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，感覺相當不錯�！�如果你定期地進行鍛煉，你會更健康。由句意可知A項正確。

　　[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;shortly 不久，很快，立刻;to tally 完全，整個地。由句意“中國不再只是個生產基地，它還是最重要的消費市場之一”可知B項正確。

　　[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：—你認為電影《2012》怎么樣?—嗯，不錯。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：—你適應了新工作了嗎?—是的，但不如我預想的好。though 用作副詞意為“然而，可是，不過”，放于句末，往往用逗號與原句隔開，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“一般說來”;gradually“逐漸地”;actively“積極主動地”;apparently“明顯地，顯而易見地”。由后面的解釋“他的夾克衫的肘部和靴子破得厲害”可知應選D項。

　　[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，Harry 開始做午飯。A.然而;B.雖然如此;C.除此之外;D.與此同時。根據(jù)前后句邏輯關系，應選擇表示并列關系的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，離買臺新電腦的錢還差得遠呢。not anywhere near 或 nowhere near：far from，not at all 遠非，絕不是，為固定短語。

　　[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，本人只能就我們如何才能讓自己的日子過得充實些給你們提供一些個人的觀點，并就未來的發(fā)展提供一些建議。從語境和四個選項的主要含義判斷選B項。personal 個人的，私人的，又如：personal belongings 私人財產。另外三個選項的主要含義：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，獨一無二的，獨特的;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，使犯的錯誤有價值。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，珍愛的，過于講究的;essential 必要的，本質的，重要的;worthwhile 值得的，值得花時間、金錢或精力的。又如：Nursing is a very worthwhile career.護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：那是一套很不錯的房子，可是對一個五口之家來說太小了。四個選項中只有 rather 可以修飾 too，其他三個選項不能與 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，他的想象力就很豐富。vivid 生動的，逼真的，栩栩如生的;clear 清晰的，清楚的，明白的;cautious 小心的，謹慎的，慎重的;funny 滑稽的，詼諧的。只有 vivid 可用來形容想象力。

　　[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單又廉價。這小小的一步就會(對自然資源的使用)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，準確地;fortunately 幸運地;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：——你認為和你的學生們交朋友是一個好主意嗎?——其實我真的認為那是個很不錯的主意。You use actually to emphasize that it is true.actually“實際上”，在句子中起加強語氣的作用。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：如果他答應做某事，他就會去做。那就可得出他是個可信賴的人，故選擇C。A.獨立的;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與杰克的一樣，但是卻花費了他兩倍的價錢�？疾楸稊�(shù)句型“倍數(shù)+as+原級+as…”。注意表達倍數(shù)常用的三種句型：①倍數(shù)+as+原級+as...;②倍數(shù)+比較級+than...;③倍數(shù)+the size/length/width/depth/...of...

　　[答案]B