16、The old man sat the shade of the tree, a game of chess with a child

　　A. under; play

　　B. in; playing

　　C. under; and play

　　D. in; and playing

　　答案：B 在阴凉处用介词in，动词现在分词表伴随。

　　17、It began to rain, and Johnson put a light plastic raincoat his jacket

　　A. at B. in

　　C. over D. above

　　答案：C 介词over的用法。

　　18、First draw a line the middle of the page. Then write a word in the space above the line

　　A. across B. over

　　C. between D. within

　　答案：A Across是介词，表示横过，over是跨越的意思，between表示两者之间，within表示在---范围内。根据句子意思可知选A。

　　19、Your homework is all right, , you can do it better, I think.

　　A. but B. while

　　C. however D. instead

　　答案：C 表转折关系的连词but, however, while的程度依次递减，but和while在句中使用无需逗号隔开。

　　20、Peter was about to unlock the door _____ he found someone had broken into the room

　　A. once B. before

　　C. than D. when

　　答案：D 此题考察四个连词的区别。根据词义应该选D when 这时，此刻。

　　21、My husband and I both go out to work, _____ we share housework at home

　　A. for B. so

　　C. yet D. or

　　答案：B 考察连词。根据句意：我和我的丈夫都在外边工作，因此我们在家一起做家务。

　　22、This machines does not run as as that one

　　A. smoothly

　　B. more smoothly

　　C. most smoothly

　　D. same smoothly

　　答案：A run为行为动词，用副词修饰。as…as结构中用形容词或副词的原级。

　　23、The faster anything goes up into the sky,

　　A. it reaches the highest

　　B. it reaches the higher

　　C. the highest it reaches

　　D. the higher it reaches

　　答案：D 考查The more…the more的句式。表示越…越…。

　　24、Tony is going camping with ___ boys.

　　A.　little two other

　　B. two little other

　　C.　two other little

　　D.　little other two

　　答案：C 由"限定词--数词--描绘词--(大小，长短，形状，新旧，颜色) --性质--名词"的顺序可知数词，描绘词，性质依次顺序，只有C符合答案。

　　25、One day they crossed the ____bridge behind the palace.

　　A. old Chinese stone

　　B. Chinese old stone

　　C. old stone Chinese

　　D. Chinese stone old

　　答案：A 几个形容词修饰一个名词，他们的排列顺序是：年龄，形状，大小+颜色+来源+质地+用途+国家+名词。

　　26、Every student tasted the mixture to see if it tasted .

　　A. good B. well

　　C. nicely D. sweetly

　　答案：A 感官动词taste后接形容词。

　　27、Tom has worked so hard this year that he will earn he did last year

　　A. twice as much money as

　　B. as much money as twice

　　C. twice money as much as

　　D. as twice much money as

　　答案：A 表示一方是另一方的若干倍时用“倍数+as……as”。

　　28、It is very to finish the work in such a short time

　　A. hardly

　　B. hard

　　C. trouble

　　D. not easy

　　答案：B “困难的”应用形容词，it为形式主语，真正的主语是不定式。如没有very，D也正确。