1048] They grow many beatiful flowers, _____ will be sold in big cities in spring.

[译文] 他们种植了很多美丽的鲜花，这些花春天将在大城市里销售。

　 A. and they 　 B. but they

　 C. they 　 D. that

[答案及简析] A。 并列句用that引导。

1047] Have you heard the news _____ she’s failed the English exam again?

[译文] 你听到这个消息没有？她英语考试又没及格。

　 A. which 　 B. that

　 C. if 　 D. whether

[答案及简析] B。 在同位语从句中如果不差成分用that引导。

1046] Although Linda tried hard in the exam, she did _____ than her brother.

[译文] 尽管Linda在考试中尽了最大努力，她还是比哥哥差得多。

　 A. more badly 　 B. much better

　 C. much badly 　 D. much worse

[答案及简析] D。 根据题意该用比较级，much修饰比较级。

1045] The manuscript(手稿) ______ the 8th century.

[译文] 这部手稿追溯到公元八世纪。

　 A. date from　　 B. is dated from

　 C. dates back to 　 D. go back in time to

[答案及简析] C。 date from = date back to 追溯到，一般不用被动语态，谈论的是客观事物多用一般现在时。

1044] He prefers _____ indoors _____ out this afternoon.

[译文] 他今天下午喜欢呆在屋内而不喜欢到外面去。

　 A. to stay; to go 　 B. staying; to going

　 C. staying; to go 　 D. to stay; to going

[答案及简析] B。 prefer doing sth. to doing sth. "比较喜欢做什么，而不太喜欢做什么。"

1043] The building _____ north dates from 1884.

[译文] 朝北的那个建筑物始建于1884年。

　 A. faces 　 B. to face

　 C. facing 　 D. faced

[答案及简析] C。 现在分词短语作定语，表示状态，伴随等。

1042] He paid the boy $10 for washing ten windows, most of _____ hadn’t been cleaned for at least a year.

[译文] 他付给这小孩十美元擦窗子，大部分至少一年没擦了。

　 A. which 　 B. these

　 C. those 　 D. that

[答案及简析] A。 非限制性的定语从句，用which引导。

1041] ----- Would you please go with us to do some shopping? ----- ______.

[译文] --愿意和我们一道去逛商店吗？　　　--　愿意。

　 A. Yes, I’d like 　 B. Yes, I’d prefer

　 C. No, I don’t want 　 D. Yes, I’d love to

[答案及简析] D。 I’d love to 后面省略了go with you ，但要保留to。

1040] It is our secret that he telephones to me _____ at 8 p.m. every Saturday.

[译文] 他每周六上午八点给我打电话，这是我们的秘密。

　 A. regularly 　 B. mainly

　 C. freely 　 D. immediately

[答案及简析] A。 regularly 有规律地，常规地；mainly 主要地；freely自由地；immediately立即。

1039] The weather turned out to be very good, _____ was more than we could expect.

[译文] 天气证明是很好，比我们想象的还好一些。

　 A. what 　 B. that

　 C. if 　 D. which

[答案及简析] D。 非限制性的定语从句，用which引导。