Ⅴ.单项填空
1. —Which team is________to win the race?
—In my opinion，it is________for our team to win.
A.probable;likely B.possible;probable
C.possible;likely D.likely;possible
解析 which team 作主语，只能选用likely。第二个空为It's possible for sb to do sth句型。
答案 D
2.Parents________much importance to education.They will do their best to give their children that priceless gift.
A.attach B.pay C.link D.apply
解析 句意：父母认为教育很重要。他们会尽全力给他们的孩子那份无价的礼物。考查动词短语搭配。attach much importance to...认为……很重要;link...to...把……与……联系起来;apply...to运用，应用。
答案 A
3.As a new graduate，he doesn't know________it takes to start a business here.
A.how B.what C.when D.which
解析 考查名词性从句。句意：刚刚毕业，他不知道在这里开公司需要些什么。根据句子结构可知动词take缺少宾语;what在名词性从句中可作主语、表语、宾语。故B项正确。
答案 B
4.I have told you the truth，________I keep repeating it?
A.Must B.Can C.May D.Will
解析 句意：我已经告诉你实情了。非要我一遍遍重复吗?考查情态动词。must表示对方的行为使说话人不满或懊恼，意为“偏要”。can，may用在句首表请求或疑问。
答案 A
5.Dina，________for months to find a job as a waitress，finally took a position at a local advertising agency.
A.struggling B.struggled
C.having struggled D.to struggle
解析 句意：几个月以来，Dina一直努力想找一份女服务员的工作，最终她在一家广告代理处谋到了一个职位。考查非谓语动词作状语。设空处与句子主语为逻辑上的主谓关系，排除B项;不定式作状语一般表目的，排除D项;C项所表示的动作已经发生或先于谓语动作发生。根据句意选C项。
答案 C
6. In the reading room, we found her________at the desk, with her attention________on a book.
A.sitting; fixing B.to sit; fixed
C.seating;fixing D.seated; fixed
解析 句意：在阅览室里，我们发现她正坐在桌边，专心致志地看书。seated作her的补足语，fixed在with复合结构中作补足语。
答案 D
7. Sometimes we are asked________the likely result of an action will be.
A.that we think B.what we think
C.what do we think D.that what we think
解析 句意：有时我们被问及行动可能出现的结果。空格处为are asked的宾语，从句不用倒装，排除C项，疑问词要放在前边，不用that，排除A、D两项。
答案 B
8. When you want to write a person's biography(传记), you must find out________about his or her life.
A.as many as you can
B.as much as you can
C.as possible as you can
D.as complete as possible
解析 句意：当你打算写个人传记的时候，必须尽量多地找到有关他的资料。用as much as one can。
答案 B
9. Yesterday she sold her car，________she bought a month ago.
A.when B.where C.that D.which
解析 句意：昨天她卖了车，那车是她一个月前买的。which引导非限制性定语从句，且在从句中作宾语。
答案 D
10. There are________words in English that came from other languages.
A.a good many of B.a great deal of
C.a great many of D.a large number of
解析 句意：有许多英语单词来自于外来语。a large number of相当于a good/great many，意为“许多”，修饰可数名词复数。当A、C两项后接的名词前有限定词时，才需接介词of;B项修饰不可数名词。
答案 D
