1. little is known of his childhood  ____  at a factory at the early age of ten.
  a. to begin to work
  b. beginning to work
  c. save that he began to work
  d. about that he worked
  2. there is a general understanding among the members of the board of directors that chief attention  ____ to the undertaking that is expected to bring highest profit.
  a. is given
  b. gives
  c. should be given
  d. must be given
  3. they did not find  ____  to prepare for the worst conditions they might meet.
  a. worth their while
  b. it worthwhile
  c. it worth
  d. it worthy
  4. quarter horses can start more quickly, turn more sharply, and run faster over short courses  ____  breeds can.
  a. than the other
  b. other
  c. than other
  d. of all other
  5. most insurance agents would rather you  ____  anything about collecting claims until they investigate the situation.
  a. do
  b. didn’t do
  c. don’t
  d. didn’t
  6. “i’m surely dirty,  ____ ?”
  a. am i
  b. isn’t i
  c. aren’t i
  d. am not i
  7.  ____  illness, he retired.
  a. thanks to
  b. according to 
  c. owing to
  d. for the sake of
  8. this car has many features including  ____ .
  a. stereo, safety devices, air condition, and it saves gas
  b. good music, safe devices, air conditioning ,and gas
  c. stereo, safety devices, air conditioned and good gas 野兽汽车
  d. stereo, safety devices, air conditioning, and low gas mileage
  9. every boy and girl must have  ____  hair neatly combed.
  a. his
  b. her
  c. its
  d. their
  10.I wish you  ____ Jim so much. he is still very depressed.
  a. not to hurt
  b. didn’t hurt 
  c. would not
  d. had not hurt
  11. before the school  ____  what students must wear, they wore just about anything.
  a. managed
  b. authorized
  c. regulated
  d. standardized
  12. while the population of the united states includes a great variety ofracial and ethnic backgrounds, japan’s population is  ____ .
  a. autonomous
  b. homogeneous
  c. ambitious
  d.anonymous
  13. the contents of the safety deposit box are  ____ being held by the police until the trial.
  a. theoretically
  b. temporarily 
  c. rationally
  d. naturally
  14.  ____  of half starving foxes were roaming the snow covered mountain areas.
  a. herds
  b. packs
  c. flocks
  d. crowds
  15. the very idea of her winning the English competition is quite  ______ .
  a. strange
  b. absurd
  c. unlikely
  d. sensible
  16. the earnest student waited with some slight  ____ while the teacher was reading his composition.
  a. despair
  b. upset
  c. nervousness
  d. hatred
  17. the woman in the kitchen  ____  to the doctor that the water was hot.
  a. motioned
  b. mentioned
  c. meant
  d. motivated
  18. two years later the opportunity came for him to take a  ____ American look at the old world.
  a. distinctly
  b. distinctively
  c. distinct
  d. distinctive
  19. the audience disliked the film thoroughly and were  ____ by whistling and stamping their feet.
  a. protecting
  b. protesting
  c. projecting
  d. proposing
  20. in brief, it should be our goal to  ____  as much of the original beauty of nature as we can.
  a.restore
  b. introduce
  c. suit
  d. supply
  21. we should  ____  with the difficulties we were confronted with.
  a. accord
  b. acquaint
  c. brood
  d. contend
  22. she is the person who likes to  ____  her knowledge.
  a. show up
  b. show in
  c. show off
  d. show round
  23. the discovery of gold can bring great  ____  to our country.
  a. property
  b. rich
  c. wealth
  d. sum
  24. i am  ____  that many readers are favorably impressed with your writings.
  a. confirmed
  b. confident
  c. indifferent
  d. confused
  25. his  ____  at the meeting yesterday hurt her a lot.
  a. conduct
  b. action
  c. behavior
  d. act
答案解:
  1 c) 【句意】人们对他的童年了解得很少,只知道他早在10就在工里工作。
  【点】此save,相except,但不太通俗,其后除接名或代外,也可接that 句。
  2 c) 【句意】董事的成一致认为主要的精力应该放在取得最高利而做的努力上面。
  【点】understanding 如同suggestion, motion, plan, idea, order,其后的同位语从句中的谓语动词须虚拟语气should加原形动词或直接用原形动词
  3 b) 【句意】他们发现为可能遇到的最差的件做准是不得的。
  【点】在find it worthwhile to prepare …中,find之后是一个复结构,其中it是形式宾语正的宾语to prepare, worthwhile 得花时间的)是宾语补
  4 c) 【句意】在短道上,四分之一英里赛马比其要快,转弯要急,得也更快。
  【点】than other breeds can 是一较状语从句,more quickly more sharply faster 等相呼a)d)本身是的,b)无比意思。
  5 b) 【句意】多代理人宁愿在他们调查了情之后才提出申
  【点】would rather 后跟的句用动词过表示宁愿别人…”,而c)d)无实义动词,故b)是正确的。
  6 c) 【句意】我身上很脏,是不是?
  【难点】“i am+表语这一结构的反意疑问句是一固定结构,即aren’t i
  7 c) 【句意】由于疾病,他退休了。
  【难点】owing to意为由于,因为thanks to意为幸亏according to意为根据for the sake of意为为了…”
  8 d) 【句意】这辆小汽车有很多特点,包括音响、安全装置、空调和低耗的油表。
  【难点】此题测试平行结构。所谓平行结构指的是句子的并列成分在结构上应该一致或相同。a)it saves gas 为句子。b)中尽管各成分在结构上等同,但逻辑意义上不成立,gas汽油,凡汽车皆有,不能构成该车的特点。c)中各成分尽管结构等同,但表示的意义并不指该车的特点。
  9 a) 【句意】每个男孩和女孩必须将自己的头发梳得干净,整齐。
  【难点】当我们提到两个单数名词,一个是阳性,另一个是阴性,它们由and 相联,并由each every所修饰时,其物主代词应为his
  10 d) 【句意】我但愿你没有叫吉姆那么伤心,他现在仍然很沮丧。
  【难点】此题测试wish后虚拟语气表示的不同含义;wish后面可跟复合结构,只有否定形式的过去虚拟语气d)had not hurt 才符合题意。
  11 d) 【句意】在学校统一学生着装之前,学生们穿什么的都有。
  【难点】standardize 意为标准化,使合标准,规格化manage意为使用,运用,操纵authorize意为批准,核定,准许regulate意为控制,制约;为制订规章
  12 b) 【句意】美国的人口有各种各样的种族背景,而日本人口则是同一种族。
  【难点】homogenous 意为同类的;同性质的;同特征的autonomous 意为自治的ambitious 意为有野心的;有抱负的anonymous意为无特的,无个性特征的
  13 b) 【句意】贵重物品保险箱里的东西暂时由警方保管,审判时再打开。
  【难点】temporarily意为暂时地,临时地theoretically意为理论上,表面上rationally意为合理的,理性地naturally意为生来;天然地
  14 b) 【句意】一饿得半死的狐狸在冰雪覆盖的山区游荡。
  【难点】pack意为(野兽,飞禽等)一herd意为(尤指牛)flock意为(尤指羊)”crowd主要指
  15 b) 【句意】她能够得英语竞赛冠军,真是荒唐。
  【难点】absurd意为荒唐的,愚蠢的strange意为古怪的,不可思议的unlikely意为不大可能的sensible意为合情合理的,切合实际的
  16 c) 【句意】这位同学有点紧张地等待着,因为老师在读他的作文。
  【难点】nervousness 意为紧张,不安despair 意为绝望upset意为心烦意乱,苦恼hatred意为仇恨;敌意;憎恶
  17 a) 【句意】厨房里的女人向大夫示意说水是热的。
  【难点】motion意为做手势,点头示意motion to sb to do sth 意为示意某人做某事mention意为提起,说起,谈到mean意为意味着motivate意为使有动机,使产生动机
  18 a) 【句意】两年后,他有机会用美国人的眼光看旧世界。
  【难点】distinctly意为清楚地,明确地,修饰形容词american;distinct意为有区别的,不同的,明确的distinctive意为有区别的,特殊的distinctively意为有区别地,特殊地
  19 b) 【句意】观众用吹哨、跺脚的方式表示抗议。他们根本不喜欢这个电影。
  【难点】protest 意为抗议,提出异议;反对,后接against; protect意为保护,保卫project意为计划,规划 propose意为提议,提出
  20 a) 【句意】简言之,尽可能多地恢复大自然原有的美丽是我们的目标。
  【难点】restore意为恢复原状;使复原introduce意为介绍;引进,引导suit意为适合;与相称supply意为供给;满足
  21 d) 【句意】我们应该与我们面临的困难进行斗争。
  【难点】contend意为搏斗,争斗accord意为相符合,相和谐acquaint意为使认识,介绍相识 brood意为(不高兴地)想;沉思,考虑,后常接over
  22 c) 【句意】她是那种喜欢炫耀自己知识的人。
  【难点】show off意为炫耀,卖弄,表现自己show up意为使显而易见,变得突出show in 意为引(客人)入内,邻入里面show round意为带领参观某地
  23 c) 【句意】黄金的发现给我们的国家带来巨大财富。
  【难点】wealth 意为财富,财产property意为财产,不动产rich是形容词,不适合本句;sum意为金额;一笔钱
  24 b) 【句意】我相信,许多读者对你的作品印象非常好。
  【难点】confident意为确信,对有信心,后接that 从句,confirm是动词,不合本句;indifferent 意为漠不关心的confused意为被搞糊涂的
  25 c) 【句意】昨天会议上他的行为叫她十分伤心。
  【难点】behavior 意为行动,表现,举止conduct意为品行(道德方面)行为action意为行动,侧重动作; act意为举动,(一次性)行为,举动