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1. Water is _______ short in many big cities. A. running?????? ? B. flowing????????? C. becoming????????????? D. moving【翻译】?? 许多大城市都出现了水资源短缺的现象。［考点］?? 词语搭配【精析】?? A?? run在此处表示“变成，变得”的意思，尤其指不利的变化，run short为一个固定搭配，指“缺乏，缺少”。flow“流，流动”；become“变化，变得”；move“移动”。结合句意，可知A为最佳选项。2. Excuse me for _______? you with such a small matter.A. troubling?????????????? B. taking??????????? C. interrupting????????????? D. making【翻译】?? 为这么小的事情麻烦你，真是不好意思。［考点］?? 词义辨析【精析】?? A?? trouble“劳驾，麻烦”，常用于客气的请求；take“带走，拿走”；interrupt“打扰，打岔”，常用于打断别人说话等；make“做，造成……”。3. This morning our water supply was _______ because of the cold weather.A. let down?????????????? B. cut off????????????????? C. taken up????????????? D. brought away【翻译】?? 因为天气太冷，今天早上我们断水了。［考点］?? 词义辨析【精析】?? B?? cut off“停止，中断（供给）”；let down“使失望，放下，降低”；take up“继续，接下去”；bring away“带走”。4. The market was filled with salted fish, _______ the worst smell that you can imagine.A. sending off????????????? B. giving up?????????????? C. sending down?????????????? D. giving off【翻译】?? 这个市场里到处都是咸鱼，散发着你所能想象的难闻的气味。［考点］?? 词义辨析【精析】?? D?? send off“寄出，发出，邮购”；give up“放弃，投降，认输”，send down“判（某人）入狱，开除”；give off“发出，放出（气味、热、光等）”。5. It was because the applicant was too proud _______? he failed in the interview.A. therefore?????????????? B. that??????????? C. so that?????????????? D. so【翻译】?? 那个申请人太骄傲了，所以他面试失败了。［考点］?? 强调句型【精析】?? B?? 强调句型结构为“It is/was+被强调部分+that/who”。强调句型中的引导词是who(被强调的主语是人)，whom（被强调的宾语是人）和that(其他一切情况)。本句中that强调由because引导的原因状语从句，其他几个选项用在此处在意思上貌似也都讲得通，但是不符合语法规范。所以选B。6. Tom used to live in California, _______?A. used he?????????????? B. did he???????????? C. was he?????????????? D. didn’t he【翻译】?? Tom过去住在加利福尼亚州，是吗？［考点］?? 反意疑问句【精析】?? D?? 反意疑问句前后两部分谓语应是肯定陈述+否定疑问或否定陈述+肯定疑问。当陈述部分有used to do结构时，疑问部分的谓语用usedn’t 或didn’t。7. So far there is no proof _______ people from other planets do exist.A. which?????????????? B. how????????? C. what?????????????? D. that 【翻译】?? 至今还没有证据能够证明其他星球上确实存在人类。［考点］?? 名词性从句（同位语从句）【精析】?? D?? 本句中“people from o