21.His first book is of great use for our course. But his latest one is ________ worth reading.

　　A. better B. more

　　C. much D. very

　　[解析]句意：他的第一本書對我們很有用。但他最近的這一本更值得一讀。be well worth doing 很值得做某事，well 的比較級為 better，故A項正確。

　　[答案]A

　　22.The Chinese women's volleyball team was the champion in the 16th Asian Olympic Games but the Korean women's volleyball team was only ________ beaten.

　　A. nearly B. narrowly

　　C. hardly D. slightly

　　[解析]句意：中國女子排球隊是第16屆亞運會的冠軍，但韓國女子排球隊險些勝利。nearly 接近;narrowly 險些，差點兒;hardly 幾乎不;slightly 稍微，略微。be narrowly beaten“勉強被打敗”，言外之意是“差點贏了”。

　　[答案]B

　　23.—What time do we have to be at the gate of the museum?

　　—________ the visitors begin to check in.

　　A.Immediately B.Quickly

　　C.Hurriedly D.Gradually

　　[解析]immediately 引出時間狀語從句，意為一……就……。

　　[答案]A

　　24.It's likely that she will be______ from punishment, as our teacher has been convinced by her excuse.

　　A.absent B.distant

　　C.distinct D.desperate

　　[解析]be absent from 逃脫……。

　　[答案]A

　　25. On snowy days, you have to drive very ________ to avoid traffic accidents.

　　A. cautiously B. neatly

　　C. smoothly D. properly

　　[解析]句意：在下雪天，你得小心翼翼開車以避免交通事故。cautiously 小心謹慎地;neatly 整潔地;smoothly 順利地，平穩(wěn)地;properly 合適地，恰當?shù)亍Ｓ删湟饪芍狝項正確。

　　[答案]A

　　26.She not only entered the competition—she ________ won it!

　　A. hopefully B. especially

　　C. actually D. exactly

　　[解析]hopefully 有希望地;especially 特別，尤其;actually 事實上，竟然;exactly 確切地;由句意“她不但進了比賽，還竟然贏了”可知，此處表示意想不到的結(jié)果，用 actually表示“竟然”。

　　[答案]C

　　27.When Helen saw her tutor nod ________ to her, she calmed down and went on with her performance.

　　A.encouragingly B.amazingly

　　C.interestingly D.accordingly

　　[解析]encouragingly 鼓勵地。句意：當海倫看到導師鼓勵地向她點頭，她平靜下來繼續(xù)演出。

　　[答案]A

　　28.With everything destroyed in the flood, he felt ________ hopeless and killed himself.

　　A.hardly B.luckily

　　C.sincerely D.totally

　　[解析]totally hopeless 完全絕望了。

　　[答案]D

　　29.—I'm not feeling very well, Barton. To tell you the truth, I'm tired of the present life.

　　—I suggest you do some ________ exercise to keep fit.

　　A.normal B.general

　　C.common D.regular

　　[解析]regular 有規(guī)律的，符合句意。general 一般的;common 常見的，共同的;normal 正常的。

　　[答案]D

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　　30.Teachers' Day is a festival based more on the ________ aspect than the material level, and the stress on gifts has caused it to lose its original meaning.

　　A.physical B.moral

　　C.cultural D.spiritual

　　[解析]spiritual 精神的。句意：教師節(jié)是一個更多以精神而不是以物質(zhì)為基礎(chǔ)的節(jié)日，并且禮物的壓力已使它喪失了最初的意義。

　　[答案]D

　　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，類似地;properly 合適地，恰當?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“在會上他們緊挨著坐著，在親密地交談;但我不知道他們在談論什么”可知選A項，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，即;absolutely 絕對地;eventually 最后，終于。由句意可知A項正確。

　　[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老師嗎?—是的，她把全部的精力都投入到了教學中，這使她贏得了好名聲。originally 原始地，最初地;extremely 極端地;obviously 明顯地，顯而易見地;entirely 完全地。由句意可知D項正確。

　　[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：外國老師想讓學生們急切地提問題，提出理論或是辯論任何要求的閱讀材料。由語境可知，此處表示“學生內(nèi)心渴望提問題”，故 eagerly 正確。

　　[答案]D