5．We always pay attention to the weather because it ________ so directly what we wear，what we do and even how we feel.

A．benefits　 B．affects　 C．concludes　 D．attracts

解析：句意为“我们总是关注天气，因为它直接影响我们穿什么衣服，做什么事，以及我们感觉如何”。benefit“有益于”；affect“影响”；conclude“总结”；attract“吸引”。

答案：B

4．-Are you content with her lecture?

-Nowhere near that.It ________.

A．may have been good 　　B．couldn’t have been worse

C．can’t be better　 　　　D．must be better

解析：句意：“你对她的报告满意吗？”“一点都不满意，报告最糟了。”Nowhere near that.“根本不，远远不。”

答案：B

3．Actually，Bungee is a kind of sport ________ one is easily addicted.

A．to which　 B．in which　 C．to that　 D．by which

解析：句意：“实际上蹦极是一项人们很容易着迷的运动。”本题是一个定语从句，但实际上考查be addicted to...“迷恋……，对……着迷”。

答案：A

2．Ronaldo was ________ to win the 100­meter hurdles race，but he fell to the ground and missed the chance.

A．possible　 B．probable　 C．likely　 D．maybe

解析：possible和probable作表语时，主语只能为it或事物，而不是人；maybe为副词，它只能作状语，常常位于句子开头；likely作表语时，主语可以是人，也可以是物。

答案：C

1．________ about wild plants that they decided to make a trip to Madagascar for further research.

A．So curious the couple was　 　　　　B．So curious were the couple

C．How curious the couple were　 　　D．The couple was such curious

解析：此句的语序应该是The couple were so curious about wild plants that...，可以把so置于句首，后面引起倒装，所以要选B。the couple意为“夫妇”，作主语时，谓语动词用复数形式，可排除A和D，此句是so...that结构，所以选项C也可排除。

答案：B

8．banned　9.cigarettes　10.reduced

10．They’ve r________ the prices in the shop，so it’s a good time to buy.

答案：1.burglaries　2.illegal　3.participants　4.addicted　5.treatment　6.recognized　7.disagreed

9．The old soldier used all he had to buy a pack of c________.

8．Smoking is b________ in some public places，such as on the bus and at the cinema.

7．I was for the plan，but he d________ to it.