During the earthquake，three________houses got broken and________people became homeless.

A. thousand；thousands of

B. thousands；thousands of

C. thousands；thousands

D. thousands of；thousands of

A 【解析】句意：地震期間，三千所房屋被毀，數(shù)千人無(wú)家可歸�？疾閿�(shù)字表達(dá)法。hundred、thousand、million等概數(shù)詞前面有具體的數(shù)字時(shí)，用其單數(shù)形式；沒(méi)有具體的數(shù)字時(shí)與of連用，用其復(fù)數(shù)形式，即hundreds/thousands/millions/of，表示“成百上千的”“成千上萬(wàn)的”等概念。根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境，可知選A。

It's reported that Jiangsu Grand Theatre ________ in September next year.

A. completes

B. is completed

C. will complete

D. will be completed

D 【解析】句意：據(jù)報(bào)道，江蘇大劇院將于明年九月竣工�？疾楸粍�(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。next year明年，用于一般將來(lái)時(shí)，需用will+原形動(dòng)詞結(jié)構(gòu)，可排除AB選項(xiàng)。從句主語(yǔ)Jiangsu Grand Theatre是動(dòng)詞complete的受動(dòng)者，需用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，即“be+過(guò)去分詞”結(jié)構(gòu)，可排除C。根據(jù)句意結(jié)構(gòu)，可知選D。

Some of my friends prefer these because they are made ________ .

A. with hand B. in hands

C. by hands D. by hand

D 【解析】句意：我的一些朋友喜歡這些，因?yàn)樗鼈兪鞘止ぶ谱鞯�。考查介詞短語(yǔ)辨析題。A. with hand用手；B. in hands在手中；C. by hands不規(guī)范短語(yǔ)，可排除。D. by hand手工，用手。本句是強(qiáng)調(diào)手工制作，根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境，可知選D。

The room was dark, so she asked me to ________ the lights.

A. turn up B. turn down

C. turn off D. turn on

D 【解析】句意：房間很暗，所以她讓我把燈打開(kāi)。考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)辨析題。A. turn up出現(xiàn)，開(kāi)大；B. turn down關(guān)小/減少；C. turn off關(guān)掉（開(kāi)關(guān) ）；D. turn on打開(kāi)（開(kāi)關(guān)）。dark黑暗的；根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境，可知選D。

The girl is searching ________ the remote control(遙控器) in the room.

A. in B. for C. at D. to

B 【解析】句意：女孩正在房間里尋找遙控器�？疾榻樵~辨析題。searching for尋找，搜尋，固定短語(yǔ)。根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境，可知選B。

People under 18 should not be allowed ________．

A. drives B. driving

C. drove D. to drive

D 【解析】句意：18歲以下的人不應(yīng)該允許開(kāi)車(chē)�？疾閯�(dòng)詞形式辨析題。本句是被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，allow to do允許做某事，是固定短語(yǔ)。根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境，可知選D。

Tom is lazy and he doesn't work hard. ________，he won't pass the exam.

A. However B. Because

C. As a result D. So that

C 【解析】句意：湯姆懶惰，不努力工作。結(jié)果，他考試不及格�？疾榻樵~短語(yǔ)辨析題。A. However然而，表轉(zhuǎn)折，可用在句子開(kāi)頭；B. Because因?yàn)�，表原因，后接從句；C. As a result結(jié)果/因此，表結(jié)果，可用在句子開(kāi)頭；D. So that以便，表目的，后接從句。本句和前一句是因果關(guān)系，根據(jù)句意結(jié)構(gòu)和語(yǔ)境，可知選C。

I wrote ________ my brother last Saturday, but I haven't heard ________ him up to now.

A. from; to B. to; of

C. to; to D. to; from

D 【解析】固定的用法。Write to意為“給某人寫(xiě)信”，hear from意為“收到某人的來(lái)信”

He promised ________ his old friend during his stay in Tianjin.

A. see B. seeing

C. saw D. to see

D 【解析】試題分析：promise to do sth：許諾做某事。故選D

There have been many great inventions that changed the way we live. The first great __________ was the one that is still very __________ today—the wheel. This made it easier for us to carry heavy things and to__________ long distances.

For hundreds of years after that, there were __________ inventions that had as much effect as the wheel. But in the early 1800s the world started __________. There was little unknown land in the world. People did not have to explore much any more. They began to work in order to make life better.

During the second half of the 19th century many great inventions __________. Among them were the electric light, the camera and the radio. These __________ play a big part in our life today.

The first part of the 20th century saw __________ great inventions: the helicopter(直升機(jī)) in 1909, movies with sound in 1926, and jet planes in 1930.This was __________ a time when a new material was first made. Nylon came out in 1935.It changed the kind of clothes people __________.

1.A. invention B. food C. inventor D. animal

2.A. useless B. impossible C. important D. comfortable

3.A. sail B. flies C. walks D. travel

4.A. little B. a little C. few D. a few

5.A. to change B. to turning C. turn D. change

6.A. are made B. can be made C. has been made D. were made

7.A. both B. all C. none D. nothing

8.A. much B. more C. less D. little

9.A. also B. as well as C. either D. as well

10.A. wearing B. putting on C. wore D. put on

1.A 2.C 3.D 4.C 5.A 6.D 7.B 8.B 9.A 10.C 【解析】試題分析：短文結(jié)合汽車(chē)（車(chē)輪）、電燈、尼龍等重要發(fā)明，說(shuō)明了偉大的發(fā)明創(chuàng)造改變了我們的生活方式。 1.句意：第一個(gè)偉大發(fā)明是至今仍然很重要的發(fā)明——車(chē)輪（汽車(chē)）。考查名詞辨析題。A. invention發(fā)明；B. food食物；C. inven...