[21] -----When will they come back? -----I _____ don’t know.
A. simply B. hopefully
C. happen D. as well
[答案] A。 simply"真的,确实"副词,修饰动词
[22] Speech is ______ heard when it is given in a clear voice just slightly louder than normal.
A. hardly B. less
C. completely D. best
[答案] D。 副词修饰分词。
[23] The news sounds _______.
A. Encouraging B. encouraged
C. encourage D. to encourage
[答案] A。 sound是连系动词,现在分词作表示表示主语的特征。
[24] Seeing the sun _____ above the surface of the sea we let out a shout of joy.
A. to rise B. to raise
C. rising D. raising
[答案] C。 现在分词短语作宾补。
[25] ______ on the portrait, mother was deep in thought.
A. Fixed her eyes B. Her eyes are fixed
C. Her eyes fixing D. With her eyes fixed
[答案] D。 复合结构作状语表示伴随。
[26] As she _____ the newspaper, Granny _____ asleep.
A. read ; was falling B. was reading; fell
C. was reading; was falling D. read; fell
[答案] B。 fall asleep是一个系表结构,不能用进行时态。
[27] They waited and waited. _____ they had been looking forward to.
A. Then the hour came B. The hour then came
C. Then came the hour D. Then did the hour come
[答案] C。 then类似的的词语在句首句子要完全倒装。
[28] Gone forever ____ when we used foreign oil.
A. the days are B. the days were
C. are the days D. were the days
[答案] C。 gone are the days when…. 是一个句型:….的日子已一去不复还了。
[29] I’m not going to help you steal a can, what do you ______?
A. call me B. think me
C. take me for D. read me
[答案] C。 take sb. fo sth. 把…误认为…。
[30] -----Haven’t you heard the news? -----What news? ----- Some of the workers are _______ while others are ______.
A. on the march, on strike B. on march, on strike
C. on the march, on the strike D. on the strike, on march
[答案] B。 be on strike在罢工; be on march在游行。
[31] No race war is worse than _______ inside single family.
A. it B. that
C. one D. war
[答案] C。 在比较级中用one代替前面的可数名词泛指。
[32] The students are ___ young people between the ages at between the age of sixteen and twenty.
A. most B. almost
C. mostly D. at most
[答案] C。 mostly副词,大部分的意思。
[33] _____ a reply, he decided to write again.
A. not receiving B. receiving not
C. not having received D. having not receiving
[答案] C。 用现在分词的完成时态表示动作发生在主句动词之前。
[34] So excited _____ that he couldn’t say a word.
A. was he B. he was
C. did he be D. did he was
[答案] A。 so..that..结构中的so在句首,主句要部分倒装。
[35] ____ knocked down and hurt worried her friends.
A. Kate’s being B. Kate was
C. Kate being D. Kate had been
[答案] A。 动名词的复合结构作主语。
[36] If you _____ the medicine you _____ better now.
A. took ; would feel B. had taken ; felt
C. had taken ; would feel D. took ;would have felt
[答案] C。 是错综复杂条件状语从句中的虚拟语气,主句与从句的时态各管各的。
[37] All of us need ______.
A. to feel needed and admired B. feeling needed and admired
C. to feel being needed and admired D. to feel needing and admiring
[答案] A。 need是实意动词后面跟不定式;feel是连系动词需要根分词作表语。
[38] I felt ______ tired, but he didn’t stop ______.
A. little, to read B. rather, studying
C. fairly, studying D. few, to study
[答案] B。 rather 副词,"十分,相当"一般修饰贬义词;stop后面跟动名词表示"停止"。
[39] We found Mary’s brother to have _____ more story books than Ann’s.
A. much B. too much
C. by far D. far
[答案] D。 far修饰比较级。
[40] Dinner’ll be ready in a few minutes. You’d better ______.
A. wash B. wash himself
C. get washed D. washing
[答案] C get washed 系表结构。