6.(2014•泰安高一检测) I know Jane and Mary are good  friends; the former's ________ is a teacher and ________ is a nurse.

A.body; the latter's B.work; the last

C.identity; the latter　 D.job; the latest's

答案：C　句意：我知道简和玛丽是好朋友，前者的身份是老师，后者的身份是护士。the former...，the latter...“前者……，后者……”;identity“身份”。由句意可知，C项符合题意。

7.They are so busy that they have no time to do any sports, ________ they need to do so.

A.wherever B.whenever

C.even if　 D.as if

答案：C　考查连词的用法。根据语境可知，“他们需要这样做”和“他们没有时间”之间为转折关系。故用even if “即使”引导让步状语从句。

8.(2014•温州高一检测)Ten minutes has been made full ________ of ________ the problem.

A.using; studying B.use; to study

C.to use; to study　 D.use; studying

答案：B　考查make full use of的被动形式。句意：已经充分利用了十分钟的时间来研究这个问题。题干还原成主动语态后应为：...have/has made full use of ten minutes to study the problem.

9.Many great men rose from poor backgrounds—Lincoln and  Edison, ________.

A.instead B.for example

C.and so on　 D.such as

答案：B　选项A不合题意，首先排除。若原文Lincoln后的and改为逗号，则选项C也可入选。such as虽然意为“例如”，后面可列举人或事物，但不能放在句尾，也被排除。for example“例如”，后面可举例说明，其位置很灵活，可放在句首、句中或句尾，通常其前后须加逗号。

10.(2014•济南高一检测) Becoming ________ in a foreign language is no easy task—it needs lots of practice.

A.gradual B.official

C.native　 D.fluent

答案：D　句意：流利地掌握一门外语并非易事——这需要大量的练习。fluent“流利的”，符合句意。gradual“逐渐的”;official“正式的;官方的”;native“本地的”。

Ⅳ.完形填空

People from Great Britain brought the English language to North America in the 16th and 17th centuries. And in the__1__300 years, there were__2__many changes in__3__places that now people can__4__tell an English person__5__an American in the way he or she talks.

Many old words__6__in England, but were kept in America. For example, 300 years ago people in Great Britain got their water from something they called either a “faucet”， a“spigot”or a“tap”. All these words are__7__heard in different parts of America, but only “tap”is still common in__8__. Americans often made up new words or changed old__9__. “Corn”is one kind of plant in America and__10__in England.

Also, over the last three centuries  the English language__11__  thousands of new words for things that  weren't known__12__. And often, American and English people used two__13__names for one thing. A  tin can is called“tin”for short in English, but a“can”in America. The word“radio”is__14__all over the world, including America. But many English people call it a“wireless”. And  almost anything having something to do__15__cars, railroads, etc. __16__different names in British and American English.

But now  American and British English may be growing closer together. One__17__is the large amount of  American speech  that British people hear daily in movies, on televisions, or__18__travellers. __19__this, Americans seem to be influencing(影响 ) the British more and more. So some day, English may even be__20__on both sides of the Atlantic.

1.A.following B.recent

C.oldest　 D.last

答案：A　下文讲英语有了许多变化，应是在随后的年头里。

2.A.such B.too

C.so　 D.great

答案：C　当名词前有many/much/few/little(少)修饰时，用so。

3.A.either B.both

C.neither　 D.two

答案：B　空后的名词places是复数，故排除A、C。这两个地方特指英美两国，填both具有特指意义，能把它们都说进去。若填two则为泛指意义，需在two之前加the才具有特指意义。

4.A.hardly B.differently

C.clearly　 D.easily

答案：D　既然有那么大的变化，就很容易把英、美人区别开来。

5.A.with B.from

C.to　 D.and

答案：B　tell...from...意为“把……和……区别开来”。

6.A.disappeared B.remained

C.spoken　 D.were spoken

答案：A　后面说“但在美国保留下来了”，则前面应说“在英国消失了”。

7.A.not B.hardly

C.yet　 D.still

答案：D　后面说faucet, spigot, tap这三个词中，只有tap一词在英国还用得普遍，则前面应说在美国各地仍能听到。

8.A.America B.British

C.England　 D.the two countries

答案：C　谈论的是英美两国，前面是美国，but转折后应是英国。

9.A.word B.forms

C.ones　 D.ways

答案：C　ones在此代替空前的words。

10.A.another B.also planted

C.a plant　 D.a kind of food

答案：A　本文讲的是英美语言的差异，因而同一单词在英美两国所指可能不同，应从这一角度来解题。

11.A.added B.added up

C.discovered　 D.found

答案：A　随着历史的前进，语言也向前发展，因此英语也增加了数千个新词。add意为“增加”，add up意为“把……加起来”。

12.A.anywhere B.before

C.for centuries　 D.in some countries

答案：B