Unit 21 Karl Marx
例1.The policeman _____________ the robbers _________ their arms.
A. ordered; take away B. made; to bring down
C. forced; to lay down D. forced; give in
分析:
选项A与D的第二空前少了“to”很快排除,B选项的第二空前又多了to,选项C:force sb. to do sth. 为正确句式。本题正确答案为C项。
例2.The soldier ______three days after he had been wounded.
A. dead B. had died C. has died D. died
分析:
一般过去式表示过去某一点时间或某一段时间内发生了的动作或状态,不存在与另一时间或动作或状态相比较。“three days after he had been wounded”因此,本题正确答案为D项。
例3. He gains his _______ by printing _______of famous writers.
A .wealth, work B. wealths, works
C. wealth, works D. wealths, work
分析:
wealth意为“财富”,是不可数名词,works表示“著作、作品”,故选为C项。
例4. He speaks English ________that all of us can understand.
A. in such easy English B. in so easy English
C. in such an easy English D. with such an easy English
分析:
such可与名词连用,其名词的种类不限。即可以是可数名词,也可以是不可数名词。如果用“so…that…”,“so”这一副词如果跟名词的话,一定是单数可数名词,(除so many, so few外)故应选A项。
例6. Even while he was in prison ,Joe Hill went on ________ songs to keep up the struggle.
A. to write B. with writing C. to writing D. writing
分析:
go on doing,指一个动作,不间断地干下去,而go on to do虽有“继续”的意思,但强调继续干的事和原来干的事不同,故D项是对的。
例7. The teacher praised him for ______he had________.
A. the progress…made B. the progresses…made
C. a progress…made D. progress…taken
分析:
progress是不可数名词,不能变复数或与a连用;根据词组make progress,只选A项。
高考例题
1.Old McDonald gave up smoking for a while, but soon____ _ to his old ways.
A. returned B. returns C. was returning D. had returned
分析:
因return的动作位于gave up之后,所以不能用had returned; return为终止性动词,故不能选择C。故A项为正确答案。
2.The hero of the story is an artist in his _________.
A. thirtieth B. thirty C. thirty's D. thirties
分析:
in one’s +基数词的复数形式表示某人年龄时,意为某人“约为……多岁”。本题答案为D项。
3.Shirley _________a book about China last year but I don't know whether she has finished it.
A. has written B. wrote C. had written D. was writing
分析:
时间状语last year 说明整个一段过去时间中的一“点”。在过去的某一时间所发生的动作应用过去进行时。本题答案为D项。