Question

Xie lei's 1. course is helping her to get used to the 2.requirements of a Western university. "I remember the first 3. I did for my tutor." she told me. I found an article on the Internet 4. seemed to have exactly the information I needed. So I made a summary of the article, 5. my draft and handed the essay in.

In the 18th century California was 6.by Spain.Spanish soldiers first arrived in South America in the early 16th century,when they fought against the native people and took their land.Two centuries later,the Spanish 7.in most parts of South America and along the northwest coast of 8.we now call the United States.

Cloning plants is 9.while cloning animals is very complicated.It is a difficult task to undertake.Many10.to clone mammals failed.

Answer

1.preparation

2.academic

3.essay

4.that

5.revised

6.ruled

7.had settled

8.what

9.straightforward

10.attempts

【解析】考查了单词在具体语境中的应用。

1.考查名词。句意：谢蕾的预科课程帮助她适应了西方大学的学术要求。One’s后加名词。故填写preparation ，准备，预备。

2.考查形容词。句意：谢蕾的预科课程帮助她适应了西方大学的学术要求。academic学术的，修饰名词requirements。

3.考查名词。 句意：我记得我为我的导师做的第一篇文章。esay文章。

4.考查定语从句。句意：我在网上找到一篇似乎有我所需要的信息的文章。先行词为an article，关系词在从句中充当主语。故填that。

5.考查谓语动词。句意：以我对文章作了总结，修改了我的草稿，交了论文。and连接三个并列谓语动词made，handed。故填revised 。

6.考查过去分词。句意：在十八世纪，加利福尼亚被西班牙统治。故填ruled。

7.考查过去完成时。句意：两个世纪后，西班牙人定居在南美洲的大部分地区以及现在美国西北海岸。从过去一直持续到二十世纪，故使用过去完成时。故填had settled 。

8.考查宾语从句。 句意：两个世纪后，西班牙人定居在南美洲的大部分地区以及现在美国西北海岸。call sb. sth称某人为…。what引导宾语从句。

9.考查形容词。句意：克隆植物很简单，克隆动物非常复杂。形容词作表语。straightforward 简单的。

10.考查名词。句意：许多克隆哺乳动物的尝试失败了。attempt为可数名词。由many修饰，故填复数名词attempts。