大学英语每日一练（2-22）

51. Nearly ______ of the earth ______ covered by sea.

A.three fourth; is

B.three fourths; is

C.three fourth; are

D.three fourths; are

51.【答案】B.

【解析】考查分数表达。句意：几乎地球表面的四分之三被海洋覆盖。分数的表达方式：分子用基数词，分母用序数词，当分子超过一了，分母变复数，本题中把地球看做整体，所以谓语动词用单数，故选B。

52. ______ of the land in that district ______ covered with trees and grass.

A.Two fifths; is

B.Two fifth; are

C.Two fifth; is

D.Two fifths; are

52.【答案】A.

【解析】考查分数的表达法，分子基数词，分母序数词，分子超过一，分母加s。分数做主语，此处代表不可数名词land ，故用单数。故选A。

53. It took us quite a long time to get here. It was ______ journey.

A.three-hour

B.a three hour

C.a three-hour D.three hours

53.【答案】C.

【解析】考查数词加名词构成的合成词的用法。three-hour中间需加连字符左前置定语，journey可数需加不定冠词a。题意：用了很长时间才到那里。那是三个小时的旅程。故选C。

54. Two ______ died of cold last winter

A.hundreds old people

B.hundred old people

C.hundreds old peoples

D.hundred old peoples

54.【答案】B.

【解析】考查数词的用法。hundreds和具体数连用不用复数;people当作人们皆不加复数。句意：200老人去年冬天死于寒冷。故选B。

55. After the new technique was introduced, the factory produced tractors in1988 ______ as the year before.

A.as twice many

B.as many twice

C.twice as many

D.twice many as

55.【答案】C.

【解析】考查倍数表达法。倍数+as…as…句意：引进新技术后，这家工厂1988年生产的拖拉机是前一年的两倍。故选C。

56. The little girl jumped ______ the door to welcome her father.

A.from

B.behind

C.from behind

D.from on

56.【答案】C.

【解析】考查介词辨析。英语中，两个介词可以连用。本句强调“从门的后面”，因此需要连续使用from和behind两个介词。本句意为：小女孩从门后跳出来迎接她的爸爸。故选C。

57. ______ the weather, the picnic will be taken on time.

A.In contrast with

B.In relation to

C.On behalf of

D.Regardless of

57.【答案】D.

【解析】考查介词词组辨析。regardless of不顾，不管;in contrast with与……形成对比;in relation to关于，与……相比;on behalf of代表，为了……的利益。根据句意：不管天气如何，野餐都会按时进行。故选D。

58. Sean has formed the habit of jogging ______ the tree-lined avenue for two hours every day.

A.between

B.along

C.below

D.with

58.【答案】B.

【答案】解析：考查介词的用法。between表示“在……之间”，along表示“沿着”，below表示“在……下面”，with表示“和...一起”，根据句意“Sean已经形成了每天沿着绿荫大道慢跑两小时的习惯”，故选B。

59. To our surprise, Jack scored 400 ______ an average of 250 in a recent English competition.

A.toward

B.for

C.against

D.with

59.【答案】C.

【解析】考查介词用法。against意为“对抗，对照”。如：struggle against fate同命运抗争;lean against the tree斜靠着树;dark colors against a fair skin深色衬托出白皙的肌肤。题干意为：让我们吃惊的是，杰克在最近的英语竞赛中得到了400分，而平均成绩只有250分。故选C。

60.My father was against my idea while my mother was ______ it.

A.in honor of

B.in memory of

C.in favor of

D.in search of

60.【答案】C.

【解析】考查介词短语。In favor of支持;in memory of作为对某人的记念; in honor of为纪念，为庆祝;in search of寻找。句意：我父亲反对我的主意，而我母亲赞成。从句子中的be against和while可知，故选C。