上海市中等职业技术学校寒假作业中职一年级
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（
A
）1. Through the many paradoxes in the English language, the writer wants to show that human beings are _______.
A. clever
B. crazy
C. lazy
D. dull
答案：A
解析：根据“English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects (反映) the creativity of human beings.”可知，作者通过英语中的矛盾现象想展示人类的创造力，即“clever”，A选项正确。
（
C
）2. According to the passage, _______.
A. pineapples are the apples on the pine tree
B. there should be egg in an eggplant
C. sweetmeats and sweetbreads are different
D. boxing rings should be round
答案：C
解析：根据“Sweetmeats are candy, while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat.”可知，sweetmeats和sweetbreads是不同的，C选项正确；A、B、D选项与原文描述不符。
（
B
）3. Which of the following is the correct plural?
A. Beeth.
B. Geese.
C. Meese.
D. Tooth.
答案：B
解析：“goose”的复数是“geese”，B选项正确；A项“beeth”不是正确复数形式，“tooth”的复数是“teeth”，D项错误；“moose”的复数仍是“moose”，C项错误。
（
C
）4. Which of the following includes two items which have the similar meaning?
A. A wise man and a wise guy.
B. Overlook and oversee.
C. Quite a lot and quite a few.
D. Hot as hell and cold as hell.
答案：C
解析：根据“while quite a lot and quite a few are alike”可知，“quite a lot”和“quite a few”意思相近，C选项正确；A项是反义词，B项是反义词，D项意思相反。
