288] The blind man _____ the elephant’s trunk. It ______ like a snake.

[译文] 这个瞎子摸着大象的鼻子，摸起来像一条蛇。

　 A. felt ; was feeling 　 B. felt ; felt

　 C. was feeling; felt 　 D. was feeling; was feeling

[答案及简析] C。 feel 一个是及物动词；后面的是感官动词。

287] A fish needs water and without water it will die. _______.

[译文] 鱼需要水，没有水鱼就会死。人也是这样。

　 A. so does a man 　 B. so will a man

　 C. so it is with a man 　 D. so is it with a man

[答案及简析] C。 当前面的句子是两回事或者两个不同的谓语动词，要表示与这种情况一样就得用so it is with…的结构。

286] He stood against the wall with his right hand _____.

[译文] 他举着他的右手，靠着墙站着。

　 A. raised 　 B. raising

　 C. risen 　 D. rise

[答案及简析] A。 在with + n. + …..的复合结构中，用过去分词表示状态。

285] If the south had won the war, what is now the United States _____ divided into several countries.

[译文] 如果南方赢得这场战争，现在的美国就一定会分裂成为好几个国家。

　 A. will be 　 B. might have been

　 C. should be 　 D. must have been

[答案及简析] D。 虚拟语气，与过去事实相反用过去完成时态。

284] If my lawyer ______ here last Saturday, he ______ me from going.

[译文] 如果我的律师周六在这儿的话，他会阻止我去的。

　 A. had been; would have prevented 　 B. had been; would prevent

　 C. were; would prevent 　 D. were; would have prevented

[答案及简析] A。 虚拟语气，与过去事实相反用过去完成时态。

283] The next day she ______ her father what _______ when the man came again.

[译文] 第二天她告诉她爸这个人来时所发生的事。

　 A. told; happened 　 B. was telling; had happened

　 C. had; told 　 D. told; had happened

[答案及简析] D。 所发生的事发生在告诉之前，时态该用过去完成时态。

282] How pleased the Emperor was _____ what the cheats said!

[译文] 听到了这骗子说的话，皇帝好高兴呀！

　 A. hearing 　 B. heard

　 C. hear 　 D. is hear

[答案及简析] A。 现在分词表时间= when he heard what the cheats said.

281] -----How do you find your visit to the museum ? -----I thoroughly enjoyed it, it was ______ than I expected.

[译文] --　你对博物馆的参观感想如何？　　--很好，甚至比我想象的好得多。

　 A. far more interesting 　 B. even more interesting

　 C. so more interesting 　 D. a lot much interesting

[答案及简析] B。 even用来加强语气；interesting的比较级得加more构成。

280] I hadn’t expected James to apologize but I had hoped _____ me.

[译文] 我从没有企盼James向我道歉，但希望他能给我我打电话。

　 A. him calling 　 B. that he would call

　 C. him to call 　 D. that he call

[答案及简析] B。 hope后面跟从句和不定式；如果是从句的话，一般是将来时态。

279] Soon John came to a house _____ must be Kate’s .

[译文] 很快他就来到意见房屋，他认为一定是Kate的房屋。

　 A. where he thought 　 B. which he thought

　 C. he thought it 　 D. where he thought which

[答案及简析] B。 定语从句，I thought(插入语)可以在分析句子成分时不看，从句就差主语了。