［知识应用自测］

Ⅰ.单项填空

1.______by the beauty of the nature，the girl from London decided to spend another two days on the farm.

A.Attracting　　　　　　　　　　                B.Attracted

C.To be attracted　　　                                          D.Having attracted

答案：B　本题考查非谓语动词的用法。从后面的by 短语分析，此处用过去分词表示被动。

2.Attention must be paid to______science and technology.

A.develop　　　           B.developing　　　       C.development       　　D.developed

答案：B　应注意发展科学技术。pay attention to 中的to是介词，后面要接名词或动名词。选项C是名词，但名词后面不能接名词作宾语。

3.He slipped and had his leg broken.______，he will have to be away from school for two or three months.

A.In any case　            B.After all                    C.As a result　             D.In this way

答案：C　本题考查介词短语的用法。从句子的意思分析， 这里应该使用as a result，表示摔断腿的结果。

4.He doesn’t work but he gets a good______from his investments.

A.wage　                     B.earnings　                 C.income　                  D.salary

答案：C　本题考查名词的辨析。名词wage，earning 和salary一般都用来指工作得来的薪水，而investment“投资”不属于工作的范畴。名词income指所有的收入。

5.As a famous Chinese saying______，he who doesn’t reach the Great Wall isn’t a true man.

A.means　                   B.goes　                      C.speaks　                   D.works

答案：B　此处使用go 表示be current or accepted；be commonly thought of or believed “流通，流传”的意思。

6.______is the population of the world now?

A.which　                    B.What                         C.How many　             D.How much

答案：B　询问人口是多少时，常用疑问词what，因population是集合名词。

7.—It’s getting colder and colder，I have to buy some clothes.

—They have______the prices in the shop，so it’s a good time to buy.

A.increased　               B.reduced　                 C.raised　                    D.down

答案：B　句意为：商店已经降低了商品的价格，看来现在是买东西的好时候。

8.Our bodies are strengthened by exercises.______，our minds are developed by learning.

A.Probably　                B.Likely                C.Similarly　                D.Generally

答案：C　句中是将our minds 与our bodies 相类比。similarly 意为：相似的，类似的。

9.The______plains of this country spread for hundreds of miles.

A.large　                      B.vast　                       C.big　                        D.great

答案：B　vast指空间、面积的广阔（尤指海洋、平原和沙漠等），也可指（钱）数额的巨大，不指重量和尺寸的大小。反义词是limited。

10.The nature of my work requires me to make daily______to the city.

A.trip　                        B.journey　                  C.tour　                       D.travel

答案：A　句意为：我工作的性质要求我每天都必须进城。tour “参观， 观光，周游，巡回旅行”，常指访问一系列地方后又回到原出发地。

11.I don’t know whether the cars______to the far-reaching countries have arrived safely.

A.transporting