The number of people in the party fifty.but a number of them absent for different reasons．( )A．were, wasB．was, wasC．was, wereD．were, were 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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20．The number of people in the party _____fifty，but a number of them ____ absent for different reasons．（　　）

A．

were； was

B．

was； was

C．

was； were

D．

were； were

分析参加聚会人的数量有50个，但很多人由于各种原因都迟到了．

解答答案：C
分析句意，the number of 做主语时，谓语需用单数，表示…的数量；a number of 做主语时，谓语需用复数，意思是大量的，两个短语都需加可数名词的复数形式；另外，be absent意思是缺席．

点评考生需掌握the number of 做主语时，谓语需用单数，表示…的数量；a number of 做主语时，谓语需用复数，意思是大量的．

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11．The revolution was over by the time Tom Ford started working in the fashion world．The expensive fashion design houses such as Channel，Yves Saint Laurent，and Christian Dior，which earned money by designing and making very expensive custom clothes，had lost many of their wealthy customers．To stay in business，they started selling more reasonably priced ready-to-wear clothing along with a wide range of accessories（配件），that is，related products such as shoes，bags，watches．All of these products needed to blend（融合） with the clothing and with each other so that they made up a brand that everyone would recognize and wanted to buy．Though they did not use that name，each company needed a"master designer．"
Born in Texas and growing up in Santa Fe，New Mexico，Ford had a diverse background in the arts．Soon after completing high school，he moved to New York，where he studied art history，trained as an actor，and worked as a model．Following that，Ford completed a program in indoor design，but later decided that he was more interested in designing clothes than in decorating house．He was hired by the firm Cathy Hardwick in 1986，where he began to work as a fashion designer．His talent stood out from the rest and soon he moved to Perry Ellis，where he became design director．Then in 1990he made an important move by taking a position with the New York branch of Gucci，the famous design house based in Milan，Italy．
During his first years at Gucci，the company was going through a very difficult period．Its products were once considered highly desirable，and were worn by famous women such as Grace Kelly，Audrey Hepburn，and Jacqueline Kennedy．However，by the early 1990s they had lost their reputation for quality．Other producers had started making cheap，widely available imitations of the brand，and the sales of Gucci's own products had dropped．Things were so bad at one point that Ford was almost fired．However，some people at the company believed in his talent，and in 1994they hired him to work in Milan as the creative director for the entire company．In this position Ford had artistic control over all of the company's products，as well as its advertising and the design of its stores．Under Ford's direction，Gucci's reputation for cutting-edge style soon returned，and the company began to recover．The style shows starting in 1994were wildly successful．People loved the low-cut velvet pants，unbuttoned silk shirts，and shiny boots in metallic colors．By 1999Gucci，which had almost gone out of business，was worth over $4billion．
When Gucci bought Yves Saint Laurent，Ford became creative director for that fashion house while continuing to design for Gucci．When asked how he would be able to keep the two styles apart，Ford said it wasn't a problem and offered a comparison．Yves Saint Laurent was like Catherine Deneuve，he said while Gucci was more like Sophia Loren．Both are sexy and beautiful women，but with very different styles．
Ford left Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent in 2004to form his own company called simply"Tom Ford"．Not long after，he was working together with cosmetics producer Estee Lauder to bring out new beauty products，and then developed and sold a perfume（香水） under his own name．His plans for the future？Ford says that someday he'd definitely like to make a film．He puts it his way："That is the main design project．You don't just get to design what people wear，but you design the whole world and whether characters get to live or die．There is what fashion lacks．
66．Why did the author most likely write this passage？B
A．To describe the career of Tom Ford．
B．To show why Tom Ford is the world's greatest fashion designer．
C．To explain why Tom Ford was constantly changing jobs．
D．To show the fierce competition Tom had in the fashion world．
67．Why did the famous design houses need a"master designer"？C
A．To make clothes for their wealthy customers．
B．To start a revolution in the fashion world．
C．To blend a range of accessories with ready-to-wear clothing．
D．To save a company from its difficult times．
68．The passage doesn't mention that Ford received any training inC．
A．acting           B．modeling            C．photography      D．designing
69．In the 1990s，what company was Ford able to help recover from an unsuccessful period？A
A．Gucci           B．Yves Saint Laurent    C．Perry Ellis        D．Tom Ford
70．In the future，Tom Ford hopes toB．
A．create a perfume                        B．make a movie
C．write a book                           D．start a company．

8．The new street is 10miles long，almostthree times the length of what it used to be．（length）
这条新街10英里长，是它原来的三倍长．

15．No matter how/However hard I tried，I couldn't read his handwriting．（try）
无论我怎么努力，还是没法看清他写的字．

5．Towards the end of Middle English，a sudden change in pronunciation started，with vowels （元音） being pronounced shorter and shorter．From the 16th century the British had contact （接触） with many people from around the world．This meant that lots of new vocabulary entered the language．The invention of printing also meant that there was now a common language in print．Books became cheaper and more people learned to read．Spelling and grammar became fixed，and the dialect of London became the standard．In 1604 the first English dictionary came out．
    Early Modern English and Late Modern English are mostly different in the number of words．Late Modern English has many more words，mainly because of the following two reasons：First，the Industrial Revolution （工业革命） led to the need for new words．Second，the British Empire covered one quarter of the earth's surface，and the English language took in foreign words from many countries．
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    Today，American English has a greater influence，because of the USA's movies，television，popular music，trade and technology．
71．The main difference between Early and Late Modern English lies inA．
A．vocabulary             B．pronunciation
C．spelling               D．grammar
72．What helped to increase the vocabulary of Late Modern English？D
a．the invention of printing
b．the Industrial Revolution
c．the colonization
d．the contact with other countries
A．a，b，c      B．a，c，d          C．a，b，d         D．b，c，d
73．From the passage，we can learn the word"canyon"is fromC．
A．American dialect B．African dialect
C．Spanish          D．French
74．The third paragraph mainly talks aboutB．
A．English colonies in North America
B．the development of American English
C．other languages influence on American English
D．the difference between American English and British English
75．The underlined word"froze"can best be replaced byA．
A．remained unchanged        B．disappeared
C．improved                  D．kept active．

12．During the 19th century，scientists found that when certain parts of the brain of a person were hurt，he would lose the power of doing certain things．And so，people thought that each part of the brain does a different job．But modern research has discovered that this is not so，for it is not easy to show exactly what each part of the brain does．
In the past fifty years there has been a great increase in the amount of researches done on the brain．Scientists have found out the way the brain works is not so simple as people in general may think．Chemists tell us that about 100，000 chemical changes take place in the brain every second．Some recent researches also suggest that we can remember everything that happens to us．We may not be able to think of the thing that happens to us．We may not be able to think of the things we have heard and seen，but they're all kept there in the storehouse of the human mind．
Earlier scientists thought that the power of one's brain got weaker and weaker as one grows older．But it is now thought that that is not true．As long as the brain is given plenty of exercise，it keeps its power．It has been proved that an old person who has always been active in the mind has a quicker mind than a young person who has only done physical work without using much of his brain．
60．In the 19th century，scientists found that a person would lose the power to do certain thingsD．
A．when he had drunk too much
B．after he did a quite different job
C．if he had been greatly frightened
D．if certain parts of his brain were hurt
61．Scientists today are still unable to show exactlyA．
A．what each part of the brain is doing
B．which part of the brain is the most important
C．whether each part of the brain does the same work
D．how many chemical changes take place in the brain each second
62．It has been found that the brain usually worksC．
A．in a very simple way
B．a little now and a little then
C．without any rest all day long
D．in a fairly complicated （复杂的） way
63．Which of the following is NOT true？C
A．Scientists are working hard to solve the mysteries of the brain．
B．As many as six million changes take place in the brain every minute．
C．A young man doing physical work is sure to have a much slower mind．
D．Even an old man may have a quick mind only if his brain is given much exercise．

9．假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文．文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处．错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改．
    增加：在缺词处加上一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词．
    删除；把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉．
    修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词．
    注意：1．每处错误及修改均仅限一词；
          2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分．
On Friday morning we paid a visit for the Capital Museum．A guide showed us the exhibition of the traditional buildings in Beijing，there we learned the development of city architecture．Before that we got to know more about the country's folk culture by watching the digital film and learn to make some paper cuts．Before we left at twelve，we also went to the craft show which I was interested in it．The Capital Museum is very large and attractively and the show aroused our excitement and interests in our traditional culture and custom．We enjoyed a visit so much that most of my classmates decided to paying another visit soon．

10．I really appreciate to help me，but I am sure that I can manage by myself．（　　）

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