238] They need twenty more workers ______ their group to do the job.

[譯文] 除了這一組的人幫助工作外，還需要二十個人。

　 A. except 　 B. but

　 C. beside 　 D. besides

[答案及簡析] D。 這兒指的是包括在內(nèi)，故選besides。

237] In the cinema, there was an old man______ beside me.

[譯文] 在電影院，有個老頭坐在我的旁邊。

　 A. at 　 B. sit

　 C. sitting 　 D. to sit

[答案及簡析] C。 用現(xiàn)在分詞做定語。不定式表示將來。

236] He gets up early and reads English aloud, ___ he has greatly improved his English

[譯文] 他早起大聲地讀英語，這樣他的英語提高很大。

　 A. on the way 　 B. by the way

　 C. in this way 　 D. in this means

[答案及簡析] C。 on the way在去…路上；by the way順便說一句；in this way用這種方法；in this means介詞用錯了。

235] It’s the fifth time ______ late this term.

[譯文] 這是本期你第五次遲到。

　 A. that you ’ve arrived 　 B. that you arrived

　 C. when you ’ve arrived 　 D. when you arrived

[答案及簡析] A。 在句型中的從句要用完成時態(tài)。詳見本站語法欄目中的《it句型大掃描》。

234] The sun shines brightly in the sky______ us light and heat.

[譯文] 天上的艷陽給我們光和熱。

　 A. that give 　 B. having given

　 C. to give 　 D. giving

[答案及簡析] D。 現(xiàn)在分詞短語表示伴隨。

233] This is the ______ bag ______ lost yesterday, but it’s not mine.

[譯文] 這個包和昨天丟的那個一個樣式的，但它不是我的。

　 A. same; as 　 B. same; that

　 C. very; that 　 D. such; as

[答案及簡析] A。 the same…that…和…一樣(原物)； the same …as…和…類似。

232] ----- Do you have clothes ______? I’ll wash them for you. ------No, thank you. I will wash them myself.

[譯文] --你有衣服要洗嗎？我?guī)湍阆础?-謝謝，我要自己洗。

　 A. to be washed 　 B. to wash

　 C. washing 　 D. being washed

[答案及簡析] A。 在該句型中，如果不定式的動作主語發(fā)不出來，就得用被動式。

231] ______ a good insulator(絕緣體) , rubber is often used in cables.

[譯文] 由于是較好的絕緣體，橡膠常用于電纜。

　 A. Having been 　 B. To be

　 C. Be 　 D. Being

[答案及簡析] D。 現(xiàn)在分詞短語表原因，狀態(tài)等；不定時表示將來，目的。

230] We found Mary’s brother to have _____ more story books than Ann’s.

[譯文] 我們發(fā)現(xiàn)Mary哥哥的故事書比Ann的多得多。

　 A. much 　 B. too much

　 C. by far 　 D. far

[答案及簡析] D。 much只能修飾不可數(shù)名詞；故選far。

229] I felt ______ tired, but he didn’t stop ______.

[譯文] 我感到相當疲倦，然而他卻沒有停止學(xué)習(xí)。

　 A. little, to read 　 B. rather, studying

　 C. fairly, studying 　 D. few, to study

[答案及簡析] B。 rather表示"相當"一般用于貶義；stop后面只能接動名詞表示"停止做什么"。