Ⅳ. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each can be used only once.
A. reasons B. However C. What's more D. wonderful E. increases
Hiking is an activity of going out for a long walk for pleasure. It's a way to explore the outdoors. Here are two tips for hikers.
As a beginner, you'd better start with a hike that you can finish in one day. As your experience ______ , you can go on overnight hikes. Later you can go on longer hikes which may last for days or weeks.
For safety , hikers should go hiking with others. You should have one or more friends with you.
People are interested in hiking because of two main advantages. First, hiking doesn't cost people much money. , people can go hiking in any season and almost in any weather.
1. 2. 3. 4.

1. D 2. E 3. A 4. C

【分析】首先通读短文，明确主题是关于徒步旅行的建议。接着逐个分析空格的需求：1. 空格后是名词way，需形容词修饰；2. 空格处需谓语动词，主语为your experience，需第三人称单数形式的动词；3. 此处为固定搭配，需对应名词；4. 前后文是递进关系，需表递进的短语。最后结合选项，每个词仅用一次，确定答案。
【解析】1. 空格修饰名词way，需形容词，选项中D wonderful（极好的）符合“探索户外的极好方式”的语境，故填D；2. 主语your experience是单数，谓语动词用第三人称单数，E increases（增加）符合“随着经验增加”的语境，故填E；3. 固定搭配for safety reasons（出于安全原因），A reasons符合，故填A；4. 前文介绍徒步的第一个优点，后文介绍第二个优点，是递进关系，C What's more（而且）表递进，故填C。
【答案】1.D 2.E 3.A 4.C
【知识点】形容词用法、动词用法、固定搭配
【点评】本题为选词填空题，考查词汇在语境中的运用，需结合词性、固定搭配及上下文逻辑选择，属于基础题型，难度不大。
【难度系数】0.6

Ⅴ. Choose the best answer.
Mr Jones is a bank clerk. He lives alone. The only relatives he has are his sister with her husband and her son, Mark. They live in a town far away. Although(虽然) he hasn't seen them for a long time, he remembers Mark's birthday and sends him a nice present every year. Years have passed and Mark has turned into a 20-year-old young man now.
Last weekend, Mr Jones drove home from the bank as usual. He drove neither too fast nor too slowly. He parked his car where he always parked it, not in the way of another car. After entering home, he started to prepare his dinner in the kitchen. Suddenly he heard a knock at the door. He opened the door and was 5 to see a policeman standing at the door. "What have I done wrong?" he thought to himself. "Have I driven on the wrong side of the road? Or is there some trouble at the bank? Or have I forgotten to pay a bill?"
"Hello, uncle," said the policeman, "my name is Mark."
()1. Mr Jones lives .
A. by himself B. with his sister C. with his parents D. with his relative
()2. Mark is a of Mr Jones'.
A. cousin B. son C. niece D. nephew
()3. We can guess that Mr Jones meets his sister's family.
A. always B. often C. seldom D. never
()4. Mr Jones usually went to work .
A. by train B. by car C. by underground D. by bike
()5. Which of the following words BEST fits the blank?
A. relaxed B. disappointed C. puzzled D. excited
()6. The policeman came because .
A. he came to see how his uncle was B. Mr Jones had broken the traffic rule
C. he'd question(讯问) Mr Jones D. Mr Jones had not paid his water bill

1. A 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. A

【分析】
解答这类英语阅读理解选择题，需先通读全文理解大意，再针对每个题目回到原文定位关键信息，结合语境分析选项：1. 定位居住相关句子；2. 定位亲属关系句子；3. 定位见面频率相关描述；4. 定位交通方式句子；5. 结合人物心理分析情绪；6. 结合结尾警察的话判断原因。
【解析】
1. 根据第一段第二句“He lives alone.”，alone意为“独自”，对应选项A的by himself，故选A。
2. 根据第一段第三句“his sister with her husband and her son, Mark”，Mark是Jones姐姐的儿子，即Jones的侄子（nephew），故选D。
3. 根据第一段第四句“Although he hasn't seen them for a long time”，可知Jones很久没见姐姐一家，对应seldom（很少），故选C。
4. 根据第二段第一句“Mr Jones drove home from the bank as usual”，可知Jones通常开车上班，故选B。
5. 根据第二段最后Jones的心理活动“'What have I done wrong?' he thought to himself”，可知他看到警察时很困惑，对应puzzled，故选C。
6. 根据最后一段警察的话“Hello, uncle”，可知警察是Mark，来看望叔叔，故选A。
【答案】
1.A 2.D 3.C 4.B 5.C 6.A
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、推理判断
【点评】
本文为记叙文，通过讲述Jones与侄子Mark的故事，考查学生对文章细节信息的提取及简单推理能力，题目难度适中，需学生仔细阅读原文定位关键内容。
【难度系数】
0.6