1、During the Second World War, once before, the U-boats had been _____ because of air attack.

A. in trouble

B. in the trouble

C. for trouble

D. within trouble

A

in trouble表示“出于困境，出于險境”，是固定搭配。句意：在第二次世界大戰(zhàn)中，潛艇曾因空襲一度陷入險境。

2、The reason _____ he was late for the meeting is _____ his car broke down on the road.

A. why; that

B. why; because

C. that; that

D. for which; because

A

第一個空the reason跟定語從句時用why引導(dǎo);后一個空是that引導(dǎo)的表語從句，用來陳述一個事實。

3、—I knocked over my coffee cup. It went right over _____ keyboard.

—You shouldn’t put drinks near _____ computer.

A. the; /

B. the; a

C. a; /

D. a; a

B

此題考查冠詞的用法。根據(jù)句意，前者說“我把咖啡弄翻了，正好全灑到了鍵盤上”。此處，鍵盤肯定是特指，故排除C項和D項;而后者說“你不應(yīng)該把飲料放在電腦旁邊”。Computer是可數(shù)名詞，此處應(yīng)該加冠詞，a加可數(shù)名詞的單數(shù)，可指一類事物。

4、Drive _____ until you come to the small town, which lies about 100 kilometers _____ London.

A. north; to the east

B. north; east of

C. to north; east of

D. to north; in the east

B

east和north都可以作副詞，drive north=drive to the north;east of表示“在……以東”，相當(dāng)于to the east of…。

5、—It took me ten years to build up my business, and it almost killed me.

—Well, you know what they say. _____.

A. There is no smoke without fire

B. Practice makes perfect

C. All roads lead to Rome

D. No pains, no gains

D

此題考查的是一些諺語的含義。A項意為“無風(fēng)不起浪”;B項意為“熟能生巧”;C項意為“條條大路通羅馬”;D項意為“不勞無獲(一分耕耘一分收獲)”。原句中說話者在感嘆做生意難，另一個人安慰他說“一分耕耘一分收獲”。

6、This stadium has _____ many thrilling football games.

A. seen

B. watched

C. looked at

D. experienced

A

句意：在這座體育場里舉行過許多激動人心的足球比賽。see表示“目睹;見證”。

7、Is the hotel _____ offered you a job _____ you stayed the first time you arrived here?

A. which; where

B. the one; in which

C. where; that

D. the one that; which

A

要注意對本句句子成分的分析。本句改為陳述句為：The hotel _____ offered you a job is _____ you stayed…可以得知第一空缺少定語從句的引導(dǎo)詞，該引導(dǎo)詞在從句中作主語，故應(yīng)用關(guān)系代詞;第二空為表示地點的表語從句，用where引導(dǎo)。

8、A group of American soldiers were walking along the road in Irap when a bomb was _____, three of whom were killed.

A. set about

B. set out

C. set up

D. set off

D

本題考查動詞短語辨析。根據(jù)句子意思分析此處的含義可知，此處的動詞短語應(yīng)該表示“引爆”的意思。

9、A new school was _____ up in the village last year.

A. held

B. set

C. sent

D. brought

B

考查短語動詞。set up表示“建立”。

10、Someone called me up in the middle of the night, but they hung up _____ I could answer the phone.

A. as

B. since

C. until

D. before

D

句意“在我能夠接電話之前”，即“我還沒來得及接電話”，故只有before才能表達此意。