【高考示例变型1】--Have you handed in your schoolwork yet?

 --Yes, I have. I guess it ________(grade) now. (2007辽宁)

【答案】 is being graded，此处用进行时的被动语态表示说话是正进行的动作，作业被批改，用被动语态。

【高考示例变型2】-- I don't suppose the police know who did it.

--Well, surprisingly they do. A man has been arrested and ________(question) now.  (2006江苏,)

【答案】is being questioned，现在进行时的被动语态。

【高考示例变型3】Although the causes of cancer ______(uncover), we do not yet have any practical way to prevent it. (2006山东)

【答案】are being uncovered，根据句意：癌症的病因正被揭示出来。因此，才会有下文：我们尚未找到有效的防治办法。其它选项形式错误。

【高考示例变型4】With more forests being destroyed, huge quantities of good earth ______(wash away) each year. (2005山东)

【答案】are being washed away，表现阶段正发生之事：森林正被毁，大量的沃土正被冲走。

【高考示例变型5】--Are you still busy?

--Yes, I ______(just finish) my work, and it won’t take long. (2005浙江)

【答案】am just finishing，考查用现在进行时表将来，即（尚未做完，正在忙）忙要做完了。

【高考示例变型1】--I have got a headache.

--No wonder. You ________(work) in front of that computer too long. (2007江西)

【答案】have been working. 完成进行时强调动作的延续性。

【高考示例变型2】Cathy is taking notes of the grammatical rules in class at Sunshine School, where she ________ (study)English for a year. (2007湖南)

【答案】has been studying. 从前面的主句可知动作还在继续，结合后面的时间状语应用现在完成进行时。

【高考真题示例变形1】They                     (work) on the program for almost one week before I joined them, and now we                    (work)on it as no good results have come out so far.（2007江苏，29）

【答案】had been working; are working. 前句中有one week before I joined them,故用had been doing;后句中有now，故用现在进行时。

【高考真题示例变形2】 Months ago we sailed ten thousand miles across this open sea, which                 (call) the Pacific, and we met no storms.(2005辽宁，33）

【答案】is called. 表示客观事实用一般现在时。

【高考真题示例变形3】He was hoping to go abroad but his parents                      (decide)that they won't support him unless he can borrow money from the bank.(2005湖北，23）

【答案】have decided. 本题中由于从句中 用的将来时态，故决定这一动作是在现在说话之前发生的。

【高考真题示例变形4】--What’s wrong with your coat ?

--Just now when I wanted to get off the bus, the man next to me                    (sit)on it . (2005重庆，25）

【答案】was sitting  语境表示“要下车时发生的动作”。

【高考真题示例变形5】--Did you tidy your room?（2007年上海，28）

 --No, I was going to tidy my room but I           (have) visitors.

【答案】had  根据前句，后句说明当时没有打扫房间的原因。

【高考真题示例变形6】 I know a little bit about Italy as my wife and I ________ (go)there several years ago. (2007全国I,32)

【答案】went, 句末several years ago限定用一般过去时。

【高考真题示例变形7】--How can I apply for an online course?(2007北京,24)

--Just fill out this form and we              （see)what we can do fou you.

【答案】will see.动作还没进行。

 

一、根据语境完成下列单句训练

1.John received an invitation to dinner, and with his work ________（finish）, he gladly accepted it. (2007安徽)

【答案】finished，with+n+复合结构 工作当然是被完成，所以说with his work finished.

2. Reading is an experience quite different from watching TV; there are pictures ____________(form) in your mind instead of before your eyes. (2004全国卷III)

【答案】forming，there are pictures forming in your mind ...,有图画在你心目中形成。

3. We hadn’t planned to meet. We met _______chance.（2005全国）

【答案】by，by chance 偶然地，偶尔地。

4.The computer system _____ (break) down suddenly while he was searching for information on the Internet.( 2006辽宁)

【答案】 broke，break down 出故障，坏掉，垮掉。

5. ___________（由于）production up 60% , the company has had another excellent year. (2000全国)

【答案】With， with + 名词+副词构成 with 的复合结构, 作原因状语。

6. Some people choose jobs for other reasons ____ （除了）money these days.（2007全国2）

【答案】besides，besides表示“除…..之外还有“。

7.How can you expect to learn anything ____ （当…时）you never listen?  (2007山东)

【答案】when，意思是“既然”since ,“既然你从来不听，又怎能期望你学到东西呢？”

8. A fast food restaurant is the place _____（关系副词） just as the name suggests, eating is performed quickly.（2004上海春季）

【答案】where，where 引导的定语从句，并在定语从句中充当地点状语。just as the name suggests ，插入语，将定语从句where eating is performed quickly 与其先行词the place 隔开了。

9. Women _______ drink more than two cups of coffee a day have a greater chance of having heart disease than those ________ don’t.  (2007北京)

【答案】who ; who。 who 引导的定语从句，在两个定语从句中都是充当主语。意思是: “一天喝两杯以上咖啡的女性比喝不到两杯的女性得心脏病的机率更高。”

10. Those successful deaf dancers think that dancing is an activity ________ （关系副词）sight matters more than hearing.（2007天津）

【答案】 where，where引导的定语从句,意思是: 在舞蹈活动中,视觉比听觉重要得多。

 

二、完型填空：

Adults are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practised in the meantime. A man who has not had an opportunity to go swimming for years can   11   swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water. He can get on a bicycle after several decades and still   12   away. A mother who has not   13  the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins “ Twinkle, twinkle, little star” or recite the story of Cinderella or Snow White.

One explanation is the law of over learning, which can be stated as following:  14    we have learned something, additional learning increases the   15   of time we will remember it.

In childhood, we usually continue to practise such skills as swimming, bicycle riding long after we have learned them. We continue to listen to and   16   ourselves of poems such as “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” and childhood tales such as Cinderella or Snow White. We not only learn but   17  .

The law of over learning explains why cramming (突击学习) for an examination,  18  it may result in a passing grade, is not a  19   way to learn a school course. By cramming, a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is likely soon to forget almost everything he learned. A little over learning;  20  , is usually a good investment toward the future.

11. A. only           B. hardly          C. still         D. even

12. A. more          B. drive           C. travel                 D. ride

13. A. thought about   B. cared for       C. showed up             D. brought up

14. A. Before           B. Once          C. Until                   D. Unless

15. A. accuracy        B. unit                 C. limit        D. length

16. A. remind   B. inform   C. warm                   D. recall

17. A. recite           B. overlearn       C. research               D. improve

18. A. though         B. so              C. if                         D. after

19. A. convenient     B. demanding     C. satisfactory            D. swift

20. A. at most            B. by the way     C. on the other hand   D. in the end

【答案解析】

11.  C  still仍然。

12.  D  ride away骑走。

13.  A  后面是words作宾语，故只能用think about“熟虑”。

14.  B  根据句意用once,引导条件状语从句。

15.  D  increase the length of time提高时间的长度。       

16.  A  remind sb of sth使……想起……。

17.    B  与前面的learn对照。Not only…but(also)…不仅……而且……，为递进关系。

18.  A  与主句为让步关系。

19.  C  上学进行突击学习不是一种令人满意的办法。

20.  C  根据句意。on the other hand另外一方面。

三、阅读：

A Frenchman went to a small Italian town and was staying with his wife at the best hotel there. One night, he went out for a walk alone. It was late and the small street was dark and quiet. Suddenly he felt someone behind him. He turned his head and saw an Italian young man who quickly walked past him. The man was nearly out of sight when the Frenchman suddenly found that his watch was gone. He thought that it must be the Italian who had taken his watch. He decided to follow him and get back the watch.

Soon the Frenchman caught up with the Italian. Neither of them understood the other’s language. The Frenchman frightened the Italian with his fist(拳头) and pointed at the Italian’s watch. In the end the Italian gave up his watch to the Frenchman. 

When he returned to the hotel, the Frenchman told his wife what had happened. He was greatly surprised when his wife pointed to the watch on the table. Now he realized that by mistake he had robbed the watch and it was the Italian’s. 

21. The Frenchman went to a small Italian town _______. 

A. alone                            B. with his wife

C. with his friend         D. with an Italian

22. One night he went out for _______ alone. 

A. a ride              B. a walk      C. a drink     D. rest

23. Suddenly he found his_______ was gone. 

A. watch      B. money      C. book        D. ring

24. The Italian gave up his watch to him at last because ________.

A. he had stolen the watch from the Frenchman.

B. he understood what the Frenchman wanted

C. he had picked up the watch on his w ay from work

D. he was afraid of the Frenchman

25. Who was robbed of the watch on earth?

A. The Frenchman was.            B. The Italian was.

C. Both of them was.          D. Neither of them was.

【答案解析】  本文讲述了法国人与意大利人语言不通发生误解的一个有趣的故事。法国人在散步时以为自己的手表被经过的意大利人偷了，于是他向意大利人举起了他的拳头将手表拿了回来。而他回到旅店发现他的手表安然无恙地躺在桌上。

21. B。文章的第1句说The Frenchman是staying with his wife at the best hotel，由此句可推知答案。

22. B。文章第1段的第2句说He went out for a walk alone由此句可推知答案。

23. A。根据第1段的第4行当Italian was nearly out of sight的时候这个法国人就发现他的手表不见了。据此可知答案为A。

24. D。根据第2段中说The Frenchman frightened...我们可以推知这个意大利人是害怕这个法国人的拳头才把手表给他。

25. B。谁被抢走了手表？读完全文我们可知The Italian正是被人抢走手表的无辜受害者。

四、读写任务：

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

I became a teacher of English in 1980. Since then, I felt something I was not quite used to， that is, there was no one to correct my mistakes any more. Instead, I became the one who corrected others’ mistakes although I knew there was still much to be desired in my own English.

Five years later, through my efforts, I started to teach English on the radio. By then I had become an experienced teacher and had somewhat improved my English. I received quite a number of encouraging letters from the listeners. One day one of my colleagues came up to me and asked me how I pronounced the word “eighth”. I told him I pronounced it as ［eiθ］. My colleague thanked me and left. But as he went away, I suddenly felt not sure of myself. As soon as I returned to my room, I looked the word up in the dictionary. Good heavens! I was wrong. It is pronounced as［eitθ］. I found myself in an embarrassing situation. I had always been considered as “a living dictionary” by my colleagues. If I didn’t go to tell my colleague the right answer, maybe he would never know the fact, though I would feel a little shame on myself. But if I went to tell him I was wrong, what would they think of me? After careful thoughts, I went to my colleague.

I find there is nothing that leaves me a deeper impression than the correction of my mistake.

[写作内容]

1. 以约30个词概括短文的要点；

2. 然后以约120个词就“Learn from mistakes”的主题发表看法，并包括如下要点：

a)你对“Learn from mistakes”的理解及看法；

b)在英语学习方面，你有何亲身体会及建议。

[写作要求]

(1)可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；    (2)标题自定。

【参考答案】

Learn from mistakes

This passage tells us how the writer, though excellent in the English language, made a mistake and corrected it in time, from which he learnt a lot.

Just as the saying goes, to err is human. Therefore, we should not be afraid of making mistakes. Think of a little child learning his mother tongue. How could he make the first sound correct? But after hundreds of times of saying, repeating, self-correcting and being corrected by others, he at last has a good command of the mother tongue.

This idea can also be applied to us in learning English, a foreign language for us. When I first began to learn English, I was afraid of being laughed at by others for my awkward pronunciation, so I seldom read aloud in public, not to say talking or answering questions in class. As a result, I was poor in spoken English. Later, our English teacher made some mistakes in class, and she told us that it was natural for one to make mistakes. Encouraged by her, I gathered my courage and practiced as much as possible. Now I can speak fluent English. So I suggest everybody not be afraid of making mistakes and should take every chance to practice and improve the language.