1、
During the Second World War, once before, the U-boats had been _____ because of air attack.
A. in trouble
B. in the trouble
C. for trouble
D. within trouble
答案：A
in trouble表示“出于困境，出于险境”，是固定搭配。句意：在第二次世界大战中，潜艇曾因空袭一度陷入险境。
2、
The reason _____ he was late for the meeting is _____ his car broke down on the road.
A. why; that
B. why; because
C. that; that
D. for which; because
答案：A
第一个空the reason跟定语从句时用why引导;后一个空是that引导的表语从句，用来陈述一个事实。
3、
—I knocked over my coffee cup. It went right over _____ keyboard.
—You shouldn’t put drinks near _____ computer.
A. the; /
B. the; a
C. a; /
D. a; a
答案：B
此题考查冠词的用法。根据句意，前者说“我把咖啡弄翻了，正好全洒到了键盘上”。此处，键盘肯定是特指，故排除C项和D项;而后者说“你不应该把饮料放在电脑旁边”。Computer是可数名词，此处应该加冠词，a加可数名词的单数，可指一类事物。
4、
Drive _____ until you come to the small town, which lies about 100 kilometers _____ London.
A. north; to the east
B. north; east of
C. to north; east of
D. to north; in the east
答案：B
east和north都可以作副词，drive north=drive to the north;east of表示“在……以东”，相当于to the east of…。
5、
—It took me ten years to build up my business, and it almost killed me.
—Well, you know what they say. _____.
A. There is no smoke without fire
B. Practice makes perfect
C. All roads lead to Rome
D. No pains, no gains
答案：D
此题考查的是一些谚语的含义。A项意为“无风不起浪”;B项意为“熟能生巧”;C项意为“条条大路通罗马”;D项意为“不劳无获(一分耕耘一分收获)”。原句中说话者在感叹做生意难，另一个人安慰他说“一分耕耘一分收获”。
6、
This stadium has _____ many thrilling football games.
A. seen
B. watched
C. looked at
D. experienced
答案：A
句意：在这座体育场里举行过许多激动人心的足球比赛。see表示“目睹;见证”。
7、
Is the hotel _____ offered you a job _____ you stayed the first time you arrived here?
A. which; where
B. the one; in which
C. where; that
D. the one that; which
答案：A
要注意对本句句子成分的分析。本句改为陈述句为：The hotel _____ offered you a job is _____ you stayed…可以得知第一空缺少定语从句的引导词，该引导词在从句中作主语，故应用关系代词;第二空为表示地点的表语从句，用where引导。
8、
A group of American soldiers were walking along the road in Irap when a bomb was _____, three of whom were killed.
A. set about
B. set out
C. set up
D. set off
答案：D
本题考查动词短语辨析。根据句子意思分析此处的含义可知，此处的动词短语应该表示“引爆”的意思。
9、
A new school was _____ up in the village last year.
A. held
B. set
C. sent
D. brought
答案：B
考查短语动词。set up表示“建立”。
10、
Someone called me up in the middle of the night, but they hung up _____ I could answer the phone.
A. as
B. since
C. until
D. before
答案：D
句意“在我能够接电话之前”，即“我还没来得及接电话”，故只有before才能表达此意。
