1. The play begins at 6: 40 pm. So we have to be at the theatre ________ 6:30 pm at the latest.

　　A. after             B. around          C. until             D. by

　　2. They held a ceremony ________ those killed in the battle.

　　A. in honor of  B. instead of     C. in favor of   D. by means of

　　3. After finishing middle school, my sister did nothing ________ at home.

　　A. but to read   B. but read       C. besides reading D. except to read

　　4. Write your name and address on your bag ________ you lose it.

　　A. in any case  B. in case         C. in no case    D. in that case

　　5. — ________ did the professor give you much advice?

　　— The choice of a career.

　　A. On what      B. In what        C. What            D. For what

　　6. I made coat ________ my own hands. It was made ________ hand not with a machine.

　　A. in; in            B. in; with        C. with; by       D. with; with

　　7. He is running ________ the wind towards the east of the station ________ Tom running ________ the right.

　　A. down; and; on                      B. against; with; on      C. for; with; in  D. with; while; to

　　8. Not all of us know the difference ________ wheat, oats and barley.

　　A. among          B. between        C. from            D. in

　　1. D。從“戲劇在下午6:40開始”可知到達劇院的時間最遲不應(yīng)晚于6:30。A項表示“下午6:30后到劇院”，C項表示“在劇院呆到下午6:30為止”，均不合題意。B項干擾性最強，around意為“左右，大約”, 但在6:30 pm后有at the latest“最晚”,二者相矛盾。C項by是not later than(不遲于)之意，整合題意。

　　2. A。in honour of意為“為慶祝(為向. . . 表示敬意,為紀念”；instead of意為“代替; 而不是”；in favor of意為“贊成；支持”；by means of意為“通過; 用; 借助于”。根據(jù)句意“他們舉行了紀念陣亡戰(zhàn)士的儀式”可知答案為A

　　3. B。but, except 和besides都有“除…之外”的意思，但沒有”，相當(dāng)于not including. 另外，but后面可接不定式to do,但如果but前面有實義動詞dbesides是“除…之外，還”的意思，等于in addition to; 而except, but 是“除…之外， o的任何形式，不定式省略to。

　　4. B。in any case意為“在任何情況下”；in case意為“以防萬一，如果”；in no case意為“決不”；in that case意為“如果那樣的話”。句意為“在你的包上寫上名字和地址以防丟失”。

　　5. A。“教授給你提的什么建議?”“擇業(yè)”。“關(guān)于…的建議”應(yīng)用介詞on。

　　6. C。by hand意為“用手工”；with“用”, 表示使用的工具, 手段，如He hit it with a hammer.

　　7. B。against the wind“逆風(fēng)”；on the right意為“在后邊”；介詞with與一個復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)構(gòu)成短語，用作狀語，說明狀態(tài)、方式等。

　　8. B。一般說來，between用于兩者之間，among表示三者和三者以上之間。但有時說的雖然是三個以上的人或東西，如果強調(diào)的是兩兩相互間的關(guān)系，適用于between. 如：The soldier is hidden between the trees. 在談?wù)撌挛镩g的差別時總是用between.

9. The young singer is quite popular ________ the public. She’s made a remarkable achievement ________ a girl of her age.

　　A. with; to                    B. to; for       C. with; for                 D. for; to

　　10. The apple trees have lots of big apples ________ them. And some birds are singing ________ the trees.

　　A. in; on           B. at; in            C. on; in           D. with; through

　　11. That woman will quarrel ________ everybody ________ anything.

　　A. about; about              B. about; with    C. with; about             D. with; with

　　12. The weather this month has been good ________ .

　　A. on the whole                        B. generally speaking    C. above all D. on one hand

　　13. We should divide all the potatoes ________ two piles and separated the good ones ________ the bad ones.

　　A. from; by      B. into; from     C. into; into      D. from; into

　　14. They said the building would be completed ________ a year.

　　A. after             B. for               C. in                 D. about

　　15. — These boxes are too heavy for me to carry.

　　— Here, I’ll give you a hand ________ them.

　　A. for               B. to                 C. with             D. by

　　9. C。詞組be popular with意為“受…歡迎”，for“就…而論，比較…而言”。

　　10. C。介詞on意為“在…之上，依附于”；in意為“(表場所，位置)在……之內(nèi) / 上”in the tree 譯為“在樹上”。

　　11. C。quarrel with sb. about / over意為“和某人爭論某事”。句意為“那個女人無論碰到什么事兒, 總是和別人爭吵不休”。

　　12. A。on the whole意為“總的來說；從總體上看”；generally speaking“一般說來”；above all意為“首先，最重要的”；on one hand意為“一方面”。句意為“這個月的天氣基本上是好的”

　　13. B。divide…into和separate…from都有“把……分開”的意思。但前者指“把整體分成若干部分”，后者指“把連在一起的分開”。

　　14. C。in, after這兩個介詞都可以用來表達“在若干時間之后”。in 可以用于將來時態(tài)或一般過去時態(tài)的句子中；after 用于一般過去時，如果表示某時刻之后或某件事之后，則不受時態(tài)的限制。

　　15. C。答語中的them指前一句的boxes。Give sb. a hand with sth. / in(at) doing sth. 意為“幫助某人做某事”。