单选题
We all know that a magician does not really depend on "magic" to perform his tricks, but on his ability to act at great speed. (26) , this does not prevent us from (27) watching a magician produce rabbits from a hat. One of the greatest magician of all time was Harry Houdini, who mastered the art of (28) He could (29) himself from the tight test knots in seconds. (30) no one really knows how he did this, there is no doubt (31) he had made a close (32) of every type of lock ever invented. He liked to carry a small steel needle like toolstrapped to his leg and he used this in (33) of a key. Houdini once asked the Chicago police to (34) him in prison. They (35) him in chains and locked him up, but he freed himself (36) an instant. The police (37) him of having used a tool and locked him up again. This time he wore no clothes and there were chains (27) his neck, waist, wrists, and legs; but he again escaped in a few minutes. Houdini had probably hidden his "needle" in a wax like (39) and dropped it on the floor in the (15) . (16) he went past, he stepped on it so that it stuck (40) the bottom of his foot. Once he was heavily chained up and enclosed in an empty wooden chest, the lid of (41) was nailed down. The chest was dropped (42) the sea in New York harbor. Just in one minute Houdini had swum (43) the surface.
【答案解析】本题主要考查的是动词的辨析。四个选项都可以和介词from搭配,但意义有所不同:prevent,keep,prohibit与from搭配,可以表示“阻止某人做某事”;free sb. from表示“使某人摆脱,解脱”。本句的意思为“他可以使自己在数秒钟之内从系得牢牢的绳索里逃生”。所以正确答案应该是C项。
【答案解析】本题考查的是习惯搭配。doubt后所接从句的引导词可以是that,也可以是 whether。当主句是肯定句时,从句的引导词就是whether,例如:There is still some doubt whether the deaths were accidental.当主句是否定句时,从句的引导词就是that,例如:There's no doubt that one day a cure will be found.同样,这条规律也适用于 doubt的形容词形式doubtful。在本句的主句中doubt是由no修饰限定的,所以从句应该由that引导。因此本题的正确答案是D项。
【答案解析】本题考查的是习惯搭配。本句的意思为“他用这个东西宋代替钥匙”。部分考生可能会错选A,注意这里是“in stead of”,并不是可以表示“而不是”的“instead of”,所以做题时要十分小心哟! 固定搭配“in place of”可以表示“代替”。“in need of”表示“需要”。“in form of”表示“以某种形式”。联系本句的意义,所以正确答案应该是B项。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】本题考查的是动词的辨析。“lock sb. in prison”表示“把某人锁在监狱里”。“put sb.in prison”表示“监禁某人”。“sentence sb.in prison”表示“判处某人监禁”。没有“take sb. in prison”这种搭配。出于表演的目的,魔术师只是要求警察把他锁在监狱里,而不会对自己进行刑事上的处罚。所以本题的正确答案是A项。
【答案解析】本题考查的是名词的搭配。passage在表示“过道,走廊”时,一般与in搭配“in the passage”。way一般与on搭配“on the way”表示“在路上”。road一般也与on搭配,表示“在公路上”。street“街道”一般与in搭配。本句的意思为“Houdini可能把针藏在像蜡一样的物质里,并把它丢在监狱过道的地面上”。所以本题的正确答案应该是A项。
【答案解析】本题考查的是介词的辨析。本句的意思是“一分钟后,Houdini就游到了海面”。部分考生可能会错选on,因为“on the surface”是常见的搭配。但“on the surface”的意思是“在表面上”,与本句的意义不符。“to the surface”表示“到表面”。根据本句句意,C项应该为正确答案。