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2014高考英语一轮复习综合解析训练18 Ⅰ.单项填空 1．David had prepared carefully for the chemistry exam，so that he could be sure of passing it at her first ________ . A．purpose B．desire C．wish D．attempt解析　名词辨析。作了充分的准备，这样“他就可以完全有把握在第一次参加时就可以通过。”attempt表示“尝试”的意思。 答案　D 2．—How did you ________ the old valuable house? —It used to be ________ my uncle.He left it to me in his will. A．take possession of; in possession of B．take the possession of; in the possession of C．take possession of; in the possession of D．take the possession of; in possession of 解析　take possession of“拥有”为固定短语；第二空的主语为it即the house，所以使用表示被动的in the possession of。 答案　C 3．Its the sort of work that ________ a high level of concentration. A．calls for B．makes up C．lies in D．stands for 解析　call for意为“需要”；make up意为“组成；打扮；编造”等；lie in意为“在于”；stand for意为“代表、支持”。根据句意应选A。 答案　A 4．Teaching as a career ________ to many people because of the long holidays. A．attracts B．calls C．appeals D．pulls 解析　appeal to“对某人有吸引力”。其他动词不能和to构成短语。句意：教师因为有长假期，教学作为一项职业对许多人有吸引力。 答案　C 5．Id like to take a vacation this summer，but________，I dont want to miss the conference in mid-July. A．whats more B．by the way C．on the other hand D．as a matter of fact 解析　考查短语辨析。“我想今年夏天休假”与“我又不想错过7月中旬的会议”是矛盾的两个方面，故on the other hand(另一方面)符合语境。whats more另外；by the way顺便说一句；as a matter of fact实际上。 答案　C 6．—Instead of lending a hand，Jim just stood by，laughing at us in trouble. —Oh，its________of him to be so cold-hearted. A．conventional B．typical C．ridiculous D．aggressive解析　考查形容词辨析。根据“Jim非但没有伸出援手，反而站到一边，嘲笑陷入困境的我们。”可知，“他一向这么冷酷无情。”句型“it is typical of sb to do sth”表示“某人通常……，一向……，……是某人的特点”，符合语境。coventional依照惯例的，遵守习俗的，传统的，习惯的；ridiculous愚蠢的，荒谬的；aggressive好斗的，侵略的，富有攻击性的。 答案　B 7．The road conditions there turned out to be very good，________was more than we could expect. A．it B．what C．which D．that 解析　句意：那里的路况证明是非常好的，这超出了我们的想象。which引导非限制性定语从句，which指代前面整个句子的内容。A、B、D三项均不能引导非限制性定语从句。 答案　C 8．If scientists had been able to predict it exactly，the Japan earthquake________such heavy losses i