31.As is often pointed out, knowledge is a twoedged weapon which can be used______ for good or evil.
A. similarly B. properly
C. equally D. widely
[解析]similarly 相似地，類(lèi)似地;properly 合適地，恰當(dāng)?shù)?equally 相等地，等同地;widely 廣泛地。句意：正如經(jīng)常指出的那樣：知識(shí)是一把雙刃劍，它既可以用于善，又可以用于惡。由句意可知C項(xiàng)正確，指“它用于善、惡的幾率是等同的”。
[答案]C
32.At the meeting, they sat very ________ and had a ________ talk, but I didn't know what they were talking about.
A. close; close B. closely; close
C. close; closely D. closely; closely
[解析]close 用作形容詞，指“近的;親密的”，用作副詞意為“靠近地”，指具體的“近”;而 closely 只用作副詞，意為“緊密地”。由句意“在會(huì)上他們緊挨著坐著，在親密地交談;但我不知道他們?cè)谡務(wù)撌裁础笨芍xA項(xiàng)，第一空 close 為副詞，而第二空 close 為形容詞，指“親密的，密切的”。
[答案]A
33.In the future, the US policy is likely to be strongly determined by internal developments in a number of key states, ________ China and Russia.
A. particularly B. namely
C. absolutely D. eventually
[解析]particularly 特別，尤其;namely 也就是說(shuō)，即;absolutely 絕對(duì)地;eventually 最后，終于。由句意可知A項(xiàng)正確。
[答案]A
34.—You all like your English teacher?
—Yeah, she devotes herself ________ to teaching and it earns her a good reputation.
A. originally B. extremely
C. obviously D. entirely
[解析]句意：—你們都喜歡你們的英語(yǔ)老師嗎?—是的，她把全部的精力都投入到了教學(xué)中，這使她贏得了好名聲。originally 原始地，最初地;extremely 極端地;obviously 明顯地，顯而易見(jiàn)地;entirely 完全地。由句意可知D項(xiàng)正確。
[答案]D
35.Foreign teachers would like students to ________ ask questions, submit theories, or to debate any required reading materials.
A. hopefully B. gradually
C. truly D. eagerly
[解析]hopefully 有希望地;gradually 逐漸地;truly 真正地;eagerly 急切地。句意：外國(guó)老師想讓學(xué)生們急切地提問(wèn)題，提出理論或是辯論任何要求的閱讀材料。由語(yǔ)境可知，此處表示“學(xué)生內(nèi)心渴望提問(wèn)題”，故 eagerly 正確。
[答案]D
36.—I played basketball for a whole morning yesterday and felt pretty good.
—You will be healthier if you exercise more ________.
A. regularly B. extremely
C. fluently D. annually
[解析]regularly 定期地，有規(guī)律地;extremely 極端地;fluently 流利地;annually 年度地。句意：—我昨天打了一上午籃球，感覺(jué)相當(dāng)不錯(cuò)�！绻愣ㄆ诘剡M(jìn)行鍛煉，你會(huì)更健康。由句意可知A項(xiàng)正確。
[答案]A
37.China is no longer ________ a production base; it is also one of the most important consumer markets.
A. partly B. merely
C. shortly D. totally
[解析]partly 部分地，在一定程度上;merely 僅僅，只不過(guò);shortly 不久，很快，立刻;to tally 完全，整個(gè)地。由句意“中國(guó)不再只是個(gè)生產(chǎn)基地，它還是最重要的消費(fèi)市場(chǎng)之一”可知B項(xiàng)正確。
[答案]B
38.—What do you think of the film 2012?
—Well, it's good. At least it's ________ the one I saw last time with Jean.
A. as bad as B. not as good as
C. no worse than D. not better than
[解析]句意：—你認(rèn)為電影《2012》怎么樣?—嗯，不錯(cuò)。至少不比我上次跟 Jean 去看的那部差。as bad as=not as good as“跟……一樣不好”;no worse than“不比……差”;not better than“不如……好”。由句意可知C項(xiàng)正確。
[答案]C
39.—Are you used to your new job?
—Well, yes. It's not as good as I expected, ________.
A. though B. but
C. too D. either
[解析]句意：—你適應(yīng)了新工作了嗎?—是的，但不如我預(yù)想的好。though 用作副詞意為“然而，可是，不過(guò)”，放于句末，往往用逗號(hào)與原句隔開(kāi)，符合句意。
[答案]A
40.His parents, ________， did not look after him very well: the elbows of his jacket and his boots were badly worn.
A. generally B. gradually
C. actively D. apparently
[解析]generally“一般說(shuō)來(lái)”;gradually“逐漸地”;actively“積極主動(dòng)地”;apparently“明顯地，顯而易見(jiàn)地”。由后面的解釋“他的夾克衫的肘部和靴子破得厲害”可知應(yīng)選D項(xiàng)。
[答案]D
41.Jim went to answer the phone. ________， Harry started to prepare lunch.
A. However B. Nevertheless
C. Besides D. Meanwhile
[解析]句意：Jim 去接電話了。與此同時(shí)，Harry 開(kāi)始做午飯。A.然而;B.雖然如此;C.除此之外;D.與此同時(shí)。根據(jù)前后句邏輯關(guān)系，應(yīng)選擇表示并列關(guān)系的D。
[答案]D
42.We only had $100 and that was ________ to buy a new computer.
A. nowhere near enough B. near enough nowhere
C. enough near nowhere D. near nowhere enough
[解析]句意：我們只有100美元，離買(mǎi)臺(tái)新電腦的錢(qián)還差得遠(yuǎn)呢。not anywhere near 或 nowhere near：far from，not at all 遠(yuǎn)非，絕不是，為固定短語(yǔ)。
[答案]A
43.In this lecture, I can only give you a purely ________ view of how we can live life to the full and make some suggestions about the future.
A. private B. personal
C. unique D. different
[解析]句意：在本次講座中，本人只能就我們?nèi)绾尾拍茏屪约旱娜兆舆^(guò)得充實(shí)些給你們提供一些個(gè)人的觀點(diǎn)，并就未來(lái)的發(fā)展提供一些建議。從語(yǔ)境和四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的主要含義判斷選B項(xiàng)。personal 個(gè)人的，私人的，又如：personal belongings 私人財(cái)產(chǎn)。另外三個(gè)選項(xiàng)的主要含義：private 私有的，私用的，私人的，秘密的，隱秘的，其反義詞是 public;unique 唯一的，獨(dú)一無(wú)二的，獨(dú)特的;different 不同的。
[答案]B
44.Mistakes don't just happen;they occur for a reason. Find out the reason，and then making the mistake becomes ________.
A. favourable B. precious
C. essential D. worthwhile
[解析]句意：錯(cuò)誤不是偶然發(fā)生的;它們的發(fā)生都是有原因的。找出其中的原因，使犯的錯(cuò)誤有價(jià)值。favourable 贊成的，同意的，傾向于支持某人/某事物的，令人高興的，肯定的;precious 寶貴的，珍愛(ài)的，過(guò)于講究的;essential 必要的，本質(zhì)的，重要的;worthwhile 值得的，值得花時(shí)間、金錢(qián)或精力的。又如：Nursing is a very worthwhile career.護(hù)理工作是很值得干的職業(yè)。從句意判斷，可知選D。
[答案]D
45.It was a nice house, but ________ too small for a family of five.
A. rarely B. fairly
C. rather D. pretty
[解析]句意：那是一套很不錯(cuò)的房子，可是對(duì)一個(gè)五口之家來(lái)說(shuō)太小了。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中只有 rather 可以修飾 too，其他三個(gè)選項(xiàng)不能與 too 連用，故全被排除。
[答案]C
46.I'm not surprised that he became a writer. Even as a child he had a ________ imagination.
A. clear B. cautious
C. funny D. vivid
[解析]句意：他成了作家我并不感到驚奇。孩提時(shí)，他的想象力就很豐富。vivid 生動(dòng)的，逼真的，栩栩如生的;clear 清晰的，清楚的，明白的;cautious 小心的，謹(jǐn)慎的，慎重的;funny 滑稽的，詼諧的。只有 vivid 可用來(lái)形容想象力。
[答案]D
47.It seems that living green is ________ easy and affordable. A small step makes a big difference.
A. exactly B. fortunately
C. surprisingly D. hardly
[解析]句意：似乎綠色生活方式出人意料的簡(jiǎn)單又廉價(jià)。這小小的一步就會(huì)(對(duì)自然資源的使用)有很大影響。surprisingly—unusually or unexpectedly 不尋常地，出乎意料地。exactly 精確地，確切地，準(zhǔn)確地;fortunately 幸運(yùn)地;hardly 幾乎不。
[答案]C
48.—Do you think it's a good idea to make friends with your students?
—________， I do. I think it's a great idea.
A. Really B. Obviously
C. Actually D. Generally
[解析]句意：——你認(rèn)為和你的學(xué)生們交朋友是一個(gè)好主意嗎?——其實(shí)我真的認(rèn)為那是個(gè)很不錯(cuò)的主意。You use actually to emphasize that it is true.actually“實(shí)際上”，在句子中起加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣的作用。really 真正地;obviously 明顯地;generally 大體上。
[答案]C
49.It took ________ building supplies to construct these energysaving houses. It took brains, too.
A. other than B. more than
C. rather than D. less than
[解析]句意：建造這些節(jié)能住宅不僅僅需要供給建筑材料，還需要才智。more than 意為“不僅僅”。other than 常用于否定句，相當(dāng)于 but;rather than 而不是;less than 少于。
[答案]B
50.John is very ________—if he promises to do something, he'll do it.
A. independent B. confident
C. reliable D. flexible
[解析]根據(jù)下文：如果他答應(yīng)做某事，他就會(huì)去做。那就可得出他是個(gè)可信賴的人，故選擇C。A.獨(dú)立的;B.有信心的，有把握的;D.易彎曲的，柔軟的，靈活的。
[答案]C
51.Peter's jacket looked just the same as Jack's, but it cost ________ his.
A. as much twice as B. twice as much as
C. much as twice as D. as twice much as
[解析]句意：彼得的夾克衫看起來(lái)與杰克的一樣，但是卻花費(fèi)了他兩倍的價(jià)錢(qián)。考查倍數(shù)句型“倍數(shù)+as+原級(jí)+as…”。注意表達(dá)倍數(shù)常用的三種句型：①倍數(shù)+as+原級(jí)+as...;②倍數(shù)+比較級(jí)+than...;③倍數(shù)+the size/length/width/depth/...of...
[答案]B
