B. issued C. discharged D. released

　　答案B.issue意為“發(fā)布，頒布，發(fā)行”;publish意為“出版，印刷”;discharge意為“釋放出”;release意為“發(fā)布消息”。

　　5. Unexpectedly the light __________ and we were left in darkness.

　　A. bum out B. put out C. turned out D. went out

　　答案D.burn out意為“燒光，燒完”;put out意為“熄滅，撲滅”;turn out意為“關(guān)掉，熄滅”;go out意為“熄滅，停止運行”。

　　6. After a whole day´s heavy work， the old worker returned home，_________ .

　　A. hungry and felt exhausting

　　B. hunger and exhausted

　　C. hungry and exhausted

　　D. hungry and having been exhausted

　　答案C.從時態(tài)意義上講，應(yīng)該用過去分詞，表示伴隨情況，還應(yīng)該考慮連詞前后的平衡結(jié)構(gòu)表達法問題。

　　7. The last half of the nineteenth century __________ the steady improvement in the means of travel.

　　A. has witnessed B. was witnessed

　　C. witnessed D. is witnessed

　　答案C.根據(jù)主語可判斷出時間為過去時。

　　8. She ___________ in the feet on her way home from work.

　　A. was hurting B. is hurt C. hurts D. got hurt

　　答案D.“get+-ed分詞”構(gòu)成被動語態(tài)，get通常表示動作的結(jié)果而非動作本身。

　　9. Without computers， we ______ the tremendous medical advancement in the last few decades.

　　A. would not make B. will not have made

　　C. could not make D. couldn´t have made

　　答案D.without作“如果沒有”解，表示一種與事實相反的假設(shè)，意思上相對于一個if引導(dǎo)的虛擬條件句。根據(jù)題中可看出without computer是與過去事實相反的假設(shè)，因此主句應(yīng)該用：would(should，could，might)+動詞的完成時。

　　10. ___________ that Susan hadn´t dared to make a sound.

　　A. So was he absorbed B. So absorbed he was

　　C. So absorbed was he D. So he was absorbed

　　答案C.so為程度副詞，置于句首時，句子一般倒裝。當(dāng)so作為程度副詞置于句首時，它所修飾的形容詞或分詞一般緊跟其后。 

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