[1] If no one _____ the phone at home, ring me at work.

　　A. returns 　 B. replies

　　C. answers 　 D. receives

　　[答案] C。 固定搭配。回电话一般用answer the phote。

　　[2] -----When will they come back? 　　-----I _____ don’t know.

　　A. simply 　 B. hopefully

　　C. happen 　 D. as well

　　[答案] A。 simply用来修饰动词，加强语气，意为"真的，确实"。

　　[3] Speech is ______ heard when it is given in a clear voice just slightly louder than normal.

　　A. hardly 　 B. less

　　C. completely　　　 D. best

　　[答案] D。 best是well的最高级形式修饰动词，表示"最好"。

　　[4] The news sounds _______.

　　A. Encouraging 　 B. encouraged

　　C. encourage 　 D. to encourage

　　[答案] A。 sound是系动词，后面得用形容词作表语。而现在分词表示主语的特征，故只能用A。

　　[5] Seeing the sun _____ above the surface of the sea we burst out a shout of joy.

　　A. to rise 　 B. to raise

　　C. rising 　 D. raising

　　[答案] C。 感官动词后面用现在分词作宾补，表示正在进行。

　　[6] ______ on the portrait, mother was deep in thought.

　　A. Fixed her eyes 　 B. Her eyes are fixed

　　C. Her eyes fixing 　 D. With her eyes fixed

　　[答案] D。 复合结构。With + 名词 + 过去分词短语，表示伴随。

　　[7] As she _____ the newspaper, Granny _____ asleep.

　　A. read ; was falling 　 B. was reading; fell

　　C. was reading; was falling 　 D. read; fell

　　[答案] A。 as引导的时间状语从句，表示两个动作的同时进行。

　　[8] They waited and waited. _____ they had been looking forward to.

　　A. Then the hour came 　 B. The hour then came

　　C. Then came the hour 　 D. Then did the hour come

　　[答案] C。 then等副词在句首，句子要完全倒装;后面还跟了一个定语从句。

　　[9] Gone forever ____ when we used foreign oil.

　　A. the days are 　 B. the days were

　　C. are the days 　 D. were the days

　　[答案] C。 这是一个典型的倒装句型。

　　[10] I’m not going to help you steal a can, what do you ______?

　　A. call me 　 B. think me

　　C. take me for 　 D. read me

　　[答案] C。 take…for…　把...误认为...。

　　[11] -----Haven’t you heard the news? -----What news?　　 ----- Some of the workers are _______ while others are ______.

　　A. on the march, on strike 　 B. on march, on strike

　　C. on the march, on the strike 　 D. on the strike, on march

　　[答案] B。 on march游行;on strike罢工。

　　[12] No race war is worse than _______ inside single family.

　　A. it 　 B. that

　　C. one 　 D. war

　　[答案] C。 代词one代替前面提到的名词war。

　　[13] The students are ___ young people between the age of sixteen and twenty.

　　A. most 　 B. almost

　　C. mostly 　 D. at most

　　[答案] C。 mostly"大部分"主要用作表语。

　　[14] _____ a reply, he decided to write again.

　　A. Not receiving 　 B. Receiving not

　　C. Not having receiving 　 D. Having not receiving

　　[答案] C。 现在分词的完成形式表示动作发生在主句动作之前。

　　[15] So excited _____ that he couldn’t say a word.

　　A. was he 　 B. he was

　　C. did he be 　 D. did he was

　　[答案] A。 so...that..结构位于句首主句要部分倒装，so要连同它所修饰词语一道倒装。

　　[16] Dinner’ll be ready in a few minutes. You’d better ______.

　　A. wash 　 B. wash himself

　　C. get washed 　 D. washing

　　[答案] C。 get是系动词，故后面跟过去分词作表语。

　　[17] In fact she was _____ of softball, tennis and track.

　　A. much more fond 　 B. much fond

　　C. very fonder 　 D. too more fond

　　[答案] A。 fond的比较级是加more构成。

　　[18] She is _____ out on Sundays.

　　A. almost 　 B. mostly

　　C. most 　 D. the most

　　[答案] B。 mostly用作表语表示"大部分"。

　　[19] It may rain, but I shall go out _____.

　　A. somehow 　 B. anyhow

　　C. somewhat 　 D. anywhere

　　[答案] B。 anyhow 副词，"无论无何"。

　　[20] Not until Mr. Smith came to China ______what kind of a country she is from.

　　A. Didn’t he know 　 B. Had he known

　　C. Hadn’t he known 　 D. Did he know

　　[答案] D。 not until在句首主句要部分倒装。