21. ―You were out when I dropped in at your house.
―Oh, I _______ for a friend from
A. was waiting B. had waited C. am waiting D. have waited
【答案】A。
【考点】考查动词时态的用法。
【解析】对话的前面一句说“我到你家看你时你出去了”,那当时在哪里呢?在干什么呢?根据对话第二句的意思(综合选项选项的词汇意义)可知“当时正在机场等一位英国来的朋友”。表示在过去某一时刻或在过去某一段时间内正在发生的事,用过去进行时,所以选A。
22. ―Which of the three ways shall I take to the village?
―_________ way as you please. (2004福建卷)
A. Each B. Every C. Any D. Either
【答案】C。
【考点】考查不定代词的用法。
【解析】根据对话前面一句中的three可知,供选的路线有三条,而表示三者或三以上的“任一”,要用any,故选C。注意,A和B虽然也可用于三者,但与问句的意思不吻合,因为去这个村庄只需走其中的“一条路”(任何一条路)即可,无需每条种都走。
23. It is ________world of wonders, ______ world where anything can happen. (2004福建卷)
A. a; the B. a; a C. the; a D. 不填; 不填
【答案】B。
【考点】考查冠词的用法。
【解析】在通常情况下,world前要用定冠词,但是当world有定语修饰且表示“一个……的世界”时,其前要用不定冠词,故答案选B。a world of wonders意思是“一个奇妙的世界”,a world where anything can happen的意思是“一个什么事都有可能发生的世界”。
24. She has set a new record, that is, the sales of her latest book ________ 50 million. (2004福建卷)
A. have reached B. has reached C. are reaching D. had reached
【答案】A。
【考点】考查动词时态的用法。
【解析】句中的that is意为“换句话说(=in other words, which means)”,而前句中的谓语has set是现在完成时,所以后一句的谓语动词也应用现在完成时,故可排除C和D;又因主语the sales是复数,所以答案为A。
25. ―Go for a picnic this weekend, OK?
―_______. I love getting close to nature. (2004福建卷)
A. I couldn’t agree more B. I’m afraid not
C. I believe not D. I don’t think so
【答案】A。
【考点】考查交际口语的用法。
【解析】对话的前面一句问周末去不去野餐,而答句中说I love getting close to nature(我喜欢走近大自然),很显然,答话者非常赞同对方的建议,所以应选A。I couldn’t agree more的意思是“我非常同意”。
26. I’d like to buy a house―modern, comfortable, and _______ in a quiet neighborhood. (2004福建卷)
A. in all B. above all C. after all D. at all
【答案】B。
【考点】考查固定搭配的用法。
【解析】in all表示“一共”“总计”,above all表示“最重要的是”“尤其是”,after all表示“归根结底”“毕竟”,at all表示“根本”“丝毫”。空格前对房子的要求提出了两条:一是要modern(现代),二是要comfortable(舒服);而空格后提出的in a quiet neighborhood(周边环境要安静)显然也是一条要求,在四个选项中,能将这三条要求合理地连接起来的只有B。句意为:我想买一座房子,要求现代、舒服,但最重要的是周边要安静。
27. The news reporters hurried to the airport, only________ the film stars had left. (2004福建卷)
A. to tell B. to be told C. telling D. told
【答案】B。
【考点】考查非谓语动词的用法。
【解析】当用非谓语动词表示一个出乎人们意料的结果时,英语习惯上是用“only+不定式”结构,故可排除C和D;又因为the news reporters与tell是被动关系,所以要用不定式的被动式,即答案选B。句意为:记者匆匆忙忙赶往机场,结果被告知电影明星们已经离开了。又如:She got there only to be told that they had gone on holiday(http://ask.yygrammar.com/).她到达那里,被告知他们度假去了。
28. ―How do you _______ we go to
―I think we’d better fly there. It’s much more comfortable. (2004福建卷)
A. insist B. want C. suppose D. suggest
【答案】D。
【考点】考查特定语境中动词的用法与辨析。
【解析】根据答语中的I think we’d better…(我想我们最好……)可知,上文是在征求意见或请提建议,所以选D。对话的意思是:“你建议我们怎样去北京度假?”“我想最好是坐飞机去,这样会舒服得多。”
29. The number of people present at the concert was _______ than expected. There were many tickets left. (2004福建卷)
A. much smaller B. much more C. much larger D. many more
【答案】A。
【考点】考查特定语境中形容词的用法与辨析。
【解析】因句子主语是the number,而修饰或形容number通常用large, great, big或small等表示“大小”的形容词,而不是much, many等表示“多少”的形容词,故可排除B和D;再根据“还有很多票剩”可知,参加音乐会的人比原来预计的要少,所以选A。
30. It was a pity that the great writer died _________ his works unfinished. (2004福建卷)
A. for B. with C. from D. of
【答案】B。
【考点】考查with复合结构的用法。
【解析】根据空格的句子结构可知,unfinished是宾语his works的补足语。而在四个选项中只有with能接“宾语+宾语补足语”(即所谓的with复合结构)。句意为:那位著名作家的作品还未完成他就去世了, 真是遗憾。又如:The room looks different with the furniture gone. 家具搬走之后,这房间变了样了。With different methods used, different results are obtained. 采用不同的方法,得到不同的结果。
31. Scientists say it may be five or six years _________ it is possible to test this medicine on human patients. (2004福建卷)
A. since B. after C. before D. when
【答案】C。
【考点】考查before引导的状语从句的用法。
【解析】本题主要涉及“it be +时间段+before…”句型,其意为“(过)……后,才……”。句意为:科学家说,可能要过五六年才可能在病人身上试验这种药。又如:It will be a long time before we finish this dictionary. 我们需要很长的时间才能把这部词典编译完。
32. ―I’ll tell Mary about her new job tomorrow.
―You ________ her last week. (2004福建卷)
A. ought to tell B. would have told C. must tell D. should have told
【答案】D。
【考点】考查情态动词的用法。
【解析】根据空格后的last week可知,空格处所谈论的动作发生在过去,故空格处应填“情态动词+完成式”,据此可排除A和C;再根据句意可知,此处是表示本应该做但实际上没有做的动作,故用should have done这样的表达,即答案选D。
33. It is certain that he will________ his business to his son when he gets old. (2004福建卷)
A. take over B. think over C. hand over D. go over
【答案】C。
【考点】考查短语动词的用法。
【解析】take over表示“接管”“接任”,think over表示“仔细考虑”,hand over表示“移交”“让与”,go over表示“检查”“复习”。根据常识可知,当一个老了的时候,他会将生意“移交”给自己的儿子,故选C。
34. Having been ill in bed for nearly a month, he had a hard time________ the exam. (2004福建卷)
A. pass B. to pass C. passed D. passing
【答案】D。
【考点】考查非谓语动词的用法。
【解析】have a good time(过得愉快)和have a hard time(过得艰难)为英语中的固定搭配,若表示做某种很愉快或很艰难,英语习惯上在have a good / hard time后接in doing sth(其中的in可以省略)。又如:We had a good time (in) playing tennis. 我们打网球打得很开心。I had a hard time (in) getting them to see the point(www.yygrammar.com/).我费了很大劲儿才让他们明白我的意思。
35. It was with great joy _______ he received the news that his lost daughter had been found. (2004福建卷)
A. because B. which C. since D. that
【答案】D。
【考点】考强调句的用法。
【解析】本题考查it was…that…这一强调句式的用法。判断一个句子是否是强调句式,最通常的方式就是看去掉强调句的结构词it was和that后,句子是否是一个完整的句子。很显然,在本题中,若去掉it was和that,句子仍是完整的,故选选D。句意为:他得到消息说他失踪的女儿被找到了,他非常高兴。