解析:选B。听不出对方的声音应是刚才发生的事,现在当然已听出是谁的声音了,所以A、D两项是错误的;另外,C项是过去完成时,因为没有一个表示"过去"的时间参照,所以不具备用过去完成时的条件,应排除。
8. There is no possibility ________he will keep his word. He is always telling lies.
A. how B. whether
C. when D. that
解析:选D。that引导possibility的同位语从句,且that一般不省略。
9. If you just spend time ________advantages and disadvantages,you may get nothing in the end.
A. matching B. balancing
C. observing D. examining
解析:选B。balance advantages and disadvantages意为"权衡利弊"。
10. -Why don't we hold a party to celebrate the achievements gained by our Olympic players?
- ________
A. Because we haven't got enough preparations.
B. Good idea!
C. It's all because of the terrible weather.
D. Not all would like to attend it.
解析:选B。Why don't you/we do sth. ?表示给某人提建议,所以选项B表示同意别人的提议符合句意。
Ⅱ. 完形填空
(2009年南通一模)I live in New Mexico,and there are some homeless people in the downtown,especially the university area. I__1__give a lot of money to the homeless,__2__sorry for their hardship. __3__as time passed,I__4__the same situations as the homeless people. I became a__5__mom with no home, a huge debt,and __6__any income. As a result,I became very__7__and stopped giving to the people on the side of the road.
Through my working hard,things started to__8__for me. I became responsible enough to__9__a home with a backyard for my daughter,and plenty of__10__,and I started to pull myself out of__11__. One day we saw a homeless person in the street,I just passed by. Then my daughter said,"Mommy,you used to give money to those people__12__. But now. . . "I replied,"Honey,they just use that money for bad things. "She didn't__13__. But when I said that,I didn't feel right.
Three days later, I was driving to pick up my daughter from school. A man was standing on the__14__and suddenly something deep__15__me said,"Just help the guy. "So I rolled down my__16__,and he ran over with enthusiasm. He said,"God bless you, I only need 77 cents. "I gave him the money he needed.
I felt strange and __17__as I gave it to him. He burst out with__18__and tears in his eyes,"Wow,you just made it possible for me to see my mom for Christmas!Thank you so much!I haven't__19__my mother for three years. The bus is leaving in 20 minutes! I have to go now. "
It was the moment that I'll never forget. I think that man won't forget it either, but I was the one who got the best gift in life-__20__. It also strikes me although it is only 77 cents.
1. A. would like to B. used to
C. preferred to D. wanted to
解析:选B。第二段中"Mommy,you used to give money to those people. . . "一句暗示"我"以前总是帮助穷人。
2. A. being B. getting
C. feeling D. becoming
解析:选C。feeling sorry for their hardship为现在分词短语作状语,表示原因。"由于我同情那些无家可归的人,我总是帮助他们。"
3. A. But B. So