練習題一
For most people，the word "fashion" means "clothes". But people may ask the question，"What ___1___ are in fashion?" And they use the adjective "fashionable" in the same way: "She was wearing a ___2___ coat." "His shirt was really a fashionable color."
But of course there are fashions ___3___ many things，not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are ___4___ fashions in school subjects, jobs…and in languages. Fashions ___5___ as time goes. ___6___ you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different ___7___ one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1850.
Today fashions change very quickly. We hear about things ___8___ more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and televisions send information from one country ___9___ another in a few hours. New fashions mean that people will ___10___ new things, so you see there is money in fashion.
1. A. color B. clothes C. food D. money
2. A. nice B. beautiful C. expensive D. fashionable
3. A. at B. by C. in D. with
4. A. even B. just C. only D. already
5. A. change B. changes C. are changed D. changed
6. A. Where B. When C. If D. As
7. A. on B. for C. with D. from
8. A. very B. much C. too D. quite
9. A. in B. by C. to D. with
10. A. buy B. sell C. get D. use
【答案與解析】
1. B。根據首句"時髦意味着衣服"，很容易推測出要問的是"衣服"。
2. D。根據上文"用同樣的方法使用形容詞 fashionable"，下文自然是含有fashionable的句子。
3. C。根據下文中的in holidays，in restaurants等，運用語感感知法立刻就能鎖定正確選項。
4. A。上句"假期時髦、餐館時髦……"和本句的"學科時髦、工作時髦……"之間是進一步說明的關係，因此，要選表示遞進關係的副詞。這四個副詞中只有even表示遞進關係。
5. A。"時髦隨着時間的推移發生變化"，屬於客觀事實和普遍真理，因此，要用一般現在時。
6. C。"看過去的像片或物品"和"看到時髦總是在變化"是條件與結果的關係，因此，本句應選引導條件狀語從句的連詞。
7. D。表示"與……不同"，要用固定詞組be different from。根據下句中的different from，運用就地發現法，也能立馬鎖定選項。
8. B。從句子結構方面來看，這是一個表示兩者進行比較的句型。根據語法規則"修飾比較級時要用程度副詞much"，就可以排除其他選項。
9. C。此處是指"從一個國家，到另一個國家"。表達這一意思時，要用連詞詞組from... to...。
10. A。根據後半句"明白錢的時髦"，運用科學推理法可知"只有買東西才能知道"，因此，應是"買新東西"。
練習題二
My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk, but would never run very well. The first three years of his life was ___1___ in hospital. By the time he was eight, you wouldn't know he has a problem when you saw him ___2___.
Children in our neighborhood always ran around ___3___ their play, and Joey would jump and ran and play, ___4___. We never told him that he probably wouldn't be ___5___ to run like the other children. So he didn't know.
In ___6___ grade he decided to join the school running team. Every day he trained. He ran more than any of the others, ___7___ only the top seven runners would be chosen to run for the ___8___. We didn't tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn't know.
He ran four to five mile every day-even when he had a fever. I was ___9___, so I went to ___10___ him after school. I found him running ___11___. I asked him how he felt. "Okay," he said. He has two more miles to go. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept ___12___.
Two weeks later, the names of the team ___13___ were out. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had ___14___ the team. He was in seventh grade - the other six team members were all eighth graders. We never told him he couldn't do it … so he didn't know. He just ___15___ it.
1. A. spent B. taken C. cost D. paid
2. A. talk B. sit C. study D. walk
3. A. after B. before C. during D. till
4. A. either B. too C. though D. yet
5. A. able B. sorry C. glad D. afraid
6. A. sixth B. seventh C. eighth D. ninth
7. A. so B. if C. then D. because
8. A. neighborhood B. family C. school D. grade
9. A. excited B. tired C. pleased D. worried
10. A. think about B. hear from C. agree with D. look for
11. A. alone B. away C. almost D. already
12. A. riding B. walking C. playing D. running
13. A. jumpers B. runners C. doctors D. teachers
14. A. got B. kept C. made D. found
15. A. made B. played C. had D. took
【答案與解析】：
文章講述了Joey一出生便被醫生認定不能正常地跑動，但是Joey的父母一直沒有把這個情況告訴他。因此Joey就在這種毫不知情的情況下，憑藉着自身的努力，終於如願以償地入選了校田徑隊。
1. A。聯繫此處的語境，再對照選項，可知這裏應是"他生命中的頭三年是在醫院裏度過的"。spend有"花時間於……，度過"的意思，並且spend還可做及物動詞，所以放在此處，不僅符合此處的`語境，而且也符合此句的語法結構。故答案選A。
2. D。根據前文中The doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk，可知醫生認爲作者的兒子在經過治療後是能夠走路的。因此可推出此處是"在他8歲時，當你看到他走路，你察覺不出他有什麼問題"。故答案選D。
3. C。聯繫此處的語境，再對照選項，可知這裏應是"鄰居家的孩子在他們做遊戲時總是跑來跑去"。during的意思爲"在……期間"，放在此處符合此處的語境。故答案選C。
4. B。前文提到醫生認爲作者的兒子將不能正常地跑動，而後文則提到作者沒有把這個情況告訴給他的兒子，因此Joey不知道。所以綜合前後文，可知此處是"Joey也跳、也跑、也玩耍"。故答案選B。
5. A。聯繫此處的語境，再對照選項，可知這裏應是"他也許不能像其他的小朋友那樣能夠正常地跑動"。be able to do的意思爲"能夠做……事"，故答案選A。
6. B。根據後文中"He was in seventh grade - the other six team members were all eighth graders"，可推知這裏是"在七年級時他決定參加校田徑隊"。故答案選B。
7. D。前文提到Joey每天堅持訓練，而且練得比其他任何人都勤，後文則講述只有頂尖的七名選手能被選中，因此綜合前後文的內容聯繫，不難得出前後文之間形成了一個因果關係，即Joey每天刻苦訓練是因爲只有頂尖的七名選手能被選中。故答案選D。
8. C。聯繫此處的語境，再對照選項，可知這裏應是"只有頂尖的七名選手能被選中代表學校參賽"。故答案選C。
9. D。這裏提到Joey每天堅持跑4~5英里，即使在他發燒的時候也沒有中斷，而前文提到Joey早在出生時就被醫生認定是不能正常地跑動，所以根據邏輯思維，作者作爲Joey的家長此時一定感到很擔心。故答案選D
10. D。根據前文綜述，再對照選項，可得出這裏是在講述作者決定在Joey放學後來找他。故答案選D。
11. D。 根據後文中He has two more miles to go，再對照選項，可推知此處是"我發現他已經在跑了"。故答案選D。
12. D。 聯繫此處的語境，再對照選項，可知這裏應是"他徑直地看着前方，並且一直跑着"。故答案選D。
13. B。 聯繫此處的語境，再對照選項，可知這裏應是"兩週後，隊員名單被公佈出來了"，再因爲Joey選擇的是跑步運動，故答案選B。
14. C。根據前文中We didn't tell him he probably would never make the team，再對照選項，可推知此處應填make，即根據前文中的相同或類似表述可得出。再因爲make有"作爲……的一分子"的意思，放在此處，意思爲Joey加入了田徑隊。故答案選C。
15. D。根據前文中"We never told him he couldn't do it… so he didn't know"，再結合Joey入選校田徑隊的事實，可推知此處要表達的內容是"他確實參加了"，即Joey是在一種毫不知情的情況下參加了田徑隊。take的意思有"參加，加入"，故答案選D。