《内部教材》节选
Directions: Complete each of the following sentences with the correct choice of the words given in the brackets.
- Television helps to relieve the ________ of the long winter evenings. (bore, boredom)
【正确答案】boredom
【答案解析】定冠词the后,介词of前需要一个名词,bore做名词时指讨厌的人;做动词时,指令人厌烦。boredom名词,厌烦、无聊。句意是,电视有助于减少漫长冬夜的无聊。答案为boredom。
- Some groups, ________ students and pensioners, will benefit from the new tax. (name, namely)
【正确答案】namely
【解析】此处namely students and pensioners是插入成分,是对前边some group的说明。name是名词,名字;namely副词,即、也就是。答案为namely。
- The main ________ is a young girl from a small fishing village in Japan. (character, characteristic)
【正确答案】character
【答案解析】此处需要填入名词做主语。character和characteristic都有名词词性。characteristic做名词时,多指特色、特点、特征;做形容词,指(品质、特点)显著的、典型的。character意为“人物”。根据文章,前者更适合。
- The ________ was becoming unbearable, and I wanted to scream. (tense, tension)
【正确答案】tension
【答案解析】先判断此处需要填入名词做主语。tense形容词,紧张的、令人焦虑的;动词,使紧张。tension名词,(情绪上的)紧张、烦躁。
- He could also be very disagreeable and say hard and ________ things. (sour, sourness)
【正确答案】sour
【答案解析】这里需要一个形容词来修饰后边的名词things。sour可做形容词,有酸味的、坏脾气的;sourness名词,阴郁、没好气。
- The room was simply furnished and ________ to the eye. (pleased, pleasing)
【正确答案】pleasing
【答案解析】根据文意,这里应填入表示“令眼睛感到……”的词。pleasing和pleased分别是动词please的现在分词和过去分词。pleasing指令人愉快的,舒适的;pleased指感到高兴的。答案为pleasing。
(二)单词变形(按照要求正确填写单词的适当形式,可借助词典等工具)
1.impression, impressive
- fortunate, unfortunate
- unselfish, selfishness
- expression
- importance
- wore, worn
- action, actor, active
- unhappy, happiness
- natural, naturally
- effective
- waiter
- impatient, patience
- lucky, unlucky, luckily
- service
- receptionist
- boring, bored, boredom
- tension
- enjoyable
- goes, went, gone
- brighten
- realization
- hopeful, hopeless
- joyful, enjoy
- was, been
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