1898] You can’t work out _____ problem in just _____ of ten minutes.

[译文] 你不可能在短短十分钟左右的时间内，解出这样难的一道题来。

　 A. a such hard; a course 　 B. a so hard; the period

　 C. such a hard; the couple 　 D. so hard a; a matter

[答案及简析] D。 a matter of… …左右，表示数量．

1897] The reason _____ he explained is not _____ I expected.

[译文] 他解释的理由不是我期望的理由．

　 A. why; that 　 B. why; what

　 C. that; what 　 D. that; that

[答案及简析] C。 第一空是定语从句，用that引导；第二空是表语从句，用what引导．

1896] The food in the dining room tastes bad, besides ______ .

[译文] 餐厅的东西除了很贵以外，吃起来味道太差。

　 A. cheap 　 B. being cheap

　 C. expensive 　 D. being expensive

[答案及简析] D。 besides 这儿是介词，故该用动名词。

1895] So you have to leave. How nice it _____ if you _____ a bit longer.

[译文] 所以你得离开。如果你再多呆一会该有多好呀！

　 A. will be; can stay 　 B. would be; could stay

　 C. would have been; could have stayed 　 D. be; stay

[答案及简析] B。 与现在事实相反的虚拟语气。

1894] Carry your _____ with you, your money, jeweley, camera and so on.

[译文] 请把你值钱的东西随身携带，比如钱，珠宝，照相机等等。

　 A. valuables 　 B. suitcases

　 C. gifts 　 D. bags

[答案及简析] A。 valuable作名词是可数名词，意思是值钱的东西。

1893] The _____ we saw yesterday come out to the farm once in a while.

[译文] 我们昨天看的鹿子偶尔到农场。

　 A. cow 　 B. dog

　 C. deer 　 D. horse

[答案及简析] C。 从come out来看此句的主语应该是复数，所给答案只有是deer单复数同形。

1892] Mary said that she was _____ able to wash the plates herself.

[译文] 玛丽说她完全可以自己洗盘子。

　 A. too 　 B. quite

　 C. much 　 D. very

[答案及简析] B。 able 以及able结尾的形容词一般用quite修饰。

1891] The new research team was led by the _____ engineer.

[译文] 新的研究小组是由一位主任工程师领导。

　 A. main 　 B. major

　 C. chief 　 D. primary

[答案及简析] C。 main 主要的最重要的；major 较大的，较重要的；chief 主要的；primary第一的，基本的。

1890] In spite of your living so far away, we both hope very much _____.

[译文] 尽管你住得很远，我们都希望你能来．

　 A. your coming 　 B. you to come

　 C. that you would come 　 D. that you will come

[答案及简析] D。 hope to do sth. / that 从句．

1889] ----- May I _____ you a cigarette?　　　----- That’s very kind of you, but I can’t smok

[译文] ――我可以给你一支烟吗？　　　＿＿谢谢，我不抽烟．

　 A. offer 　 B. persuade

　 C. show 　 D. send

[答案及简析] A。 offer sb. sth. 给某人提供…．