12.It's so warm here.Why not ____ your coat?
A.take away B.put on C.put down D.take off
答案:D。依句意确定。注意四个词组的词义区别:take off在这里意思是“脱下”;take away一般表示“拿走;拿掉”;put on有“穿上;上演;张贴”等多种涵义;put down则有“放下”等意思。
13.John is a good language learner.He always takes a ____ with him .
A.chair B.telephone C.dictionary D.bike
答案:C。四个词中,只有“dictionary”同“language learner”有联系。
14.—What can I do for you? —Two ham burgers and a cup of milk.
—______? —Yes.Chips,please.
A.Are the ham burgers yours B.Anything else
C.Are you all right D.Once more,please
答案:B。A、C与对话语境没有紧密联系;而 Once more是“再一次”的意思,与句意也不符; Anything else“还要点别的什么东西吗”符合语境。
15.—There's a piece of bad news from New York.
—Really?______?
—The World Trade Centre was bom bed(爆炸).
A.W hat happened B.Who did it C.When was it bom bed D.How was it bom bed
答案:A。语境中心内容是“...a piece of bad news ...The World Trade Centre was bom bed”,所以问题应是“What happened”。
下列5个小题中的句子可以组成一篇短文,要求选择最佳选项。这说明这5个小题是一个整体,句与句之间可能有着密切联系。做题时既要考虑每个独立句子,又要看整体内容。
16.English is probably the most language on the earth.People all over the world speak English.
A.widely used B.friendly C.strange D.easy
17.They do not all use it as their ____ tongue.
A.aunt B.mother C.father D.uncle
18.In some countries,such as India,they use ____ as an“official”(官方的)or
“secondlanguage for governm ent , business and education.
A.Indian B.Chinese C.French D.English
19.M any people need the knowledge of
English.English is also the ____ language of computers(计算机).
A.working B.driving C.flying D.operating
20.If you know English,you can communicate(交流)with people from all over
the world by ____ .
A.airplane B.computer C.map D.medicine
答案: 16.A17.B 18.D 19.A 20.B
第16小题可看作是个社会常识题,不看下文,也能选对,“widely used”中的“used”(被使用的)是个过去分词,相当于一个形容词。
第17小题,显然是接上文的,“mother tongue”一般指“母语”,其它几个同tongue没有合用的习惯。
第18小题,也能独立看,结合本题的“second language就能选对,清楚一个历史事实也能选对(印度原是英国殖民地,母语是“印地语”。独立后,英语是国家的官方语言,也是国民的第二语言)。
第19小题,“working language”也是个习惯搭配,我们常说“英语是计算机的工作语言”,因为计算机中的主要操作、使用信息都是用英语。
第20小题是紧接第19小题句子的,上下文一联系,就不难确定B是正确答案了。
“学好英语,走遍天下”,不正是目前的形势和社会未来发展的趋势吗?做完了这道英语竞赛题,除了英语语言知识的收获外,也还得到了一些其它的启迪吧!