[1] -We want someone to design the new art museum for us.?-_____ the young fellow have a try??

　　A. May

　　B. Shall

　　C. Will

　　D. Need

　　[答案] B。 shall作为情态动词,用于二三人称,表示"询问"，"警告"，"允诺"，"命令"，"决心"，"强制"等语气。will作为情态动词，用于主语是各种人称的陈述句中，表示"意愿"和"倾向"。用于第二人称的疑问句中，表"请求"。

　　[2] When he was a little boy，he ______ on the farm.

　　A. used to working

　　B. used to work

　　C. got used to work

　　D. was used to work

　　[答案] B。 used to do sth.意为"过去经常做某事"。be used to do sth.意为"被用来做某事"。be/get used to doing sth."习惯于做某事"。

　　[3] I’ll give the prize to _______ finishes the work first.

　　A. whomever

　　B. whoever

　　C. who

　　D. anyone

　　[答案] B。 名词性从句中的“救从不救主原则”和“首选原则”。

　　[4] In the 16-19 age group，32 of women smoke ______ 28 of men.?

　　A. comparing to

　　B. comparing with

　　C. compared to

　　D. compare with

　　[答案] C。 与。。。相比较。

　　[5] How pleasant the picture is to _______!

　　A. be looked

　　B. for looking at

　　C. looking at

　　D. look at

　　[答案] D。 =It is peasant to look at the picture。故不定式用主动形式。

　　[6] It was five o’clock in the afternoon _____ they climbed up to the top of the mountain.

　　A. since 　 B. when

　　C. That 　 D. until

　　[答案] B。 此句为一主从复合句。"when"引导状语从句;若看作强调结构,应在five前加at。?

　　[7] -What did you think of ______ president??-I didn’t care for him at first，but after ____ time I get to like him.

　　A. the; a 　 B. /; the

　　C. the; the 　 D. /; a

　　[答案] A。 the president特指"那个人",并非表"职衔";"职务"。

　　[8] Last term our maths teacher set so difficult an examination problem _____ none of us worked out.

　　A. that 　 B. as

　　C. so that 　 D. which

　　[答案] B。 as引导定语从句修饰"examination problem",在从句中作宾语,因其先行词前有限定词so。若看作"so…that…"结构,结果状语从句应加宾语,为"worked it out"。

　　[9] How pleased the detective was _____ what his customer told him!

　　A. hearing 　 B. heard

　　C. to hearing 　 D. to hear

　　[答案] D。 "be pleased to do sth."为固定结构,不定式表原因。此感叹句的陈述句形式为： The detective was pleased to hear what his customer told him.

　　[10] Mrs. Brown was much disappointed to see the washing machine she had _____ went wrong again.

　　A. it repaired 　 B. to be repaired

　　C. to repair 　 D. repaired

　　[答案] D。 考查"have sth. done"结构,原句含定语从句"…the washing machine that s he had repaired…"

　　[11] -Has Tommy finished his homework yet??-I have no idea; he ____ it this morning.

　　A. was doing 　 B. had been doing

　　C. has done 　 D. did

　　[答案] A。 表示今天上午一直在做作业。

　　[12] -If you have time tonight，I’d like to invite you to a ball.?　-That’s very nice of you，but are you ____??

　　A. free 　 B. careful

　　C. serious 　 D. true

　　[答案] C。 serious：严肃的;认真的。"你是当真吗?"

　　[13] -You couldn’t have chosen any gift better for me.?　-______.

　　A. Oh，I’d choose a better one for you next time.?

　　B. You’ve had a gift for music，haven’t you?

　　C. I’m glad that you like it so much.

　　D. Sorry，but don’t blame me，dear.

　　[答案] C。 本句意为"你再不能选出比这更好的礼物了。"意即"这是最好的礼物。"

　　[14] -My mathematics is very poor.-Don’t worry. I’ll help you ______ I can.?

　　A. as far as 　 B. as soon as

　　C. as quickly as 　 D. as possible as

　　[答案] A。 as far as："就……";"到……程度",表范围。D项应为"as…as possible"。

　　[15] -Did your uncle fly to Paris directly??

　　-No，he travelled from Hong Kong _____ London.

　　A. through 　 B. by way of

　　C. across 　 D. on way of

　　[答案] B。 by way of意为"途经";"经由";"取道"。