1498] The birthday party started with a song of "Happy Birthday to You", and ended up ____ the singing of "Auld Lang Syne."

[譯文] 生日晚會(huì)是以Happy Birthday to You開始，以Auld Lang Syne結(jié)束。

　 A. with 　 B. to

　 C. in 　 D. at

[答案及簡析] A。 end up with 以…結(jié)束。

1497] He will _____ one minute to decide which answer _____.

[譯文] 將給他一分鐘的時(shí)間決定選擇哪個(gè)答案。

　 A. be given; be chosen 　 B. give; be chosen

　 C. be given; to choose 　 D. give; choose

[答案及簡析] C。 第一空是被動(dòng)語態(tài)；第二空是choose which answer結(jié)構(gòu)。

1496] Mr John considered ______ to see his old friend.

[譯文] 約翰先生考慮去看他的老朋友。

　 A. go 　 B. going

　 C. went 　 D. gone

[答案及簡析] B。 consider 作為"考慮"時(shí)，常跟動(dòng)名詞，名詞作賓語。

1495] He appears to be strong and healthy, but _____, he has heart trouble.

[譯文] 他看起來身體健康，然而事實(shí)上，他有心臟病。

　 A. as matter of fact 　 B. as the matter of fact

　 C. as a matter of a fact 　 D. as a matter of fact

[答案及簡析] D。 as a matter of fact = in fact = actually實(shí)際上，事實(shí)上。

1494] ----- John won first prize in the contest.　　　----- _________.

[譯文] --約翰在比賽中得第一名�！　　�--他確實(shí)得了第一名。

　 A. So he did 　 B. So did he

　 C. So he did , too 　 D. So did he, too

[答案及簡析] A。 so do sb. 表示對(duì)前面話的確認(rèn)；　so sb. do表示另外一個(gè)人也是這樣的情況。

1493] ----- Would you like to have a taxi?　　----- No, I _____ walk. It’s such a lovely day.

[譯文] --你要出租車嗎？　　　　--不要，這樣好的天氣，我寧愿走路。

　 A. am able to 　 B. prefer

　 C. ought to 　 D. would rather

[答案及簡析] D。 would rather 寧愿，寧可；perfer 后面接不定式或動(dòng)名詞。

1492] We won’t give up _____ we should fail ten times.

[譯文] 即使我們失敗十次，我們也不會(huì)放棄。

　 A. even though 　 B. though

　 C. if 　 D. even

[答案及簡析] A。 even if = even though 即使，縱然，引導(dǎo)一個(gè)狀語從句。

1491] Our homework needs ______ on Fridays.

[譯文] 我們的家庭作業(yè)每周五需要被檢查。

　 A. checking 　 B. to be checked

　 C. being checking 　 D. A or B

[答案及簡析] D。 need表示需要的時(shí)候，后面既可以跟動(dòng)名詞的主動(dòng)形式，又可以跟不定式的被動(dòng)形式。

1490] _____ do we go for picnic.

[譯文] 我們很少去野餐。

　 A. Sometimes 　 B. Certainly　

　 C. Seldom 　 D. Once

[答案及簡析] C。 seldom 位于句首，句子要部分倒裝。

1489] Although he had a disease of the brain which _____, he decided to continue _____ his research and his writing.

[譯文] 雖然他大腦的疾病越來越糟，他還是決定繼續(xù)研究和寫作。

　 A. was getting worse; with 　 B. got bad; for

　 C. is getting bad; to 　 D. get worse; at

[答案及簡析] A。 get worse 越來越糟；continue with sth.繼續(xù)干某事。