1.On yesterday interview, he didn’t make a　　at all; what’s the matter with him?

A. apology B. appearance

C. difference D. change

选B。 make an apology“道歉”;make in an appearance“露面，在场”;make a difference“有变化，有作为”;make a change “有所改动”。题意为“昨天的面试，他根本没露面”。

2. —How much farther shall we have to go?

—Another five miles until we reach the mountain

______ .

A. at a distance B. in a distance

C. at distance D. in the distance

选D。考查词组。无B、C结构，at a distance “从某一距离，在某一距离”;in the distance“在远处”。

3. The discovery of new evidence led to______.

A. the thief having caught

B. catch the thief

C. the thief being caught

D. the thief to be caught

选C。这句话的意思是：新证据的发现使得小偷束手就擒。to是介词，后面接了动名词的复合结构，the thief是动名词的逻辑主语。

4. Smallpox, a kind of disease, has now died______.

A. out B. away

C. off D. down

选A。die out “灭绝，消失”。die away“渐息”;die down“平息”;die off “(花、草)枯死”。

5. — Why were you not at the concert last night?

— I ______ a close game between Seattle Sonnies and Miami Bucks.

A. watched B. was watching

C. have watched D. had watched

选B。本题考查时态。过去进行时表示过去某段时间正在进行的动作。

6. —No wonder you caught a cold. You______out last night without a coat.

—I know how silly I was.

A. shouldn’t have gone

B. mustn’t have gone

C. couldn’t have gone

D. mightn’t have gone

选A。本题考查“情态动词+have done ”结构的用。mustn’t have gone 是错误的表达，couldn’t have gone 和mightn’t have gone 虽然也有“本不应该做却做了”含义，但其语气远shouldn’t have gone 弱，且它们主要用来表示对过去是否发生某一行为进行推测。

7.______you don’t like him is none of my business.

A. What B. Who C. That D. Whether

选C。本句的谓语动词是is，前面是一个主语从句; “you don’t like him”是一个意思完整的句子，从句不需要任何有词义的连词引导，that只起连接作用，无词义，所以选C。

8. As______rule, apples are sold by weight and eggs by dozen.

A. a; 不填;the B. a; the; the

C. a; a; the D. the; 不填;不填

选A。as a rule(通常地)是固定词组;在度量名词前，表示付工资、卖、租等方式时，用the, 如paid by the hour (day, moth, piece…), sold by the yard (dozen, ton…)，比较by weight (按重量)。

9. I was so familiar with her that I recognized her voice______I picked up the phone.

A. the moment B. after

C. before D. while

选A。名词短语the moment用作连词，相当于as soon as，引导时间状语从句，意为“一……就”。类似用法的短语或词还有the minute, the instance, directly, immediately等。

10.Which do you enjoy _____ your weekend, swimming or fishing?

A. spending B. being spent C. spend D. to spend

选D。to spend作状语，而which是句子enjoy的宾语。