1. Would you mind ____ quiet for a moment? I'm trying ____ of form.

A) keeping,to fill out

B) keeping,filling out

C) keep,to fill out

D) to keep,to fill out

2. Mercury is different from other industrial metals ____ it is a liquid.

A) because of

B) whereas

C) in that

D) though

3. He made a hypothesis ____ the great storms on the sun create large amounts of electric energy.

A) why B) which

C) when D) that

4. He had the ____ over other boys of having had very good preschool education.

A) alternative B) advantage

C) ability D) challenge

5. ____ went to the birthday party last night.

A) Many friends of John

B) Many John’s friends

C) Many of John friends

D) Many friends of John's

6. —"Are you tired?"

—"No, not ____."

A) in the least

B) at the least

C) so to speak

D) at least

7. The notice says that no books in the reading room are allowed ____ out of it.

A) to take

B) take

C) taking

D) to be taken

8. ____ in the front row and ____ a pair of binoculars I saw everything

clearly and beautifully.

A) Seated,using

B) Seating,using

C) Seated,used

D) Seating,used

9. ____ they want to the bar to enjoy a drink.

A) No sooner had they got to know the news when

B) Hardly they had got to know the news than

C) No sooner had they got to know the news than

D) Scarcely had they got to know the news than

10. At the beginning of a year, everybody ____ many plans for the comingdays.

A) come up with

B) come up to

C) come through

D) come round

答案與解析：

1.A

安靜一會兒好嗎?我正在填表。習慣用法的考查。Would you mind doing something?(你介意做……嗎?)。 try to do something(努力或設法做……。)

2.C

水銀不同于其他的金屬，因為它是液體。

A)because of因為、由于，后接名詞。B)though而、卻。C)in that因為，由于，后接從句。D)though盡管。

3.D

他做了一個假想：太陽系一場巨大風暴能產生出大量電能。本題屬同位語從句。that引導的從句做抽象名詞hypothesis的同位語。

4.B

在接受良好的學前教育方面，他比其他的孩子有優勢。習慣用法的考查。have the advantage over在……方面占優勢。A)alternative二者擇一;C)ability能力;D)challenge挑戰。

5.D

昨晚約翰的很多朋友去參加了生日晚會。本句考查的是語法中名詞的雙重所有格：of + 名詞’s ，此結構常用于表示部分概念或帶有一定的感情色彩。

6.A

——“你累嗎?”——“一點兒也不累。”習慣用法的考查。A)not in the least 一點兒也不;B)at (the) least至少;C)so to speak可以這么說。

7.D

告示上說閱覽室的書不允許被帶出去。本題考查動詞的用法。動詞allow后跟不定式做賓語。本題屬于被動語態，故應用be allowed to be done。

8.A

坐在前排，用望遠鏡我能清楚地看到所有的事物。本題考查分詞的用法。seat一詞的用法較為特殊，它的被動形式常表示主動的意義。

9.C

他們一知道那個消息，就去酒吧喝酒慶祝。本題考查倒裝。no sooner...than..., hardly/scarcely...when...,都表示“一……就……”。當no sooner或 hardly/scarcely置于句首時，主謂要倒裝。

10.A

新年伊始，每個人都為將來制定了很多計劃。動詞詞組的考查。A) come up with(提出、提供)。B)come to合計、蘇醒;C)come through通過、穿過;D)come round過來、繞過。