1. He _____ me to give up the holidays in Spain next month.
A. had B. convinced C. agreed D. persuaded
答案： D
解析： persuade 劝说,说服; persuade sb to do sth 劝说某人做某事。
2. The girl immediately shut the window to _____ the rain.
A. keep out B. keep down C. keep up D. keep back
答案： A
解析： keep out 把…挡在外面; keep down 镇压; keep up 使…不倒下， 保持…不衰退; keep back 阻止，隐瞒。
3. Our school-run factory _____ various kinds of chemical devices last year.
A. turned into B. turned up
C. turned out D. turned off
答案： C
解析： turn into 转变，变成; turn up 卷起，发现; turn off 关掉; turned out 生产，制造.
4. Mary and I _____ the new college life soon, but Tom didn’t.
A. see to B. used to C. adapted to D. stuck to
答案： C
解析： see to 负责，注意，照料; used to 后面没有跟动词，所以不对。 adapt to 适应; stick to 坚持。
5. What he said was quite _____ , therefore, I would do everything to help him.
A. valuable B. principle C. reasonable D. superior
答案： C
解析： valuable 值钱的，有价值的; principle 原则，原理，主义; reasonable 有道理的; superior 较高的，优越的。 本句话的意思是说：他说的话有道理，因此，我愿竭力帮助他。
6. _____ said was disputed by several other witnesses.
A. That the man B. It is the man
C. What the man D. The man had
答案：C
解析：What the man said…… 这是一个名词性主语从句做主语.
7 She heard a terrible noise, _____ brought her heart into her mouth.
A. it B. this C. which D. that
答案：C
解析： 她听到一阵可怕的声音，这让她心都提到噪子眼儿了。这是一个非限制性定语从句，这种情况下用which来引导。
8. _____ is careless when disposing of his wastes.
A. It is man B. Man C. Man who D. A man
答案：B
解析： Man 在这里是指“人类”的意思。
9. _____ five hundred people are believed to have drowned.
A. As many as B. As much as
C. So many as D. So much as
答案：A
解析：首先B、D不对，因为much后面修饰不可数名词; as many as 与…一样多，后面可以接具体的数字;而C项不正确，因为：so many as 如此众多的，后面不能出现具体的数字。
10. I didn’t finish reading that French book, neither _____ .
A. did he B. didn’t he C. he did D. he could
答案：A
解析：neither 后面用倒装.
