158] Hillen used to be very shy, but she has grown________it now.

[译文] Hillen　过去很害羞，但随着年龄增大而改掉了。

　 A. without 　 B. over

　 C. away 　 D. out of

[答案及简析] D。 grow out of在此表示"因年岁增大而改掉"的意思。

157] Dark glasses are sometimes worn to ________the eyes from strong sunlight.

[译文] 有时戴墨镜是为了保护眼睛不受到阳光的伤害。

　 A. prevent 　 B. care

　 C. defend 　 D. protect

[答案及简析] D。 protect...from意为"保护……不受伤害"；prevent...from意为"阻止……发生"。

156] --What do you think of the Prime Minister’s address to the nation? --I like________of what he said.

[译文] --你认为总理的讲话如何？　　--大部分我都喜欢。

　 A. more 　 B. many

　 C. few 　 D. much

[答案及简析] D。 address(讲话)是整体名词，表示整体的一大部分不可数，该用much代替。

155] --Did you write to Mary last month? --No, but I’ll_______her over Christmas Day.

[译文] --你上个月没给玛丽写信呀？　--是的，但在圣诞节期间我要去见她。

　 A. be seen 　 B. be seeing

　 C. have seen 　 D. have been seeing

[答案及简析] B。 将来进行时will/shall be doing sth.。可用于表达预计即将发生或势必要发生的动作，在一般情况下可和一般将来时换用，用将来进行时则显得更加委婉。

154] --May I have a talk with one of your sports reporters?　--Sorry, but all of them are out to______the main events of the day.

[译文] --我可以和你们的体育记者谈一谈吗？　--对不去，都出去采访去了。

　 A. get 　 B. find

　 C. cover 　 D. search

[答案及简析] C。 get the information得到信息，find找到，cover the events采访事件，search the house搜查这所房子。

153] So loudly_______ that everyone of the class could hear him.

[译文] 他大声地讲话，让每个人都能听得见。

　 A. did he speak 　 B. did he spoke

　 C. spoke he 　 D. he spoke

[答案及简析] A。 "So+形容词"，"So+副词"放于句首时，构成倒装句，句中要加助动词。

152] --What’s the matter? You really look down. -- _______. --Well, better luck next time.

[译文] --怎么啦？　你看起来情绪低落。-- ________. 喔，下次好运！

　 A. Why, I always look up to you 　 B. I failed an important test

　 C. I have a bad cold 　 D. Me? I never look down upon anybody

[答案及简析] B。 look down意为"情绪低落"，下句"望你下一次走好运"与"考试不及格"相吻合。

151] _____ she was afraid at that time, she would say no to the plan.

[译文] 要不是当时她害怕，他会不同那个计划的。

　 A. But for 　 B. If

　 C. But that 　 D. When

[答案及简析] C。 but that　"要不是"，引导一个从句。

150] _____ to sunlight for too much time will do harm to one’s skin.

[译文] 暴露在阳光下太久将对一个人的皮肤有害。

　 A. Exposed 　 B. having exposed

　 C. Being exposed 　 D. After being exposed

[答案及简析] C。 动名词短语做主语，用系表结构表示状态。

149] He was about to tell me the secret_____ someone patted him on the shoulder.

[译文] 正当他打算把这个秘密告诉我的时候，有人拍他的肩膀。

　 A. as 　 B. until

　 C. while 　 D. when

[答案及简析] D。 在主句是be about to do sth.的情况下，从句用when引导。