Module 5 Ethnic Culture
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．—Rosie was late for work this morning.
—________？As far as I know，she is fairly punctual.
A．Why not B．So what
C．How come D．How about
答案 C [How come常用于口语中，表示惊讶，意为“怎么回事”。Why not表示对他人所说的或建议做出肯定反应或表示同意，意为“为什么不”；So what意为“那又怎么样”；How about....意为“……怎么样呢”。根据答语后句“据我所知，她相当守时”可知应答者对罗茜上班迟到感到惊讶，故选C项。]
2．The town has________population of about 10,000 and 80% of________population are farmers.
A．a；the B．a；a
C．the；the D．the；a
答案 A [考查冠词用法。have a population of...意为“有……人口”；第二空表特指“这些人口”中的80%。句意为：这个镇大约有一万人口，其中百分之八十是农民。]
3．—Will you please tell us how you can seize the robbers?
—I will spend a whole week ________in your room to wait for their coming.
A．locking B．to lock
C．locked D．being locked
