A. he was knowing B. he is knowing
C. having a knowledge of D. knows
2. You ____that letter to James. However, you didn’t.
A. ought to write B. ought to have written
C. should write D. should be writing
3. Joseph was very lucky ____ with his life; he almo
st did not get out of the room.
A. to escape B. to have escaped
C. to escaping D. to be escaping
4. Bread and butter ____liked by Westerners.
A. is B. are C. were D. be
5. The back garden of our house contains a lawn, ____
very pleasant to sit on in summer.
A. which is B. which it is C. it is D. where it is
6. He set up in business ____ his own and was very successful.
A. in B. of C. on D. by
7. John’s score on the test is the highest in the class; he ____
last night.
A. must study B. should have studied
C. must have studied D. is sure to study
8. Frank almost never received any education, ____?
A. would he B. did he
C. didn’t he D. wouldn’t he
9. Even if his letter ____ tomorrow, it ____
too late to do anything.
A. will arrive...is B. should arrive...were
C. arrives...will be D. arrives...would be
10. We can hear ____from the back of the room.
A. just as good B. just as easy
C. just as well D. easily as well
11. To obtain a satisfactory result, one must apply two ____
of paint on a clean surface.
A. coats B. levels C. times D. courses
12. The small mountain village was ____ by the snow
for more than one month.
A. cut back B. cut out
C. cut off D. cut away
13. Miss Green was ____ $100 for driving after drinkin
g.
A. fined B. charged C. punished D. posed
14. Modern ____ perhaps causes more problems than it s
olves.
A. technique B. technology
C. tactics D. tendency
15. Mary tiptoed over and took the clock away because she hated to hear
it ____ when she was trying to go to sleep.
A. sounding B. ringing C. ticking D. humming
16. Under this ____ pressure some of the rocks even
became liquid.
A. intensive B. weighty C. intense D. bulky
17. Of course, most immigrants did not get rich overnight, but the ____ of them were eventually able to improve upon their former st
andard of living.
A. maximum B. minority C. majority D. minimum
18. Nancy was surprised that they have ____. They se
emed to be a happy couple.
A. split up B. broken down
C. fallen through D. knocked out
19. The beach is in an ideal ____ to draw tourists.
A. condition B. situation C. state D. publicity
20. Our ____ sensitivity decreases with age. By age
60, most people have lost 40 percent of their ability to smell and 50 percent of their taste buds.
A. sensible B. senseless
C. sensitive D. sensory
21. The eldest child is thoroughly ____ because they
always give him whatever he wants.
A. wasted B. spoiled
C. destroyed D. uneducated
22. If a substance is dissolved in water or heated, it may ____ a gas.
A. give into B. give over
C. give off D. give away
23. His manner was so pleasant that Bolla felt at ____ with him at once.
A. peace B. large C. ease D. best
24. —Can you take the day off tomorrow?
—Well, I’all have to get ____ from my boss.
A. permission B. permit
C. allowance D. possession
25. The ____ in Janet’s character has hindered her f
room advancement in her career.
A. weakness B. merit
C. defect D. shortcoming
试题答案与解析
1. C) 【句意】 虽然只懂一点西班牙语，但他
还是参加了这个课程的学习。
【难点】 know是静态动词，不能用于进行时；选knows从句中又缺少主语。knowledge作“知识”讲时是不可数名词，但作“了解”讲时，前面可加“a”，常用于词组h
aver a knowledge of中，所以选C)。
2. B) 【句意】 你本应该给詹姆斯写信，然而
，你没写。
【难点】 ought to have written是虚拟语气，与本句句意相符。
3. B) 【句意】 约瑟夫幸运地逃了性命；他险
些没从房间里逃出来。
【难点】 to have escaped 是不定式的完成式，表示过去的某一动作业已
完成。
4. A) 【句意】 黄油面包受西方人青睐。
【难点】 bread and butter 是西方人吃的一种食品，虽然有三个字，表
达的却是一个东西，并且是不可数名词，作单数。
5. A) 【句意】 我家的后花园有一片草坪，夏
天坐在上面会令你心旷神怡。
【难点】 which引出非限制性定语从句，在句中作主语，且和sit on 构成
动
宾关系。类似的句子有：This room is comfortable to live in 这句中live in 和this r
oom构成动宾关系。
6. C) 【句意】 他独自一人开始经商，并且做
得很成功。
【难点】 on one’s own 是个常用的介词词组，意为“独自”；of one’s
own表示“某人自己的(东西)”，如：I have a flat of my own.我自己有套房子。
7. C) 【句意】 约翰的考试分数全班最高；他
昨天晚上一定学习了。
【难点】 表示对过去某一动作行为的猜测须要用must have done这一句型
结构。
8. B) 【句意】 弗兰克几乎从未受过任何教育
，是不是?
【难点】 这是一句含有否定副词never的一般过去时的句子，由于主句为
否定形式，所以反意问句用肯定形式。
9. C) 【句意】 即使他的信明天到也无济于事
了。
【难点】 在条件句中表示现在将来的时间，需要用一般现在时，主句中使
用将来时。
10. C) 【句意】 我们在房间的后面也能听得很
清楚。
【难点】 as well意为“(程度)同样地好”，是副词短语修饰动词hear；j
ust表示程度，意为“刚好”。
11. A) 【句意】 为获得一个满意的结果，你必
须在一个干净的表面上涂两层油漆。
【难点】 coat意为“覆盖物，层”;level意为“(建筑物)楼层”;times意
为“次，回”;courses意为“(一层)砖面；一排”。
12. C) 【句意】 这个小山村被大雪封住达一个
多月。
【难点】 cut back意为“削减；缩减”;cut out意为“停止；切下”;cut
off意为“切断；使隔断”;cut away意为“切除；砍掉”。
