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。