课时跟踪检测32(B5Unit 4).单项填空1He is interested in farming and is _ to know everything about the farm.Aeager BanxiousCworried Dbusy答案与解析：A句意：他对农业感兴趣，渴望知道有关农场的一切。be eager to do sth.“渴望做某事”，为固定搭配。anxious“焦急的；担心的”；worried“担忧的；担心的”；busy“忙碌的”。2The manager says he needs an assistant to _ to deal with the problems that may occur in his absence.Adepend in Bcount onCcount with Dturn up答案与解析：B句意：经理说他需要一个助手来解决他不在时可能会出现的问题。count on相当于depend on，意为“依靠；依赖”。turn up“出现”。3The police _ Tom of stealing and the accused was afraid to meet the accuser.Aaccused BchargedCrobbed Dinformed答案与解析：A句意：警察指控汤姆偷窃，被告害怕见到原告。accuse常与of连用，符合题意。charge与介词with连用；rob常用于rob sb. of sth.结构；inform常用于inform sb. of sth.结构。4The modeling business is by no means easy to get into, while the good model will always be in _.Ademand BneedCtrouble Dlack答案与解析：A句意：进入模特界绝不是容易的事，然而好的模特总是供不应求。由while引导的表示对比关系的从句可知in demand与题干前部分的by no means easy to get into相比较的。in demand“需求”。5The description was pretty _， so the police could figure out the portrait of the criminal.Avague BaccurateCparticular Dvain答案与解析：B由“could figure out.”可知描述是相当“准确的”，故B项正确。vague“模糊的”；particular“特别的”；vain“徒劳的”。6Im glad that my parents have _ of my buying a new car.Aagreed BpromisedCallowed Dapproved答案与解析：Dapprove of ones doing sth.“赞成/同意某人做某事”。agree“同意”，不与of搭配；promise“许诺”；allow“同意；允许”是及物动词。7Lucy has _ all of the goals she set for herself in high school and is ready for new challenges at university.Aacquired BfinishedCconcluded Dachieved答案与解析：D句意：露西完成了她为自己设定的高中阶段的所有目标，并且为迎接大学新的挑战做好了准备。achieve ones goal意为“达到某人的目标”。8The government is devoting resources to establish public health systems. _， the physical conditions of children have improved greatly.ATherefore BHoweverCOtherwise DMeanwhile答案与解析：D考查副词辨析。句意：政府正在投入资源建设公共卫生体系，期间，儿童的健康状况得到显著改善。therefore“因此，为此”；however“然而”；otherwise“否则”；meanwhile“期间”。9I can think of many cases _ students obviously knew a lot of English words and expressions but couldnt write a good essay.Awhy BwhichCas Dwhere答案与解析：D句意：我能想出很多实例，在这些实例中学生们显然了解许多英语单词和表达，但就是不能写出好文章来。考查关系副词where引导定语从句。先行词是cases，用where引导定语从句，作地点状语，相当于in the cases。和case用法相类似的词还有situation, point等。10He is so good a student _ be praised frequently in class.Aas to BtoCin order to Das答案与解析：A句意：他是一个如此好的学生，经常在课堂上受到表扬。so. as to.“如此以至于”。11The train _ arrive at 130, but it was an hour late.Awas about to Bwas likely toCwas certain to Dwas supposed to答案与解析：D句意：这趟火车1点半就该来了，但它晚点一个小时。be supposed to“应该”。12A terrible example of earthquake which happened in Wenchuan, Sichuan _ thousands of millions of people die.Aled BresultedCsaw Dproduced答案与解析：C句意：发生在四川汶川的地震导致了数以万计的人丧生。用动词see更形象。13Letterboxes are much more _ in the UK than in the US, where most people have a mailbox instead.Acommon BnormalCordinary Dunusual答案与解析：A句意：信箱在英国比在美国更普遍，在美国大多数人都有电子信箱。common“普遍的，普通的”；normal“正常的”；ordinary“一般的”；unusual“异乎寻常的”。14They sent someone to _ the value of the house, and they wanted to buy it.Aassist BupdateCinform Dassess答案与解析：D句意：他们派人去估算那座房子的价值，准备买下来。assist“帮助，促进”；update“更新，使现代化”；inform“告诉，通知”；assess“估价，估计”。只有D项符合语境。15We regret to _ you that our library will be closed next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for the sports meeting.Asay BspeakCinform Dnotice答案与解析：C句意：我们很遗憾地通知你：因为开运动会，图书馆将于下周三、周四及周五暂停开放。say涉及“说”的内容；speak“讲(语言)”；inform“通知，告知”；notice“注意”。只有C项符合语境。.阅读理解AOnce upon a time there was one storyteller. After getting tired of telling old fabricated stories, he left his house in search of a real life story.He reached a village and took a cottage for rent. After wandering in the village throughout the month, in search of true stories, the storyteller couldnt find one. Disappointed, he decided to stop his search.The next day, while sitting in the cottage, he suddenly heard a voicea woman was yelling(吼叫)at someone. The voice was coming from the big wall behind his cottage.He tried to hear the conversation; it sounded like the woman was abusing(辱骂)her daughterinlaw. The storyteller didnt like it but he was happy to finally get his story.Listening to the conversations each day he added them to his story. Though he couldnt see the characters of his story, he started hating the motherinlaw, as she seemed to be a villain(坏人)Now it was time to finalize the end of the story. But before he did, the storyteller wanted to see the characters once, so he climbed up the wall.There he saw the motherinlaw sitting in a wheelchair. It seemed she was disabled and that the daughterinlaw was resting nearby.He saw the old lady trying to get some food lying on the table near her chair. But because of her condition, she couldnt reach it and it looked li