6. John was late for the business meeting because his flight had been ________ by a heavy storm. (辽宁卷)

A. kept                            B. stopped

C. slowed                        D. delayed

【分析】答案选D。delay在句中意为“使…迟到 / 延误”(=cause sb. to be late)，另外还有“推迟”(=put off)之意。keep使某人耽搁或耽误(=hold back, prevent)；stop使停止或阻止；slow使变慢或减速(=make or become slower)。

7. —Do you think the Stars will beat the Bulls?

—Yes. They have better players, so I ________ them to win. (全国卷)

A. hope                           B. prefer

C. expect                         D. want

【分析】答案选C。根据“他们有更优秀的运动员”，可以“预料(expect)”他们会赢，而不是 “更喜欢(prefer)”或 “想要 (want)”他们赢。hope不可接sb. to do sth. 。

8. ________ him and then try to copy what he does. (全国卷)

A. Mind                           B. Glance at

C. Stare at                        D. Watch

【分析】答案选D。模仿前需要“观察(watch)”，而不是“快速地看一下(glance)”或“盯着看(stare)”，更不是“照看(mind)”。

9. They ________ the train until it disappeared in the distance. (全国卷)

A. saw                             B. watched

C. noticed                         D. observed

【分析】答案选B。由until可知，要用延缓性动词，排除A和C；watch表示“注视，观看”活动变化的人或物，observe表示“仔细观察(=watch careful)”。

10. —What did you think of her speech?

—She ________ for one hour but didn’t ________ much. (全国卷)

A. spoke; speak                 B. spoke; say

C. said; speak                    D. said; say

【分析】答案选B。speak除可接表示语言的名词作宾语外，一般作不及物动词，且着重说话的动作过程；say是及物动词，着重说话的内容。第一空后无宾语，用spoke，第二空后有代词much作宾语，用say。

11. Some passengers complain that it usually ________ so long to fill in travel insurance documents. (上海卷)

A. costs                            B. takes

C. spends                          D. spares

【分析】答案选B。能用形式主语句式的只有cost和take；又因cost一般只以钱作宾语，而take既可用钱又可用时间作宾语。

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