2014届高考英语核心考点精析：Book 5 板块九 Modules 3（外研版）.pptVIP

3．At the age of twenty he left his hometown，________ to return without making his mark. A．determining not B．not determined C．determined not D．not determining 解析：考查形容词短语作伴随状语。其中determined用做形容词，后跟不定式，其否定形式是在to前加not。根据句意，此处表示状态，意“有决心，下了决心”。 答案：C 4．It wont work.________，its a bad idea，and secondly itll cost too much. A．Above all B．To begin with C．After all D．At first 解析：题干中secondly暗示着所填短语表示“首先”。above all侧重于表达“最重要的是……”；after all“毕竟，终究”；at first 表示“起初”。只有to begin with符合题意。 答案：B 5．I couldnt remember a fairy story to tell my daughter，so I ________ one as I went along. A．look up B．set up C．make up D．give up 解析：考查词组辨析。句意：我想不起什么神话故事讲给我的女儿了，因此我现编现讲。look up抬头看，好转，查寻(在词典中查词、找电话号码等)；set up建立，树立；make up编造；give up放弃。 答案：C 6．Voters expect the new national leaders to ________ the country from the financial crisis. A．shelter B．stop C．provide D．prevent 解析：句意：选民希望这些国家新领导人们能保护国家免遭金融危机。shelter...from...保护/庇护……免遭(……风险)。 答案：A 7．After the meeting，I ________to write a report on our next terms work. A．set about B．set aside C．set out D．set off 解析：set out和set about都有“开始，着手”的意思，set out后跟不定式，set about后跟v.ing形式作宾语。 答案：C 8．However，at times this balances in nature is ________，resulting in a number of possible unforeseen effects. A．troubled B．disturbed C．confused D．puzzled 解析：troubled麻烦，困扰；disturbed干扰，扰乱，打破，可与balance构成动宾关系；confused 困惑，指令思想混乱、头脑糊涂；puzzled迷惑，指困难而又复杂的问题令人迷惑不解。 答案：B 9．He________to us that those eggs ________on the table had been ________by snakes. A．lied；laying；lied B．lied；lying；lain C．laid；laid；laid D．lied；lying；laid 解析：句意：他向我们撒谎说放在桌子上的那些蛋是蛇下的。第一个空表示“说谎”，用过