Passage 1 Mike：I just read 1._____interesting article.Do you know that people who spend less than ten minutes in a store are five times 2._____(likely) to buy things than those 3._____spend half an hour there? Joan：I read that article，too.But I think，if someone 4._____ (be)in a store for ten minutes，he usually has something special 5._____(buy)． Mike：And someone who 6._____(spend) more time there may be “just looking”． Joan：Exactly.Haven't you ever gone into a store，7._____ (think) you'd buy something，and then talked yourself out of it? Mike：Yes，I have，8._____(especial) when I thought I could get it for 9._____(little) money elsewhere，or I really didn't need it at all. Joan：Exactly.But if you want to buy something specific and have very little time，you pick it up，pay 10._____it immediately，and then leave. Mike：That's true.Maybe we should learn a lesson from that.Take your time and you'll spend less money. 【语篇解读】 逛商场的时间越长，购物的可能性越小；相反，那些进店不到10分钟就走的顾客往往不会空手离开。 1．解析：考查冠词。interesting的首字母发音为元音音素，而且article为单数，因此应填不定冠词an。 答案：an 2． 解析：考查形容词比较级。由后面的than及语境可知，此处用比较级，故用more likely。 答案：more likely 3． 解析：考查关系代词。those指那些在商店里逛了半个小时的人，且该定语从句缺少spend的主语，因此用who。 答案：who 4．解析：考查动词时态。本句应使用现在完成时，强调“已经有10分钟了”，与后面的“他通常有特别的东西要买”相呼应。 答案：has been 5．解析：考查动词不定式。此处为动词不定式作后置定语，修饰something special，表示“有特别的东西要买”。 答案：to buy 6．解析：考查主谓一致。当关系代词在定语从句中作主语时，定语从句中的谓语动词应与先行词的人称和数保持一致。有些代词只能指代单数可数名词，当它们在句子中作主语时，尽管在意义上是复数，谓语动词仍要用单数形式。这类代词有either，neither，each，another，somebody，someone，something，anyone，anything，anybody，everyone，everything，everybody，no one，nothing，nobody等。故此处要用spend的第三人称单数形式。 答案：spends 7． 解析：考查现在分词。现在分词作伴随状语，表示动作伴随主句的动作发生。 答案：thinking 8． 解析：考查副词。especially可用于表示陈述某一事实之后，列举一个具有代表性的例子，作进一步强调，修饰其后的名词、介词短语、从句等。 答案：especially 9． 解析：考查形容词比较级。本句的意思是“尤其是当我觉得我能在其他地方以更便宜的价格买到时”，因此此处需用“少”的比较级。 答案：less 10． 解析：考查介词。pay for sth.表示“为……付款”。 答案：for Passage 2 Dear Tom， How time flies！You have been studying in Beijing for 1._____(approximate) a month，during which you must 2._____ (achieve) a lot.Well，how's everything going? It is reported that the weather there is very hot and dry these days，which is very different from 3._____of your country.Have you adapted to it? In 4._____ (add)，you once complained (抱怨) that the food 5._____(serve) there was not to your taste.I hope that should have been improved. I am glad to tell you that I will go to Beijing to take part in an ... ...
