特征。

　　5．________exists a good way to solve the problem in geography.

　　答案：There　There exists ... "存在......；有......"。

　　6．As second­hand smoking is ________(harm) and dangerous, people want a total ban against smoking in public.

　　答案：harmful　此处形容词harmful "有害的"作表语。

　　7．She bought a heavy curtain ________(block) out the light.

　　答案：to block　此处动词不定式短语to block out作目的状语。

　　8．Though injured seriously, he tried to cheer ________ , hoping to make his parents less worried.

　　答案：up　cheer up "(使)感到高兴，(使)振作起来"。

　　9．Measures have been taken to prevent the river from ________(pollute)．

　　答案：being polluted　prevent sb./sth. from doing sth. "阻止某人/某物做某事"，且本句中pollute和river存在逻辑上的被动关系，故填动名词的被动结构。

　　10．________(like) what you supposed, only a few people attended the party, which was disappointing.

　　答案：Unlike　根据语意可知，"并不像"你所猜测的那样，故填Unlike，引导名词性从句。

三、完形填空。

　　阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可能填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　(2018·河北石家庄高三复习教学质量检测二)

　　When my sister Diane began playing the violin，she was seven.How did she sound？Terrible.But she didn't __1__.At twelve，she asked our parents if she could __2__ a full­time music school.They said no.Actually，everyone agreed that my sister__3__ talent.

　　I was better at my __4__.My teacher had told my parents that I had great__5__.So my parents found the best piano teacher in the area to __6__ me.But the only time he was __7__ was Saturday afternoons at 3 p．m.. Back then，I was __8__ about the British TV show"The Avengers"，which was__9__ every Saturday at 3 p．m.. I let nothing take up my "The Avengers"hour.So I __10__ this amazing opportunity.Today，I don't even have a__11__ in my house.

My sister became an engineer，but she __12__ stopped making music.When she was in her 40s，she switched her __13__.She went back to college，got a(n)__14__ in music education，and became a music teacher.She starts kids off on their first instrument and gives them all the encouragement and support she never __15__.