12．Can you think of some cases________drivers obviously knew the traffic rules but didn't obey them?

A．why B．where

C．as D．which

答案与解析：B　本题考查定语从句。分析题目结构可知空格后的句子是完整的，故可排除C，D两项。as, which是关系代词；A项why在含义与句意不符，B项where，相当于in which, 即in the cases。

13．Do you think that mixed ability classes________the better students?

A．hold down B．hold up

C．hold back D．hold out

答案与解析：C　hold down保有(工作等)，抑制；压制 hold up阻碍；拦截；举出 hold back抑制；阻碍；退缩；隐瞒 hold out坚持；维持；给予。根据句意可判断答案是C项。

14．The city government had hoped to________the gas price at their present level, but it turned out impossible.

A．stay up B．keep up

C．take up D．bring up

答案与解析：B　stay up不去睡觉 keep up (使)不停止，保持；take up开始，从事； 占用，花去 bring up养育；提起......，谈到。根据句意可判断答案是B项。

15．His strong local accent________when the thief was suddenly questioned by the police.

A．put him off B．let him out

C．gave him away D．turned him up

答案与解析：C　句意：当警察突然审问小偷时，他的浓厚的地方口音出卖了他。根据句意判断答案是C项：give sb. away表示"泄露(某人的秘密)暴露了某人。"

Ⅲ.翻译句子

1．不管你多累，你也得今天下午干完。(however)

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答案：However tired you may be ，you must finish it this afternoon.

2．今天农民占中国人口总数的百分之八十。(make up)

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答案：Today ，peasants make up eighty percent of China's population.

3．远处一个农民在地里劳作。(in the distance)

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答案：In the distance was a peasant working in the field.

4．Small children might make their mother a hand－made card or draw a picture, which their mother will treasure even more.

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答案：小孩子们可能会亲手为母亲制作一张卡片或画一幅画，而这些东西是母亲更加珍视的。

5．In January 1998, he was selected out of more than 1, 500 excellent pilots as a member of astronauts of the People's Liberation Army, together with Yang Liwei, Nie Haisheng and Zhai Zhigang.

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答案：他于1998年1月，与杨利伟、聂海胜、翟志刚一起从1500名优秀的飞行员中推出，成为了人民解放军宇航员。

Ⅳ.阅读理解