题目内容
____ a letter from her parents, Lily is now looking forward to ___ from them.
A Having not received; hear B. Not received; hear
C. Not having received; hearing D. Receiving not; hearing
C
【解析】
试题分析:考查分词做状语和动名词用法。第一空中的动词receive与句子主语Lily构成主动关系,故使用现在分词的形式,因为没有收到来信是在谓语动词之前就发生的事情,所以使用完成式,起否定式是在前面直接加not;第二空前的to是介词,后面要接动名词的形式。句意:因为没有收到父母的来信,Lily现在期待着能够收到父母的来信。故C正确、
考点:考查分词做状语和动名词用法
点评:当分词做状语的时候,如果构成分词的动词与句子的主语构成主动关系,就使用现在分词做状语;当二者构成被动关系,使用过去分词做状语。如果分词的动作发生在谓语动词之前,就使用分词的完成式。如果分词与句子的主语没有关系,可以使用状语从句或者独立主格结构。
For over one hundred and fifty years, Americans of all social classes have worn blue jeans. 【小题1】 Whether they are worn for work or for fashion today, Strauss’ invention continues to be popular not only among Americans but also among people around the world.
Levi Strauss was born in Germany in 1829. 【小题2】 He grew up in Kentucky before moving to New York in 1847. Before becoming an American citizen and moving to the West in 1853, Strauss worked in his brother’s dry goods business. This gave him a chance to produce his famous invention. After the gold rush of 1849, Strauss decided to move to the West to seek his fortune.
Strauss did not want to be a person who searched an area for minerals. Instead, he knew he could make a good living by selling supplies to the miners. At first, he planned to sell sewing supplies and cloth. 【小题3】 When he heard miners complaining that their clothes were easily broken or they usually tore their pockets during mining, he decided to use a special fabric to make pants for the miners. These pants proved so popular that he quickly ran out of materials to make more.
In 1873, Strauss received a letter from a Jewish tailor named Jacob Davis who had invented a process of connecting pockets with copper rivets(铆钉). This made the pants last a long time. Because Davis did not have the money to patent his idea, he offered to share it with Strauss if Strauss would agree to pay for the patent. 【小题4】
By the time Strauss died in 1902, he had made a great contribution to American fashion.
【小题5】 The business has been growing ever since and Levi Strauss' company is now one of the largest clothing companies in the world.
| A.As a young boy, he moved with his family to the United States. |
| B.Nobody knew what kind of material was suitable. |
| C.He did and Levi jeans have been made with metal rivets ever since. |
| D.However, he did not get much business for those products. |
F. Since they were invented by Levi Strauss, they have become a symbol of American consumer culture.
G. As the business grew, Strauss got much money from it.