Inside the window hangs a carved out of this piece of wood by the artist.

decoration

destination

discipline

考查名詞辨析。句意：窗戶邊上掛著一幅被藝術(shù)家由這塊木頭雕刻的裝飾品。A. decoration裝飾，裝飾品；B. destination目標(biāo)； C. departure 離開；D. discipline紀(jì)律。窗邊應(yīng)掛著裝飾品。故選A項(xiàng)。

He punished the children their carelessness making them pay for the damage.

by; for

with; by

for; by

about; with

考查介詞。句意：他因?yàn)楹⒆觽兊拇中膽土P他們賠償損失。根據(jù)句意可知：“their carelessness"表示他們被懲罰的原因，需用介詞for表原因。"making them pay for the damage"表示他們被懲罰的方式，需用介詞by表方式。故選C項(xiàng)。

Last night I had just gone to bed an odd delivery man knocked on the window of my house.

as

before

when

while

考查狀語從句引導(dǎo)詞。句意：昨天晚上，我剛剛上床睡覺突然覺得一個(gè)奇怪的送貨員敲我房子的窗戶。固定搭配had done sth when表示某人剛做完某事突然.....故選C項(xiàng)。

— Is it my age ________the boss minds?
—I’m afraid so. He will consider ________ necessary to have an experienced assistant.

which；it

that；it

which；that

that；that

考查強(qiáng)調(diào)句型和it的用法。第一空that與it is構(gòu)成強(qiáng)調(diào)句型。第二空it是一個(gè)形式賓語，真正的賓語是不定式to have an experienced assistant，選B。

Her for writing was a desire for women to get the right to higher education.

motivation

qualification

talent

technique

考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：她寫作的動(dòng)力源自為女性獲得更高教育的權(quán)利。motivation動(dòng)力；動(dòng)機(jī)；qualification資格；talent才能，天賦；technique技巧。故a desire for women to get the right to higher educatio是她寫作的動(dòng)力。故選A項(xiàng)。