2078] -----Can children swim in this pool?　　-----Yes. However, at no time _____ they do so alone.

[译文] --这个池子里能游泳吗？　--能。但是，绝不能让孩子单独游泳。

　 A. may 　 B. need

　 C. could 　 D. should

[答案及简析] D。 should情态动词，表示“应该”。

2077] ----- Is that 110? A thief is in my house….. -----OK, help is _____.

[译文] --是110吗？　我家来了一个小偷。。。　　--好。援助马上就到。

　 A. in the way 　 B. in its way

　 C. on the way 　 D. by the way

[答案及简析] C。 on the way 在…的路上。

2076] She won’t leave the TV set, _____ her husband and childenare waiting for her supper.

[译文] 即使她的丈夫和孩子等着她的晚饭，她也不会离开电视机的。

　 A. as if 　 B. even if

　 C. once 　 D. so long as

[答案及简析] B。 考察连词。as if 好像；even if 即使；once 一旦；so long as只要。

2075] The salesman scolded the girl _____ and let her off.

[译文] 售货员责备了那个被抓住偷东西的姑娘，然后让她离开了。

　 A. caught stealing 　 B. caught to steal

　 C. catching stealing 　 D. catching stolen

[答案及简析] A。 catch sb. doing sth.结构的过去分词形式作定语修饰the girl。

2074] -----Don’t play with them, my son, they are dangerous. 　----But they are _____. I like these people.

[译文] --儿子，不要和那些人一起玩，他们很危险。　--但他们令人感到激动，我喜欢他们。

　 A. excited 　 B. exciting

　 C. disappointed 　 D. disapponting

[答案及简析] B。 现在分词表示特征；过去分词表示状态。

2073] -----What’s the matter?　　　-----I can’t understand _____ so suddenly.

[译文] --怎么回事？　　　　--我不理解他什么离开得这么突然。

　 A. he leaving 　 B. him to leave

　 C. him leaving 　 D. he’s leaving

[答案及简析] C。 understand 后面可以跟动名词的复合结构作宾语。

2072] He is so good at tennis that I have never _____ him.

[译文] 他太擅长于乒乓球了，我从没有赢过他。

　 A. struck 　 B. hit

　 C. beat 　 D. defeated

[答案及简析] D。 动词辩异；在比赛中击败某人或某队，可以用beat，defeat但这儿需要一个过去分词，故只有defeated是正确答案。

2071] The sunken ship was slowly _____ from under the water.

[译文] 沉船被慢慢地抬起来。

　 A. rising 　 B. raising

　 C. risen 　 D. raised

[答案及简析] D。 raise 是及物动词，“抬起来，升起来”。

2070] The problem just _____ to be discussed at the next meeting.

[译文] 刚才提及到的问题就是要在下次会上讨论的问题。

　 A. referred is 　 B. referred to be

　 C. referring to is 　 D. referred to is

[答案及简析] D。 过去分词短语作定语；refer to意为“提及到的”。

2069] I knew nothing about the accident _____ I read in the newspaper.

[译文] 除了我在报纸上读到的东西，对这个事故我什么都不知道。

　 A. except that 　 B. except for

　 C. except when 　 D. except what

[答案及简析] D。 该句中read 是一个及物动词，需要跟宾语。