题目内容
Mr. Obama paid a visit to China in November, 2009, _______, needless to say, must strengthen the Sino-US ties.
A.what | B.that | C.which | D.it |
C
解析试题分析:空格前是一个句子,空后也是一个句子,所以缺少连词,这里应是非限制性定语从句,故排除ABD;which代替前面的整个句子。故选C。
考点:考查非限制性定语从句的用法。
点评:本试题难度适中。定语从句是英语语法中非常重要的内容,在阅读和理解过程中起着极其重要的作用。定语从句的考查关键在于定语从句的成分分析,需要考生有分析理解复杂的句子结构的能力。
即学即练: The girl about ______they were talking is our monitor.
A. what B. that C. which D. whom
解析:D。句意:他们正在谈论的那个女孩是我们的班长。
Mr Obama, who appeared to take the lead in the race in most battleground states, seemed to______ an air of caution throughout the first Presidential debate
A.adapt | B.adjust | C.admit | D.adopt |
It happened to me recently that I was telling someone how much I had enjoyed reading Barack Obama’s Dreams From My Father and how it had changed my views of the current US President. The person I was talking to agreed with me that it was, in his words, “a wonderfully written book.” However, he then proceeded to talk about Mr. Obama in a way that suggested he had no idea of his background at all. I sensed that I was talking to a book liar(说谎者).
And it seems that he is not the only one. Clearly two thirds of people have lied about reading a book which they haven’t. In The World Book Day survey, Dreams From My Father is at number 9. The survey lists top ten books, and various authors, which people have lied about reading. As I’m not one to lie too often, I’ll admit here and now that I haven’t read the entire ten books. But I am pleased to say that I have read the book at number one, George Orwell’s 1984. I think it’s absolutely outstanding.
Asked why they lied, the most common reason was to impress someone they were speaking to. This could be difficult if the conversation became more in-depth!
The World Book Day survey also has some other interesting information in it. It shows that many people lie about having read classical works by Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, Charles Dickens and so on. But when asked which authors they actually enjoy, they named JK Rowling, Jilly Cooper, and Stephen King. Forty-one percent of people asked admitted they turned to the back of the book to read the end before finishing the story.
So which books have you lied about reading —if any — and which is your favorite?
【小题1】The main reason why people lie about reading is to __________.
A.make fun of the listener | B.impress the listener |
C.please the listener | D.interest the listener |
A.wanted | B.happened | C.continued | D.stopped |
A.Are You A Book Liar? | B.Readers Are All Liars |
C.World Book Day | D.Dreams From My Father |
Mr. Obama noted that the ____ Christmas Day bombing was not the first time the group ____to attack America and its friends.
A.advised; tried |
B.attended; trying |
C.attempted; had tried |
D.wanted; has tried |