江苏省扬州中学2015届高三上学期质量检测（12月） 英语试题（解析版）
二．英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分)
第一节 单项填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
【题文】21. As long as my drive tester instructed me to pull into the parking lot, I was sure I ______.
A. passed B. have passed C. was passed D. had passed
【答案】【知识点】A11 动词的时态与语态
【答案解析】D。解析：句意：只要我的驾驶教练告诉我拖进停车场，我相信我就通过了。pass“通过考试等”，根据题干中的was sure和从句中也用的过去时，故判断应该用过去时。故选D。
【技巧点拨】熟记常见时态含义，根据语境判断时态。
【题文】22. Last year alone, the temporary unemployment insurance lifted 2.5 million people out of poverty, and ________ the blow for many more.
A. corrected B. cushioned C. compensated D. corresponded
【答案】【知识点】A7 动词
【答案解析】B 解析：A更正；B对应；C补偿；D缓冲。句意：仅去年一年，临时失业保险使2500000人摆脱了贫困，并为更多的人缓冲了失业打击。根据句意选B项。
【技巧点拨】注意积累牢记类似动词含义，体悟语境。
【题文】23. While talking to you, your could-be employer is deciding whether your education, your experience, and other qualifications will pay him to employ you _____ your abilities must be displayed in an orderly and reasonably connected manner.
A. while B. when C. and D. but
【答案】【知识点】A6 连词与介词
【答案解析】C 解析：。句意：在与你谈话时，你未来的雇主就在掂量，如果雇佣你，你所受的教育、工作经历和其他资格是否会使他受益，和你的能力必须要有条不紊地、合情合理地展示出来。此处是并列句，应用and。but表示两个句子之间的转折关系。while和when一般引导状语从句。故选C项。
【题文】24. —________, I can attach no definite meaning to this rather grand sentence.
—Why not turn to your teacher for help?
A. As hard I might try B. Try hard as I might
C. As hard as I might try D. Try as hard as I might
【答案】【知识点】A14 状语从句连接词as引导的让步状语从句
【答案解析】B 解析：句意：--尽管我很努力，但我不明白这个相当重要的句子。--为什么不转向老师求助呢？根据as让步状语从句的结构之一：动词原形 + as + 主语 + 谓语的另一部分（情态动词或助动词may, might, will, would等）判断选择B。
【技巧点拨】掌握as引导让步状语从句的结构。
【典型总结】as引导让步状语从句的结构
as可引导让步状语从句，表示“虽然、尽管”，但要用部分倒装结构，形式如下：
① 形容词 + as + 主语 + 系动词。如：Tired as he is, he offers to help me. 尽管他已经很累了，他还是主动提出帮助我。②过去分词 + as + 主语 + 系动词。如：Well-written as the book is, the author is not satisfied and prepared to revise it. 尽管这本书写得很好，作者还是不满意并打算修改它。③词 + as + 主语 + 系动词。如：Student as he is, he does not study hard. 他虽然是个学生，却不努力学习。④ 副词 + as + 主语 + 谓语部分。如：Much as I admire his courage, I don’t think he acted wisely.
我虽然崇拜他的勇气，但我认为他这样做是不明智的。⑤动词原形 + as + 主语 + 谓语的另一部分（情态动词或助动词may, might, will, would等）。如：Try as you will, you won’t be able to persuade him. 不管你怎么努力，你都说服不了他。
【题文】25. The true traveler sets out to make an independent, unhurried journey to the unknown, travelling ________ few people have set foot.
A. in which B. what C. when D. where
【答案】【知识点】A14 状语从句连接词where的用法
【答案解析】D 解析：句意：真正的旅行者进行独立，从容不迫的走向未知的旅程，旅行
很少有人涉足的地方。A引导定语从句，应有先行词；B引导主语从句；C引导时间状语从句；D引导地点状语从句。根据从句中缺少地点状语，主句应有地点状语，故选D项。
【题文】26. The proportion of elderly people increases in Britain and medical advances make it possible to keep alive patients who ________ previously.
A. would die B. had died C. should have died D. would have died
【答案】【知识点】A10 情态动词与虚拟语气
【答案解析】D 解析：句意：在英国和医学进展方面老年人的比例使先前去世的病人仍然存活成为可能。根据题干
