12. —Would you rather come on Friday or Saturday?

— .

A. Yes, of course B. The other is better

C. What’s the matter D. Either would suit me

選D。句意為：兩者中任何一個都合適。

13. —I want to go to the library but I am afraid I am not in the right .

— . Go ahead.

A. way; No B. distance; No

C. side; Yes D. direction; Yes

選D。in the right direction“向著正確的方向”。C項不能構(gòu)成搭配，其他項與句意不符。

14. The man we followed suddenly stopped ad looked as if whether he was going I the right direction.

A. seeing B. having seen

C. to have see D. to see

選D。 as if 引導(dǎo)的狀語從句是一個省略句，只剩下了目的狀語to see。

15. Everyone was on time for the meeting　　Chris, who’s usually ten minutes late for everything.

A. but B. only

C. even D. yet

選C。本句話的意思是：每個人都準(zhǔn)時來參加會議了，甚至經(jīng)常干什么事都遲到十分鐘的 Chris也準(zhǔn)時來了。

16. The politician has been warned that he would be getting into great trouble stick to his standpoint.

A. were he to B. he will

C. he was to D. would he

選A。表示對將來情況的虛擬，條件從句的形式是：should + 動詞原形;were to + 動詞原形或一般過去時態(tài)。把if去掉，應(yīng)使用倒裝形式，故答案為A。

17. Jane was disappointed that most of the guests　　when she at the party.

A. left; had arrived B. left; arrived

C. had left; had arrived D. had left; arrived

選D�？腿嗽谒齛rrived之前就已離開;過去的過去，用had left。

18. —Bruce was killed in a traffic accident.

— I talked with him yesterday morning!

A. What a pity! B. I beg your pardon?

C. Sorry to hear that. D. Is that so?

選D。答語的后半部分是感嘆句，說明驚訝的原因。D項 “Is that so?” 是用問句的語氣表示驚訝;C項與后面的語氣不一致，是干擾項。

19. It was quite a long time I made it out what had happened.

A. after B. before C. when D. since

選B�！癐t + be + 時間名詞+before / since”從句句型中，連詞before 與since 混淆。用before引導(dǎo)時，句意是 “過了多久才……”，主句中的be動詞為過去時或?qū)�來時態(tài);用since引導(dǎo)時，其句間是“自從……以來已經(jīng)多久了”，主句中的be動詞多為現(xiàn)在時(或現(xiàn)在完成時)或一般過去時(此時since從句要用過去完成時)。

20. It was quite a serious accident, caused by careless driving.

A. which I think was B. I think which was

C. which I think it was D. I think which it was

選A。本題考查由which引導(dǎo)的非限制性定語從句，which替代先行詞accident 在定語從句中作主語。I think 是插入語，放在which后面。

21.He began to __________ because every means _______ tried already.

A. lose heart; has been B. lose heart; had been

C. lose his heart; was D. lose his heart; had

選B。try發(fā)生在began之前，所以用過去完成時。lose heart 意思是“灰心，失去信心”;而lose one’s heart to意思是“愛上某人”。