Unit 4 Making the news Grammar课时作业

Ⅰ.单项填空

1．Competition for entry to these programs is keen，and applicants need aboveaverage grades to gain ________.

A．ambition B．preference

C．admission D．competence

答案　C

解析　句意为：参与这些项目的竞争非常激烈，申请人需要高于平均水平的成绩，才能获准参加。ambition雄心，野心；preference偏好；admission许可；competence能力，胜任。根据题意可知，选C。

2．Clare has offered a ________ of 100 to anyone who can find her lost cell phone.

A．benefit B．cost

C．reward D．price

答案　C

解析　句意为：克雷尔提供100美元赏金给找到她手机的人。benefit利益，好处；cost钱，代价，花费，费用；reward报酬，报答，赏金，酬金；price价格，价钱。从信息句who can find her lost cell phone可判断是赏金，故选C项。

3．She ________ that it would take less time to go there by car.

A．calculated B．combined

C．declined D．deserved

答案　A

解析　句意为：她估计坐车去那儿花的时间要少一些。calculate估计，符合句意。combine联合；decline拒绝；deserve应得。

4．Hardly ________ raining ________ the PLA fighters started on their way again.

A．it had stopped；before B．it had stopped；then

C．had it stopped；than D．had it stopped；when

答案　D

解析　hardly...when...为固定搭配，当hardly置于句首时，所在句子应倒装。