She was 97 years old, and she died __2__ she had lived — in Southampton, England, the city her family had tried to leave behind when it took the ill-fated maiden voyage，bound __3__ America.

She died in her sleep early Sunday，__4__ friend Gunter Babler told the Associated Press. It was the 97th anniversary of the launch of the ship that was promoted as “practically unsinkable”．

Babler said Dean? s longtime companion, Bruno Nordmanis, called him in Switzerland __5__(say) staff at Woodlands Ridge Nursing Home in Southampton discovered Dean in her room Sunday morning. He said she had been hospitalized with pneumonia but she __6__(recover) and returned to the home.

__7__ staff nurse at the nursing home said late Sunday that no one would comment __8__ administrators came on duty Monday morning.

Dean was just over 2 months old when the RMS Titanic hit an iceberg __9__ the night of April 14, 1912. The ship sank in less than three hours. Dean was one of the 706 people —__10__(most) women and children — who survived. Her father was among the 1 517 who died.

1． [解析] 结合语境考查非谓语动词。此处分词的完成式表示状态位于主句谓语动词died之前。谓语动词之后设空，且提示词为动词时，答案首选非谓语动词。

[答案] having been

2． [解析] 结合语境考查where连接的地点状语从句。此处意为“她在她住的地方去世了”。此处指她住的地方，所以用where。

[答案] where

3． [解析] 结合语境考查介词。此处用来说明轮船行驶的方向，所以用for。bound for“前往……的”。此处意为“轮船朝着美洲方向前进”。

[答案] for

4． [解析] 结合语境考查形容词性物主代词。从设空的特点看此处为名词前设空，所以答案首选限定词，结合上下文可知，应用her。

[答案] her

5． [解析] 结合语境考查不定式作目的状语或现在分词作伴随状语。此处意为“Babler说Dean的好伙伴Bruno Nordmanis给他打电话说……”。

[答案] to say/saying

6． [解析] 结合语境考查动词的时态。动词recover表示的动作和“had been hospitalized”所表示的动作都发生在主句谓语动词“said”所表示的动作之前，即过去的过去，所以用过去完成时。

[答案] had recovered

7． [解析] 结合语境考查不定冠词。此处用a表示泛指，staff nurse意为“医院护士”。此处意为“该养老院的一位护士”。

[答案] A

8． [解析] 结合语境考查连词。两句话之间设空，可推知答案首选连词。句意：星期日晚些时候该养老院的一位护士说只有到星期一早上管理人员来值班时才能说明情况。故答案为till或until。

[答案] till/until

9． [解析] 结合语境考查介词的用法。由“the night of April 14,1912”可知此处是指特定的某个夜晚，所以用介词on。[答案] on

10．[解析] 考查词性转换。句意：在活下来的706人中大多数为妇女和儿童，Dean是其中之一。mostly意为“大多数地，一般情况下，通常”。

[答案] mostly

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If you want to be successful in changing your habits, you should think about changing your inner beliefs about your habits. For example, your old belief was: “I love cigarette because __1__ makes me feel good and __2__(relax). I need cigarette to be happy and relaxed.” If you keep this belief, you won? t be able to keep your resolution __3__(stop)smoking for very long. Instead, you should adopt this new belief: “I love yoga because it makes me feel good and relaxed. Cigarette is toxic __4__ destroys my body. Yoga makes me happy.” You should analyze your beliefs and make sure they won? t stop you from changing your habits. The __5__ is true when you try to form positive habits. If you want to start eating healthy food, here are some positive beliefs you should start thinking about: “Healthy food is very good __6__ my health. It gives me a lot of energy and I feel very good.”

Everybody can change. All it takes is courage and __7__ (commit). Decide right now！to improve __8__ life by changing your habits. Take action right now! Don? t be afraid. Yes, you will probably make mistakes along the way. But never forget __9__ success is guaranteed for you if you have positive habits in your life. If you refuse to quit, success __10__(be) yours.

1．[解析] 结合语境考查代词。此处it代替前面的cigarette。此处表示“我喜欢抽烟，因为抽烟能使我感觉良好”。

[答案] it

2． [解析] 结合语境考查非谓语动词。由下文“I need cigarette to be happy and relaxed”可得出答案。

[答案] relaxed

3． [解析] 考查非谓语动词作定语。此处to stop用来修饰resolution，对resolution进行解释说明。也即是戒烟的决定。

[答案] to stop

4． [解析] 结合语境考查连词。由“is toxic”与“destroys”均为谓语可知此处需要并列连

词。句意：香烟有毒并毁坏我的身体。

[答案] and

5．[解析] 结合语境考查形容词。由上下文语境可知此处是指改变一个坏习惯与形成一个好习惯的道理是一样的，所以用same。

[答案] same

6． [解析] 结合语境考查介词。be good for sb./sth.“对……有益处”。句意：健康食物对我的健康是有益处的。

[答案] for

7． [解析] 结合语境考查词性转换。空格前有连词and，因此and前后的词的词性应是一致的；由courage为名词可知，后面也应用名词，因此要用commit的名词形式commitment。

[答案] commitment

8． [解析] 结合语境考查形容词性物主代词。名词前设空，所以答案应首选限定词，此处用冠词不妥，用your限定，与下文的“changing your habits”相照应。

[答案] your

9． [解析] 结合语境考查that连接的宾语从句。注意动词forget后的内容“success is guaranteed for you if you have positive habits in your life”成分完整，故此处应用that。

[答案] that

10．[解析] 结合语境考查动词的时态。条件句“If you refuse to quit”用了现在时表示将来，主句需要用将来时。

[答案] will be

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Among the few scientists who have had a great effect on science and history, Albert Einstein is perhaps the __1__ (great). An American university president once commented that Einstein had created __2__ new view of the universe. His theory has completely changed the way scientists understand time and space. Now, more and more people agree that the universe is something more complicated than __3__ they have ever thought before. Einstein __4__ (bear) in Germany in 1879. In 1914, young Einstein, already internationally famous, became a professor at an institute in Berlin. He had few duties, little teaching and unlimited opportunities for study. However, __5__ peaceful life was soon broken by the First World War.

Einstein hated violence. He was deeply affected by the war; he sat __6__ (happily) in his office doing nothing and __7__ (lose) interest in his research. Only when peace came in 1918 was he able to get back to work.

In the years __8__ (follow) the First World War, people showered honor upon him. He became the head of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Theoretical Physics. In 1921 he won the Noble

Prize __9__ Physics and was greatly honored and respected in Germany. However, his life was again disrupted. The Second World War broke out and Einstein had to move to the US，__10__ he lived until his death in 1955.

1．[解析] 结合语境考查形容词的最高级。由上文信息可知此处表示三者以上的人之间的比较，所以用最高级。句意：在为数不多的对科学和历史有重大影响的科学家中，爱因斯坦是最伟大的。

[答案] greatest

2． [解析] 结合语境考查冠词。a new view of...“看待……的一种新观点”。结合语境可知，应用a，因为不定冠词可以表示泛指。

[答案] a

3． [解析] 结合语境考查名词性从句。此处what相当于the universe that。句意为“现在越来越多的人赞同这个说法：宇宙要比他们以前想象的复杂得多”。

[答案] what

4． [解析] 结合语境考查动词的时态和语态。表示人的出生常用was born。句意：爱因斯坦于1879年生于德国。

[答案] was born

5． [解析] 结合语境考查形容词性物主代词。名词前设空，答案首选限定词；结合语境可知，此处应填his。句意：然而，很快第一次世界大战把他平静的生活打破了。

[答案] his

6． [解析] 结合语境考查词形转换。由文章中的“Einstein hated violence. He was deeply affected by the war”可知此处用happily不合适，应用它的反义词unhappily。

[答案] unhappily

7． [解析] 结合语境考查动词的时态。本题易误用losing，认为其与前面的doing nothing并列。实际上doing nothing在此处作动词sat的伴随状语，动词lost表示的动作与前面的sat表示的动作并列。

[答案] lost

8． [解析] 结合语境考查非谓语动词作定语。此处意为“在第一次世界大战以后的日子里”。years与动词follow之间为主谓关系，所以用现在分词。

[答案] following

9． [解析] 结合语境考查介词的用法。表示获得某方面的诺贝尔奖时常用介词for。句意：1921年他荣获诺贝尔物理学奖，深受德国人民的爱戴。

[答案] for

10． [解析] 结合语境考查定语从句。表示地点的名词后设空时，很多情况下选用where