有两件事是困难的，除了Venus比地球热得多，另一难题是那里的水有限，所以这里用Besides.
[答案] Besides
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(2008年惠州三模)
Nowadays，millions __1__ lonely singles are now going online instead. __2__ World Wide Web is quickly becoming the world?s most popular matchmaker (媒人)．
Singles are flocking(涌向) to the Internet __3__ because their busy lifestyles leave them little time to look for a significant other. Using dating sites (约会网址) is quick and convenient. Many singles say the regular dating scene __4__(just lead) them from one bad experience to __5__ and are ready to try something else. Dating sites also make __6__ easy to avoid someone __7__ you are not interested in. In the real world，__8__，ignoring someone you don?t like can be difficult.
Despite all the advantages, online dating also presents its own set of problems. People aren?t always those who they declare to be in their online __9__(describe)．Safety is another concern. You are just __10__ (like) to find a criminal online as you are Mr. Or Miss Right. 16．[解析] millions of是固定词组。 [答案] of
17．[解析] the World Wide Web.定冠词在此表特指。 [答案] The
18．[解析] mainly because：主要因为。 [答案] mainly 19．has just led
20．[解析] one after another是固定词组，表示“一个接一个。” [答案] another
21．[解析] 在此作形式宾语。 [答案] it
22．[解析] 引导定语从句，并在从句中作宾语。 [答案] who/whom 23．[解析] 在此表转折。 [答案] however 24．description
25．[解析] be likely to do sth.有可能做某事。 [答案] likely
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There was once a beautiful girl who hated herself because she was blind. She also hated everyone else, except her __1__ (love) boyfriend who was considerate and was always there to help her. One day she told her boyfriend, “You __2__ (be) so kind to me and if I could only see the world, I should marry you.”
One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. Doctors spent several hours doing __3__ (operate) for her and the boy accompanied her at the bedside all the time. When the bandages came off, she was able to see everything, her boyfriend __4__ (include), of course. He asked her, “Now __5__ you can see the world, will you marry me？” The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind, too.
The sight of __6__ ugly closed eyelids shocked her and made her feel sick. She had not expected that, and __7__ thought of looking at them in the rest of her life led her to refuse to marry him.
Her boyfriend left __8__ tears and a few days later sent a note to her， __9__ said，“Please take good care of your eyes, my dear, because before they are yours, they were __10__！”
After reading the words, the girl burst out crying, regretting what she had done to the boy. 1． [解析] 结合语境考查非谓语动词。由下文“who was considerate and was always there to help her”可得出答案。loving是由love去掉e后加ing构成的，loving意为“充满爱的”。
[答案] loving
2． [解析] 考查时态。在间接引语中，当动作或状态现在仍然如此时，可以保持原时态。故此处应用are。
[答案] are
3． [解析] 考查词性转换。由设空特点可以看出此处需要一个名词作动词do的宾语，所以应用operate的名词形式operation。
[答案] operation
4． [解析] 考查独立主格结构。注意主句和“her boyfriend________”之间缺少连接词，而且boyfriend与动词include之间为动宾关系，所以用过去分词与“her boyfriend”一起构成独立主格结构。
[答案] included
5． [解析] 结合语境考查连词。now that意为“既然，由于”。句意为“他问她?既然你见到了光明，你愿意嫁给我吗？?”。
[答案] that
6． [解析] 结合语境考查形容词性物主代词。此处是指男孩的眼睑紧闭，故用his较为妥当。
[答案] his
7． [解析] 结合语境考查冠词。名词前设空答案首先考虑限定词，结合题意可知此处
应填the。thought意为”想法，主意”。
[答案] the
8． [解析] 结合语境考查介词。由语境判断，女孩的做法使男孩非常伤心，男孩流着泪离开了。in tears“泪流满面地”。
[答案] in
9． [解析] 结合语境考查非限制性定语从句。关系代词which代指前面的先行词note，在定语从句中充当主语。注意空格前面的逗号，此处which不可用that替换。
[答案] which
10．[解析] 结合语境考查名词性物主代词。由前面的“before they are yours”可知，后面也应用名词性物主代词；此处是男孩留言的内容，应用第一人称，所以用mine。
[答案] mine
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A London-based translation firm is offering parents-to-be the chance to check the meaning of prospective baby names in other languages to avoid causing their offspring future __1__ (embarrass)．
Celebrity couple Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes might have thought twice about naming __2__ daughter Suri if they __3__(know) that it means “pickpocket” in Japanese, “turn sour” in French, and “horse mackerel” in Italian, suggests Today Translations.
__4__1000 pounds ( $ 1 678 ), the company? s linguists will carry out a “basic name translation audit” of names，__5__(check) their meaning in 100 languages, or more for an additional cost.
While open to everyone, the firm said __6__ expects the service is likely to attract celebrity clients, who are known for giving their babies unusual names.
Other names of celebrities? babies it has checked include Kai Rooney, the name of the newborn son of English soccer player Wayne Rooney，__7__ means “probably” in Finnish, “pier” in Estonian, and “stop it” in the west African language of Yoruba.
__8__ musicians Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale may have known Zuma meant “peace” in Arabic when __9__(choose) their son? s name, they may not have been aware it also translates as “Lord frowns in anger” in the Aztec language of Nahuatl.
However, some unusual name choices of celebrities? babies are beyond easy translation, the company admits，__10__ as Jermajesty — the name of Michael Jackson? s brother Jermaine?s son.
1． [解析] 考查词性转换。空格前为形容词修饰语，而且此处是cause sb.sth.的结构，因此断定此处需要填名词，embarrass的名词形式为embarrassment。
[答案] embarrassment
2． [解析] 结合语境考查形容词性物主代词。名词前设空答案首先考虑限定词，因为上文提到“Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes”，所以用their，意为“他们的女儿”。此处表示“名人
夫妇Tom Cruise和Katie Holmes要是知道Suri这个名字在其他语言里的意义的话，他们也许会三思后再起名字了”。
[答案] their
3． [解析] 结合语境考查动词的时态。由上文“might have thought”可知，条件句中应用“had＋过去分词”。
[答案] had known
4． [解析] 结合语境考查介词。此处for表示交换，此处表示公司给你提供名字方面的调查服务是要收取一定的服务费的。
[答案] For
5． [解析] 结合语境考查现在分词作伴随状语。文章中的“__5__(check)their meaning in 100 languages”作伴随状语；设空处的动词与主句的主语是逻辑上的主谓关系，所以用check的现在分词形式。
[答案] checking 6．
[解析] 结合语境考查代词的用法。空格位于宾语从句的谓语动词之前，因此
此处需要能作主语的名词或代词。上文刚出现过the firm，所以此处用it来代替它。
[答案] it 7．
[解析] 考查which引导的非限制性定语从句。此处which引导的定语从句是
修饰Kai Rooney这个名字的，which在定语从句中作主语。
[答案] which 8．
[解析] 结合语境考查连词。此处意为“尽管音乐家Gwen Stefani和Gavin
Rossdale也许知道Zuma在阿拉伯语中的意思是和平，但是他们也许不知道……”。前后两个分句之间有逻辑上的让步关系，故此处应填While/Although/Though。
[答案] While/Although/Though 9．
[解析] 结合语境考查“连词＋分词”型省略句。连词后设空且给出动词提示词，
这时要首先考虑动词和句子主语的关系，若是主谓关系就用现在分词，此处主语和choose之间就是主谓关系。
[答案] choosing
10．[解析] 结合语境考查such as的用法。此处such as用于列举事物。句意：然而有些名人的孩子的名字不好翻译，例如乔丹的弟弟的儿子的名字Jermajesty就不好翻译。
[答案] such
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LONDON — Millvina Dean, who as a baby was wrapped in a sack and lowered into a lifeboat in the frigid North Atlantic, died Sunday，__1__(be) the last survivor of 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic.