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In that country, guests usually feel that they are not highly ______ if the invitation to a dinner party is given only three or four days before the party date.
A. regarded B. thought
C. admired D. concerned
A
句意:在那个国家,赴宴会的邀请书仅在宴会前三四天收到，会让客人感到他们不被重视。regarded重视;若选B,则应用thought of, 故选A。
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She can't get down to work because she was deeply __________ by the news of his death.
A. surprised B. affected
C. harmed D. charged
B
句意：她不能着手去工作，因为她深深受到他的死讯的影响。surprise使惊奇;affect影响，感染，感动;harm伤害，危害，损害;charge使承担，指责。
33、
—Hi, Tory, can I use your computer for a while this afternoon?
—Sorry. __________.
【选项】
A. It's repaired
B. It has been repaired
C. It's being repaired
D. It had been repaired
C
解析：句意：“嗨，Tory, 今天下午我能用一会儿你的电脑吗? ”“真抱歉，电脑正在修理。”该句强调的是此时电脑正被维修，需用现在进行时的被动语态。
34、
Would you please keep silent? The weather report __________ and I want to listen.
【选项】
A. is broadcast
B. is being broadcast
C. has been broadcast
D. had been broadcast
B
解析：句意：“请安静一下好吗?正在播天气预报呢，我想听听。”根据句意可知，该空考查的是现在进行时的被动语态。
35、
We could ask someone to do the work privately without it __________.
A. know B. be known C. being known D. to be known
C
句意为：我们将请人私下做这个工作而不被其他人知道。这个题其实是在考without结构，我们可以类比with的用法 如果把它独立出来就应是：it is known但是因为用了without使它成了句子的状语，它就不能再用is形式，而应用分词形式来降级，所以把is改成being。
36、
A candidate for the democratic presidential nomination ______ at this moment.
A. is interviewing B. being interviewed
C. is being interviewed D. Interviewing
C
考查时态。is being interviewed.“当下一位民选总统提名候选人正在接受采访”。从at this moment看，所填必须是现在进行时态。
37、
They _ on the programme for almost one week before I joined them, and now we on it as no good results have come out so far.
A. had been working; are still working
B. had worked; were still working
C. have worked; were still working
D. have worked; are still working
A
由before引导的从句中为一般过去时可知主句应用过去完成时，且“他们工作”的动作在“我加入他们”的时候仍在进行，故用过去完成进行时;再由now一词可知后一分句用现在进行时，强调动作的持续。
38、
(2012 四川，11) They are living with their parents for the moment because their own house __________.
A. is being rebuilt
B. has been rebuilt
C. is rebuilt
D. has rebuilt
A
句意：目前，他们正和父母一起住，因为他们自己的房子正在重建中。本题考查动词的时态和语态。房子与重建之间为被动关系，故排除D项;根据句意可知，“房子正在重建之中”，故选A。
39、
He ___________ his friends for their help at the hotel now.
A. entertained
B. was entertaining
C. is entertained
D. is entertaining
D
entertain在此处意为“款待”，由“now”可知应用现在进行时。
40、
Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts. The plane __________.
A. takes off
B. is taking off
C. has taken off
D. took off
B
考查动词的时态。动词go，come，leave及词组take off等可以用现在进行时表示将要发生的动作。
