[16] --What do you think of the Prime Minister’s address to the nation? --I like________of what he said.
A. more B. many
C. few D. much
[答案] D。 address(讲话)是整体名词,表示整体的一大部分不可数,该用much代替。
[17] Dark glasses are sometimes worn to ________the eyes from strong sunlight.
A. prevent B. care
C. defend D. protect
[答案] D。 protect...from意为"保护……不受伤害";prevent...from意为"阻止……发生"。
[18] Hillen used to be very shy, but she has grown________it now.
A. without B. over
C. away D. out of
[答案] D。 grow out of在此表示"因年岁增大而改掉"的意思。
[19] My command of Chinese is not________yours.
A. as half as B. so half good as
C. good as half as D. half so good as
[答案] D。 表示倍数的词应放在so+形容词+as或as+形容词+as结构的前面,so+形容词+as用于否定句。
[20] Miss Smith is a friend of________.
A. Mary’s mother’s B. Mary’s mother
C. Mary mother’s D. mother’s of Mary
[答案] A。 a friend of Mary’s mother’s玛丽妈妈的一位朋友,在of后要加名词所有格,应注意英语这种双重所属的用法。
[21] The little boy is dirty from head to foot because he______in the mud all morning.
A. has played B. is playing
C. has been playing D. was playing
[答案] C。 从is dirty from head to foot和all morning判断应用一直在玩。现在完成时态和现在完成进行时态都是说明动作由过去开始,该动作延续到现在。
[22] I remember______this used to be a quiet village.
A. when B. how
C. where D. what
[答案] A。 when引导宾语从句,表示""。village已有quiet修饰,不能再用how引导从句,C
[23] Anne looks______in red while green clothes are nice ______Helen.
A. good; on B. well; in
C. good; at D. well; for
[答案] A。 D不合题意。
[24] I advised that he ______to the hospital at once, but he insisted that he quite well then.
A. be sent; was feeling B. was sent; felt
C. be sent; feel D. should be sent; should feel
[答案] A。 taste,sound,feel,look,smell与形容词连用表示某人或某物的一种状态
[25] All the students went to see ______ with her.
A. what the matter was B. what was the matter
C. what wrong was D. what was the wrong
[答案] B。 性质。这五个动词是系动词,故这几个动词没有被动语态形式,只用于一般现在时和一般过去时。
[26] --You’ve made great progress in your studies of English, haven’t you? --Yes, but much ______.
A. remains to do B. is remained to do
C. remains to be done D. is remained to be done
[答案] C。 remain作系动词用,本身不用于被动语态,有时与不定式的被动结构构成合成谓语,意为"尚待"。
[27] --Why didn’t you tell Ann the truth? --______ .
A. Yes, I was afraid to be scolded by her B. No, but I wanted to
C. But I did D. I always hate telling lies
[答案] C。 特殊疑问句,答句不能用Yes或No开头。
[28] Hardly ______ when the bus suddenly pulled away.
A. they had got to the bus stop B. they got to the bus stop
C. did they get to the bus stop D. had they got to the bus stop
[答案] D。 否定副词hardly放于句首构成倒装句。Hardly+had+主语+done when...did...是固定的句式。选项A
[29] He is always______fault with other people though he doesn’t do his own work properly.
A. seeking B. looking
C. finding D. putting
[答案] C。 B应用倒装语序
[30] --Do you know anyone in Paris? --No, I’ll make friends once______ .
A. I’m settled B. I have settled
C. I’ll be settled D. I’m settling
[答案] A。 seek探寻,look看(不及物动词,不加宾语),find找到,put放。