问题 选择题

The past two years ______a sharp rise in oil price, which adds to the burden of auto transportation industry.

A.has witnessed

B.witnessed

C.is witnessing

D.witnesses

答案

答案:A

题目分析:考查时态题。此处的the past two years作主语。witness 解释为:见证了。句意:过去的两年见证了油价的快速增长,这增加了运输行业的负担。选A。

点评:英语中的时态主要由动词的形式决定,因此在学习英语时态时,要注意分析动词形式及具体语境,想象在那个特定的时间动作所发生的背景,这个动作是经常性动作、一般性动作、进行性动作、完成性动作还是将要发生的动作。这题的解题关键是The past two years,说明是过去到现在一直做的事情。

阅读理解

阅读理解。

    The American expression "shoo-in" means someone or something that seems sure to win a race or

competition.

    Before a big football game, supporters of each are certain to argue (争论) about which side will win.

    Sometimes, however, one team appears so much stronger than the others that everyone agrees it will win.

The stronger team is a shoo-in. there is no way that it can lose.

    The expression "shoo-in" comes from horse racing. It comes from the word "shoo". That is not the shoe

we wear on our feet. It's another word, S-H-O-O. To shoo is an expression hundreds of years old that means

to force an animal to move in a desired direction.

    Many years ago dishonest (不诚实) riders sometimes agreed secretly to control their horses so that one

chosen horse would win the race. All but one of the riders would hold back their horses. The chosen rider

would shoo his horse ahead of the others, and win the race.

     The other riders would secretly bet (打赌) large amounts of money that the chosen horse would win. The

public (公众) soon learned about such races. They began to call the winner of such a race a "shoo-in".

     These days, people use shoo-into describe (描述) any athlete (运动员) or competitor that seems certain to

win, even without cheating.

      American runner Edewin Moses won more than hundred races before he ran the hurdle race (跳拦赛) in

the 1984 Olympic Games. Everyone said Moses was a shoo-in, and that he could not lose. And they were

right. He won the gold medal.

1. One of the dishonest riders was sure to win the race because ________.

A. be used to be the best in riding

B. the public had belief in him

C. he could not control his horse easily

D. the other riders had agreed to fail in the race

2. The reason why American runner Edewin Moses was regarded as a "shoo-in" is ________.

A. due to his honest in the races he ran in

B. due to his great effort (努力) shown in more than one hundred races

C. that he won over 100 competitions before the 1984 Olympic Games

D. that the old meaning of "shoo-in" had changed

3. Which of the following statements is not true?

A. "shoo-in" came from the word "shoo".

B. The US runner Moses was worthy of (配的上) a shoo-in.

C. The public did not know they were being cheated.

D. Some runners bet a lot of money on the chosen horse.

4. The main idea of the passage is that "shoo-in" is ________.

A. used for anyone or anything that is certain to win a game

B. used to admire (钦佩) a person who seems to be sure to win a race

C. a word used to describe a dishonest person

D. used for any athlete or competitor that seems too clever to be cheated

5. In the last paragraph the author means to tell us ________.

A. who Edewin Moses was

B. Moses won a lot of races

C. Moses was the best runner in America

D. We can use "shoo-in" to describe an excellent runner

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