【句意】我九点钟有一个重要的约会，错过它我可担当不起。
14.In recent years, Chinese arts have won the __________(appreciate)of a lot of people outside China.
15.The job position in the advertisement requires that the __________(apply)have at least 8 years of working experience. 【答案】applicant
【句意】广告所招聘的职位要求申请人至少要有八年的工作经验。
三、词组填空(选用恰当词组，并用其恰当的形式填空，每个词组只能用一次)
be angry at be anxious about amount to amuse oneself answer for appeal to apply for get annoyed with make an apology to tell apart anything but anything like apart from one after another one another 1.The wrong you’ve done to her is terrible, for which you should _________________ her, I think. 【答案】make an apology to
【句意】真可怕，你冤枉她了，我想你应该为此向她道歉。 2.He must be made to _________________ his terrible crimes. 【答案】answer for
【句意】他必须为他的严重罪行付出代价。
3.The once powerful figures have also disappeared from the scene _________________ . 【答案】one after another
【句意】那些权倾一时的人物一个接个销声匿迹了。
4.You’ve got it all wrong-it was your boss that she _________________ and not you! 【答案】got annoyed with
【句意】你完全弄错了——她恼的是你的老板而不是你！ 5.So the website also is a tool that we _________________ only. 【答案】amuse oneself
【句意】所以网站也只是我们自娱自乐的一个工具。
6.The spokesman stressed that the measures did not _________________ an overall ban. 【答案】amount to
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【句意】该发言人强调这些措施并不等同于全面禁止。
7.But even to the trained eye, two species of earthworms can be tough to _________________. 【答案】tell apart
【句意】可是，即使是受过训练的眼睛，也可能很难把两种蚯蚓分辨开。 8.This was their mother at her worst. She was ready to _________________ anyone. 【答案】be angry at
【句意】这是他们的母亲情绪最坏之时，她随时会对任何人发火。 9.It’s natural for parents to _________________ their children’s future. 【答案】be anxious about
【句意】父母为孩子的未来操心，是人之常情。
10.Having won a record-breaking seven Golden Globes, the musical La La Land surprisingly does not __________ Chinese viewers.
11.__________ some coins, I think there are only 10 dollars left in my pocket. 【答案】Apart from
【句意】除了几枚硬币，我想我的口袋里只剩下10美元了。
12.I spent the whole day repairing the motorbike. The work was _________________ simple. 【答案】anything but
【句意】我花了一整天修摩托车，这个工作一点也不简单。
13.Never having seen _________________ this style of architecture before, we thought we were looking at giant sculptures, not buildings. 【答案】anything like
【句意】因为之前没有看见过类似风格的建筑，我们还以为我们看到的是巨大的塑像，而不是建筑物。 14.She was born with a beautiful singing voice, so she was encouraged to _________________ the program of vocal music. 【答案】apply for
【句意】天生一幅优美的歌喉，所以有人鼓励她去申请参加声乐节目。 15.The three of them kept looking at _________________ without saying a word. 【答案】one another
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【句意】三个人你看看我，我看看你，谁也没说话。
四、语法填空(在短文空白处填入 1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式)
Nothing can compare to the warm hug of a person, but when there is no one else around, this little Japanese 1 (invent)can do the job quite well. It is called the “tranquility chair”, 2 back is shaped like giant human doll with a friendly face and long arms that can wrap around you in an 3 (affection)hug.
The chair is the product of a Japanese company. “It makes you feel safe,” said a spokesman in that company. “ 4 it is specially designed for the old, 5 else can use it.”
Given that a quarter of Japan’s population is 6 (current)over the age of 65, and the number is expected to rise 7 40% in the coming decades, the tranquility chair is really quite suitable for the Japanese market. The company has also come up with a similar product like \ 8 (remind)the users to take their medicine on time.
Meanwhile, the spokesman explained that the hugging chair is also designed to help dementia(痴呆)patients as well as people suffering from 10 (anxious), fear or uncontrollable 10 (angry).
语篇解读：文章介绍了日本的一项发明，这项发明对老年人和一些饱受疾病痛苦的人们有所帮助。 1.【答案】invention
【解析】考查名词。句意：这个小小的日本发明就能解决问题。invention（发明），作主语用名词，故填
invention。
2.【答案】whose
3.【答案】affectionate
【解析】考查形容词。后面是名词，应该用形容词修饰名词。句意：它被称为“宁静椅”，它的背部形
状像一个巨大的人娃娃，有着友好的脸和长长的手臂，它可以搂着你给你一个深情的拥抱。
4.【答案】Although/Though
【解析】考查连词。句意：尽管它是专门为老年人设计的，但其他任何人也可以用。although/though尽管，
故填Although/Though。学*科网
5.【答案】anyone
【解析】考查代词。句意：尽管它是专门为老年人设计的，但其他任何人也可以用。
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7.【答案】to
【解析】考查介词。句意：预计未来几十年这个数字还会上升到40%。目前日本有四分之一的人口年龄
在65岁以上，在未来几十年会上升到40%，表示“到……”用to，故填to。
8.【答案】to remind
【解析】考查非谓语动词。句意：该产品的编程功能是提醒用户按时吃药。表示目的用不定式，故填to
remind。
9.【答案】anxiety
【解析】考查名词。介词from后面接名词作其宾语，故用anxiety。句意：拥抱椅也旨在帮助老年痴呆症
患者和患有焦虑症、恐惧症或易怒症的人。
10.【答案】anger
【解析】考查名词。跟anxiety是并列关系，故用anger。句意：拥抱椅也旨在帮助老年痴呆症患者和患有
焦虑症、恐惧症或易怒症的人。
五、单句改错(每句都有一个错误，错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改)
1.There are many problems when I am abroad lonely, especially when I am in the Czech Republic, whose official is not English.
【答案】lonely改为alone
【解析】lonely孤独的，寂寞的；alone单独的，独自的，故把lonely改为alone。句意：当我独自在国外时，
有很多麻烦事。尤其是在捷克，它的官方语言不是英语。
2.In the morning class the next day, my English teacher came to me while I was reading the text loudly. 【答案】loudly改为aloud
【解析】read aloud朗读。句意：第二天早读课上，就在我朗读课文的时候，英语老师来到我的身边。 3.I mostly lost my heart when the teacher said to me, “Keeping on and you will do well.” 【答案】mostly改为almost
4.Lots of studies have shown that global warming has yet become a very serious problem
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