883] ----- Alice, why didn’t come yesterday? -----I ______, but I had an unexpected visitor.

[译文] --阿莉思，你昨天为什么没来呢？　--我本打算来的，单来了一位不速之客。

　 A. had 　 B. would

　 C. was going to 　 D. did

[答案及简析] C。 would 只表示纯粹的将来；be going to打算，计划。

882] Dream of the Red Mansions(红楼梦) is _____ a novel. It can help us understand the social life of that time.

[译文] 红楼梦不仅仅是一部小说。它能够帮助我们了解当时的社会生活。

　 A. less than 　 B. no more than

　 C. more than 　 D. much more than

[答案及简析] C。 less than 少于；no more than 仅仅；more than 不仅仅；much more than多得多。

881] I’ll never forget the day _____ we spentt together in London.

[译文] 我绝不会忘记我们一起在伦敦度过的那些日子。

　 A. when 　 B. while

　 C. / 　 D. on which

[答案及简析] C。 定语从句，先行词在从句中充当宾语。

880] They have _____ friends since they met in Shanghai.

[译文] 从他们在上海见面后就成了好朋友了。

　 A. made 　 B. become

　 C. turned 　 D. been

[答案及简析] D。 有since 引导的从句，主句应该是延续性的动词。

879] _____ crossing the street, he was knocked down by a car.

[译文] 在过马路的时候，他被一辆小车撞倒了。

　 A. At 　 B. As

　 C. While 　 D. Since

[答案及简析] C。 while在…的同时。

878] The professor has received the letter ______ to give a lecture in Princenton Insitute.

[译文] 教授收到了邀请他到普林斯屯大学作演讲的邀请信。

　 A. being invited 　 B. to be invited

　 C. inviting 　 D. invited

[答案及简析] C。 现在分词作定语，修饰letter。

877] His lessons aren’t interesting and the students ______ his classes.

[译文] 他的可没有兴趣，学生也厌倦他的课。

　 A. are tired from 　 B. are getting along with

　 C. are tired of 　 D. tired of

[答案及简析] C。 be tired of / with 意为"对感…到厌倦。"

876] Has the teacher and writer come out a new book _____?

[译文] 那位教师作家最近是否有新作问世？

　 A. in a few weeks 　 B. in the past

　 C. by last month 　 D. recently

[答案及简析] D。 副词recently长和现在完成时态连用。

875] I like to be friends with John. He is easy _______.

[译文] 我想和约翰成朋友，他很好相处。

　 A. get along 　 B. to get along

　 C. get along with 　 D. to get along with

[答案及简析] D。 be easy to get along with很容易与某人相处。

874] Walking down the street the other day, _____.

[译文] 那天在街上走的时候，我看到了一场可怕的交通事故。

　 A. I saw unusual something happened 　 B. a terrible accident happened

　 C. I saw a terrible accident 　 D. something unusual was seen by me

[答案及简析] C。 现在分词短语作状语，该句的主语应该是发出这个动作的人；而第一个答案的语序不对。