2013年GCT英语考前练习

　　Part One Vocabulary and Structure

　　Directions：

　　There are ten incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A， B， C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

　　1. Many newcomers complain of the rapid _________ of life in Hong Kong.

　　A. rate B. pace C. speed D. growth

　　答案B.pace of life意为“生活节奏”;rate意为“比率，速率”;speed意为“速度”;growth意为“发育，成长”。

　　2. To one´s boss， an employee should dress neatly， be ________ and show interest in the job.

　　A. instant B. timely C. punctual D. quick

　　答案C.instant意为“立刻的，即时的”;timely意为“及时的”;quick意为“(做事)迅速的”;punctual意为“守时的，准时的”。

　　3. The girl will not become a nurse because she will faint at the __________ of blood.

　　A. vision B. eyes C. sight D. view

　　答案C.at the sight of意为“看见”;view意为“眼界，视野”;vision是指人的视力或视野，引申为梦幻景象。

　　4. The government_________ regulations that put this old city under protection.

　　A. published B. issued C. discharged D. released

　　答案B.issue意为“发布，颁布，发行”;publish意为“出版，印刷”;discharge意为“释放出”;release意为“发布消息”。

　　5. Unexpectedly the light __________ and we were left in darkness.

　　A. bum out B. put out C. turned out D. went out

　　答案D.burn out意为“烧光，烧完”;put out意为“熄灭，扑灭”;turn out意为“关掉，熄灭”;go out意为“熄灭，停止运行”。

　　6. After a whole day´s heavy work， the old worker returned home，_________ .

　　A. hungry and felt exhausting

　　B. hunger and exhausted

　　C. hungry and exhausted

　　D. hungry and having been exhausted

　　答案C.从时态意义上讲，应该用过去分词，表示伴随情况，还应该考虑连词前后的平衡结构表达法问题。

　　7. The last half of the nineteenth century __________ the steady improvement in the means of travel.

　　A. has witnessed B. was witnessed

　　C. witnessed D. is witnessed

　　答案C.根据主语可判断出时间为过去时。

　　8. She ___________ in the feet on her way home from work.

　　A. was hurting B. is hurt C. hurts D. got hurt

　　答案D.“get+-ed分词”构成被动语态，get通常表示动作的结果而非动作本身。

　　9. Without computers， we ______ the tremendous medical advancement in the last few decades.

　　A. would not make B. will not have made

　　C. could not make D. couldn´t have made

　　答案D.without作“如果没有”解，表示一种与事实相反的假设，意思上相对于一个if引导的虚拟条件句。根据题中可看出without computer是与过去事实相反的假设，因此主句应该用：would(should，could，might)+动词的完成时。

　　10. ___________ that Susan hadn´t dared to make a sound.

　　A. So was he absorbed B. So absorbed he was

　　C. So absorbed was he D. So he was absorbed

　　答案C.so为程度副词，置于句首时，句子一般倒装。当so作为程度副词置于句首时，它所修饰的形容词或分词一般紧跟其后。 

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