第一节：单词拼写与短语 (必须用课文原词)（共20小题; 每小题0.5分，共10分）
【小题1】Many European explorers (探险者)went to the continent of Africa in the 19th century.
【小题2】The villagers trapped (使陷入困境) in the flood waited for the rescue.
【小题3】The voyage (航行) from England to India used to take six months.
【小题4】Computers are being lighter, smaller and more portable (便携的).
【小题5】The government is taking tentative (试探性的) steps towards dealing with the country’s economic problems.
【小题6】Reports of this kind have been circulated (传播) by our newspaper quickly.
【小题7】As soon as the Polynesian guest tasted the asparagus he remarked (评论) how delicious it was!
【小题8】In Australia, each person consumed about 39 kilograms of meat a year during the 1980s and the consequence/result/oute (结果) was that many people were overweight.
【小题9】Parts of the cave have been badly affected by rain and exposure (暴露) to the air.
【小题10】Since most Antarctic rocks are dark in colour, they stand out against the white background and are easy to identify (识别) and collect.
【小题11】 进入，踏上set foot on
【小题12】 把.. …抛在后面leave sth. behind
【小题13】自由地at liberty
【小题14】直线去某地make a beeline for
【小题15】与…关系密切on close terms with
【小题16】难怪no wonder
【小题17】厌倦做某事get tired of doing sth
【小题18】与…有共同点have … … in mon
【小题19】放火烧set fire to/set…on fire
【小题20】 受…支配at the mercy of… …
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解析：
【小题1】很多欧洲探险者在19世纪到了非洲。名词“探险者”：explorers
【小题2】被困在洪水中的村民等待救援。Trapped是过去分词做定语
【小题3】从英国到印度的航行过去要六个月。考查名词：航行：voyage
【小题4】电脑越来越轻，越小，越便携。考查形容词：便携的：portable
【小题5】对于处理这个国家的经济问题政府正采取试探性的措施。形容词：试探性的：tentative
【小题6】这种报道很快被报纸传播了。考查动词的被动语态：be circulated被传播
【小题7】波利尼西亚的客人一品尝芦笋，就评论说很好吃。动词：评论“remark”，因为从句用的是一般过去式，主句也是一般过去式：remarked
【小题8】在20世纪80年代，澳大利亚每年人均消耗39公斤的肉，后果是很多人过度肥胖。名词“后果”consequence/result/oute
【小题9】一部分山洞因为雨水和暴露于空气被严重影响。名词：暴露：exposure
【小题10】因为大多数南极洲的岩石是暗色的，所以在白色的背景下很容易识别和收藏。动词：识别： identify
【小题11】考查固定词组：进入，踏上set foot on
【小题12】考查固定词组：把.. …抛在后面leave sth. behind
【小题13】考查固定词组：自由地at liberty
【小题14】考查固定词组：直线去某地make a beeline for
【小题15】考查固定词组：与…关系密切on close terms with
【小题16】考查固定词组：难怪no wonder
【小题17】考查固定词组：厌倦做某事get tired of doing sth
【小题18】考查固定词组：与…有共同点have … … in mon
【小题19】考查固定词组：放火烧set fire to/set…on fire
【小题20】考查固定词组：受…支配at the mercy of… …