21. ―Shall I give you a ride as you live so far away?
―Thank you. _______. (2005江西卷)
A. It couldn’t be better B. Of course you can
C. If you like D. It’s up to you
【答案】A。
【考点】考查交际口语的用法。
【解析】用选项C或D与上文不符，用选项B显得没有礼貌。选项A意为“这是再好不过的了”。句意为：“你住的那么远，我可以带你一程吗?”“谢谢，那再好不过了。”
22. ―Tom is never late for work. Why is be absent today?
―Something _______ to him. (2005江西卷)
A. must happen B. should have happened
C. could have happened D. must have happened
【答案】D。
【考点】考查情态动词的用法。
【解析】由上文可知，用有把握的肯定的较好，must have done sth.一定已经做某事。又如：She must have grown at least four inches since I saw her last. 自从我上次见到她以来，她一定至少又长高了
23. ―Hello, Mr. Smith. This is Larry Jackson. I am afraid I won’t be able to arrive on time for the meeting in your office.
― _______. We’ll wait for you. (2005江西卷)
A. Harry up B. No doubt C. Cheer up D. That’s all right
【答案】D。
【考点】考查交际口语的用法。
【解析】上文是因要迟到而表示歉意，答句后半部分是说“等他”，所以应用That’s all right. (没关系)。句意为：“你好，
24. Cars do cause us some health problems ―in fact far more serious _______ than mobile phones do. (2005江西卷)
A. one B. ones C. it D. those
【答案】B。
【考点】考查替代词的用法。
【解析】替代泛指的名词复数problems，用ones。注意those用于替代特指的“the +复数名词”。句意为：汽车确实给我们带来一些健康问题――事实上它比手机带来的问题严重得多。又如：The glass doors have taken the place of the wooden ones at the entrance, letting in the natural light during the day. 在入口处，木制门已经换成了玻璃门，白天的阳光照了进来。
25. The schools themselves admit that not all children will be successful in the jobs _______ they are being trained. (2005江西卷)
A. in that B. for that C. in which D. for which
【答案】D。
【考点】考查定语从句的用法。
【解析】表示训练的目的，用介词for，所以用for which引导定语从句，先行词是the job。句意为：学校自己也承认，并非所有学生都将会在他们现在接受培训的工作中获得成功。
26. My friend Martin was very sick with a strange fever; _______, he could neither eat nor sleep. (2005江西卷)
A. as a result B. after all C. anyway D. otherwise
【答案】A。
【考点】考查固定搭配的用法。
【解析】因为“既不能吃也不能睡”是病后的结果，所以用as a result(结果)。又如：Penrose gambled heavily and, as a result, lost a lot of money. 彭罗斯赌得很厉害，结果输了很多钱。Only part of the restaurant was being used, and as a result the tables were closer together than usual. 餐馆在那段时间只有部分被利用，所以，餐桌比平常摆放得拥挤。
27. If you grow up in _______ large family, you are more likely to develop _______ ability to get on well with _______ others. (2005江西卷)
A. /; an; the B. a; the; / C. the; an; the D. a; the; the
【答案】B。
【考点】考查冠词的用法。
【解析】第一空是单数可数名词表示泛指用不定冠词a；第二空后的不定式作定语表示特指用the；第三空是复数表示泛指，不用冠词。句意为：如果你是在一个大家庭里长大的，那么你更有可能培养自己与别人相处的能力。
28. Please tell me how the accident _______. I am still in the dark. (2005江西卷)
A. came by B. came upon C. came to D. came about
【答案】D。
【考点】考查短语动词的用法(http://ask.yygrammar.com/ )。
【解析】四个选项只有D填入句中意思最通顺，与how连用表示“发生”，用come about。句意为：请告诉我事故是怎样发生，我还蒙在鼓里。又如：How did the accident come about? 事故是怎么发生的?
29. _______ and no way to reduce her pain and suffering from the terrible disease, the patient sought her doctor’s help to end her life. (2005江西卷)
A. Having given up hope of cure B. With no hope for cure
C. There being hope for cure D. In the hope of cure
【答案】B。
【考点】考查with 复合结构的用法。
【解析】只有选项B“没有了治愈的希望”与后面的“要医生帮助她结束生命”逻辑意义一致。选项C“有治愈的希望”、选项D“怀着治愈的希望”与后文相矛盾；选项A“放弃治愈希望”不符合常识。
30. I think you’ll grow _______ him when you know him better. (2005江西卷)
A. liking B. to be like C. to like D. to be liking
【答案】C。
【考点】考查非谓语动词的用法。
【解析】表示慢慢变得怎样，grow后习惯上接不定式，不接动名词，故排除A；又因为句中的like是动词（表示“喜欢”），不是介词，故其前不能用系动词be，即可排除B；like用作动词表示“喜欢”时，习惯上不用于进行式，故排除D。又如：You’ll grow to like the place. 你会变得喜欢这个地方的。For all its faults,
31. The manager, _______ it clear to us that he didn’t agree with us, left the meeting room. (2005江西卷)
A. who has made B. having made C. made D. making
【答案】B。
【考点】考查非谓语动词的用法。
【解析】因为The manager与make是主动关系，且make发生在谓语left之前，所以用现在分词的完成式作状语, having made…=who had made…。句意为：经理在很清楚地告诉我们他不同意我们的观点之后就离开了会议室。
32. Your uncle seems to be a good driver; _______, I wouldn’t dare to travel in his car. (2005江西卷)
A. even so B. even though C. therefore D. so
【答案】A。
【考点】考查状语从句的用法。
【解析】表示“尽管如此，然而”用even so。用even though(即使)或therefore / so(因此)，逻辑意义不通。句意为：你叔叔似乎还是位优秀的驾驶员，但即使如此，我还是不敢坐他的车旅行。又如：Much of the power of the trade unions has been lost. Even so, their political influence should be very great. 工会的许多权利都已经不再有了，尽管如此，工会的政治影响力仍然很强大。
33. The way he did it was different _______ we were used to. (2005江西卷)
A. in which B. in what C. from what D. from which
【答案】C。
【考点】考查固定搭配中介词的用法以及从句引导词的用法与辨析。
【解析】因be different from是固定搭配，排除选项A和B；比较的双方应是“他做此事的方式”与“我们习惯了的方式”，只有用选项C才可体现出这点，因为from what=from the way (that)。又如：I discovered that things were not very different from what I had seen in New York. 我发现情况跟我在纽约看到的很相似。
34. ―Must I turn off the gas after cooking?
―Of course. You can never be _______ careful with that. (2005江西卷)
A. enough B. too C. so D. very
【答案】B。
【考点】考查固定句式的用法。
【解析】表示“越小心越好”“再小心也不为过”用can never too careful或can never careful enough这类表达。句意为：“做完饭后我必须关掉煤气吗？”“当然，那种事再怎么小心都不为过的。”
35. ―Hurry up! Alice and Sue are waiting for you at the school gate.
―Oh! I thought they _______ without me. (2005江西卷)
A. went B. are going C. have gone D. had gone
【答案】D。
【考点】考查动词时态的用法(www.yygrammar.com/)。
【解析】因为thought(原以为)是过去，他们“走了”就是“过去的过去”，所以用过去完成时。句意为：“快点！艾丽丝和苏在学校大门口等着你呢。”“哦！我还以为他们不等我先走了呢！”