1148] The boy was so tired that he lay down and soon fell _____.

[译文] 这个男孩太疲倦了，他一躺下来就很快睡着了。

　 A. sleep 　 B. sleepy

　 C. sleeping 　 D. asleep

[答案及简析] D。 fall 是连系动词，那就只有用表语形容词asleep作表语了。

1147] A great number of tall buildings _____ in the last twenty years.

[译文] 在最近二十年间，许多高大的建筑物修起来了。

　 A. have been built 　 B. has been built

　 C. have built 　 D. had been built

[答案及简析] A。 句子中有in the last … 的短语，该句的时态应该是现在完成时态。

1146] Hardly _____ when the bell _____.

[译文] 我一打开门就听见电话铃响了。

　 A. did I close the door; had rung 　 B. had I closed the door; rang

　 C. I had closed the door; rang 　 D. I closed the door; had rung

[答案及简析] B。 hardly / scarcely 在句首，主句要部分倒装；而且主句的时态要用完成时态。

1145] The reason ____ she missed school this morning was ____ she had to look after her sick grandpa.

[译文] 今天上午她缺课的原因是她得在家照料她生病的爷爷。

　 A. why; that　　 B. because; why

　 C. that; because 　 D. which; that

[答案及简析] A。 the reason作先行词，定语从句用why引导；the reason作主语，表语从句用that引导。

1144] Good technique in medicine means less pain and fewer deaths and, _____ it is our duty to master it.

[译文] 医药方面的好技术意味着减少痛苦和死亡，因此掌握它是我们的职责。

　 A. altogether 　 B. otherwise

　 C. however 　 D. therefore

[答案及简析] D。 副词辨异，altogether 总的说来；therefore因此；otherwise否则；however然而。

1143] He died of an illness _____ by smoking too much.

[译文] 他死于过度吸烟而引起的疾病。

　 A. caused 　 B. causing

　 C. to be caused 　 D. being caused

[答案及简析] A。 过去分词短语表示原因。An illness caused by smoking too much= an illness wa caused by smoking too much

1142] The building was _____ in a big fire.

[译文] 这个建筑物在一场大火中烧毁。

　 A. taken down 　 B. put down

　 C. burnt down 　 D. turned down

[答案及简析] C。 动词短语辨异，burn down 烧毁；take down 取下，拿下；put down 记下；镇压；turn down把声音降低。

1141] He _____ nobody but his two uncles _____ still smoking.

[译文] 他被告知，除了他的两个叔叔再也没有人抽烟了。

　 A. told; was 　 B. was told; was

　 C. told; were 　 D. was told; were

[答案及简析] B。 tell sb. sth. 后面的宾语是一个从句。

1140] It used to be a small village _____ what it is now.

[译文] 和现在相比，这儿过去一直是一个小村庄。

　 A. compared with 　 B. compared about

　 C. compare to 　 D. compare with

[答案及简析] A。 compared with和…作比较。

1139] The doctors were trying their best to save the _____ boy.

[译文] 医生们尽了他们的最大努力拯救这个临死的小孩。

　 A. dead 　 B. died

　 C. death 　 D. dying

[答案及简析] D。 dead 死的；dying临死的。