---Mother often warned Peter not to play on his phone in the street, but her warning fell on deaf ears.

---Unfortunately, Peter was hit by a car and sent to hospital yesterday.

A. was heard B. was agreed C. was not noticed

C 【解析】句意：——妈妈经常警告彼得不要在街上玩手机，但她的警告却未被听取。——不幸的是，彼得昨天被车撞了，被送往医院。A. was heard被听到；B. was agreed被同意；C. was not noticed不被注意。根据句意：妈妈经常警告彼得不要在街上玩手机，但她的警告却未被听取，可知fell on deaf ears意思是“未被听取、不受注意、不被理睬”，结合选项可知与w...

---Hong Kong’s richest, Li Ka-shing, announced plans to retire before his 90th birthday in July.

---It is reported his fortune is up to $37 billion. However, he led a dog’s life during his childhood.

A. had a happy life B. lived a hard life C. lived with a dog

B 【解析】句意：——香港首富，李嘉诚，在7月宣布他计划在他90岁生日之前退休。——据报道，他的财产高达370美元。然而，他的童年生活很艰苦。A. had a happy life过着幸福的生活；B. lived a hard life过着艰苦的生活；C. lived with a dog和一只狗生活。根据句意However, he led a dog’s life during his c...

Your ___ is the way that your face looks at a moment. It shows what you are thinking or feeling.

A. expression B. experience C. experiment

A 【解析】句意：你的表情指的是你的脸在某个时候看起来的样子。它表明你在想什么或感觉什么。A. expression表情；B. experience经历；C. experiment实验。根据It shows what you are thinking or feeling. 它表明你在想什么或感觉什么，可知描述的是“表情”，结合选项，可知A选项符合题意，故答案选A。

If you _______ someone, you invite them to flight or compete with you in some way.

A. encourage B. challenge C. introduce

B 【解析】句意：如果你挑战某人，你会邀请他们去战斗或者和他们在某方面竞争。A. encourage鼓励；B. challenge挑战；C. introduce介绍。根据句意：你邀请他们去战斗或者和他们在某方面竞争，可知是“如果你挑战某人”，“挑战”challenge。分析题干可知这是if引导的条件状语从句，要遵循“主将从现”的原则，所以if从句要用一般现在时，故答案选B。

I’m afraid I can’t go swimming with you, because I have to _______ my little brother at home

A. look for B. make fun of C. care for

C 【解析】句意：我恐怕不能和你一起去游泳，因为我必须在家照顾我的小弟弟。本题考查动词短语。A. look for寻找；B. make fun of取笑；C. care for照顾、照料。结合语境：我恐怕不能和你一起去游泳，因为我必须在家照顾我的小弟弟，这里是指照顾我的小弟弟，可知care for符合题意，故答案选C。

---Mum, I think I need a bigger room.

---You should throw away your old toys. They have _______ too much space.

A. taken up B. taken place C. taken off

A 【解析】句意：——妈妈，我想我需要一个更大的房间。——你应该扔掉你的旧玩具，他们占用了太多的空间。本题考查动词短语。A. taken up占用、占据；B. taken place发生；C. taken off起飞、离开。根据You should throw away your old toys. 你应该扔掉你的旧玩具，可知是他们占用了太多的空间，所以A选项符合题意，故答案选A。 ...

---Jack, you seemed _______ at the party.

---You must be kidding. I felt _______ among those successful people.

A. confident; out of B. nervous; out of shape C. relaxed; out of place

C 【解析】句意：——杰克，你在聚会上看起来很放松。——你一定是在开玩笑，我在那些成功人士中间感到不自在。根据答语You must be kidding.可以判断上文是说在聚会上看起来很放松，“放松”这里应用relaxed；而后面I felt _______ among those successful people. 我在那些成功人士中间感到______，由前面说“你一定是在开玩笑”，可知...

---What an amazing city Shenzhen is! It is modern and clean with many beautiful parks.

---That’s true. We can’t imagine that it _______ be a small fishing village!

A. is used for B. used to C. got used to

B 【解析】句意：——深圳是个多么神奇的城市啊！这里有许多美丽的公园，既现代又干净。——这是真的。我们无法想象它曾经是一个小渔村。A. is used for被用于…；B. used to过去经常…；C. got used to习惯于。根据下文a small fishing village可知深圳过去应该是一个小渔村，所以used to符合题意，故答案选B。

---Putin _______ the other candidates and was elected president for his fourth time.

---Yes. Putin is very popular. His votes were far _______ the others’ in the election.

A. beat; ahead of B. defeated; better than C. won; in front of

A 【解析】句意：——普京击败其他候选人，第四次当选总统。——是的，普京很受欢迎。他的选票在选举中远远领先于其他人。第一个空考查动词；beat打败某人，defeated打败某人，尤其指在战场上，won战胜某个队伍；结合语境“普京击败其他候选人”，可知用beat。第二个空，考查介词短语；ahead of在…之前、领先，better than比…更好，in front of在…前面；由句意“他的...

Stephen Hawking, a famous British physicist, died aged 76 on March 14th, 2018. He died peacefully at his home in Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday, his family said.

As one of the well-known ________on space and time in the world, Hawking devoted his whole life to discovering the secrets of the Universe, and he is called the King of the Universe. However, this genius’s life was not smooth and he had been ________ from the disease since he was 21 years old. When he studied maths and science at Oxford University, he became ________ ill, causing his life very harsh: he could neither speak with his mouth nor stand on his legs or move his body. ________, he was given only a few years to live. But he refused to ________ his hope of living and went on to study at Cambridge University after ________ from Oxford University. In 1965, he got a doctor’s degree in philosophy. Then he worked as a professor at Cambridge University. He was known for his work with black holes and relativity, and wrote several popular science books, ________ A Brief History of Time, The Universe in a Nutshell, The Grand Design, etc.

Although he lost many most important living conditions ordinary people have, he still felt he was rich, such as a finger that could move, a brain that could think… all these made him ________ to life. Last year, Hawking was invited to China. His self-confidence and humorous conversations ________ us deeply.

From Stephen Hawking’s _________ experience, we learn that nobody should lose hope, no matter how bad the situation is. As he once said, “Life is not fair, you just have to do the best you can in your own situation.”

1.A. astronauts B. artists C. scientists

2.A. separating B. suffering C. supporting

3.A. seriously B. probably C. naturally

4.A. As a result B. What’s more C. For example

5.A. take up B. put up C. give up

6.A. graduating B. furthering C. completing

7.A. according B. including C. during

8.A. thankful B. harmful C. regretful

9.A. increased B. improved C. impressed

10.A. universal B. unusual C. ordinary

1.C 2.B 3.A 4.B 5.C 6.A 7.B 8.A 9.C 10.B 【解析】本文是记叙文。介绍了著名的物理学家史蒂芬•霍金。他从21岁的时候就得了很严重的病，医生说他只能活几年，但是他奇迹般的活了下来。他一生致力于发现宇宙的奥秘，他被称为宇宙之王。他既不能说话和不能站着，但是他没有对生活失去希望，正如他曾经说过的：“生活不公...