1、During the Second World War, once before, the U-boats had been _____ because of air attack.

A. in trouble

B. in the trouble

C. for trouble

D. within trouble

A

in trouble表示“出于困境，出于险境”，是固定搭配。句意：在第二次世界大战中，潜艇曾因空袭一度陷入险境。

2、The reason _____ he was late for the meeting is _____ his car broke down on the road.

A. why; that

B. why; because

C. that; that

D. for which; because

A

第一个空the reason跟定语从句时用why引导;后一个空是that引导的表语从句，用来陈述一个事实。

3、—I knocked over my coffee cup. It went right over _____ keyboard.

—You shouldn’t put drinks near _____ computer.

A. the; /

B. the; a

C. a; /

D. a; a

B

此题考查冠词的用法。根据句意，前者说“我把咖啡弄翻了，正好全洒到了键盘上”。此处，键盘肯定是特指，故排除C项和D项;而后者说“你不应该把饮料放在电脑旁边”。Computer是可数名词，此处应该加冠词，a加可数名词的单数，可指一类事物。

4、Drive _____ until you come to the small town, which lies about 100 kilometers _____ London.

A. north; to the east

B. north; east of

C. to north; east of

D. to north; in the east

B

east和north都可以作副词，drive north=drive to the north;east of表示“在……以东”，相当于to the east of…。

5、—It took me ten years to build up my business, and it almost killed me.

—Well, you know what they say. _____.

A. There is no smoke without fire

B. Practice makes perfect

C. All roads lead to Rome

D. No pains, no gains

D

此题考查的是一些谚语的含义。A项意为“无风不起浪”;B项意为“熟能生巧”;C项意为“条条大路通罗马”;D项意为“不劳无获(一分耕耘一分收获)”。原句中说话者在感叹做生意难，另一个人安慰他说“一分耕耘一分收获”。

6、This stadium has _____ many thrilling football games.

A. seen

B. watched

C. looked at

D. experienced

A

句意：在这座体育场里举行过许多激动人心的足球比赛。see表示“目睹;见证”。

7、Is the hotel _____ offered you a job _____ you stayed the first time you arrived here?

A. which; where

B. the one; in which

C. where; that

D. the one that; which

A

要注意对本句句子成分的分析。本句改为陈述句为：The hotel _____ offered you a job is _____ you stayed…可以得知第一空缺少定语从句的引导词，该引导词在从句中作主语，故应用关系代词;第二空为表示地点的表语从句，用where引导。

8、A group of American soldiers were walking along the road in Irap when a bomb was _____, three of whom were killed.

A. set about

B. set out

C. set up

D. set off

D

本题考查动词短语辨析。根据句子意思分析此处的含义可知，此处的动词短语应该表示“引爆”的意思。

9、A new school was _____ up in the village last year.

A. held

B. set

C. sent

D. brought

B

考查短语动词。set up表示“建立”。

10、Someone called me up in the middle of the night, but they hung up _____ I could answer the phone.

A. as

B. since

C. until

D. before

D

句意“在我能够接电话之前”，即“我还没来得及接电话”，故只有before才能表达此意。