21. Don’t leave matches or cigarettes on the table within _______ of little children. (2004湖北卷)
A. hand B. reach C. space D. distance
【答案】B。
【考点】考查特定语境中名词的用法与搭配。
【解析】within reach为固定搭配，意思是“伸手拿得到的或够得着的”，又如：I don’t have my notes within reach, so I can’t answer your question. 我手头没有笔记，所以不能回答你的问题。若表示某人伸手拿得到或够得着，则说within reach of sb，又如：Medicines should not be kept within reach of young children. 药物应该放在小孩子拿不到的地方。
22. He kept looking at her, wondering whether he _______ her somewhere. (2004湖北卷)
A. saw B. has seen C. sees D. had seen
【答案】D。
【考点】考查动词时态的用法。
【解析】根据语境可知，see发生在kept looking之前，即过去的过去，所以用过去完成时，即选D。句意为：他不停地盯着她看，在想是否在什么地方见过她。
23. There was _______ time _______ I hated to go to school. (2004湖北卷)
A. a; that B. a; when C. the; that D. the; when
【答案】B。
【考点】考查固定句式中冠词与定语从句的用法。
【解析】There was a time when…是英语中的固定句式，意思是“曾经有段时间”，其中的a time表示一段时间，when用以引导定语从语，修饰名词time。又如：There was a time when Charles was coasting at school and I should have told him to buckle down. 有一段时间查尔斯在学校不太用功，我当时应该让他加把劲的。There was a time when each teacher spent an hour, one day a week, testing pupils in every subject. 曾经有段时间，每个老师每周都有一天花上一小时对学生的每门功课进行测试。
24. It was _______ back home after the experiment. (2004湖北卷)
A. not until midnight did he go B. until midnight that he didn’t go
C. not until midnight that he went D. until midnight when he didn’t go
【答案】C。
【考点】考查not…until…的强调句形式。
【解析】固定句式not…until…的强调句形式是it was not until…that…（注意that从句要用肯定式）。又如：It was not until she got home that Jennifer realized she had lost her keys. 直到她回到家，珍妮弗才发现钥匙丢了。It was not until he came back from
25. There are two buildings, _______ stands nearly a hundred feet high. (2004湖北卷)
A. the larger B. the larger of them C. the larger one that D. the larger of which
【答案】D。
【考点】考查非限制性定语从句的用法。
【解析】由于两个句子间没有相应的并列连词，所以逗号前后不可能是两个独立的句子，因此可排除A和B；对于C而言，that引导的定语从句修饰the large one，但缺少谓语动词而不成句子；所以只有D正确，其中的the larger of which =and the larger of them，意思是“其中较大的那一座建筑物”。
26. ―Excuse me. Is this the right way to the
―Sorry, I am not sure. But it _______ be. (2004湖北卷)
A. might B. will C. must D. can
【答案】A。
【考点】考查情态动词的用法。
【解析】根据I am not sure（我没有把握）可知，后文应是没有把握的肯定推测，故用might（可能）。又如：I don't know if they'll publish it or not. They might. (www.yygrammar.com) 我不知道他是否会发表它。他们也许会。
27. You should try to get a good night’s sleep ________ much work you have to do. (2004湖北卷)
A. however B. no matter C. although D. whatever
【答案】A。
【考点】考查连接副词however的用法。
【解析】however作连接副词引导让步状语从句时，与no matter how用法相当，后接形容词或副词，意为“无论多么”“不管多么”。句意为：不管你有多少工作要做，你都应该好好休息一个晚上。又如：This is a very interesting book. I’ll buy it, however much it may cost. 这是一本很有趣的书，不管要多少钱我要都买。
28. _______ with the size of the whole earth, the biggest ocean does not seem big at all. (2004湖北卷)
A. Compare B. When comparing C. Comparing D. When compared
【答案】D。
【考点】考查非谓语动词的用法。
【解析】由于两个句子之间没有必要的并列连词，所以不能选A；又因为the biggest ocean与compare是被动关系，所以要用过去分词。其中的When compared with…=When the biggest ocean is compared with…=When we compare the biggest ocean with… 句意为：与整个地球相比，最大的大洋看上去一点也不大。
29. What surprised me was not what he said but _______ he said it. (2004湖北卷)
A. the way B. in the way that C. in the way D. the way which
【答案】A。
【考点】考查句子结构的理解。
【解析】因为not…but…是对称结构，能与名词性从句what he said对称的应当是名词，排除B和C；又因为当the way后接定语从句表示方式时，定语从句通常不用任何关系词来引导，若用也应是that或in which，但不能只用which，故可排除D。又如：A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men. 伟人的伟大之处在于他对待小人物的方式。(2008福建卷)
30. On hearing the news of the accident in the coal mine, she _______ pale. (2004湖北卷)
A. got B. changed C. went D. appeared
【答案】C。
【考点】考查特定语境中动词的用法与辨析。
【解析】go用作系动词时，多指人或事物变得不好的场合，如：go bad / sour / mad / blind / pale (食物)变质 / 变酸 / 变疯 / 变瞎 / 变得苍白，但不与old, tired, ill, angry等词连用；get常用于口语，多指身体、天气、情感等方面的变化，如：get well / fat / cold / angry / worried变好 / 变胖 / 变冷 / 生气 / 忧虑；change不用作系动词，其后不接形容词；appear用作系动词，意为“好像、似乎”。
31. We have to _______ the wheat as soon as possible because a storm is on the way. (2004湖北卷)
A. get away B. get across C. get through D. get in
【答案】D。
【考点】考查短语动词的用法。
【解析】句中get in作“收割、收获(庄稼、作物)”解。其他选项的意思分别是：get away表示“逃走、逃避、得以离开、去度假”；get across 表示“(使)越过、使…让人理解”；get through 表示“(电话)接通、通过(考试)、熬过、完成、被采纳”。均与句意不符。
32. Once a decision has been made, all of us should _______ it. (2004湖北卷)
A. direct to B. stick to C. lead to D. refer to
【答案】B。
【考点】考查短语动词的用法。
【解析】英语通常不说direct to，但可说direct…to，意思是“把(注意力、精力)贯注在……上”；stick to的意思是“粘住、坚持”；lead to的意思是“导致、通向”；refer to 的意思是“查阅、提到、谈到”。根据句子语境，选B最佳。句意为：一旦作出一项决定，我们大家就应该坚持它。
33. ―George and Lucy got married last week. Did you go to their wedding?
―No, I _______. Did they have a big wedding? (2004湖北卷)
A. was not invited B. have not been invited C. hadn’t been invited D. didn’t invite
【答案】C。
【考点】考查动词时态和语态的用法。
【解析】由于I与invite是被动关系，所以要用被动语态，可排除D；又因为邀请应当发生在结婚之前，而got married用的是过去式，所以invite就属于过去的过去，故用过去完成时，即选C。
34. _______ straight on and you’ll see a church. You won’t miss it. (2004湖北卷)
A. Go B. Going C. If you go D. When going
【答案】A。
【考点】综合考查祈使句与非谓语动词的用法。
【解析】由于句中用了并列连词and，所以and前必须是一个完整独立的句子，故既不能是非谓语动词（如B和D），也不能是状语从句（如C），故答案只能选A。事实上，本题涉及“祈使句+and+陈述句”句型，其中的and表示结果。又如：Compare these [the two] toothbrushes and you’ll find the purple one is softer. 比较这两把牙刷，你会发现这把紫色的要更软一些。Help others whenever you can and you will make the world a nicer place to live in. 无论何时，尽可能地帮助别人，你会将世界变成一个更适宜居住的地方。
35. ―Will $200 _______?
―I’m afraid not. We need at least 50 more dollars. (2004湖北卷)
A. count B. satisfy C. fit D. do
【答案】D。
【考点】考查特定语境中动词的用法与辨析。
【解析】do在此相当于be enough或be suitable，意思是“够了、合适”，指能满足某人或某物的需要；satisfy虽然有满足需要或要求等，但它是及物动词，其后应接宾语；fit是指大小或形状适合或合身；count指计数。又如：Will it do if we let you have an answer by Friday? 我们星期五以前给你答复行吗? If you can’t spare a dozen eggs, half a dozen will do. 如果你匀不出一打鸡蛋，半打也行。