1．The difference in thickness and weight from the earlier version makes the iPad 2 more comfortable ______.
A．held B．holding
C．be held D．to hold
解析考查动词不定式作状语。句意：厚度和重量与先前版本的不同使得iPad 2拿着更舒服。形容词easy，hard，difficult，comfortable作表语，后面需用不定式的主动形式表被动意思，故正确答案为D项。
答案D
2．After the earthquake，the first thing the local government did was to provide______for the homeless families.
A．accommodation B．occupation
C．equipment D．furniture
解析考查名词词义辨析。句意：地震之后，当地政府首先做的事情就是为无家可归的家庭提供住处。accommodation“住处，容身之处”；occupation“职业，工作；占据”；equipment“设备，装备；素质”；furniture“家具”。由句意可知，应选accommodation。
答案A
3．Just as the clothes a person wears，the food he eats and the friends with whom he spends his time，his house______h is personality.
A．resembles B．strengthens
C．reflects D．shapes
解析考查动词词义辨析。句意：对于一个人来说，就像他的穿衣、吃饭以及与之过时光的朋友一样，他的房子代表了他的个性。resemble“类似，像”，强调外形的“像”；strengthen“加强，巩固”；reflect“反射，映出；反省，反映；显示(事物的自然属性或人们的态度、情感等)”；shape“塑造；(使)成形”。根据语意及词语的意思，reflects是最佳选项。
答案C
