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The little baby who was mentally deficient was abandoned.
那个有智力缺陷的小宝宝被遗弃了。
考点 be deficient in... 在……方面不足
The country provides fuel to those countries which are lack of it.
这个国家向缺乏燃料的国家提供燃料。
Carry an extra gallon of gas in your car when making a road trip.
自驾游时在车中多备一加仑汽油。
There was a sharp increase in the price of gasoline after the new year.
新年过后，油价急剧上升。
We have to get two more generators to generate electricity.
我们不得不再找两台发电机来发电。
We know that the horsepower is a unit of power.
我们知道马力是功率单位。
The patient must strictly control his vegetable and animal oils intake.
患者必须严格控制植物油和动物油的摄入量。
They need more petrol to finish the work.
要完成工作，他们需要更多的汽油。
The enterprise contributed a lot to the petroleum industry.
那个企业对石油产业贡献了很多。
We use paddles to propel our boats.
我们用浆划动小船前进。
The water in the mountain got scarce and expensive.
山区里水资源短缺而又昂贵。
考点 make oneself scarce 溜走，躲开
He couldn't start his company because of the scarcity of capital.
由于缺乏资金，他创办不了公司。
The wounded bled to death for the shortage of bandage.
由于缺乏绷带，伤员流血过多致死。
考点 shortage of 缺少
He wondered how the train was driven by steam pressure.
他想知道火车是怎么被蒸汽力驱动的。
考点 steam up （使）蒙上水汽
The manager said a general statement would suffice for this meeting.
经理说，这次开会时一个概括的陈述就够了。
考点 suffice it to say (that) 只要说……就够了
The crops were dying without sufficient rain.
由于没有足够的雨水，庄稼都要旱死了。
We wanted to invent the equipment which was of practical utility.
我们想发明实用的机器。
The labrary has planned how to improve the utilization ratio of books.
图书馆已经计划如何提高书籍利用率。
We can utilize geothermal energy to generate electricity.
我们可以利用地热能来发电。
考点 utilize 与 use 的不同在于：utilize往往指使本来无用的或者未开发的变为有用的。
The aeroplane landed on the place where the scenery was very attractive.
飞机降落在了一个风景很迷人的地方。
The children are very curious about how to manage the plane to get airborne.
孩子们对飞机如何升空很好奇。
He traveled to Europe with his parents by aircraft.
他和他的父母乘飞机去欧洲旅行。
The airline suffered losses because of the air crash.
由于空难，该航空公司遭受了损失。
This was the first time he flied an airplane,so he was very excited.
这是他第一次开飞机，所以他很兴奋。
My workmate gave me a lift to the airport last time.
上次我同事顺路把我带到机场。
Finland is the closest European country in airway from Asia to Europe.
芬兰是空中航线与亚洲最接近的一个欧洲国家。
I followed the waiter down the aisle and found a seat to sit down.
我跟着服务员沿着通道走过去，找到一个座位坐了下来。
I wondered why the ship lay at anchor for more than two days.
我想知道为什么这艘船停泊了两天多。
考点 cast / weigh anchor 抛起锚；
lie at anchor 停泊着
It is the common sense that the artery should get wider when blood flow in the area increases.
局部血流增加时，动脉扩张，这是常识。
It's a Moscow company that manufactures auto parts.
这是一家生产汽车零件的莫斯科公司。
If you buy a car, you had better buy an automobile insurance for it.
如果你买车的话，你最好给它买份汽车险。
I can't believe that a bicycle is so expensive.
我不敢相信，一辆自行车这么贵。
For the traffic jam, I preferred to go to work by bike.
因为交通堵塞，我更喜欢骑自行车去上班。
The tourists crossed the river in a boat.
游客们乘舟渡河。
The accident was caused by brake glitch.
这起事故由刹车失灵引起。
The government encouraged people to take buses instead of private cars.
政府鼓励人们乘公交车出行，而不是开私家车。
They offered to cab the documents to the downtown office.
他们提议乘出租车将文件送往市中心的办公室。
I can't imagine that they live in the cabin in the mountain for ten years.
我无法想象，他们在那个山间小屋里生活了十年。
According to the report, the canal is blocked.
据报道称，那条运河已经堵塞了。
The canoe suddenly overturned and all the people fell into river.
那只小独木舟突然翻了，所有人都掉进了河里。
The officer had a car accident last week and the news spread in the city.
那位官员上周出了车祸，这个消息在整个城市里传播开来。
Your carriage has been hitched.
你的马车已经套好了。
In an international business environment,it's important to find a reliable international carrier.
在国际商业环境下，找到一个值得信赖的国际运输公司十分重要。
选词填空 It was generally known as a carrier or a heterozygote individual in biology.
详解 题意为：在生物学上，它通常被称为载体或杂合子个体。可数名词carrier在句中意为“载体，运送者”。
Would you mind carrying the suitcase for me?
你介意帮我拿着行李箱吗？
考点 carry out 执行，实行，贯彻，实现，完成；carry on 继续；carry forward 发扬，推进
The project failed utterly, for we put the cart before the horse.
由于我们本末倒置，导致该项目完全失败。
The airline always supplies the charter flight service.
这家航空公司一直提供包机服务。
For the sudden giddiness, I clutched at the chair for support.
由于突然头晕，我抓住椅子作为支撑。
考点 clutch sth 抓住，抓紧；
clutch at sth 伸手抓住某物
I met a travel musician on the way to school by train, and at that time he was playing a piece of beautiful music in our compartment.
在去学校的火车上，我遇到一个旅行音乐家。那时他正在我们的车厢内弹奏一曲优美的音乐。
Ten years ago, she used to be a bus conductor in the city.
十年前，她在这个城市里做一名公交车售票员。
The volunteers convey the supplies for the tsunami victims.
志愿者们给海啸灾民运送物资。
The captain was very proud of his crew these years.
这些年，船长都以他的船员为荣。
考点 crew 作主语时，如看做整体，谓语用单数；如看做成员们，谓语用复数。
The boy was very sad that his mother sold his cycle.
那个男孩儿非常伤心，因为他的妈妈把他的自行车卖了。
The cyclist used to travel all over the country by bike.
那名骑手过去常常骑自行车全国旅游。
There are four kinds of suits in a deck of cards.
在一副扑克牌里有四种花色。
His wife persuades him not to embark on a new business venture.
他的妻子劝他不要开始有风险的新商业活动。
考点 embark on 从事，着手，登上船；
embark upon 从事，着手，开始
The driver couldn't start his car and he had to check his engine.
那司机启动不了他的小汽车，他不得不检查一下发动机。
It's really a long-distance flight from Singapore to New York.
从新加坡到纽约的确是长距离的飞行航线。
There must be someone to set fire to the garage last night.
昨天晚上一定有人在加油站放火了。
There are always helicopters in the sky these days.
最近总是有直升飞机在空中飞。
They had arrived at the destination by jet yesterday.
他们昨天就已经乘喷气式飞机到达目的地。
The steam locomotive has been superseded for many decades of years.
蒸汽式火车头已经被取代几十年了。
The car ran into the lorry and exploded immediately.
那辆小汽车撞到了卡车上，立即就爆炸了。
Every morning, the kindergarten sends a minibus to pick up the children.
每天早上，幼儿园都派小型公交车去接孩子们。
You should bring another motor as backup in case that the one in your car breaks down.
你应该再带一个发动机作备用，以免你车上的那台坏了。
The man rode a motorbike and moved towards the crowd.
那个人骑着摩托车冲向了人群。
The driver was fined US$10 for the overload.
司机因超载被罚款 10 美元。
The car in front of me made a sudden stop and I pushed hard on the brake pedal to avoid a collision.
我前面的那辆车突然停车，我用力踩刹车板避免撞车。
Keep practicing and maintain your skills on a high plane.
不断练习，让你的技术保持在高水平上。
There was swimming and sailing down on the lake.
湖上有游泳和驾船的。
My younger brother missed the shuttle bus for his getting up late.
我弟弟起床晚了，所以没有赶上班车。
选词填空 At present, the space shuttle ,which is actually inefficient, is the only vehicle that can take us into space.
详解 句意为：目前，航天飞机是唯一可以将我们载入太空的飞行器，事实上它的效能很低。
The old man put his beloved daughter aboard a steamer bound for London.
那位老人把他挚爱的女儿送上了一艘驶向伦敦的汽船。
The submarine travelled below the surface of the ocean.
潜水艇在潜入水下航行。
The people here prefer the subway to go to work, because of no traffic jams by subway.
这的人们更喜欢乘地铁上班，因为地铁不会发生拥堵。
The tanker is used to refuel the plane in the air.
空中加油机是用来在空中给飞机加油的。
My van has been rent out and you can ask the man over there if his has been rent out or not.
我的运货车已经租出去了，你可以问一下那边的那个人他的有没有租出去。
More and more people prefer the electric vehicles instead of bikes.
越来越多的人选择骑电动车，而不是骑自行车了。
The vessel sank to the bottom of the ocean because of the overload.
那艘船由于超载而沉入海底。
听力 Threaded through a person's blood vessel, the sensor can provide blood pressure readings at the valve of the heart itself.
详解 题意为：传感器可以穿过一个人的血管提供心脏瓣膜本身的血压。
The waggon was used to carry goods for the clients.
这辆马车是用来为客户运载货物的。
They are going to meet at the wharf at dusk.
他们打算黄昏时在码头会面。
It is reported that many celebrities have their own yachts.
据报道，很多名人都有自己的游艇。
考点 by yacht 乘游艇
A hospital was built here by government for the convenience of the residents.
为了方便居民，政府在这建了一所医院。
The officials should finalize a convenient place and time for the signing ceremony.
官员们应该确定一个合适的时间和地点来举行签约仪式。
The shop owner dispersed the crowd who lingered to see the fight in his shop.
店主驱散了那些逗留在他店里围观打架的人群。
The train station facilitates the development of tourism here.
那个火车站促进了这里的旅游业发展。
The boss wanted to update the manufacturing facility to raise the productivity in the factory.
老板想更新厂里的生产设备，以提高生产效率。
Setbacks and difficulties are the inevitable course of our life.
挫折与失败是我们人生的必经之路。
选词填空 It is very likely that we will be confronted with the inevitable sea-level rise in the future, as a result of climate change.
详解 空缺处之前有介词with，之后是名词词组sea-level rise，据此推测，应该填入形容词，用作名词词组的前置定语。形容词 inevitable 相当于 unavoidable、ineluctable、inescapable。句意为：由于气候变化，将来我们很有可能会面临海平面上升的问题。
My mother told me that my grandfather was walking in the muddy water when she found him.
我妈妈告诉我说，当她找到我爷爷时，他正走在泥水里。
Having seen his naughty son got high marks in the exam, he felt an inexpressible relief.
看到淘气的儿子考试得了高分，他感到一种难以言喻的宽慰。
考点 in relief 显著地，鲜明地
Could anyone relieve me from pain?
谁能把我从疼痛中解脱出来吗？
考点 relieve sb from 使某人从……里解脱出来
It was reported that all the climbers were stranded by a storm and nobody survived.
据报道，所有的登山者都被暴风雨困住了，无人幸存。
We are detained for two hours because of the traffic accident.
因为那场交通事故，我们被堵了两个小时。
考点 交通量的大小来用heavy / light，或者a lot / a little表达，不用large /small表达。The traffic is heavy.交通很繁忙。
The thief wedged himself into the crowd to shake off the police.
小偷挤入人群中以便甩掉警察。
考点 wedge in 挤入；插入
With the help of wind, the kite is soaring aloft.
风筝借着风的力量在高空飞行。
The children walked along the street to go to school.
孩子们沿着街道去上学。
考点 along with 沿（顺）着，连同……一起，与……一道，伴随
We walked in the corridor alongside the teacher.
我们和老师在走廊中并排走着。
The exhibition is cancelled amid growing fears of terrorist violence.
由于对恐怖分子暴力威胁的恐惧加深，展会取消了。
The teacher said the thief who stole the boy's money was among us.
老师说偷那个男孩钱的人在我们当中。
Amongst the books, the book I like best is the novel.
在那些书中，我最喜欢的是那本小说。
选词填空 Such things generally take place amongst juveniles, and the smart phones and the gadgets seem to be the main culprit.
详解 句意为：这种事情通常发生在青少年当中，而罪魁祸首似乎就是智能手机等小玩意。介词 amongst 意为“在……之中，在……当中”，相当于 among，用于较为正式的文体中。
I know that the senators in the council are from anywhere all over the country.
我知道委员会的议员来自全国各地。
You can go around before I come back.
在我回来之前，你可以四处走走。
The boys got ashore before the sunset.
日落时，那些男孩们已经上岸了。
Military training instructor commanded the tardy students to stand aside.
军训教官命令迟到的学生站在一边。
考点 aside from 除……之外
You should get there before your boss arrived.
你应该比你老板先到那。
The investigators convinced there must be something behind the seven-year killing spree.
调查人员确信这起长达七年的连环杀人案件背后必有隐情。
完形填空 The New York Times is the third bestselling American newspaper, _____the Wall Street Journal and USA Today .
A. behind B. against
C. before D. within
详解 选A。《纽约时报》销量排名第三，即排在《华尔街日报》和《今日美国》后面。
A. behind 意思是“落后于，支持”；
B. against 意思是“反对，违反”；
C. before 意思是“在……之前，先于”；
D. within 意思是“在……之内”。
The submarine submerged into 4,500 metres below sea level.
潜水艇潜入水下 4,500 米。
We can see her scar beneath her blouse.
我们能看见她衬衫下面的伤疤。
The man looked around and finally sat beside me.
那个人四处看了看，最后坐在我旁边。
考点 beside oneself 极度兴奋，对自己的感情失去控制
The little girl walked between her mother and father in the street.
在街上，小女孩儿走在她爸爸妈妈的中间。
考点 in between 在……之间
A local resident led us to the temple beyond that hill.
一位当地居民带领我们去小山背后的寺庙。
The capital is in the central location of the country.
首都位于那个国家的中部。
All the scientists gathered in the research centre from all over the world.
所有的科学家都从世界各地赶来，聚集在那个研究中心。
Sailors usually take directional cues from the points of the compass.
水手们往往通过罗盘上的方位找寻有关方向的线索。
He planned to open a chain store around the corner.
他打算在拐角处开一个连锁店。
考点 around the corner 在附近；
turn the corner 出现转机
The birds fly counterclockwise in a circle.
小鸟逆时针转圈飞翔。
The ship set out in the direction of the island.
那艘船朝着小岛的方向出发。
选词填空 Attempt to stretch it in all directions , if possible, and see what will happen next.
详解 句意为：如果可以的话，试着向所有方向伸展，然后观察接下来发生什么情况。可数名词 direction 表示“方向”，通常与介词in连用，in all (the) directions 为惯用表达。
The officer made an illegitimate diversion of funds from the treasury.
官员非法从财政部转移公款。
He attempted to divert the attention of the people from the main issues.
他试图让人们把注意力从主要问题上转移。
You should be careful that the iceberg in front of you will move downward.
你要小心，你前面的冰山要下滑。
To some extent, he can be identified to be a good man.
从某种程度上看，可以认为他是好人。
People all over the world look forward to leading a happy life.
世界上所有人都期望过上幸福的生活。
考点 look forward to... 期待……
Don't walk in the middle of the road! It's very dangerous!
不要走在路中间！很危险！
There must be a liar in the midst of you, I think.
我认为你们中间一定有一个人说谎了。
考点 in the midst of 在……之中，正在……的时候
The old man lives alone in the north, while his children are in the south.
那位老人独自一人住在北方，然而他的孩子都在南方。
The river originates in the northeast of the country.
这条河流发源于这个国家的东北部。
They had travelled to all the countries in the northern hemisphere.
他们旅行去过北半球所有的国家。
The ship continued to sail to windward along Northwest Passage.
轮船仍旧沿着西北航道逆风航行。
When I was very sleepy in the class, my teacher suddenly patted me on the shoulder.
课堂上我非常困的时候，我的老师突然拍了拍我的肩膀。
The bus continued onward.
公交车继续前行。
The heavy storm caused the pilot to lose his orientation.
暴风雨让飞行员迷失了方向。
The overbridge over the road was built last year.
这条路上方的天桥是去年建成的。
An overhead bridge is needed to ease the traffic pressure.
需要架一座天桥来缓解交通压力。
The restaurant is in the rear of the dormitory.
餐厅在宿舍楼的后面。
考点 bring up the rear 处在（队列或者比赛中）最后的位置，殿后
The proud woman glanced, sideways, at the old beggar and kept silent.
那位傲慢的女士斜眼看了一眼老乞丐，依然默不作声。
The enemy was flying towards our base.
敌人正飞向我们的基地。
考点 to和towards 都有“朝着”的意思：
to 强调到达目的地；towards强调方向
There was a thief hiding underneath the car.
有个小偷藏在车下面。
I thought my mother got it all upside down.
我认为妈妈把一切都弄颠倒了。
考点 turn...upside down 颠倒，反过来；upside down 上下颠倒
The man ran over a cat when he drove backward.
那个人倒车的时候，把一只猫辗死了。
考点 know...backward(s) 对……极其熟悉
Change into the first gear when you go down the slope.
下坡时要挂第一挡。
考点 gear up 准备好，作好安排；be geared to 适用于；gear...to... 使……适应于
The little boy let himself glide to earth.
那个小男孩溜到地上。
Please remind me to not to leave the harness behind when we set off.
我们出发时，请提醒我不要忘记带走马具。
The young man drove a car at top speed and died in a high-speed crash.
年轻人高速开车，然后死在因高速行驶导制的车祸中。
I move slowly, but I never step back.
我虽然走得慢，但是我从来不倒退。
考点 move on 往前走，前进；出发，离开
They try to overtake the car which is moving at a high speed.
他们试图超过那辆高速行驶的车辆。
All the passengers were killed in the air crash and none of them survived.
所有的乘客都死于空难，无一幸免。
You should pause and ponder if you wanted to marry me.
你应该停下来好好想想，你是否愿意嫁给我。
Just press the button here, and you can start the car.
按这儿的这个按钮，你就能启动这辆车。
考点 press on 加紧进行；be pressed for 缺少（时间，钱，空间）
He hired a large queue of cars for his daughter's wedding.
她为女儿的婚礼雇了一个大车队。
考点 jump the queue 不按次序排队，插队queue up 排队等候
We are so delighted that the train arrived here on schedule.
我们很开心，火车按时抵达了这里。
考点 ahead of schedule 提前；
on schedule 按时间表，及时
Nobody else can steer the ship except for the captain.
除了船长，谁都不能开船。
考点 steer clear of 绕开，避开
I flied into a rage that the police towed away my car.
警察把我的车拖走了，我勃然大怒。
考点 in tow 被拖着，陪伴着；on tow （车辆）被拖（带）着
Would you like to go out with me for a walk?
你想和我出去散散步吗？
The troop moves forward at the pace of three miles an hour.
那支部队以每小时 3 英里的速度前进。
考点 keep pace (with)（与……）齐步前进，（与……）并驾齐驱；
set the pace 起带头作用
I am looking forward to a ramble in the suburbs.
我盼望着去郊区漫游。
考点 ramble about 漫步于；闲逛
We have to stride over the river and find the way.
我们得跨过小河才能找到路。
考点 take in (one's) stride 轻而易举地应付，轻松地胜任
I want to go out for a stroll tonight.
今晚我想出去走走。
He got drunk and stumbled against the table.
他喝醉了，撞在桌子上。
考点 stumble across / on / upon 偶然遇到，碰到
When my father doesn't know how to do something, he always wanders about in the room.
我爸爸不知道如何处理一件事情时，他总是在屋里踱来踱去。
The only access to the church is across the winding country path.
这条蜿蜒的乡间小路是到教堂的唯一通路。
考点 have / gain access to 可以获得
选词填空 It is a pity that the villagers here still have no access to air-conditioner to keep cool in summer.
详解 空缺处之前有 no 修饰，之后有介词 to相连，据此推测，应该填入名词形式。而have no access to 为固定表达，意为“不可以获得/接近”，相当于 gain no access to、be unavailable to、without access to。
Near the museum is a public library accessible to everyone.
博物馆旁边是一座公共图书馆，人人都可以进入。
The teacher led the students across the road.
老师领着学生们过马路。
考点 go across 穿过，横过；走过
He is on the avenue to success with this huge sum of money.
有了这笔巨款，他已经踏上了成功之路。
Don't cross the road at red lights, or you will be fined.
红灯时不要过马路，否则你会被罚款的。
Walk down the street and turn to the left at the crossing.
沿着这条街走，在十字路口那左转。
We happened to meet our teacher at the crossroads.
我们碰巧在十字路口遇见了我们的老师。
How can we get to the tourist destination,if we don't know the way?
如果我们不知道路，怎么到旅游目的地呢？
The business center is located directly in the centre of the city
商业中心刚好在城市的中心。
考点 direct, directly 的区别。
direct 用于具体意义：“不拐弯，不转向”；
directly 用于抽象意义上的“直接地”
The peddlers pointed to the building in the distance.
那名小商贩指着远处的建筑。
考点 in the distance 在远处；
keep a distance 对……冷淡
Two cars collided at the intersection last night.
昨晚，两辆车在交叉路口相撞了。
It is a public transport junction in China.
它是中国公共交通枢纽。
The conspicuous landmark is in the centre of the park.
那个明显的路标在公园中央。
Every morning, the customers stood in line and waited the supermarket open.
每天早上，消费者排成一队等着超市开门。
考点 in line 成一直线，成一排；
in line with 与……一致；
line up 使成行，使排队；
on line 与计算机连接的，联机的；
out of line 不成一直线
The lady called the police that her father lost himself in the mall.
那位女士报警说他的父亲在购物中心走丢了。
考点 lose oneself in 专心致志于
Researchers map out their times to ensure they can complete their project on time.
科研人员规划好了他们的时间，确保项目按时完成。
The young walked to the village which was miles away.
年轻人走路去那个几英里以外的村庄。
I like to shop in the supermarket which is near my home.
我喜欢在离我家近的那个超市购物。
I prefer to rent the room nearby, because it's convenient to go to work.
我选择租一个附近的房间，因为那样方便上班。
Where I lived is next to my teacher's home.
我以前住的地方紧挨着我老师的家。
考点 next to 紧挨着
Don't ask him to go out with you; he wants to go nowhere.
不用问他想和你去哪，他哪都不想去。
The building stood opposite to my home.
那栋建筑在我们家对面。
考点 the opposite directions 相反的方向；
live in the house opposite 住在对面的房子里
We are all surprised that the passersby just gawked at the old man lying on the road instead of picking him up.
我们都很惊讶过路人只是呆呆地望着躺在路上的老人，而不去把他扶起来。
He drove along the path and arrived at the village.
他沿着那条小路开车，然后到达了那个村庄。
We shouldn't take shortcuts in learning.
在学习上，我们不应走捷径。
The natives said the signpost indicated that it was the right way to go.
当地人说，路标标示的是正确的路线。
We have to stay at home this week for there will be eight straight days of rain.
这周我们不得不待在家中，因为将会连续下八天雨。
考点 straight away / off 立即，马上
The boss warned us not to stray from the right path of duty.
老板警告我们不要偏离应尽职责的正道。
The police asked the driver to park on the wayside.
警察让司机把车停到路边。
The non-automatic vehicles are forbidden to drive on the motorway.
非机动车辆禁止在机动车道上行驶。
Her driving-licence was suspended because of her drunk driving.
因为酒驾，她的驾照被吊销了。
Don't run the red light, or you will be fined.
不要闯红灯，不然你会被罚款的。
考点 fine是可数名词，eg. Pay a fine of 200 US dollars 交200美元的罚款。
The new law inhibits people from drunk driving.
新法规禁止人们酒驾。
There is an interval of eight feet between these two cars.
这两辆车之间相隔8英尺。
考点 at intervals 不时，每隔一段距离
Never drive beyond the speed limit; it's too dangerous!
不要超过速度限制；那太危险了。
考点 set a limit to / set limits to 对……加以限制
选词填空 They complain that the law merely limits freedom of speech, but fails to ensure public safety.
详解 空缺处之前有副词 merely 修饰，之后是名词词组 freedom of speech，据此推测，应填谓语动词，且为第三人称单数形式。句意为：他们抱怨说，这项法律只是限制了言论自由，却未能确保公众安全。句中的及物动词 limit 意为“限制，限定”，相当于 set a limit to、restrict、place / impose /enforce / put restrictions on。
Scientists know the machine's limitations.
科学家知道这台机器的缺陷。
The residents look forward to tearing down the pedestrian overpass.
居民们期望拆掉人行天桥。
People complained this pavement was so rough that many pedestrians fell down.
人们抱怨这条人行道太不平坦了，好多人摔倒。
Follow the laws and regulations, or you will be kicked out.
遵守这些规章制度，否则你会被踢出去的。
The driver refused to pay the high toll on the expressway.
那名司机拒绝支付高速公路的过路费。
完形填空 Higher peak temperatures are also expected to take a heavy ____ on food producers.
A. agony B. toll C. weight D. plague
详解 选B。题意为：更高的峰值温度对食品生产商进行沉重的打击也备受期待。
A. agony 意思是“苦恼，极大的痛苦”；
B. toll 意思是“鸣钟，征税”；
C. weight 意思是“重量，重力”；
D. plague 意思是“瘟疫，灾祸，麻烦”。
A chapter of accidents were caused by the icy roads.
冰雪覆盖的路面导致一系列交通事故的发生。
选词填空 Dr. Deakings thinks that the cause of the pain does not lie in aging, accidents or disease.
详解 根据题意，空缺处之后有并列连词or，所填之词应该是与 aging、disease 并列，用作介词 in 的宾语。句意为：迪金斯医生认为这种疼痛的起因不在于衰老、事故或疾病。
It was reported that none of the passengers survived in the air crash.
据报道，没有一个乘客在那场空难中幸存。
考点 crash into 与……相撞
The lifeguard jumped into the river and save the drowning girl. Finally she was out of the danger.
救生员跳进河里去救那个溺水的女孩。终于她脱离危险了。
考点 in danger 在危险中；out of danger 脱离危险
It is dangerous for a girl to walk alone in the night.
女孩独自一人走夜路是很危险的。
选词填空 According to the newspaper ,more than one fourth of all the trees in the city, are known as dangerous or unattractive.
详解 空缺处之前有 be known as，之后有连词 or 引导的形容词 unattractive，所填入的应该是形容词形式。句意为：报纸报道说，全市1/4以上的树木被认为是危险的或是不具吸引力的。
The train was derailed and none of the passengers survived.
那辆火车脱轨了，没有乘客幸存。
I wondered what happened to him these days.
我想知道，这些天他到底发生了什么。
考点 happen to do sth 或it happens that... 碰巧……
The scene horripilated me so much that I can't fall asleep.
那个场景把我吓死了，以至于我都睡不着。
考点 behind the scene 在幕后，不公开的
模拟题 Computer power now allows automatic searches of fingerprint files to match a print at a crime ____.
A. stage B. scene
C. location D. occasion
详解 选B。题意为：现在计算机可以自动搜索指纹档案，以找到和犯罪现场相匹配的指纹。at a crime scene 是固定搭配，意思是“在犯罪现场”。
A. stage 常与 at / in 搭配，意思是“阶段，时期”；
C. l ocation 常与 on 搭配，意思是“电影的外景拍摄”；
D. occasion 常与 on 搭配，意思是“间或，偶尔”。
The truck can hardly drive along on the slope.
那辆卡车差点上不去斜坡。
He walked to the door and smoothed down his clothes.
他走到门口，抚平了他的衣服。
考点 smooth over 缓和，减轻
For a time the bald eagle was in a fight for survival, but it has made a stunning comeback.
秃鹰一度被打败，但它幸存了下来并且很快得到了恢复。
选词填空 Latin America has made an"incredible success" in the survival of children under the age of five in the past two decades, and its child mortality rate has decreased by more than fifty percent.
详解 题意为：在过去的 20 年间，在 5 岁以下儿童的存活问题上，拉美地区取得了“不可思议的成功”，其儿童死亡率降低了一半以上。不可数名词 survival 表示“幸存，幸存者”，通常与介词 of 连用。
The girl who survived the car crash was freaked out last night.
在昨晚车祸中幸存的那个女孩儿吓坏了。
考点 survive本身已有“幸免，幸存”的意思，因而后面不需要再跟介词。
survive the earthquake 从地震中幸存下来
It was reported that there were only two survivors in the car crash.
据报道，在那场车祸中仅有两名幸存者。
He suffered a sleepless night, tumbling restlessly in bed.
他一夜未眠，在床上辗转反侧。
考点 tumble to（突然）明白，领悟
I got the news yesterday via one friend of his.
昨天我通过他的朋友得知的这个消息。
The police found new clues in the wreck and finally solved the case.
警方在残骸中找到了新的线索，终于侦破了那个案子。
The wreckage slowly drifted away.
残骸慢慢漂走了。
My father flew in a hot air balloon and took some aerial photographs.
我爸爸乘热气球拍摄了一些空中的照片。
The villagers chipped in to build a bridge over the river.
村民们集资在河上建桥。
Never take a sudden turn on the expressway, or it may kill you.
在高速上不要急转弯，那可能会让你致死。
There are always accidents on the freeway, so you need to be more careful.
在高速上总是出事故，所以你需要更加小心。
When we drove down the highway, we crashed into the car in front of us.
当我们下公路时，我们撞到了前面那辆车。
The kindergarten teacher inclined towards the little kids to hear more clearly.
幼儿园老师侧过身去以便能更清楚地听见小朋友说话。
They spent large sums of money to build a motorway to city.
他们花费巨额资金修建一条通往城市的高速公路。
The beauty of the gardens had not faded with the passage of time.
花园的美丽并没有随着时间的推移而消失。
They do this to pave the way for better prospects.
他们做这些都是为更好的前景做铺垫。
考点 pave the way for 为……铺平道路，为……作准备
No vehicles are allowed to drive onto the pavement.
机动车辆不允许开到人行道上。
Could you offer a job on the railroad,please?
请问，您能给我一份铁路上的工作吗？
The mass rapid transit railway plays a vital role during the war.
高速地下铁路在战争期间发挥了很大的作用。
We prefer to drive on the ringroad,because it can save us much more time.
我们更愿走环城公路，因为那样能节约我们更多的时间。
We drove the car on the rough road and it jolted us badly.
我们把车开到了起伏不平的路上，它颠簸得很厉害。
Suddenly an old man fell down on the sidewalk.
一位老人突然摔倒在人行道上。
The little boy slipped on the pavement and hurt badly.
那个小男孩滑倒在人行道上，伤得很厉害。
考点 slip, glide, slide 都有“滑”的意思：
slip表示不由自主地“滑，滑倒”；
glide, slide表示有意地“滑”。
The snow made the road so slippery that I slipped for several times.
积雪使地面变得光滑，我跌倒了好几次。
The life span of the machine is up to twenty years.
这台机器的使用寿命能达到二十年。
We can observe the surface of the moon through astronomical telescope.
我们可以使用天文望远镜观察月球表面。
The man stood on the tracks to commit suicide.
那个人站在铁轨上想自杀。
考点 keep track of 与……保持联系；
lose track of 失去与……的联系；
track down 跟踪找到，追查到
完形填空 The researchers the _______participants through their medical records.
A. chased B. pursued
C. tracked D. trailed
详解 选C。题意为：研究人员通过他们的医疗记录追踪了参与者们。
A. chased 意思是“追捕”；
B. pursued 意思是“追击，追踪”；
C. tracked 意思是“跟踪，追踪”；
D. trailed 意思是“尾随，追踪”。
We walked down along the trail to the factory.
我们沿着去工厂的小径走。
考点 trail away / off 逐渐减弱，缩小
My counsin wants to visit South Korea, but she has to go through transit formalities.
我表姐想去韩国旅游，但是她要先办理过境手续。
考点 in transit 在运输中，在途中
It's a reliable express company transporting mails by air.
这是一家值得信赖的快递公司，他们通过航空运送邮件。
选词填空 As a result of the illness, the body will produce sickle or disc shaped red blood cells, so that it will be much more difficult to transport oxygen from the lungs.
详解 空缺处之前有 to，其后有名词 oxygen，据此推测，应该填入及物动词的原形形式。题意为：由于这种疾病在人体产生镰刀或圆盘状的红细胞，使得肺部的氧气更加难以输送。
There are many problems in the transportation system now and you have to find a way to solve it.
现在运输系统存在的问题太多了，你得想一个办法解决一下。
The tunnel collapsed after the earthquake.
地震后隧道坍塌了。
You should pay more attention to changes on the sea on this voyage.
在这次航行中，你应该多注意海上的变化。
A wide stretch of land appeared behind the village.
村庄后面是广阔的土地。
考点 wide of the mark 远离目标，偏离
The police planned to widen the investigation the next week.
警方计划下周拓宽调查范围。
The boat moved on a river which is of great width.
船只在宽阔的河面上行进。
You have to follow the zigzag to reach the top of the mountain.
想到达山顶，你要经历九曲十八盘。
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