11.I’d like Jane, ______ Joan, to go to the farewell party on behalf of (代表) our class.

A. more than B. less than

C. rather than D. or other

选C。本题考查固定短语。Would like…rather than…意思是“宁愿……，而不愿……”。该句型相当于I like Jane, not Joan. rather than意思是“而不是”。

12 Which city in England do you think may be called　　Shanghai of West?

A. a; the B. the; 不填

C. the; the D. 不填;the

选C。the West(西方、西洋)是固定搭配;指类似于……的人或物时，专有名词前面冠词，而Shanghai 又受of West修饰，所以用the。

13. Shelly had prepared carefully for her English examination so that she could be sure of passing it on her first .

A. intention B. attempt

C. purpose D. desire

选B。比较：attempt尝试，企图;intention意图;purpose目的;desire欲望。选B符合语境。

14. It was she that ______ a sharp whistle, which makes possible for us to catch the thief.

A. gave off; this B. gave out; that

C. gave; it D. sent out; them

选C。前半句即主句是强调句，强调she;后半句是which引导的非限制生定语从句，it为形式宾语，指代真正的宾语即动词不定式短语to catch the thief.

15.My brother was still studying into the night while I was ______ asleep.

A. late; sound B. lately; wide

C. deeply; far D. far; far

选A。late [deep] into the night 熬夜;sound/fast副词，表示“彻底地”，与asleep 构成习惯搭配。

16. Kate’s little brother kicked the ball to the river; she took great trouble to get in ______ the river.

A. on B. from

C. from on D. over from

选C。get sth from意为“从……取得某物，on the river指“河上”。注：介词from后可接介词短语，又如：The cat jumped out from under the bed猫从床下跳出来。

17. Your mother ______ , however, say that to us that day.

A. does B. did C. is doing D. was doing

选B。根据句意及that day 可知谓语动词用一般过去时。其中的did为强调用法,表示“的确，确实”，后面必须接动词的原形，而且要用在肯定句中。

18. The problem just ______ to be discussed at the class meeting tomorrow.

A. referred is B. referred to being

C. referring to is D. referred to is

选D。本题的关键在于理解句子结构： referred to 在句中作定语，修饰名词the problem,而谓语动词为is， to be discussed是它的表语，be to do表示将来的动作。

19. I phoned my first teacher time and again when I heard that he was ill, yet couldn’t .

A. get through B. get along

C. get over D. get hold of

选A。由句子的意义可知，说话人得知老师生病，所以再三给老师打电话，但打不通，故应选择A项，表示“打通电话”之意。get along 一般接with表示“相处如何/进展如何”;get over表示“恢复健康，克服困难”;而get hold of表示“抓住”的意思。这三个短语都是及物动词要接宾语，在此均可以排除。

20. —Henry, the phone is ringing . Do you want me to go?

—No, sit still. .

A. I’ll get it B. I am to get it

C. I’m getting it D. I am about to get it

选A。回答为“不，你坐着，我去”表明一种意愿的行动。B项意为“按约定或责任应该……”;C项为“即要去”;D项为动作即刻发生;而A项侧重表明说话者的意志。