第16题 I used to smoke__________ ,but I gave it up three years ago.
A. severely
B. heavily
C. strongly
D. seriously
【正确答案】B
【解析】smoke heavily 可以看作是固定搭配, 如drink heavily 酗酒; rain heavily 下大雨; sweat heavily 大量出汗等。
第17题 Don’t shout in the meeting room,__________?
A. should you
B. will you
C. can you
D. could you
【正确答案】B
【解析】本句是反意疑问句, 它有前后两部分, 若前一部分为肯定式, 后一部分用否定式; 若前一部分为否定式, 后一部分用肯定式。
第18题 As soon as you sat down,you fell asleep. I realized how __________.
A. tired you were
B. were you tired
C. you were tired
D. tired were you
【正确答案】A
【解析】how 引导的是宾语从句, 从句的结构是主语+谓语, how 又修饰 tired, 语序应是： how tired you were。
第19题 Mary saw her son __________the piano when she came to the room.
A. playing
B. play
C. played
D. to play
【正确答案】A
【解析】A项playing 为现在分词, 作 her son 的宾语补足语, 表示动作是主动的、 进行的。
第20题 More than ten percent of the workers __________ from Italy.
A. is
B. comes
C. was
D. are
【正确答案】D
第21题 “Can you ask your neighbors for help?”
“I’m afraid not. I __________know any of them.”
A. only
B. hardly
C. seldom
D. just
【正确答案】B
【解析】A.only 仅仅, 只; B.hardly 几乎不; C.seldom 很少是; D.just 正好, 仅仅。
第22题 We will not go to the party __________we are politely invited.
A. if
B. however
C. whether
D. unless
【正确答案】D
【解析】A.if 如果; B.however 然而, 可是; C.whether 是否, 无论; D.unless 如果不, 除非。
第23题 During the Ice Ages,man developed the use of tools,and this is a way of protecting himself against__________ .
A. shortcomings
B. hazards
C. faults
D. conflicts
【正确答案】B
【解析】A.shortcomings 缺点, 不足; B.hazards 危险, 冒险; C.faults 过错, 缺点; D.conflicts 冲突, 抵触。
第24题 The High Street is so narrow that the local government has decided to __________it.
A. increase
B. lengthen
C. widen
D. extend
【正确答案】C
【解析】A.increase 增加, 增长; B.lengthen 变长, 加长; C.widen 变宽, 加宽; D.extend 伸展, 延伸。
第25题 I don’t mind washing up but I hate to __________the beds for the guests.
A. put
B. make
C. arrange
D. wash
【正确答案】B
【解析】make the bed 是一固定搭配, 意思是铺床, 整理床铺。
第26题 The doctor suggests that a person__________ exercises every day if he wishes to be healthy.
A. does
B. did
C. do
D. will do
【正确答案】C
【解析】在动词suggest 后面的宾语从句中, 谓语动词常用虚拟语气结构, should 往往要省略。
第27题 __________ it is to listen to music!
A. How fun
B. How a fun
C. What a fun
D. What fun
【正确答案】D
【解析】本句为感叹句句型： What +名词+陈述句的其他部分。 fun (乐趣)为不可数名词, 所以C项是错误选项。
第28题 “What’s the matter with you,my dear?”
“I feel my heart__________ fast.”
A. jump
B. jumping
C. beat
D. beating
【正确答案】D
【解析】首先排除A、 B选项, 因为jump的意思是“跳高、 跳跃”, 不能和heart连用。本句是现在分词beating作heart的宾语补足语, 表示动作是主动的, 进行的。
第29题 Although he had stayed in that business for two years, __________he still wanted to switch to a different career.
A. and
B. but
C. yet
D. so
【正确答案】C
【解析】首先应排除A项和D项, 明显和句子意思不符。but表示对立时, 一般较轻松自然, yet则往往比较强烈, 出人意料。C项yet符合本句的意思。
第30题 If I knew more English,I__________ for this position.
A. would apply
B. will apply
C. may have applied
D. will have applied
【正确答案】A
【解析】本句的条件从句是违背现在事实的假设, 主句的谓语动词就要用虚拟语气, 其结构为would/should+动词原形。