2017学位英语词汇强化练习及答案（5）_第2页

　　16.No sooner had they got the goods covered up (　　)it started raining hard.

　　A. when

　　B. than

　　C.then

　　D. after

　　【参考答案】B。固定搭配。no sooner…than…一…就…;hardly…when…一…就…;scarcely…when…一…就…。

　　17.How long do you think (　　)to finish this urgent task?

　　A.did it take you

　　B.it will take you

　　C.will it take you

　　D.it to take you

　　【参考答案】B。本题考查动词不定式作主语和it作形式主语的情况。不定式作主语时，一般要用形式主语it。本句的结构是It will take sb.(time)to do sth.做某事要花费某人多少时间。

　　18. (　　)was not the way the event happened.

　　A.Which the press reported

　　B.That the press reported

　　C.What did the press report

　　D.What the press reported

　　【参考答案】D。本题考查主语从句。因为在主语从句中应用陈述语序，所以排除C。that只起连接作用，在从句中不担任任何成分，本身也没有意义。which之后必须指明它所修饰或指代的事物。what表示“(关于)…的内容”。

　　19.Air, or (　　)is called atmosphere, surrounds the whole earth.

　　A.it

　　B.that

　　C.which

　　D.what

　　【参考答案】D。本题考查同位语从句和主语从句。

　　20.Don't you think it is time you (　　)smoking?

　　A.give up

　　B.gave up

　　C.would give up

　　D.should give up

　　【参考答案】B。本题考查虚拟语气的用法。It’s(high)time that+过去时，是固定结构。

　　21. "Michael left for California this morning. " "Oh, I thought he _______until next week. "

　　A. hadn't been going

　　B. isn't going

　　C. won't be going

　　D. wasn't going

　　【参考答案】D

　　22. "Not until science became prominent _______ be abolished", some people argue.

　　A. did slavery come to

　　B. slavery to

　　C. had slavery come to

　　D. that slavery came to

　　【参考答案】A

　　23. "To say is one thing, and to do is another. " _______ the old saying goes.

　　A. like

　　B. as

　　C. for

　　D. with

　　【参考答案】B

　　24. " We're late. The play has started." "I wonder how long ago _________."

　　A. did it begin

　　B. it began

　　C. was it beginning

　　D. it has begun

　　【参考答案】B

　　25. "Where can I find Jim?" "He is _______ his work. He won't leave the lab until 6:00 p. m. "

　　A. on

　　B. over

　　C. at

　　D. under

　　【参考答案】C

　　26. A _______ of the long report by the budget committee was submitted to the mayor for approval.

　　A. shorthand

　　B. scheme

　　C. schedule

　　D. sketch

　　【参考答案】D

　　27. A completely new situation will _______ when the examination system comes into existence.

　　A. rise

　　B. arise

　　C. raise

　　D. arouse

　　【参考答案】B

　　28. A Dream of the Red Chamber is said _______ into dozens of languages in the last decade.

　　A. to have been translated

　　B. to translate

　　C. to be translated

　　D. to have translated

　　【参考答案】A

　　29. It's urgent that a meeting _____ before the final decision is made.

　　A. will be arranged

　　B. must be arranged

　　C. be arranged

　　D. would be arranged

　　【参考答案】A

　　30. No one doubts _____ it is true.

　　A. whether

　　B. if

　　C. that

　　D. what

　　【参考答案】C