7.My parents will go there by taxi because it is raining _________.
A. badly
B. hardly
C. probably
D. heavily
【解析】选D
8.Please read every sentence ________. The more _______ you are, the fewer mistakes you’ll make.
A. carefully; carefully
B. careful; careful
C. carefully; careful
【解析】选C。修饰动词read要用副词carefully,故排除B;系动词后接形容词作表语,故排除A,正确答案为C。
9.We are going to have a party ________ next week.
A. sometime
B. some time
C. sometimes
D. some times
【解析】选A
10.-The electric fan can ________ blow away the terrible smell in the room, can it?
-It’s hard to say, but you may have a try.
A. easily
B. hardly
C. quickly
D. finally
【解析】选B。四个选项分别意为“容易地”、“几乎没有”、“迅速地”、“最后;终于”。问句是一个反意疑问句,后一部分用了肯定语气,前一部分要用否定语气,选项中只能用hardly表示否定,故选B。
11. Sandy is so careful that she ________ makes mistakes in her homework.
A. usually
B. seldom
C. often
D. always
【解析】选B。四个选项都是频度副词,分别意为“通常”、“很少”、“时常”、“总是”。结合题意“桑迪如此细心以至于在作业中很少出错”可知要用seldom,故排除A、C、D三项,选B。
12. Remember to e-mail me. All of us hope to hear from you _________.
A. quickly
B. soon
C. fast
D. quick
【解析】选B。quickly和quick多指时间快,其中前者用来修饰动词,后者用来形容词名词;soon是“不久、很快”的意思;fast意为“快”,多指动作迅速。结合题意“记着给我发邮件,我们所有人都希望很快收到你的来信”可选出正确答案为B。