2018年下半年成人学位英语模拟试题及答案（8）_第2页

　　11. The new tax would force companies to ____energy-saving measures.

　　A. adapt

　　B. adopt

　　C. adjust

　　D. address

　　答案选B。adopt意为“采取”，与measures是固定的用法，adopt measures“采取措施”。

　　12. _____ all the difficulties, we managed to finish our task ahead of schedule.

　　A. Instead of

　　B. In spite of

　　C. In case of

　　D. In addition to

　　答案选B。in spite of意为“尽管;不管，不顾”，表示让步关系。

　　13. John ____ almost all of his collections to his friends, but he still had a very few left.

　　A. put away

　　B. threw away

　　C. took away

　　D. gave away

　　答案选D。give away to固定搭配，意为“分发，赠送”。

　　14. I was attending a lecture the other day when I received a phone call ____ ——it offered me the job I liked.

　　A. expecting

　　B. to expect

　　C. expected

　　D. to be expected.

　　答案选C。expected作a phone call的定语，表示这个电话是被期望的，过去分词表示被动。

　　15. Dorothy was always speaking highly of her role in the play, ____ made the others unhappy.

　　A. which

　　B. who

　　C. this

　　D. what

　　答案选A。非限制性定语从句， which指代前文所提的事。

　　16. Those who ____ Chapter One please go directly to Chapter Four first.

　　A. finish

　　B. will have finished

　　C. have finished

　　D. will finish

　　答案选C。who引导的定语从句修饰those，句意是“已经完成第一章的那些人”，答案选C。

　　17. I woke up with a headache, and now luckily it ____.

　　A. has gone

　　B. had gone

　　C. went

　　D. would have gone

　　答案选A。题干意思“现在头疼已经消失了”，用一般现在完成时。

　　18. Nowadays, a large number of women, especially those from the countryside, ____ for the clothing industry.

　　A. is working

　　B. works

　　C. work

　　D. worked

　　答案选C。nowadays“现今;时下”是一般现在时的标志;且横线上是整个句子的谓语，主语是a large number of women，故此处用work。

　　19. The writer was so absorbed in her work that she didn’t notice him ____ the room.

　　A. enter

　　B. had entered

　　C. to enter

　　D. entered

　　答案选A。固定搭配。notice sb do sth 表示“注意到某人做了某事”，指动作do的全过程，即动作结果。

　　20. Everybody was touched ____ words after they heard her moving story

　　A. in

　　B. without

　　C. by

　　D. beyond

　　答案选D。固定搭配。beyond words表示“难以言表;无法用语言表达”。