1238] They were _____ to hear the _____ news.

[译文] 他们惊讶地听到这个令人惊讶的消息。

　 A. surprised; surprised 　 B. surprising; surprising

　 C. surprised; surprising 　 D. surprising; surprised

[答案及简析] C。 be surprised to do sth. 常见结构，做什么表示惊讶；surprising现在分此表示特征。

1237] The writer and poet _____ to give us a lecture.

[译文] 这个作家诗人将给我们做一个演讲。

　 A. are going 　 B. were going

　 C. have been 　 D. is going

[答案及简析] D。 the writer and poet是一个人，谓语用单数。

1236] As far as we know, Africa is _____ continent in the world.

[译文] 就我们所知，非洲是世界上第二大洲。

　 A. a second larger 　 B. the second large

　 C. the second largest 　 D. a second large

[答案及简析] C。 此题考查形容词的最高级。

1235] Five of us _____ to look after the wounded, the others left.

[译文] 我们五个被留下来照料伤员，其余的离开了。

　 A. were left 　 B. were remained

　 C. left 　 D. spared

[答案及简析] A。 leave 及物动词；remain不及物。

1234] No teacher and no student _____ to go in.

[译文] 没有老师或者学生被允许进入。

　 A. are allowed 　 B. is allowed

　 C. has allowed 　 D. have allowed

[答案及简析] B。 no .. and no… 短语作主语，谓语动词用单数。

1233] The pair of shoes _____ made in this factory.

[译文] 这双鞋是这家工厂生产的。

　 A. have been 　 B. had been

　 C. are 　 D. is

[答案及简析] D。 the pair of是单数，　说明一种客观事实用一般现在时态。

1232] Farmers stored up a good _____ of wheat and a _____ of beams this year.

[译文] 今年农民们储藏了许多的小麦和豆子。

　 A. number; lot 　 B. deal; number

　 C. plenty; lots 　 D. deal; pack

[答案及简析] B。 考查表示"许多"的短语，beam是可数名词用a numberof修饰；wheat是不可数名词用a lot of 等修饰。

1231] She as well as the other students _____ how to dive a car.

[译文] 她和其他学生一样都学会了开车。

　 A. has learned 　 B. have learned

　 C. was learned 　 D. were learned

[答案及简析] A。 主谓一致问题，不看as well as引起的短语。

1230] West of the river _____ two villages.

[译文] 河西有两个村庄。

　 A. have 　 B. has

　 C. is 　 D. are

[答案及简析] D。 倒装句，主语是two villages。

1229] One quarter of the area _____ by green trees.

[译文] 四分之一的地方被绿树覆盖着。

　 A. are covered 　 B. is covered

　 C. covers 　 D. covering

[答案及简析] B。 句中缺谓语动词；分数 + of the作主语，谓语的单复数问题由of后面的名词决定，是复数就用复数，是单数就用单数。