1、 reputation声誉, 声望。2. Police are trying to discover the _ of a baby found by the side of the road. A. bond B. identityC. potential D. characteristic【解析】选B。 警方正在努力寻找一个在路边发现的婴儿的身份。bond纽带, 联系; identity身份; potential潜力; characteristic特征, 特性, 特点。3. （2015宁波模拟）The rising house price and the high income taxat
2、ion rate have become the biggest _ of people in China today. A. concern B. influenceC. involvement D. occupation【解析】选A。 如今在中国持续上涨的房价和很高的所得税税率是人们最关心的问题。concern关心, 关心的事; influence影响; involvement牵连; occupation职业。4. What did he do in return for free _ and food offered by the kind couple? He helped their
3、 son with his lessons. A. conservation B. admissionC. accommodation D. immigration 那对善良的夫妇免费为他提供了住宿和食物, 他是怎么来报答他们的? 他帮他们的儿子学功课。conservation保存, 保护; admission承认, 录用, 准入; accommodation住宿; immigration外来移民, 移居。5. As is often the case, teachers _with parents involve complaints about childrens misbehaviors
4、 and laziness in school. A. acquaintances B. negotiationsC. conferences D. consultations 情况经常是这样, 家长会上老师们抱怨孩子们在校的顽皮和懒惰。acquaintance知道, 熟悉; negotiation协商; conference会议; consultation请教, 咨询, 磋商。6. Some tourists visiting Tian anmen Square during the holiday left a_of litter everywhere they went. A. trai
5、l B. dot C. chain D. track 有些在假期期间参观天安门广场的游客每到一个地方就留下垃圾。trail痕迹, 足迹; dot点, 点状物; chain链条, 连锁店; track轨道, 踪迹。7. （2015杭州模拟）If you live in the country or have ever visited there, _are that you have heard birds singing to welcome the new day. A. situations B. factsC. possibilities D. chances【解析】选D。 如果你住在那
6、个国家或曾经参观过那儿, 你可能听见鸟儿唱歌迎接新的一天的到来。chances are that. . . 为固定句型, 意为“很可能”。8. A teachers _to education is worth great respect of the whole society because it brings benefits to the development of society. A. guidance B. principleC. identity D. devotion考查名词固定搭配。 教师对于教育的奉献值得整个社会的尊敬, 因为这给我们社会的发展带来了很多的好处。guid
7、ance指导; principle原则; identity身份, 辨别; devotion奉献, 忠诚。本题四个选项中只有D项可以和介词to连用, 故选D项。9. Contrary to our expectations, Google has determined that grades are worthless as a _ for hiring and test scores dont predict anything. A. qualification B. challengeC. criterion D. ingredient 完全出乎我们意料的是, 谷歌断定分数作为雇用人的一个标
8、准一文不值, 考试分数不能预测任何东西。qualification资格, 条件; challenge挑战; criterion标准, 准则; ingredient成分, 组成。10. At that time, all of us were trying to maintain a tight_, and spending had to be kept to minimum for economic survival. A. burden B. identity C. budget D. schedule 在当时, 我们所有的人都在努力压缩开支, 为了在经济危机中生存下来, 花销必须做到最小。
9、burden负担; budget开支, 预算; schedule日程安排。根据spending一词可知, 前面提到的应是开支预算, 故要用budget。11. Mr Brown thought it would be a good idea to have _ from his workers to improve his plan. A. summaries B. admissionsC. comments D. connections 布朗先生认为听取工人们的意见以改进他的计划是个好主意。have comments from sb. 听取某人的意见, 为固定短语。12. The unive
10、rsity is saving $300, 000 per year by its energy_efforts. A. consumption B. conservationC. suspension D. prohibition 通过其节约能源的努力, 这所大学每年节约300 000美元开支。consumption消费; conservation节约, 保护; suspension延缓, 暂停; prohibition禁止。13. （2015杭州三模）What does PM 2. 5 mean?Its a professional _ indicating the condition o
11、f air pollution. A. number B. mark C. term D. item PM 2. 5是什么意思? 它是一个表明空气污染状况的专业术语。term术语; number数字; mark标志; item条款, 项目。冠词14. （2015温州模拟）For_cancer patients there may not be_bright future; today has to count. A. /; / B. /; a C. the; / D. /; the 对于癌症患者来说, 可能没有一个光明的未来; 今天很重要。第一空后是复数形式, 且不特指, 故不用冠词; 第二空
12、的中心词是future, 一个光明的未来, 应用不定冠词a。【知识拓展】不定冠词的特殊用法（1）用于序数词之前, 表示数量或序数的增加:例如: Soon I saw a second plane. 不久我看到了另一架飞机。（2）用于表示“非常”“很”等意义的most前: This is a most interesting story. 这是一个非常有趣的故事。（3）用于物质名词前, 使之转化为具体名词, 表示“一种”“一杯之量”等: A coffee, please. 请给我来杯咖啡。A heavy rain fell on the farm. 农场上下了一场大雨。（4）用于抽象名词前, 使
13、之具体化, 表示与该抽象名词相关的具体的人或事: He was a success in business. 他事业成功。Its a pleasure to talk with you. 同你谈话是件令人愉快的事。（5）用于指人的专有名词前, 指某人、某人的作品或艺术品、似（式）的人等: A Mr Smith wants to see you. 一位名叫史密斯先生的人想见你。He bought a complete Lu Xun. 他买了一套鲁迅全集。He thought he was a Zhuge Liang. 他自以为是个诸葛亮。（6）用于某些由动词转化来或具有动作意味的名词前, 表示一次、一番等义（通常与have, take, make, give等动词连用）: Lets go out for a walk. 我们出去走走吧。Do you care for a smoke? 抽烟吗?Would you like a drink? 要喝一杯吗?（7）有的不可数名词或本来带有定冠词the的名词, 由于受定语的修饰, 其前可用不定冠词, 表示某种状态。此时的不定冠词含有类似a ki
