解析:选D。本题考查短语动词辨析。句意:我们原本想中午前完成任务,但是结果并不如愿。find out发现;give out分发,用尽;hand out分发;work out结果。根据句意,work out为正确选项。
7. Lucy has ________all of the goals she set for herself in high school and is ready for new challenges at university.
A. acquired B. finished
C. concluded D. achieved
解析:选D。本题考查固定搭配,achieve one's goals意为"实现目标"。
8. On his way to the airport,it ________him all of a sudden that he had forgotten his passport.
A. hit B. knocked
C. occurred D. beat
解析:选A。考查固定句型。It hits/hit sb. that. . . 意为"某人突然想到......"。
9. -It was ________of Jack to turn off the radio when I was sleeping in the bedroom.
-So he was.
A. reasonable B. sensible
C. considerate D. generous
解析:选C。考查形容词辨析。considerate考虑周到的,为(他人)着想的,体贴的。reasonable合情理的,讲道理的,公道的;sensible明智的,有感觉的;generous慷慨的,大方的。
10. The new equipment ________the disabled during the 2008 Beijing Paralympics.
A. was intended for B. was intended to
C. intended for D. intended to
解析:选A。be intended for sb. 为固定短语,表示专供某人使用。句意:这些新设备是2008年北京残奥会期间专供残疾人使用的。
Ⅱ. 阅读理解
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(2009年重庆第一次诊断)New York-Wednesday,October fifteenth,is the first Global Hand Washing Day. Activities are planned in more than twenty countries to get millions of people in the developing world to wash their hands with soap.
Experts say people around the world wash their hands but very few use soap at socalled critical moments. These include after using the toilet,after cleaning a baby and before touching food.
Global Hand Washing Day is the idea of the PublicPrivate Partnership for Hand Washing with Soap. The goal,they say,is to create a culture of hand washing with soap. The organizers say all soaps are equally effective at removing diseasecausing germs(病菌). They say the correct way to wash hands is to wet your hands with a small amount of water and cover them with soap. Rub it into all areas,including under the fingernails. Then,rinse well under running water. Finally,dry your hands with a clean cloth.
The Partnership says soap is important because it increases the time that people spend washing. Soap also helps to break up the dirt that holds most of the germs. And