题目
仔细阅读下面选自课文中的短文,选出最佳选项。-|||-Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers 1 un--|||-important facts and statistics. Last year a journalist 2 a well-known magazine to write an-|||-article on the president`s palace in a new African republic. When the article arrived, the editor-|||-read the first sentence and then refused to publish it.The article began:" Hundreds of steps lead-|||-to the high wall 3 surrounds the president`s palace."The editor at once sent the journalist a-|||-fax 4 him to find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall.-|||-The journalist immediatel 5 these important facts,but he took a long time 6 them.-|||-Meanwhile,the editor was getting impatient,for the magazine would soon go to press.He sent the-|||-journalist two more faxes, but received no reply.He sent yet another fax informing the journalist-|||-that if he 7 soon he would be fired.When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluc--|||-tantly published the article as it had originally been written.A week later, the editor atlast re--|||-ceived a fax from the journalist.Not only had the poor man been arrested,but he 8 to prison-|||-as well. However,he had at last been allowed to send a fax 9 he informed the editor that he-|||-had been arrested while counting the 1,084 steps 10 the fifteen-foot wall which surrounded-|||-the president`s palace.-|||-() 1.A.to B.into C.for D.with-|||-() 2.A.had been instructed by B.had instructed-|||-C.has been instructed with D.has instructed-|||-() 3.A.that B.which C.where D. in which-|||-() 4.A.to instruct B.instructing C.instructed D.by instructing-|||-() 5.A.intend to obtaining B.mean to obtain-|||-C.set out to obtain D.set about to obtain-|||-() 6.A.send B.in sending C.sent D.to send-|||-() 7.A.hadn`t replied B. hasn`t replied C. won`t reply D.didn`t reply-|||-() 8.A.had been sent B.has been sent C.had sent D.has sent-|||-() 9.A.from which B.in which C.with which D.of which-|||-() 10.A.led in B.leading to C.led to D.leading in

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考查要点:本题主要考查英语语法中的动词时态、语态、固定搭配、定语从句、动名词与不定式的用法等知识点。需要结合上下文语境,准确判断每个空格处的正确选项。
解题核心思路:
- 明确句子主干与修饰关系,判断是否需要连接词(如定语从句)。
- 分析动词与主语的逻辑关系,确定主动语态或被动语态。
- 关注固定短语搭配(如
provide sb with sth
)和动词短语的正确形式(如set out to do
)。 - 区分动名词与不定式的用法,注意动词后的宾语形式。
第1题
选项分析
provide sb with sth
是固定搭配,意为“向某人提供某物”。
正确答案:D
第2题
语态判断
主语是 journalist,动作由 editor 发出,需用被动语态。
正确答案:A
第3题
定语从句关系词
先行词是 wall,从句中缺少主语,需用which
引导定语从句。
正确答案:B
第4题
动名词作宾语
instruct sb to do sth
是固定用法,但此处需用动名词形式作宾语补足语。
正确答案:B
第5题
动词短语搭配
set out to do sth
表示“开始做某事”,是固定搭配。
正确答案:C
第6题
不定式作目的状语
take time to do sth
是固定短语,表示“花时间做某事”。
正确答案:D
第7题
时态判断
主句描述过去事实,条件句需用过去完成时。
正确答案:D
第8题
被动语态与时态
动作发生在过去,且是被动行为,需用过去完成时的被动语态。
正确答案:A
第9题
定语从句关系词
先行词是 fax,从句中需用in which
表示“在传真中”。
正确答案:B
第10题
分词作定语
leading to
作后置定语,修饰 steps,表示“通向……的台阶”。
正确答案:B