16. She apologized for_________ to attend the meeting.

　　A her being not able

　　B her to be not able

　　C her not to be able

　　D her not being able

　　答案:D

　　此为固定语序，sb.’s not doing sth，not放于doing之前。此外还有固定用法apologize to sb for doing sth，因为某事向某人道歉。

　　17. Before the guests come, I must get the glasses______.

　　A washed

　　B to be washed

　　C being washed

　　D to wash

　　答案:A

　　此题考查的是常见动词后的宾补用法，也属于非谓语动词的范围。Get+宾语+done，表示让/使…被…，这里是让杯子被洗，故选A。

　　18. When I say that someone is in Shanghai for good, I mean that he is there_________.

　　A to find a good job

　　B for the time being

　　C to live a happy life

　　D for ever

　　答案:D

　　For good是永久的意思，因此选forever。

　　19. The doctor’’s advice was that the patient_________ at once.

　　A to be operated

　　B being operated

　　C be operated

　　D operated

　　答案:C

　　本题考查虚拟语气，advise，insist等动词后是接that sb.(should)do sth.不用加to或变为动名词，其名词形式advice，insistence后面动词形式也一样。此题又是被动形式。所以直接为be operated。

　　20. The girl is not happy at the new school. She has________ friends there.

　　A few

　　B a few

　　C little

　　D quite a few

　　答案:A

　　词义辨析。前一句提到女孩在学校不开心，所以我们知道她的朋友很少，因此选A。[译文]这个女孩在新学校不开心。她在那里没有什么朋友。

　　21. It is certain that he will______ his business to his son when he gets old.

　　A take over

　　B think over

　　C hand over

　　D go over

　　答案:C

　　此题考查的也是动词短语的辨析。A接收，接管;B认真考虑;C转交;D复习。根据题意应该是他将生意转交给儿子，故选C。

　　22. Would you mind_________ the computer game in your room?

　　A him playing

　　B his playing

　　C him to play

　　D him play

　　答案:B

　　本题考查动名词的逻辑主语。mind的后面要接动名词做宾语，动名词的逻辑主语用物主代词，后接动名词。

　　23. By the time you arrive this evening,_________ for two hours.

　　A I will study

　　B I will have been studied

　　C I had studied

　　D I will have been studying

　　答案:D

　　此题考查将来完成进行时的用法。本句的意思是：“到今晚你来的时候，我们就已经学习两个小时了。”

　　24. We’’ll be only too glad to attend your party________ we can get a baby-sitter.

　　A so far as

　　B provided that

　　C unless

　　D except that

　　答案:B

　　逻辑关系。句中的only too glad to的意思是“非常想，很乐意”，如：I’m sure he’d be only too glad to help you.我肯定他很乐意帮助你。so far as达到……的程度，如：So far as I know，that’s highly unlikely.依我看，那是极不可能的。provided that假若，如果，如：He can come with us，provided that he pays for his own meals.假如他自费用餐，那他可以跟我们走。unless如果不，除非，如：I wouldn’t be saying this unless I were sure of the facts.要是我对这些事情没有把握，我就不说这话了。except that除……之外，如：I have earrings just like those，except they’re blue.我的耳环和那些一样，除了它们是蓝色的。[译文]假如我们能找到保姆看孩子，我们将非常乐意参加你的聚会。

　　25. This new coat cost me_________ the last one I bought two years ago.

　　A three times

　　B three times as much as

　　C three times as much

　　D three times much as

　　答案:B

　　和某物一样多，as much as，如说是多少的几倍，则是x times as much as。因此选B。

　　26. The teacher spoke so fast that it was hard for the students to________ what he was saying.

　　A take in

　　B take out

　　C take up

　　D take over

　　答案:A

　　短语辨析。take in理解，领会;接纳;欺骗，如：I couldn’t take in the meaning of her words.我不明白她的话。take out带……出去;take up开始从事;占据，如：He took up playing piano at 7.他7岁开始弹钢琴。take over接管，接收;借用，承袭，如：Who will you take over my job when I’m away?我不在时谁来接管我的工作?老师讲得太快了，同学们没听懂。

　　27. The idea sounds very good but will it work in_________?

　　A practice

　　B place

　　C advance

　　D company

　　答案:A

　　in practice：在实践中，实际上;固定搭配。本句的意思是：“想法听起来不错，但是实际中行得通吗?”因此A最符合题意。in place：适当的，合适的。in advance：提前。

　　28. We consider_________ the instrument be adjusted each time it is used.

　　A that it necessary

　　B it necessary that

　　C necessary that

　　D necessary of it that

　　答案:B

　　此题考查含有形式宾语、宾语从句的句子结构。正确的结构为：动词+it+形容词+真正的宾语。因此B为正确答案。本句的意思是：“我们认为每次在使用仪器的时候进行调试非常必要。”

　　29. The Internet has brought______ big changes in the way we work.

　　A about

　　B out

　　C back

　　D up

　　答案:A

　　此题考查的是bring有关短语的辨析。Bring about带来，产生;bring out生产，出版;bring back带回;bring up抚养，提出。这里应是bring about changes，带来了很多变化。

　　30. ——_________does Mr. Johnson go to London on business? ——At least once a month.

　　A How many

　　B How long

　　C How often

　　D How

　　答案:C

　　本题考查的是疑问词的选择。根据回答：至少一个月一次，所以问题应该是Mr.Johnson多长时问去一次伦敦出差?A：多少;B：多久;C：多久一次。