泽熙美文1. 【单项选择题】Some parents are just too protective. They want to_______their kids from every kind of danger, real or imagined.
A. spot
B. dismiss
C. shelter
D. distinguish
正确答案：C
参考解析：本题考查动词辨析。句意为“有些父母对子女保护过度，他们想处处_____孩子以免遭任何实际的或者假想的危险”。spot“认出，玷污”，dismiss“开除，解雇”，shelter“庇护，保护”，distinguish“区别”。只有C项符合句意。
2. 【单项选择题】There are several hats on the shelf, and you can choose_______you like.
A. wherever
B. whatever
C. whichever
D. whenever
正确答案：C
参考解析：本题考查从句连词。根据句意“架子上有几顶帽子，你可以从中选择你喜欢的任何一顶”，可排除A项“任何地方”和D项“任何时候”。B、C两项都可以表示“任何一个”，但有范围的选择用whichever，没有范围的选择用whatever。从架子上的帽子中做选择，有范围。故本题选C。
3. 【单项选择题】_______, the tallest boy is the youngest.
A. Strange though it may seem
B. Though strange it may seem
C. Strange it may seem
D. It may seem strange
正确答案：A
参考解析：本题考查倒装句。though引导的让步状语从句要倒装，一般将名词、形容词、副词等置于句首。句意为“尽管这可能有点奇怪，但这个最高的男孩是年纪最小的”。故本题选A。
4. 【单项选择题】Which of the following is not a part of teaching speaking?
A. Language form.
B. Language content.
C. Function.
D. Outline.
正确答案：D
参考解析：本题考查口语教学内容。口语教学内容包括语言形式、语言内容、功能、(文化与交际)策略等。D项“概要”不属于口语教学内容。
5. 【单项选择题】But the Swiss discovered long years ago that constant warfare brought them _______suffering and poverty.
A. anything but
B. nothing but
C. none other than
D. no more than
正确答案：B
参考解析：本题考查短语辨析。句意为“但是多年以前瑞士人就发现连年不断的战争给他们带来的只有苦难和贫穷”。anything but“决不，根本不”，nothing but“只有，只不过”，none other than“不是别的，正是……”，no more than“不过，仅仅”。根据句意可知本题选B。
6. 【单项选择题】A Chinese student makes a sentence as follows “He is a rich man who like travelling” . The error in that sentence is the result of_______.
A. negative transfer
B. positive transfer
C. overgeneralization
D. pragmatic failure
正确答案：A
参考解析：本题考查二语习得。二语习得者在学习外语的过程中很容易受到母语的影响。母语有利于外语学习叫正迁移(positive transfer，也叫facilitation)；母语阻碍外语的学习叫负迁移(negative transfer，也叫interference)题干例子便是负迁移的表现，因为汉语中谓语动词没有第三人称单数形式。故本题选A。二语习得中还有一些错误，不能用母语的影响来解释，比如He speaked English．这个例子，学习者过度应用了语法规则，这种现象叫过度概括(overgeneralization)语用错误(pragmatic failure)指学习者按照本民族的文化习惯来表达，结果违反了目的语国家的文化习俗。
7. 【单项选择题】To develop the skill of listening, the teacher asks students to learn several new words that will appear in the listening material and predict what the listening material is about. Which stage is it at in listening class?
A. Warming up.
B. Pre-listening.
C. While-listening.
D. Post-listening.
正确答案：B
参考解析：本题考查听力教学。在听文章之前，教师让学生学习可能在听力中出现的新单词并预测听力文章的内容。这处于听前(Pre—listening)阶段。
8. 【单项选择题】Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from others?
A. New.
B. Flew.
C. Brew.
D. Jewelry.
正确答案：A
参考解析：本题考查字母组合的发音。A项中ew的发音为／ju:／，其他三项中ew的发音均为／u:／，故本题选A。
9. 【单项选择题】Bill is very_______; you can trust him and turn to him for help when you are in trouble.
A. reliable
B. proud
C. dependent
D. confident
正确答案：A
参考解析：本题考查形容词辨析。reliable“可靠的”，proud“骄傲的，自豪的”，dependent“依靠的”，confident“自信的”。句意为“比尔非常可靠，你可以信任他并且在有麻烦的时候向他求助”。故本题选A。
10. 【单项选择题】When you pick up a newspaper, you read through the headlines, titles and subtitles quickly to get a general idea about what is written on the page and find out if there is anything interesting.
This skill is called_______.
A. scanning
B. skimming
C. inferring
D. predicting
正确答案：B
参考解析：本题考查阅读技巧。读报时通过快速浏览标题、副标题，抓住文章要点并找到有趣的内容，这种阅读技巧叫作略读。故本题选B。
11. 【单项选择题】We’d better discuss everything_______before we work out the plan.
A. in detail
B. in general
C. on purpose
D. on time
正确答案：A
参考解析：本题考查介词短语辨析。句意为“我们最好先讨论好一切，然后再制订计划”。in detail“详细地”，in general“一般而言，总的来说”，On purpose“故意地”，On time“准时”。根据句意可知，应该是先详细讨论再制订计划，故本题选A。
12. 【单项选择题】A_______is a variety of language that serves as a medium of communication among groups of people with diverse linguistic backgrounds.
A. lingua franca
B. register
C. creole
D. dialect
正确答案：A
参考解析：本题考查社会语言学中的基本概念。通用语(1ingua franca)是一种语言变体，是使用不同语言的人之间的交流语言。洋泾浜语(pidgin)通常是由两种或两种以上不同的自然语言成分因为特定原因混杂而成的语言。当洋泾浜语作为第一语言或母语被儿童习得，便成为克里奥尔语(creole )语言的语域变体(register variety)是一种交际情景方言(situational dialect)，以交际时说话者所用语体或文体的得体性为主要特征。
13. 【单项选择题】Parents in China spend _______it takes to give their kids an edge, but sometimes they just blindly follow a trend and over-schedule their children.
A. whatever
B. whichever
C. however
D. whenever
正确答案：A
参考解析：句意：在中国，父母不惜一切代价给孩子提供优势，但有时他们只是盲目地跟随潮流，过多地安排孩子的时间。whatever引导宾语从句且在从句中作宾语，符合题意，故选A。
14. 【单项选择题】______cold it is,the young man refused to put on a warm coat.
A. However
B. No matter
C. As
D. Though
正确答案：A
