1898] You can’t work out _____ problem in just _____ of ten minutes.

[譯文] 你不可能在短短十分鐘左右的時間內(nèi)，解出這樣難的一道題來。

　 A. a such hard; a course 　 B. a so hard; the period

　 C. such a hard; the couple 　 D. so hard a; a matter

[答案及簡析] D。 a matter of… …左右，表示數(shù)量．

1897] The reason _____ he explained is not _____ I expected.

[譯文] 他解釋的理由不是我期望的理由．

　 A. why; that 　 B. why; what

　 C. that; what 　 D. that; that

[答案及簡析] C。 第一空是定語從句，用that引導(dǎo)；第二空是表語從句，用what引導(dǎo)．

1896] The food in the dining room tastes bad, besides ______ .

[譯文] 餐廳的東西除了很貴以外，吃起來味道太差。

　 A. cheap 　 B. being cheap

　 C. expensive 　 D. being expensive

[答案及簡析] D。 besides 這兒是介詞，故該用動名詞。

1895] So you have to leave. How nice it _____ if you _____ a bit longer.

[譯文] 所以你得離開。如果你再多呆一會該有多好呀！

　 A. will be; can stay 　 B. would be; could stay

　 C. would have been; could have stayed 　 D. be; stay

[答案及簡析] B。 與現(xiàn)在事實相反的虛擬語氣。

1894] Carry your _____ with you, your money, jeweley, camera and so on.

[譯文] 請把你值錢的東西隨身攜帶，比如錢，珠寶，照相機等等。

　 A. valuables 　 B. suitcases

　 C. gifts 　 D. bags

[答案及簡析] A。 valuable作名詞是可數(shù)名詞，意思是值錢的東西。

1893] The _____ we saw yesterday come out to the farm once in a while.

[譯文] 我們昨天看的鹿子偶爾到農(nóng)場。

　 A. cow 　 B. dog

　 C. deer 　 D. horse

[答案及簡析] C。 從come out來看此句的主語應(yīng)該是復(fù)數(shù)，所給答案只有是deer單復(fù)數(shù)同形。

1892] Mary said that she was _____ able to wash the plates herself.

[譯文] 瑪麗說她完全可以自己洗盤子。

　 A. too 　 B. quite

　 C. much 　 D. very

[答案及簡析] B。 able 以及able結(jié)尾的形容詞一般用quite修飾。

1891] The new research team was led by the _____ engineer.

[譯文] 新的研究小組是由一位主任工程師領(lǐng)導(dǎo)。

　 A. main 　 B. major

　 C. chief 　 D. primary

[答案及簡析] C。 main 主要的最重要的；major 較大的，較重要的；chief 主要的；primary第一的，基本的。

1890] In spite of your living so far away, we both hope very much _____.

[譯文] 盡管你住得很遠，我們都希望你能來．

　 A. your coming 　 B. you to come

　 C. that you would come 　 D. that you will come

[答案及簡析] D。 hope to do sth. / that 從句．

1889] ----- May I _____ you a cigarette?　　　----- That’s very kind of you, but I can’t smok

[譯文] ――我可以給你一支煙嗎？　　�。撸咧x謝，我不抽煙．

　 A. offer 　 B. persuade

　 C. show 　 D. send

[答案及簡析] A。 offer sb. sth. 給某人提供…．