a

10．The sooner we students ________ to the new school，the better it will be ________ our studies.

A．adapt; for B．adjust; to

C．adopt; for D．admit; to

答案与解析：A adapt和adjust都有“(使)适应”的意思，但后跟to表示“适应于”，跟for表示“适用的目的”；adopt采用，收养；admit容许，承认，接纳。句意：我们学生对新学校适应得越快，对我们的学习就越有利。

11．You must keep the news a secret and don't put it ________ anybody else.

A．in possession of B．in the possession of

C．in charge of D．in the charge of

答案与解析：B A项和C项的逻辑主语是人，分别表示“某人占有”和“某人负责某事”，含有主动意义；而B项和D项的逻辑主语是物，分别表示“被某人所占有”和“由某人负责”，具有被动意义。根据句子的意思应该选B。

12．The present situation is very complex，so I think it will take me some time to ________ its reality.

A．make up B．figure out

C．look through D．put off

答案与解析：B 考查动词短语。句意：现在的情形太复杂了，因此我想我要花点时间弄清楚真实情况。make up组成，弥补；look through快速阅读，审核；put off推迟；figure out想出来，弄清楚。B项符合题意。

13．Why does teaching as a career ________ many people?

A．apply for B．attract to

C．appeal to D．agree with

答案与解析：C appeal to对 有诱惑力。句意：为什么教育作为一项事业吸引了这么多人呢？apply for申请；attract吸引，attact sb./sth. to把 吸引到 ；agree with同意。

14．She's aiming ________ a scholarship.That is why she has been focusing her mind ________ her work.

A．at; on B．to; on

C．for; in D．at; into

答案与解析：A aim at，focus one's mind on sth.为固定搭配。句意：她的目标是获得奖学金，这就是她为什么专心学习的原因。

15．They didn't buy the car.________，they didn't like its color；________，it was too expensive.

A．For one thing; for another

B．For one thing; but also

C．On the one hand; for another hand

D．For the one hand; on the other hand

答案与解析：A 一方面，另一方面，除了用“on the one hand...on the other hand”，还可以用“for one thing...for another”来表示。

Ⅱ.阅读理解

A primary school teacher who left a class of 25 pupils in tears after she told them Santa Claus ，the supply teacher said out suddenly，“It's your parents who leave out presents on Christmas Day.”

The class of seven-year-olds at Blackshaw Lane Primary School，Royton，Greater Manchester burst into tears and told their parents when they arrived home.Mothers and fathers then complained about the incident and were sent a letter by the school saying the teacher，who only worked at the school for one day last week，has been disciplined.

The school has now said it will not hire her again.

One father said，“My son came home and said that his teacher had told the class that Santa doesn't exist and it's their mum and dad that put out presents for them.Obviously，they were all talking about Christmas and being a bit rowdy.She just came straight out with it.”