What is beauty.对比填空用die out, die away或die down的适当形式填空。1The noise of the motorcar_.答案died away2After the excitement of the audience _， the speaker restarted his speech.答案died down3Dinosaurs _ completely on the earth.答案died out.单项填空1The government has an official_for the purity of silver.A. right B. powerC. standard D. strength答案与解析C句意：政府对银的纯度有法定的标准。standard“标准”。right“权利”； power“权力”； strength指“人或物的力量”，均与题干意思不符。2She left him, _ never to set her foot in that house again.A. determining B. determinedC. being determined D. to determine答案与解析B本题易误选A项，用现在分词来作状语，与句子主语she构成主动关系。其实，作状语时习惯用determined，强调主语的一种状态或情况。3What you say should be_what youll do. Otherwise, no one will _you.A. consistent with; believe ofB. contain; believe inC. consistent with; trustD. in consistent to; trust答案与解析Cbe consistent with“与一致”； believe in sb.“信任某人”； trust sb.“信赖某人”。依据句意可知C项最佳。4Its very dangerous to go out now. There are strong winds_by heavy rain.A. companied B. accompaniedC. following D. caught答案与解析Baccompanied by . 是过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰strong winds。5There will be an increase_0 to 3 percent.A. in the range of B. out of range ofC. a kind of D. a series of答案与解析A句意：将会有0到3个百分点的增长幅度。A项“在范围内”； B项“超出的范围”； C项“一种”； D项“一系列”。