第二部分选修八Unit2Theuniversallanguage.ppt

解析：考查比较级用法。“can't /couldn't ...＋比较级”表示最高级含义。根据前半句“Mr Stevenson is great to work for ” 可知，史蒂文森是一个不错的老板，因此说“我真的找不到一个比他还好的老板了”， 表示在我看来他是最好的。 答案：A 2．(2011·全国卷Ⅱ)Mr Stevenson is great to work for — I really couldn't ask for a ______boss. A．better B．good C．best D．still better 解析： seek“寻找”；look“看(为不及物动词)”；find“找到”；put“放”。find faults with sb.“挑某人的毛病”。 答案：C 3．He is always ________ faults with other people though he doesn't do his own work properly. A．seeking B．looking C．finding D．putting 解析： be cast away on a deserted island 意为“流落荒岛”。 答案：A 4．(2013·江南十校联考)The group of the tourists were ________ on a deserted island because of a heavy storm a month ago. A．cast away B．cast down C．thrown off D．thrown out 解析：考查名词词义辨析。句意：失业、交通拥挤和其他问题导致我们生活质量下降。decline“下降”；swing“摇摆，摆动”；increase“增加”；trend“趋势”。 答案：C 5．Unemployment, traffic crowdedness and other problems are leading to a(n) ________ in our quality of life. A．swing B．increase C．decline D．trend 解析：句意：问题是他不知道什么伤害了她，而且他也不敢问她。dare既可作情态动词，也可作实义动词，作实义动词用于否定句时可省略to。 答案：C 6．(2013·湖南师大附中模拟)The problem was that he didn't know what had hurt her and he ________ her. A．dared not to ask B．not dared ask C．didn't dare ask D．didn't dare asking 7．(2013·安徽七校大联考)The boy was so careless that the glass fell from his hand and it ________ on the floor. A．broke in B．broke down C．broke up D．broke out 解析： break in“破门而入，打断”；break down“(汽车、机器等)出故障，坏掉，垮掉”；break up“打碎，破坏(关系)，结束”；break out“爆发”。此处指“杯子打碎了”，故C项正确。 答案：C 8．(2013·苏北四市调研)On AIDS Day, the Minister of Health Department demanded that the problems ________ paid special attention to. A．referred to being B．referred to be C．refer to being D．refer to be 解析：考查虚拟语气。句意：在艾滋病日，卫生部部长要求对提到的问题应该特别注意。referred to为过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰problems，demand后接宾语从句时应使用虚拟语气，即should＋动词原形，should可以省略。 答案：B 9．George ________ the good chance to present his proposal to the director, and at last, it was adopted. A．realized B．seized C．delivered D．released 解析：句意：乔治抓住那个好机会向主管提出自己的建议，最后建议被采