题目内容
Victor apologized for _________ to inform of the change in the plan.
A．his being not able B．his not being able
C．him not to be able D．him to be not able
B
【解析】
试题分析：考察动名词的复合结构。本句中横线前面是介词for，说明后面使用动名词doing的形式。动名词的否定式是在doing前面加not,复合结构是在前面加所有格或者宾格。本句中的his not being able to…就是一个动名词的复合结构。仅用于：因为他没有通知计划的改变，Victor向我们道歉。故B正确。
考点：考察动名词复合结构
点评：动名词的复合结构为“宾格/所有格+doing sth”要特别注意，如果做主语，那么只能使用“所有格+doing sth”；如果做宾语“宾格/所有格+doing sth”都可以使用。
阅读理解（每小题2分，满分10分）
Instead of hitting the beach, fourteen high school students traded swimming suits for lab coats last summer and turned their attention to scientific experiments.
The High School Research Program offers high school students guidance with researchers in Texas A＆M’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences．Jennifer Funkhouser, academic adviser for the Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management, directs this four-week summer program designed to increase understanding of research and its career potential (潜能).
Several considerations go into selecting students, including grades, school involvement and interest in science and agriculture．And many students come from poorer school districts, Funkhouser says．“This is their chance to learn techniques and do experiments they never would have a chance to do in high school.”
War
ner Ervin of Houston is interested in animal science and learned how to tell male from female mosquitoes (蚊子)．His adviser, Craig Coates, studies the genes（基因） of mosquitoes that allow them to fight against malaria and yellow fever．Coates thought this experience would be fun and helpful to the high school students.
The agricultural research at A＆M differs from stereotypes（模式化，老一套）．It’s “molecular (分子) science on the cutting edge,” Funkhouser says．The program broadened students’ knowledge．Victor Garcia of Rio Grande City hopes to become a biology teacher and says he learned a lot about chemistry from the program.
At the end of the program, the students presented papers on their research．They’re also paid ＄ 600 for their work—another way this program differs from others, which often charge a fee.
Fourteen students got paid to learn that science is fun, that agriculture is a lot more than milking and plowing and that research can open many doors.
【小题1】．The research program is mainly designed for ______.
| A．high school advisers from Houston |
B．college studen ts majoring in agriculture |
| C．high school students from different places |
| D．researchers at the College of Agriculture and Life Science |
| A．had little chance to go to college |
| B．could often take part in the program |
| C．found the program useful to their future |
| D．showed much interest in their high school experiments |
| A．entered that college |
| B．wrote research reports |
| C．paid for their research |
| D．found way to make money |
| A．important | B．favourable | C．astonishing | D．advanced |
| A．A Program for Agricultural Science Students |
| B．A Program for Animal Science Students |
| C．A Program for Medical Science Lovers |
| D．A Program for Future Science Lovers |