1.Tom had snatched a short holiday from his work to come here.

2.He said it ended all too soon.(汤姆趁工作之暇匆匆来此渡一短假，他说，假期过得太快了。)

9. Deserts, dry areas with _____ no vegetation, cover more than one-third of the Earth's land surface.

A. surprisingly B. eventually

C. permanently D. virtually

[答案] D. virtually

[注释]virtually(=almost, very nearly; in every way that is really important)几乎，事实上，实际上;

My book is virtually finished,I have only a few changes to make in the writing.( 我的书几乎写完了，我只要在作品中再作一点修改就可以了。)

surprisingly令人惊奇的;eventually最终的;permanently永久的。

10. After dinner the minister made a short _____ to the guests.

A. delivery B.pronunciation C.conversation D. speech

[答案] D. speech

[注释]make a speech to sb.(向某人做演讲)。

make conversation with sb.(和某人闲谈conversation常与下列动词搭配：

get (enter) into conversation with(和.....攀谈起来),

have a conversation with(与.....谈话),

interrupt (break off) conversation(中断谈话),

turn the conversation to other matters(把话题转到其他问题上)

delivery常指"(演讲等的)说话方式，口才",如：

His report was good, but his delivery was poor.( 他的报告内容很好，但他的口才太差)。

2017高考英语真题单选专题训练二

1. It was with great delight that I read in your February _____ the letter to the Editor written by Prof. Johnson.

A. issue B. printing C. magazine D. copy

[答案] A. issue.

[注释] 根据题意，此处是指某杂志二月份的那一期，故应选 issue.printing 印刷;印刷术。

至于 copy 与 issue 的区别，copy 指书刊的“本，册”;而 issue 是指报刊或杂志的“期”.

本题译文： 非常高兴地拜读了贵刊二月的一期中所登载的约翰逊教授致编辑的信。

2. What I'm telling yois strictly _____. Do not let anyone know of it.

A. secretive B. special C. individual D.confidential

[答案] D. confidential.

[注释] confidential(=spoken or written in secret) 机密的，应保密的：

The information is confidential.

special 专门的，专用的： a special car(专车).

individual 个别的，单个的

secretive(=fond of keeping secrets) 爱保密的，守口如瓶的。

本题译文： 我现在告诉你的事是保密的，千万别让人知道。

3. The author had qualified as a doctor but later gave up the _____ of medicine for full-time writing.

A. prescriptionB. procedure C. treatment D. practice

[答案] D. practice.

[注释] practice(医生或律师的)业务，生意: