机会。“________ the students more opportunities to develop to their greatest potential”是非限制性定语，修饰主句The educational reform is now under way throughout the country，主句和grant之间是主动关系，故用现在分词。C选项正确。
5. When Paul ________ for the final game of the basketball season, his fans let out shouts of cry.
A. made up B. showed up C. caught up D. held up 【答案】B
【解析】考查动词短语辨析。句意：当保罗出现在篮球赛季的最后一场比赛上时，他的粉丝们爆发出喊叫声。A. made up组成，编造；B. showed up到场，出现；C. caught up赶上；D. held up举起，耽搁。粉丝喊叫应该是保罗出场时，故B选项正确。
6. ________ work and creative activities have been important drivers of human progress is deeply rooted in our social values. A. How B. Whether C. That D. Why 【答案】C
【解析】考查主语从句。句意：工作和创造性活动是人类进步的重要驱动者，这深深地植根于我们的社会价值观中。“________ work and creative activities have been important drivers of human progress”作主语，是主语从句，该从句结构意思完整，故应用that引导该从句。故C选项正确。
7. —Don’t make a special journey to pick up the laundry for me. —It’s OK. I ________ to the shop anyway. A. was going B. will have gone C. have gone D. will be going 【答案】D
【解析】考查时态。句意：——不用专门为我去取衣服。——没关系。反正我都要去商店。由第一句可知，去取衣服是还没有发生的事情，由此可知，去商店是将来的事情，故D选项正确。D选项的将来进行时相当于一般将来时。
8. —What is your impression of your former colleague Nick? —He’s helpful, and he ________ give us a hand at work.
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A. must B. would C. may D. should 【答案】B
9. ________ the oil under the sea, the company has raised ample funds to develop petroleum exploration equipment. A. Exploiting B. Having exploited C. To exploit D. Exploited 【答案】C
【解析】考查非谓语动词。句意：为了探索海底石油，该公司筹集了充足的资金来开发石油勘探设备。“________ the oil under the sea”是目的状语，表目的，应用动词不定式，故C选项正确。
10. Thanks to the special chemical ________ of the soil in the mountainous area, this economic plant grows well there. A. composition B. competence C. construction D. conclusion 【答案】A
【解析】考查名词词义辨析。句意：由于山区里土壤的特殊化学成分，这种经济作物在那儿生长得非常好。composition构成；合成物；成分；competence能力；construction建造；conclusion结论。根据常识可知，这里指化学成分，A选项正确。 11. —Shall we turn to the boss for a longer holiday? —He’ll probably say no, ________ it’s worth asking. A. so B. while C. unless D. though 【答案】D
【解析】考查连词词义辨析。句意：——我们去找老板要求一个更长的假好吗？——他可能会不同意，虽然问问他是值得的。前后两句之间是转折关系，故D选项正确，though引导让
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步状语从句。while引导让步状语从句应置于主句之前。so表示因果关系。unless意为“除非”，表示条件关系。
12. —Have you searched the kitchen for your car key? —No. It was in the study I remember I left it. A. which B. where C. that D. as 【答案】C
【解析】考查强调句。句意：——你已经在客厅里找钥匙了吗？——没有。我记得我把它落在了书房里了。去掉It was和该空之后，剩余部分可组合成一个完整句子：I remember I left it in the study。根据强调句的判断依据可知，这是一个强调句，故该空应填that。C选项正确。
13. Alice, the sales manager of the company, is doing a course to ________ her business skills.
A. decorate B. sharpen C. evaluate D. allocate 【答案】B
【解析】考查动词词义辨析。句意：这家公司的销售经理Alice正在学习一门课程来提高她的业务技能。A. decorate装饰；B. sharpen加强，提高；C. evaluate评估，评价；D. allocate分配，分派。Alice学习课程的目的是提高技能，故B选项正确。
14. Before real estate control policies were introduced, people hoped that their income would be increased ________ the rise in housing prices. A. in touch with B. in anticipation of C. in line with D. in combination of 【答案】C
【解析】考查介词短语辨析。句意：在出台房地产管制政策之前，人们希望他们的收入能随着房价的上涨而增加。A. in touch with和……保持联系；B. in anticipation of期待着……，预计到……；C. in line with和……一致；D. in combination of结合。结合常识可知，C选项符合语境。
15. —Mum, I didn’t do well in the last English test. —________. Try to make it next time.
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A. Take your time B. That’s right C. You’re welcome D. It’s not a big deal 【答案】D
【解析】考查情景对话。句意：——妈妈，我上次英语测试没考好。——没关系。下次努力考好吧。take your time别着急，慢慢来；That’s right对，没错；You’re welcome不客气；It’s not a big deal没什么大不了的。由“Try to make it next time”可知，母亲认为孩子没考好没什么大不了。故D选项正确。
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Last year I broke the record for the oldest person in the world to ride a rollercoaster. I’m 105, but the doctor agrees I’m in good ___16___.
The rollercoaster I rode ___17___ you round quite fast. It was, however, a bit too ___18___ for me. I’d have preferred a really fast one that went upside down. But I was told I couldn’t ride it, because my blood pressure could drop and I might have ___19___.
I wasn’t nervous. I was securely ___20___ in, so I knew I wouldn’t fall out. The rollercoaster ride went on for three or four minutes, and I ___21___ every second. Later, someone came to ___22___ me with the Guinness World Records Certificate.
My ___23___ ways really began a couple of years ago, with the ice-bucket challenge. My great-granddaughter recommended me to have a bucket of ___24___ water poured on my head. I was 102 then. It _____25_____ that I was the oldest person in the world to do it, and the video clip of me was very _____26_____. After that, I started to think about what else I could do for different _____27_____. My family say I’m crazy, but they always go along with me. I do get people _____28_____ I take it easy, but I’m not taking any _____29_____.
If someone now broke my world record, I’d say, “Good luck to you.” But the real _____30_____ is not what I’ve done; it’s how hard I’ve always worked. I’m taking it easy now, so I have found a new challenge. I was suspended on a rope from a crane about 25 feet high and _____31_____ myself down. It was fun.
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