[1] If no one _____ the phone at home, ring me at work.
A. returns B. replies
C. answers D. receives
[答案] C。 固定搭配。回电话一般用answer the phote。
[2] -----When will they come back? -----I _____ don’t know.
A. simply B. hopefully
C. happen D. as well
[答案] A。 simply用来修饰动词，加强语气，意为"真的，确实"。
[3] 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。 best是well的最高级形式修饰动词，表示"最好"。
[4] The news sounds _______.
A. Encouraging B. encouraged
C. encourage D. to encourage
[答案] A。 sound是系动词，后面得用形容词作表语。而现在分词表示主语的特征，故只能用A。
[5] Seeing the sun _____ above the surface of the sea we burst out a shout of joy.
A. to rise B. to raise
C. rising D. raising
[答案] C。 感官动词后面用现在分词作宾补，表示正在进行。
[6] ______ 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。With + 名词 + 过去分词短语，表示伴随。
[7] As she _____ the newspaper, Granny _____ asleep.
A. read ; was falling B. was reading; fell
C. was reading; was falling D. read; fell
[答案] A。 as引导的时间状语从句，表示两个动作的同时进行。
[8] 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等副词在句首，句子要完全倒装;后面还跟了一个定语从句。
[9] 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。 这是一个典型的倒装句型。
[10] 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…for… 把...误认为...。
[11] -----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。 on march游行;on strike罢工。
[12] No race war is worse than _______ inside single family.
A. it B. that
C. one D. war
[答案] C。 代词one代替前面提到的名词war。
[13] The students are ___ young people between the age of sixteen and twenty.
A. most B. almost
C. mostly D. at most
[答案] C。 mostly"大部分"主要用作表语。
[14] _____ a reply, he decided to write again.
A. Not receiving B. Receiving not
C. Not having receiving D. Having not receiving
[答案] C。 现在分词的完成形式表示动作发生在主句动作之前。
[15] 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..结构位于句首主句要部分倒装，so要连同它所修饰词语一道倒装。
[16] 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是系动词，故后面跟过去分词作表语。
[17] In fact she was _____ of softball, tennis and track.
A. much more fond B. much fond
C. very fonder D. too more fond
[答案] A。 fond的比较级是加more构成。
[18] She is _____ out on Sundays.
A. almost B. mostly
C. most D. the most
[答案] B。 mostly用作表语表示"大部分"。
[19] It may rain, but I shall go out _____.
A. somehow B. anyhow
C. somewhat D. anywhere
[答案] B。 anyhow 副词，"无论无何"。
[20] Not until Mr. Smith came to China ______what kind of a country she is from.
A. Didn’t he know B. Had he known
C. Hadn’t he known D. Did he know
[答案] D。 not until在句首主句要部分倒装。
