第 1 题语法美以美女校 2026 Prelim 第 1 题
Ahmad saw a robber ______ a neighbour’s house while he was out for a walk.
Aenter
Benters
Centered
Dhas entered
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正确答案:A. enter
考点语法:see + 宾语 + 动词原形 · Grammar: see someone + base verb
English: After “saw someone”, we use the base verb to describe the whole action we saw: saw a robber enter. Enters, entered and has entered cannot follow “saw a robber”.
中文:“看见某人做了某事”用 see/saw + 宾语 + 动词原形,所以是 saw a robber enter。enters、entered、has entered 都不能直接跟在 saw a robber 后面。
记法:saw + 人 + 动词原形(看见整个动作)。
第 2 题语法美以美女校 2026 Prelim 第 10 题
I realised that I would have failed ______ my mother’s good advice. It was a good thing I listened to her.
Aif not for
Bin spite of
Cexcept for
Dbecause of
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正确答案:A. if not for
考点语法:if not for(要不是……) · Grammar: “if not for” (without)
English: “I would have failed if not for my mother’s advice” means: without her advice, I would have failed. The next sentence says she listened to her mother, so the advice saved her. In spite of and because of give the wrong meaning.
中文:“要不是妈妈的好建议,我早就失败了。”后一句说幸好听了妈妈的话,所以用 if not for(要不是)。in spite of(尽管)、because of(因为)意思不对;except for(除了)也不通。
记法:would have + 过去分词 …… if not for = 要不是……就会……
第 3 题词汇美以美女校 2026 Prelim 第 11 题
Most shopping malls in Singapore are ______ by MRT or bus.
Aavailable
Battainable
Caccessible
Dapproachable
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正确答案:C. accessible
考点词汇:accessible(容易到达的) · Vocabulary: accessible = easy to reach
English: Accessible means easy to reach or get to. Malls are easy to get to by MRT or bus. Available means ready to use, attainable means possible to achieve, and approachable means friendly and easy to talk to.
中文:accessible 是“容易到达的”,商场坐地铁或巴士都能方便到达。available 是“可用的”,attainable 是“可以达到的(目标)”,approachable 是“(人)好接近的”。
记法:交通方便到达 → accessible。
第 4 题词汇美以美女校 2026 Prelim 第 12 题
Arun is a/an ______ team member. When his group did not have enough materials for their Science project, he came up with the idea of using plastic bottles to complete their model.
Aresourceful
Bindustrious
Cexceptional
Dcollaborative
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正确答案:A. resourceful
考点词汇:resourceful(足智多谋的) · Vocabulary: resourceful
English: Arun solved the problem of not having enough materials by thinking of using plastic bottles. A person who finds clever ways to deal with problems is resourceful. Industrious means hard-working, and collaborative means working well with others.
中文:Arun 材料不够时想到用塑料瓶,说明他会想办法解决问题,即 resourceful(足智多谋的)。industrious 是“勤劳的”,exceptional 是“杰出的”,collaborative 是“善于合作的”,都不能直接对应“想到好办法”。
记法:能就地取材想办法 → resourceful。
第 5 题词汇美以美女校 2026 Prelim 第 13 题
“While we cannot say for sure, the time needed to recover after a serious case of food poisoning is ______ one week,” added the doctor.
Aexactly
Bgenerally
Cconstantly
Dspecifically
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正确答案:B. generally
考点词汇:generally(通常,一般) · Vocabulary: generally
English: The doctor “cannot say for sure”, so he is giving a usual amount of time, not an exact one. Generally means usually. Exactly and specifically mean precisely, which does not match “cannot say for sure”.
中文:医生说“不能确定”,所以只能给出一般情况,用 generally(通常)。exactly、specifically 都表示“确切地”,和“不能确定”矛盾;constantly 是“不断地”。
记法:不确定时说“一般、通常” → generally。
第 6 题词汇美以美女校 2026 Prelim 第 14 题
After applying some ointment on my injured elbow, the pain slowly ______. I was able to bend my arm again after some time.
Awore on
Bwore off
Cwore out
Dwore away
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正确答案:B. wore off
考点词汇:短语动词 wear off(逐渐消失) · Vocabulary: phrasal verb “wear off”
English: Wear off means to slowly disappear, used for pain or the effect of medicine. The writer could bend the arm again, so the pain went away. Wear out means to become old and used up; wear on means time passing slowly.
中文:wear off 是“(疼痛、药效)逐渐消失”。后句说手臂又能弯了,说明疼痛消退了。wear out 是“用旧、磨坏;使精疲力尽”,wear on 是“(时间)慢慢过去”。
记法:疼痛慢慢消退 → the pain wore off。
第 7 题词汇美以美女校 2026 Prelim 第 15 题
Marine biologists are studying the long term ______ of a tsunami on coastal habitats.
Aresults
Boutcomes
Cinferences
Dimplications
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正确答案:D. implications
考点词汇:implications(可能带来的后果) · Vocabulary: implications
English: Implications are the possible effects that something will have later. Scientists study the “long term implications of a tsunami on coastal habitats”. Inferences are guesses made from clues, so (3) is wrong; results and outcomes are not used with “long term … of … on” this way.
中文:implications 是“(以后)可能带来的影响、后果”,long term implications of A on B 是常见搭配,指海啸对海岸栖息地的长期影响。inferences 是“推断”;results、outcomes 是“结果”,不和 of … on … 这样用。
记法:A 对 B 的长远影响 → the long-term implications of A on B。
第 8 题语法美以美女校 2026 Prelim 第 2 题
The team ______ for hours when the coach called for a break.
Atrain
Bhad trained
Chad been training
Dhas been training
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正确答案:C. had been training
考点语法:过去完成进行时(for hours … when) · Grammar: past perfect continuous
English: The team kept training for hours, and this went on until a moment in the past (when the coach called for a break). An action that continued up to a past moment uses had been + -ing: had been training.
中文:球队练了好几个小时,一直练到过去的某一刻(教练叫休息时)。持续到过去某一时刻的动作,用过去完成进行时 had been + -ing。
记法:for + 一段时间 + when(过去某刻)→ had been doing。
第 9 题词汇英华小学 2025 Prelim 第 11 题
The Ministry of Environment officers shut down that restaurant when it was found to be ______ with cockroaches.
Ainflated
Binflicted
Cinfected
Dinfested
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正确答案:D. infested
考点词汇:infested with(害虫成灾) · Vocabulary: “infested with” pests
English: “Infested with cockroaches” means full of cockroaches. Inflated = filled with air; inflicted = caused (pain); infected = has germs.
中文:infested with 指“(害虫)大量出没、成灾”。inflated 充气的;inflicted 施加(痛苦);infected 被病菌感染的。
记法:pests(害虫)→ infested。
第 10 题语法英华小学 2025 Prelim 第 1 题
Neither Jaspal nor his brother ______ present at the hockey practice earlier.
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正确答案:C. was
考点语法:neither…nor 主谓一致 + 过去时 · Grammar: subject–verb agreement with “neither … nor” (past tense)
English: With “neither … nor”, the verb agrees with the noun closest to it: “his brother” (one person). “Earlier” tells us it is the past. One person + past = was.
中文:neither…nor 句型里,动词跟最靠近它的主语一致,这里是 his brother(单数)。earlier 表示过去。单数 + 过去 → was。
记法:neither A nor B,动词看 B。