Ⅲ.单项填空
1.I________sooner but I didn't know that they were waiting for me.
A.had come B.was coming
C.would come D.would have come
解析 考查与过去事实相反的虚拟语气。句意：我本该早点儿来的，但我不知道当时他们正在等我。根据后面一句话的意思可反推出说话人觉得自己当时应该早点到，但实际上过去并未这么做。would have done sth表示“过去本来会做某事”，暗含的意思是过去并未做到。
答案 D
2.His tastes and habits________with those of his wife.
A.combine B.compete
C.coincide D.compromise
解析 句意：他们夫妻习惯爱好都一样。coincide意为“巧合”。其他三个词和介词with搭配的意思分别为：combine with意为“与……结合/联合”;compromise with意为“跟……妥协”;compete with意为“与……竞争或进行比赛”。
答案 C
3.American women were________the right to vote until 1920 after years of hard struggle.
A.ignored B.denied
C.overlooked D.neglected
解析 deny sb sth拒绝给予。
答案 B
4.The bank is reported in the local newspaper________in broad daylight yesterday.
A.being robbed
B.having been robbed
C.to have been robbed
D.robbed
解析 句意：据本地报纸报道，这家银行昨天光天化日之下被抢劫。sth /sb is reported to do sth某物/人被报道做某事。
答案 C
5.I wonder how anyone can________condemn others when he reflects upon his own thoughts.
A.have the face to B.has the face to
C.have a face to D.have face to
解析 句意：我真奇怪一个人在对自己的思想进行检讨后怎么还能有脸去谴责别人。have the face to do sth毫不羞耻地做某事。
答案 A
6.It was a________accident—I'll spare you the details.
A.horrible B.horribly
C.possible D.possibly
解析 句意：这是一场可怕的事故。我会告诉你细节的。horrible可怕的，恐怖的。
答案 A
7.The mother would rather the boy________what she demands of him—to set the frog________free.
A.to do;caught alive
B.did;being caught living
C.did;caught alive
D.had done;caught lovely
解析 考查虚拟语气和形容词。句意：这位母亲想让小男孩照她说的做：把那只被活捉的青蛙放了。该句中的would rather后面要用一般过去时表示虚拟;而那只鸟是被活捉，所以要用caught alive。
答案 C
8.There are too many difficulties for us________. We really don't know________to do.
A.to deal with;what B.to deal with; how
C.to do with; how D.to do with：what
解析 考查动词。 句意：有大多的困难让我们处理，我们真的不知道该做些什么。处理困难要用deal with;而第二个空后面的do缺少宾语，应该用what。
答案 A
9.The sound of the train________in the distance. Which of the following is WRONG?
A.faded out B.faded away C.died away D.died out
解析 句意：火车的声音渐渐消失在远方。fade out，fade away，die away都可指声音渐渐消失。die out“灭绝，灭亡，绝种”。
答案 D
10.Many personnel managers say it is getting harder and harder to________honest applicants from the growing number of dishonest ones.
A.distinguish B.disguise
C.dissolve D.discount
解析 句意：许多人事经理声称由于不诚实应征者人数上升，越来越难和诚实的应征者加以区分了。distinguish辨别;disguise掩饰，假装，假扮;dissolve溶解，消除;discount折扣。
答案 A
11.Bob and I see each other________but not as often as we used to.
A.once more B.once in a while
C.in the end D.more or less
解析 句意：鲍勃与我偶尔会见面，但不像以前那么经常了。once in a while“间或，偶尔”符合句意。once more再次;in the end最后;more or less或多或少。
答案 B
12.Many youth don't know what to________at university; they can't make up their minds about the future.
A.take away B.take up
C.take over D.take after
解析 考查动词短语。句意：许多年轻人不知道在大学里应该学习什么，他们对自己的未来拿不定主意。take away带走，解除，消除;take up开始从事，占据;take over接收，接管;take after(面貌、言行等)像。
答案 B
13.—Jack，you seem in high spirits.
—________We won the match 4∶0.
A.Guess what? B.So what?
C.No wonder. D.No doubt.
解析 考查情景交际。句意：——杰克，看起来精神不错呀。——你猜猜怎么了?我们以四比零赢得了比赛。Guess what?“猜猜怎么了?”So what“那又怎么样呢?”No wonder.“难怪;怪不得”;No doubt.“毫无疑问”。根据句意选A项。
答案 A
14.Human behaviour is mostly a product of learning，________the behavior of an animal depends mainly on instinct.
A.otherwise B.whereas
C.unless D.nevertheless
解析 句意：人类的行为大多是学习的产物，而动物的行为则主要依靠本能。whereas 意为“然而，却”，引导对立的从句;otherwise意为“否则”;unless意为“除非”;nevertheless 意为“然而”，不引导从句。
答案 B
15.Before you decide to leave your job，________the effect it will have on your family.
A.consider B.considering
C.to consider D.considered
解析 before 引导的是时间状语从句， 填空句为主句， 而此主句为祈使句， 故动词用原形。其中 it will have...为修饰名词 the effect 的宾语从句。
答案 A
