1. There is still ______ who said he was _____to reach the top of the mountain besides these three people.

A. a fourth one; the first 　　　　　　　　　　 B. the fourth one; the first

C. the fourth one, first　　　　 　　　　　 D. fourth one; first

6. Nor is it good news for the fish and wildlife that live in or around the river.

[题例精析]

[例1]In this factory, suggestions often have to wait for months before they are fully _____.

A. admitted 　　　　　　　　 B. acknowledged

C. absorbed 　　　　　　　　 D. considered

[易错点悟]考查动词辨析。

[要点精析]considered 考虑：1)consider sth.　 2) consider doing sth.　 3) consider sb. to be / as …

admit 承认：1) admit sth.　　 2) admit doing sth.　 3) admit that …

absorb 吸收：1) absorb sth.　 2) absorb oneself in sth. = be absorbed in

acknowledge： 1)承认, 供认：acknowledge (doing) sth.

2)致谢：acknowledged sth. with sth.

[答案]D

[例2]She was afraid that unless the train speeded up she would lose her _____ to Scotland.

　　　 (2007山东枣庄4月卷)

A. ticket 　　　　 　　　　　　 B. place

C. seat 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. connection

[易错点悟]考查名词在语境中的使用。

[要点精析]lose one’s connection to 误了到……地方去的 (汽车、火车、轮船的) 联运。

例如：The train was late and I missed my connection.

[答案]D

[单元检测]

单项填空

5. My dad says he doesn’t mind a little bit of pollution, as long as it means people have jobs.

4. What if we run out of space?

3. …each speaker’s speech is meant to convince you.

2. The world’s population has grown to more than six times what it was in 1800.

1. This will have lasting effect on the number of fish ….

14. prohibit sb. (from) doing sth. / one’s doing sth.

13. reverse　 reversed the car / the paper

reverse the judgment

12. account　　　 read an account of …

n.　 on account of = because of

on no account

　　　　　　　　 take … into account