()1. When she heard her son was absent from school again, she was ______ and beat him.
A.out of control
B.out of breath
C.out of season
D.out of work

A

本题可根据各选项短语的含义，结合题干语境来进行分析。
选项A：“out of control”意为“失去控制”。当她听到儿子又旷课时，情绪可能会非常激动，从而失去控制并打了他，该选项符合语境。
选项B：“out of breath”意为“上气不接下气”，通常用于描述人剧烈运动后呼吸急促的状态，与题干中她听到儿子旷课这一情境不符，所以该选项错误。
选项C：“out of season”意为“过季；不合时宜”，与题干语境毫无关联，所以该选项错误。
选项D：“out of work”意为“失业”，与题干中描述的她听到儿子旷课后的反应不相关，所以该选项错误。

()2. Although he was one of China's most famous ______, Yuan Longping thought of himself as a farmer.
A.professors
B.scientists
C.doctors
D.workers

B

首先分析句子语境，句子提到“Yuan Longping thought of himself as a farmer”（袁隆平认为自己是一名农民），结合常识可知袁隆平是著名的科学家，在农业领域有杰出贡献。然后看选项，A选项“professors”意为教授，袁隆平主要身份不是以教授著称；C选项“doctors”意为医生，与袁隆平职业不符；D选项“workers”意为工人，也不符合袁隆平身份。B选项“scientists”意为科学家，符合袁隆平的身份。

()3. —How can you let your daughter drive a car in the street?
—She ______ the driving licence already.

A.receives
B.is going to receive
C.has received
D.was received

C

题目询问的是“你怎么能让你女儿在街上开车？”，回答中提到“她已经……驾照了”。根据语境，这里需要表达的是“她已经获得了驾照”，这是一个已经完成的动作，对现在有影响，即她现在可以开车了。因此，应该使用现在完成时态。现在完成时态的构成是“have/has + 过去分词”。选项A是一般现在时，表示通常性、规律性、习惯性、真理性的动作或状态；选项B是一般将来时，表示将来某一时段的动作或状态；选项D是一般过去时的被动语态，表示过去某个时间里发生的动作或状态，且主语是动作的承受者。只有选项C“has received”是现在完成时，符合语境。

()4. I ______ the tablet since two years ago.
A.bought
B.have bought
C.have
D.have had

D

题干中“since two years ago”是现在完成时的标志词，现在完成时结构为“have/has + 过去分词”。A选项“bought”是一般过去时，不符合语境；B选项“have bought”是现在完成时，但“buy”是短暂性动词，不能与“since two years ago”这样表示一段时间的时间状语连用；C选项“have”单独使用，缺少过去分词，结构不完整；D选项“have had”是现在完成时，“have”的过去分词还是“had”，“have had”表示“拥有”，是延续性动词，可以与“since two years ago”连用。

()5. In order not to miss the lecture on Sunday, I had to ______ the visit and came back on Saturday.
A.cut away
B.cut in
C.cut short
D.cut out

C

根据句意“为了不错过周日的讲座，我不得不缩短行程并在周六回来”。选项A“cut away”意为“切掉”；B“cut in”意为“插嘴”；C“cut short”意为“缩短”；D“cut out”意为“删除，停止”。“cut short the visit”表示“缩短访问/行程”，符合语境。

( )1. When was Agatha Christie's first detective novel completed?
A. In 1914.
B. In 1915.
C. In 1920.
D. In 1925.

( )2. Which of the following is the CORRECT order in which the events happened?
a. The Mysterious Affair at Styles was published.
b. Agatha became a Dame of Britain.
c. Death on the Nile was published.
d. Murder on the Orient Express was filmed.
A. a-c-d-b
B. a-c-b-d
C. d-a-c-b
D. d-a-b-c

( )3. What does the writer use "66", "countless" and "a series of" to show?
A. Agatha Christie was a detective novel writer.
B. It is a good choice for Agatha to turn to music.
C. Agatha Christie wrote quite a lot of works in all.
D. Agatha is full of attention and has a sharp sense of feeling.

( )4. Which of the following can be the writer's opinion according to the passage?
A. A shy girl should be taught by teachers at home.
B. It's wrong of Agatha to give up music and turn to writing.
C. All of Agatha's works were made into films successfully.
D. Agatha Christie is a popular writer not only in the 1900s.

1. B. 由文中第二段“In 1914... It was while working in a hospital during the war that Christie first came up with the idea of writing a detective novel. Although it was completed in a year...”可知，1914年萌生想法，一年后完成，即1915年，选B。
2. A. a项《斯泰尔斯庄园奇案》1920年出版；c项《尼罗河上的惨案》1937年出版；d项《东方快车谋杀案》1974年被拍成电影；b项1971年成为女爵士。顺序为a-c-d-b，选A。
3. C. 文中用“66”“countless”“a series of”是为了表明阿加莎·克里斯蒂一生创作了大量作品，选C。
4. D. 由最后一段“In short, she is the single most popular mystery writer of all time.”可知她一直是最受欢迎的推理作家，不仅在20世纪，选D。