4.________ in thought, he almost ran into the car in front of him.
A. Losing
B. Having lost
C. Lost
D. To lose
【正确答案】C
【答案解析】这里分词短语的意义应为“As he was lost in thought ”，意为“由于陷入沉思”，这儿填入过去分词短语，表示一种状态，用作原因状语。
5.Why couldn’t you ________ an answer when I asked you why you were late?
A. come upon
B. come up to
C. come up with
D. come out with
【正确答案】C
【答案解析】come up with意为“提出，拿出”，在句子中表示“你为什么拿不出你迟到的原因”。
6.As for family education, parents are encouraged to rely on ________ rather than punishment.
A. criticism
B. intimidation
C. persuasion
D. scolding
【正确答案】C
【答案解析】【译文】 关于家庭教育，鼓励父母们依靠说服而不是惩罚孩子。
【试题分析】名词词义区分题。
【详细解答】 A 批评、指责 B 恐吓、威胁
C 说服、劝服 D 责骂、斥责
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7.The visiting minister expressed his satisfaction with the talks, ________ that he had enjoyed his stay here.
A. having added
B. to add
C. adding
D. added
【正确答案】C
【答案解析】此处所填的词与其后的宾语从句构成状语，表示伴随情景。add是及物动词(有自己的宾语从句)，此处adding表示主动意义，所表示的动作与谓语动作同时发生。
8.Neither English nor Chinese ________ difficult to learn.
A. has
B. have
C. is
D. are
【正确答案】C
【答案解析】neither…nor…是固定搭配，意思是：既不……也不……。它需要遵循就近原则，谓语动词应与Chinese一致，所以答案是C。
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