Units 9～10　Saving the earth Frightening nature

units 9～10　saving the earth frightening nature
 
ⅰ.單項填空
1. in recent years much more stress has been put ________ developing the students’
productive skills.
a.over         b.into          c.with         d.on
解析：put stress on是固定搭配，意為“強調……”。
答案：d
2.the government declared that it would ________ an end to some unfair policies the next
month.
a.make         b.bring         c.take         d.put
解析：put an end to是固定搭配，意為“結束；終結”。
答案：d
3.if the world becomes less unfair and if people get better education, much of the poverty
can be ________.
a.wiped out      b.cleaned out    c.worked out   d.left out
解析：wipe out“消滅；消除”。
答案：a
4.we mustn’t take any action right now.i advise ________ till proper time.
a.to wait         b.to be waiting   c.waiting      d.having waited
解析：advise后常接動名詞作賓語。
答案：c
5.she never went again, ________ to apologize.
a.or she ever wrote               b.nor did she write
c.nor she ever wrote              d.or did she write
解析：否定副詞nor或neither放在句首，句子要部分倒裝。
答案：b
6.if there were ________ traffic on the streets, ________ deaths would be caused.
a.less；less                     b.fewer；fewer
c.less；fewer                    d.fewer；less
解析：traffic是不可數名詞，應用less修飾；deaths是復數名詞，要用fewer修飾。
答案：c
7.we were at ________ work in the workshop when, all of ________ sudden, the lights went
out.
a./；/         b.the；/          c./；a        d.the；the
解析：at work“在工作”；all of a sudden“突然”。
答案：c
8.she glanced about now and then ________ to make sure she was not being followed.
a.so that       b.as though       c.even if       d.in case