6．Try to ________ yourself before making a speech.

A．calm　 B．comfort　 C．compose　 D．fall silent

解析：句意：“发言前尽量设法镇定下来。”考查同义词运用。calm“由不冷静到冷静”；comfort“安慰”；fall silent“不说话”，compose“使心情平静，镇定”。

答案：C

5．The audience are raising ________ hands to show their approval.

A．their　 B．its　 C．his　 D．our

解析：句意：“听众举起手表示赞同。”考查audience此处强调是人而不是群体，故它的人称代词用their。

答案：A

4．Beijing is well­known ________ the capital of China，while Hangzhou is famous ________ its beauty.

A．as；as　 B．as；for　 C．for；for　 D．for；as

解析：句意“北京作为中国的首都而出名，而杭州以美丽著称”。

答案：B

3．E­mail，as well as telephones，________ an important part in daily communication.

A．is playing　 B．have played　 C．are playing　 D．play

解析：as well as连接两个主语时，谓语动词的数要根据前面的主语而定，E­mail是句子的真正主语，所以谓语动词相应使用单数。

答案：A

2．Having now ________ 40，he feels that his footballing career is coming to an end.

A．gone　 B．turned　 C．become　 D．entered

解析：句意：“已经步入不惑之年，他觉得足球生涯开始走下坡路。”考查系动词；go跟形容词，turn跟名词(不用冠词)和数词；become跟名词和形容词。

答案：B

1．I’d like to buy a house-modern，comfortable，and ________ in a quiet neighborhood.

　A．in all　 B．above all　 C．after all　 D．at all

解析：此题考查了关于all的几个短语的不同意义。句意：我想买座房子--要现代化的，舒适的，当然最重要的是要位于安静的郊区的。

答案：B

10．talent

10．When Beethoven was very young，he showed great ________(才能)for music.

答案：1.genius　2.lost　3.talent　4.tour　5.band　6.peasant　7.mix　8.musicians　9.influenced

9．It’s clear that her painting has been ________(影响)by Picasso(毕加索)．

8．The ________(音乐家)present at the party were greatly moved by the boy’s wonderful performance.