【考点】情态动词.

【分析】上周五他解决一个难题的方法很可能会导致另一个新的问题的产生.

【解答】答案：B.

本句中表达的是一种委婉的说法，may well很可能，有充分理由可以;划线前后的两部分内容可以用此情态动词来表达;would rather宁愿，宁可;shall将会;need需要，这几个词都不符合语境;故选B.

【点评】对于情态动词的运用要多积累一些常用情态动词的用法，结合句子的语境来做出合理的推断.

34.﹣It is really boring to practise playing the piano every day.

﹣Come on，dear!The rewards yoget are ________ the effort yoput in.()

A.in proportion to B.in addition to

C.in contrast to D.in regard to

【考点】介词短语.

【分析】﹣﹣每天练习弹钢琴真无聊.

﹣﹣得了吧，亲爱的!你得到的回报与你所付出的努力是成比例的.

【解答】答案：A.

in proportion to与成比例，in addition to除了此外除此之外，in contrast to相比之下与对照，in regard to关于，对于，涉及;结合最后一个句子划线处的前后内容可知，两者之间是有一定的因果关系的;故选A.

【点评】对于介词短语的辨析要搞清每个短语的意思和用法，再结合句子的意义和语境选择答案.

35.﹣What luck!I failed in the driving test again.

﹣________?Did yomake the same mistake?()

A.What if B.How come C.Why not D.So what

【考点】疑问副词.

【分析】﹣真背!我驾驶考试又失败了.﹣怎么回事?你犯了同样的错误?

【解答】答案：B what if后接条件状语从句;how come怎么啦，怎么回事，相当于what's wrong;why not为什么不做某事，表示建议;so what是又怎样.句意表达的是询问，故选B.

【点评】本题考查常用的搭配结构，是交际用语中比较常见的简略表达法.学习时，要注意区分和掌握.第二节：完形填空(共1小题;每小题20分，满分20分)请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项.

36.(20分)Just the other day，a fierce storm hit our community.I looked out the window and witnessed a tree being (36)B by the fierce winds.The branches bent，and swayed(摇摆) back and forth，thanks to their (37)Cto avoid breaking.The leaves desperately stuck to the branches because their life (38)B the tree.The powerful trunk that (39)Athe tree upright bent slightly backwards from the force in a battle to (40)D its position.

After the storm had passed，the tree gracefully returned to its (41)Cposition standing tall amongst the chaos.It managed to (42)D the storm.It didn't look the same as leaves had shed from its branches and the soil had loosened a bit，but what (43)Ais that the tree won the fight for its life.

For a long time I couldn't understand why this tree (44)D my attention the way it did.As time passed，it became (45)B that it wasn't just about the tree but about the roots，which，although unseen，dig deep into the soil providing (46)Dand nutrition.The roots allow the tree to be able to take a (47)A because they are there to support them.

I couldn't but ask myself how deep the roots are in my life.(48)B，the next time yocatch your kids (49)A，when the job is driving yocrazy，when yoare underpaid and the (50)Cis tight，and when the storms of life are raging，go back to your roots.Life is full of (51)C.They will make yosway，make yo(52)B，make yolose some leaves but the deeper your roots the stronger yostand.

Faced with (53)Byomight bend but don't break.No matter how hard the wind blows don't let life (54)C yointo an uncomfortable position.Your (55)D lies in your roots.

36.A.crushed B.abused C.broken D.removed

37.A.height B.thickness C.flexibility D.outline

38.A.answered for B.depended on C.catered for D.touched on

39.A.held B.tied C.pulled D.raised

40.A.achieve B.reach C.establish D.maintain

41.A.current B.final C.original D.comfortable

42.A.explore B.avoid C.chase D.survive

43.A.counts B.differs C.concerns D.reveals

44.A.fixed B.transferred C.escaped D.caught

45.A.strange B.obvious C.possible D.reasonable

46.A.surroundings B.resources C.probablity D.stability

47.A.beating B.stand C.chance D.turning

48.A.However B.Therefore C.Nevertheless D.Besides