A：知识层面
Ⅰ.语境语法填空
A(考查派生词)
To relieve our academic 1．pressure (press), our new maths teacher adopts a special teaching approach, a 2．combination (combine) of a popular method with a traditional one. He also makes flexible 3．adjustments (adjust) to the teaching plan 4．previously (previous) made by the school. What's more, he creates a more fun environment to inspire our 5．motivation (motivate) for learning. Reasonable 6．tolerance (tolerate) for the errors in our studies 7．constantly (constant) builds up our confidence. Therefore, 8．optimism (optimistic) is gradually taking the place of pessimism and we are all making rapid progress.
B(考查动词)
Jim's mother 9．has been pressing (press) him hard since he started school. She won't tolerate his 10．failing (fail) in exams. Every day he goes to school early after 11．swallowing (swallow) a quick breakfast. He takes a train to the downtown and then 12．switches (switch) to a bus. When reaching his school, he first takes physical exercise 13．guided (guide) by a woman teacher. Then he studies science and literature in his classroom, with the doors and windows 14．fastened (fasten). Jim spares no effort to study and always lives up to his mother's expectations.
C(考查句型)
My daughter Kate went home 15．feeling (feel) sick after a day's hard work. 16．Pressed (press) hard by a problem that was not easy 17．to handle (handle), she couldn't go to sleep. During the night I could hear her sobbing in her pillow for 18．what seemed like hours. Obviously, she had reached a point 19．where she almost broke down under a great deal of pressure. Not 20．knowing (know) what to do, I wrote her manager a letter 21．where I explained what had happened to her and asked him for help.
