1.On yesterday interview, he didn’t make a at all; what’s the matter with him?
A. apology B. appearance
C. difference D. change
选B。 make an apology“道歉”;make in an appearance“露面,在场”;make a difference“有变化,有作为”;make a change “有所改动”。题意为“昨天的面试,他根本没露面”。
2. —How much farther shall we have to go?
—Another five miles until we reach the mountain
______ .
A. at a distance B. in a distance
C. at distance D. in the distance
选D。考查词组。无B、C结构,at a distance “从某一距离,在某一距离”;in the distance“在远处”。
3. The discovery of new evidence led to______.
A. the thief having caught
B. catch the thief
C. the thief being caught
D. the thief to be caught
选C。这句话的意思是:新证据的发现使得小偷束手就擒。to是介词,后面接了动名词的复合结构,the thief是动名词的逻辑主语。
4. Smallpox, a kind of disease, has now died______.
A. out B. away
C. off D. down
选A。die out “灭绝,消失”。die away“渐息”;die down“平息”;die off “(花、草)枯死”。
5. — Why were you not at the concert last night?
— I ______ a close game between Seattle Sonnies and Miami Bucks.
A. watched B. was watching
C. have watched D. had watched
选B。本题考查时态。过去进行时表示过去某段时间正在进行的动作。
6. —No wonder you caught a cold. You______out last night without a coat.
—I know how silly I was.
A. shouldn’t have gone
B. mustn’t have gone
C. couldn’t have gone
D. mightn’t have gone
选A。本题考查“情态动词+have done ”结构的用。mustn’t have gone 是错误的表达,couldn’t have gone 和mightn’t have gone 虽然也有“本不应该做却做了”含义,但其语气远shouldn’t have gone 弱,且它们主要用来表示对过去是否发生某一行为进行推测。
7.______you don’t like him is none of my business.
A. What B. Who C. That D. Whether
选C。本句的谓语动词是is,前面是一个主语从句; “you don’t like him”是一个意思完整的句子,从句不需要任何有词义的连词引导,that只起连接作用,无词义,所以选C。
8. As______rule, apples are sold by weight and eggs by dozen.
A. a; 不填;the B. a; the; the
C. a; a; the D. the; 不填;不填
选A。as a rule(通常地)是固定词组;在度量名词前,表示付工资、卖、租等方式时,用the, 如paid by the hour (day, moth, piece…), sold by the yard (dozen, ton…),比较by weight (按重量)。
9. I was so familiar with her that I recognized her voice______I picked up the phone.
A. the moment B. after
C. before D. while
选A。名词短语the moment用作连词,相当于as soon as,引导时间状语从句,意为“一……就”。类似用法的短语或词还有the minute, the instance, directly, immediately等。
10.Which do you enjoy _____ your weekend, swimming or fishing?
A. spending B. being spent C. spend D. to spend
选D。to spend作状语,而which是句子enjoy的宾语。