请从以下四个选项中挑出最符合题目意思的一个选项：
I should not have laughed if I ___ you were serious.A. thoughtB. would thinkC. had thoughtD. have thought
参考译文：C. had thought
解析：这题的考点是虚拟语句。在主语里，should not have laughed的意思是对此前的laugh行为的否定，或是假设laugh的行为没有发生。在if引导的假设条件则是对客观的情况“you were serious”的判断。也就是说，如果当事人I能看到“you were serious"(你的态度很严肃)的话，那么就不会嘲笑一事了。在虚拟语气中，对于已发生过的行为的假设，主语应该是should/would/could+现在完成时，而假设从句则是过去完成时，即had+动词完成式。因此，选项C. had thought最合适的。
请从以下四个选项中挑出最符合题目意思的一个选项：
Opposite the Italian journalists, Vladimir Putin, ________dressed and statemanlike, answered a question about one of the country's notorious billionaires.A. immeasurablyB. immaculatelyC. justifiably D. unkemptly
参考答案：B. immaculately
解析：这一题的选择可从与之相近的statemanlike，即“像政治家那样的”，因此，穿着方面也要是statemanlike。这四个选项里，只有B相合。Immaculately的意思是“干净整洁的;纤尘不染的”，即If you describe something as immaculate, you mean that it is extremely clean, tidy, or neat. 例如：Her front room was kept immaculate. /她的客厅一尘不染。the waiter, dressed in immaculate bow tie and suit/身着干净套装、蝴蝶领结一尘不染的侍者。
从以下四个选项里选出最符合句子意思的一个选项：
Once the flight was over, he had to start learning how to run the hotel from ________. A. scratchB. nothingC. ignoranceD. blank
参考答案：A. scratch
解析：from scratch意思的是“从零开始;从头做起;白手起家”，即If you do something from scratch, you do it without making use of anything that has been done before. 例如：Building a home from scratch can be both exciting and challenging./建立一个全新的家庭既让人兴奋又富于挑战。
请从以下四个选项里挑出最符合句子意思的一个选项：
_______, China's large and medium-sized state enterprises need to improve their management right now.A. As it should be B. As it must beC. As it isD. As it were
参考答案：C. As it is
解析：从语法的角度来说，四个选项都能作状语从句，没有什么违和感。不过，如果结合着后面的主句意思，则可以先剔除D。理由是语句的时态是现在时，而B则是一个虚拟语句，要求主句用过去时态。其次，可去除B，因为从意思上来理解，must有强制性，而need却是突显一种必须性，或是充分条件下的行为。对于C来说，这是一个固定搭配，其意思是“事实上，其实”，即in the actual state of affairs and often contrary to expectations。 例句：he might have been killed; as it is he was severely injured。它通常放在句首，表示一种转折。
请从以下四个选项里选出符合题意的一个选项：
He gave me an ___ either Mary have to leave, or me.A. ulcerB. underdogC. ultimatumD. underworld
参考答案：C. ultimatum
解析：从句子的意思上来看，他对我做了一个动作，内涵是“要不玛丽离开，要不我离开”，于是乎，这个动词肯定不会是underdog(弱者、失败者)和underworld(黑社会)。当然，这个动作更不会是ulcer，“溃疡”,即An ulcer is a sore area on the outside or inside of your body which is very painful and may bleed or produce an unpleasant poisonous substance.因此，选项只能是C. Ultimatum，意思是“最后通牒”，即An ultimatum is a warning to someone that unless they act in a particular way, action will be taken against them. 例如：They issued an ultimatum to the police to rid an area of racist attackers, or they will take the law into their own hands./他们向警方发出了最后通牒，要求肃清整个地区的种族主义暴徒，否则他们将自行采取行动。
请从以下四个选项里选出符合题意的一个选项：
They stood chatting together as easily and naturally as ______.A. it could beB. could beC. it wasD. was
参考答案：B. could be
解析：这是一个省略句，完整的句子应该是They stood chatting together as easily and naturally as they could be chatting. 意思是“他们就这么站着，旁若地人地聊着天。”其中easily and naturally修饰的是chatting，B项是they could be chatting的省略形式，为正确答案。比较容易选错的是A. it could be。不过，it作为代词，指向并不是很明确，是they,还是chatting呢?
请从以下四个选项中选出符合句子意思的一个选项：
I stared into the darkness and wondered if he was as aware of my presence as ______
A. I was of hisB. I was of himC. I did of himd. I did of his
参考答案：A. I was of his
解析：这一句其实考查的是重复行为的表达方式。当be aware of 重复出现时，如何简洁明了?此时，行为动作省略，是用did还是was来表示呢?这里肯定是用was，以示后面是 aware of。另外，在指重复出现的my presence时，是用him，还是his? 这里肯定是用名词性物主代词his.
请从以下四个选项中选出符合句子意思的一个选项：
Even as a child Thomas Edison had very _____ mind; at the age of three he performed his first experiment.A.intricate B.indignantC.incidentalD.inquisitive
参考答案：D.inquisitive
解析：这一题里，其实已有一个非常好的语境，能很快地定位空格里的词，即这两个并列的分句表达的是相同的意思，甚至是后一句解释了前一句里的____mind。对于一个在三岁就能开始做实验的孩子来说，他的脑袋里装着什么呢? 那肯定是对这个世界充满着好奇感。选项D. inquisitive 的意思是“好学的，好问的”，更多地是想了解这个世界有什么样的秘密了。英文里，对inqusitive的解释是“An inquisitive person likes finding out about things, especially secret things.”其它三个选项的词，则没有这样的意思。intricate的意思是“复杂精细的;错综复杂的”，即You use intricate to describe something that has many small parts or details. 例如：intricate patterns and motifs./复杂的式样与图案。Indignant的意思是“愤怒的;愤慨的”，即If you are indignant, you are shocked and angry, because you think that something is unjust or unfair. 例如：He is indignant at suggestions that they were secret agents./有人暗示他们可能是特务,这让他非常气愤。incidental的意思是“附带的;伴随的;次要的"，即If one thing is incidental to another, it is less important than the other thing or is not a major part of it. 例如：The playing of music proved to be incidental to the main business of the evening./音乐演奏成了当晚唱主角的商业活动的陪衬。
