823] The first country singers sang while _____ guitar.

[译文] 第一位乡村歌手边演唱边弹吉他。

　 A. play the 　 B. playing

　 C. played the 　 D. playing the

[答案及简析] D。 省略句。演奏乐器要加冠词the。

822] Travellers ____ our country enjoy the beautiful sights in Beijing, Hangzhou, and many other places of interests.

[译文] 到中国的游客喜欢北京，杭州和其它地方的美景。

　 A. for 　 B. to

　 C. till 　 D. by

[答案及简析] B。 去什么地方的游客，后面的介词应该是to。

821] He always _____ other people first.

[译文] 他总是考虑他人在先。

　 A. thinking of 　 B. thinks

　 C. thinks of 　 D. think about

[答案及简析] C。 从always解题，本句应该是一般现在时态。

820] "Isn’t the TV play wonderful!" This sentence means______.

[译文] "难道这部电视剧不好！"这句话的意思是…..

　 A. What a wonderful play it is! 　 B. Do you think the Tv play wonderful?

　 C. I don’t think if the TV play is wonderful. 　 D. Do you know what the play is like?

[答案及简析] A。 一个否定的疑问句，表示惊讶，感叹，不需要用Yes或No来回答。

819] He thought the painting was of little _____, so he let me have it for only ten pounds.

[译文] 他认为这幅画不值价，他就让我只给十镑给买走了。

　 A. cost 　 B. value

　 C. price 　 D. expenses

[答案及简析] B。 value = the proper or fair price 价值。

818] The subject _____ we are going to turn is about English studies.

[译文] 我们打算求助的科目的是英语学习。

　 A. about which 　 B. with which

　 C. about that 　 D. to which

[答案及简析] D。 定语从句。turn to 是一个固定搭配，求助于，求教于。

817] _____, great changes have taken place in our hometown.

[译文] 在20世纪80年代，我的家乡发生了巨大的变化。

　 A. In 1980s 　 B. In the 1980

　 C. In a 1980s 　 D. In the 1980s

[答案及简析] D。 表示"在20世纪80年代"用in the 1980s表示。

816] Country music has become _____ in America.

[译文] 在美国，乡村音乐已经成为了一个大行业。

　 A. big business 　 B. a big business

　 C. big a business 　 D. businesses

[答案及简析] A。 business不可数名词，行当之意。

815] We haven’t had any success _____.

[译文] 到目前为止，我们还没有任何成功。

　 A. before long 　 B. so long

　 C. by far 　 D. so far

[答案及简析] D。 so far 常和现在完成时态连用。

814] The fact ______ he was successful proves his ability.

[译文] 他成功的事实证明了他的能力。

　 A. that 　 B. what

　 C. which 　 D. why

[答案及简析] A。 同位语从句。