21.His first book is of great use for our course. But his latest one is ________ worth reading.

　　A. better B. more

　　C. much D. very

　　[解析]句意：他的第一本书对我们很有用。但他最近的这一本更值得一读。be well worth doing 很值得做某事，well 的比较级为 better，故A项正确。

　　[答案]A

　　22.The Chinese women's volleyball team was the champion in the 16th Asian Olympic Games but the Korean women's volleyball team was only ________ beaten.

　　A. nearly B. narrowly

　　C. hardly D. slightly

　　[解析]句意：中国女子排球队是第16届亚运会的冠军，但韩国女子排球队险些胜利。nearly 接近;narrowly 险些，差点儿;hardly 几乎不;slightly 稍微，略微。be narrowly beaten“勉强被打败”，言外之意是“差点赢了”。

　　[答案]B

　　23.—What time do we have to be at the gate of the museum?

　　—________ the visitors begin to check in.

　　A.Immediately B.Quickly

　　C.Hurriedly D.Gradually

　　[解析]immediately 引出时间状语从句，意为一……就……。

　　[答案]A

　　24.It's likely that she will be______ from punishment, as our teacher has been convinced by her excuse.

　　A.absent B.distant

　　C.distinct D.desperate

　　[解析]be absent from 逃脱……。

　　[答案]A

　　25. On snowy days, you have to drive very ________ to avoid traffic accidents.

　　A. cautiously B. neatly

　　C. smoothly D. properly

　　[解析]句意：在下雪天，你得小心翼翼开车以避免交通事故。cautiously 小心谨慎地;neatly 整洁地;smoothly 顺利地，平稳地;properly 合适地，恰当地。由句意可知A项正确。

　　[答案]A

　　26.She not only entered the competition—she ________ won it!

　　A. hopefully B. especially

　　C. actually D. exactly

　　[解析]hopefully 有希望地;especially 特别，尤其;actually 事实上，竟然;exactly 确切地;由句意“她不但进了比赛，还竟然赢了”可知，此处表示意想不到的结果，用 actually表示“竟然”。

　　[答案]C

　　27.When Helen saw her tutor nod ________ to her, she calmed down and went on with her performance.

　　A.encouragingly B.amazingly

　　C.interestingly D.accordingly

　　[解析]encouragingly 鼓励地。句意：当海伦看到导师鼓励地向她点头，她平静下来继续演出。

　　[答案]A

　　28.With everything destroyed in the flood, he felt ________ hopeless and killed himself.

　　A.hardly B.luckily

　　C.sincerely D.totally

　　[解析]totally hopeless 完全绝望了。

　　[答案]D

　　29.—I'm not feeling very well, Barton. To tell you the truth, I'm tired of the present life.

　　—I suggest you do some ________ exercise to keep fit.

　　A.normal B.general

　　C.common D.regular

　　[解析]regular 有规律的，符合句意。general 一般的;common 常见的，共同的;normal 正常的。

　　[答案]D

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　　30.Teachers' Day is a festival based more on the ________ aspect than the material level, and the stress on gifts has caused it to lose its original meaning.

　　A.physical B.moral

　　C.cultural D.spiritual

　　[解析]spiritual 精神的。句意：教师节是一个更多以精神而不是以物质为基础的节日，并且礼物的压力已使它丧失了最初的意义。

　　[答案]D

　　31.As is often pointed out, knowledge is a twoedged weapon which can be used______ for good or evil.

　　A. similarly B. properly

　　C. equally D. widely

　　[解析]similarly 相似地，类似地;properly 合适地，恰当地;equally 相等地，等同地;widely 广泛地。句意：正如经常指出的那样：知识是一把双刃剑，它既可以用于善，又可以用于恶。由句意可知C项正确，指“它用于善、恶的几率是等同的”。

　　[答案]C

　　32.At the meeting, they sat very ________ and had a ________ talk, but I didn't know what they were talking about.

　　A. close; close B. closely; close

　　C. close; closely D. closely; closely

　　[解析]close 用作形容词，指“近的;亲密的”，用作副词意为“靠近地”，指具体的“近”;而 closely 只用作副词，意为“紧密地”。由句意“在会上他们紧挨着坐着，在亲密地交谈;但我不知道他们在谈论什么”可知选A项，第一空 close 为副词，而第二空 close 为形容词，指“亲密的，密切的”。

　　[答案]A

　　33.In the future, the US policy is likely to be strongly determined by internal developments in a number of key states, ________ China and Russia.

　　A. particularly B. namely

　　C. absolutely D. eventually

　　[解析]particularly 特别，尤其;namely 也就是说，即;absolutely 绝对地;eventually 最后，终于。由句意可知A项正确。

　　[答案]A

　　34.—You all like your English teacher?

　　—Yeah, she devotes herself ________ to teaching and it earns her a good reputation.

　　A. originally B. extremely

　　C. obviously D. entirely

　　[解析]句意：—你们都喜欢你们的英语老师吗?—是的，她把全部的精力都投入到了教学中，这使她赢得了好名声。originally 原始地，最初地;extremely 极端地;obviously 明显地，显而易见地;entirely 完全地。由句意可知D项正确。

　　[答案]D

　　35.Foreign teachers would like students to ________ ask questions, submit theories, or to debate any required reading materials.

　　A. hopefully B. gradually

　　C. truly D. eagerly

　　[解析]hopefully 有希望地;gradually 逐渐地;truly 真正地;eagerly 急切地。句意：外国老师想让学生们急切地提问题，提出理论或是辩论任何要求的阅读材料。由语境可知，此处表示“学生内心渴望提问题”，故 eagerly 正确。

　　[答案]D