【经典考例】He failed to break the world record for the long jump many times, but he never ______ his hope.
A.took off
B.put away
C.gave up
D.turned down

C
【解析】考查动词短语的辨析。句意为：“他很多次都未能打破世界跳远纪录,但是他从未放弃他的希望。”表示“放弃”用give up,其过去式为gave up。故选C。

【经典考例】—The meat is ______ delicious.
—Yes, but don't eat ______.

A.too much；too much
B.much too；too much
C.too much；much too
D.much too；much too

B
【解析】too much意为“太多”,在此处用作名词；much too修饰形容词或副词,意为“太……,非常”。delicious是形容词,要用much too来修饰,意为“非常美味”,第二个空用too much表示“太多”,由此可知应选B。

()1. You may take up ______ to deal with your shyness.
A.dance
B.to dance
C.dancing
D.danced

C

()2. The girl doesn't dare ______ in front of the class.
A.to speak
B.speak
C.speaking
D.spoken

A

()3. His cousin is a ______ boy.
A.11-year-olds
B.11-years-old
C.12-year-old
D.12-years-old

C

()4. You had better learn to ______ different kinds of problems by yourself.
A.give up
B.make up
C.play with
D.deal with

D

()5. —Your mother plays tennis very often, doesn't she?
—Well, she doesn't like it now. But she ______.
A.wanted to
B.would like to
C.used to
D.hoped to

C

1. You have to work hard for your success.
2. Paul sports to his shyness.
3. My sister afraid of the dark .
4. Kate used to with her friends on weekends.
5. Not a very people like this sport.

1. be prepared to
2. took up; deal with
3. isn't; any more
4. hang out
5. small number of

*Ⅲ. 完形填空。
Last Sunday, I met an old friend in the street. We haven't seen each other ______1______ three years. She has ______2______ a lot. She ______3______ very fat and always ______4______ a pair of glasses. But now, she is very thin and the glasses are gone. She ______5______ so beautiful with big eyes and long blonde hair—it used to be short and brown. She used to be very shy and was ______6______ of speaking in class. Now she is outgoing and she told me she ______7______ her school band and played ______8______ guitar. She said she hoped I could go to see her performance ______9______. She looks so confident and I know she isn't what she used to be ______10______.
( )1.
( )2.
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( )10.

1. B
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. C
6. A
7. D
8. A
9. C
10. D