21. Tom: Mike, our team will play against the Rockets this weekend. I’m sure we will win.

Mike: _______! (2005广东卷)

A. Congratulations  B. Cheers             C. Best wishes     D. Good luck

【答案】D。

【考点】考查交际口语的用法。

【解析】对方说要去参加比赛或考试等时，用Good luck!(祝你好运!)来应答。句意为：“迈克，我们队这个周末将要与火箭队比赛，我相信我们队会赢。”“祝你们好运！”又如：“I’m going to have a job interview tomorrow.” “Oh, good luck!” “我明天要去参加求职面试。”“哦，祝你好运。”

22. Tara: This is Tara Patel from Cotton House in Kidderminster. Could I speak to Mr. Smith, please?

Mr. Smith: _______ (2005广东卷)

A. Hello.               B. I’m Mr. Smith.   C. Who are you? D. Speaking.

【答案】D。

【考点】考查交际口语的用法。

【解析】用英语打电话时，若接电话的人就是对方要找的人，通常就说Speaking，其意为“我就是（你要找的人）。此时的Speaking可视为 This is … speaking的省略。

23. _______, Carolina couldn’t get the door open. (2005广东卷)

A. Try as she might   B. As she might try  C. She might as try D. Might she as try

【答案】A。

【考点】考查让步状语从句的倒装与词序。

【解析】作“虽然”解的as引导让步状语从句时，从句中的作表语或状语的名词、形容词、副词，或者动词原形要放在句首。又如：Try as he might, he couldn't solve the problem. 尽管他设法这样做，却不能解决这个问题。

24. He glanced over at her, _______ that though she was tiny, she seemed very well put together. (2005广东卷)

A. noting              B. noted                C. to note              D. having noted

【答案】A。

【考点】考查非谓语动词的用法。

【解析】因为he与note是主谓关系，且note与谓语动词glanced的动作同时发生，所以用现在分词的一般式作伴随状语。

25. John is leaving for London tomorrow and I will _______ him _______ at the airport. (2005广东卷)

A. send…away   B. leave…off        C. see…off           D. show…around

【答案】C。

【考点】考查短语动词的用法。

【解析】因为John要去伦敦，所以我去机场“送”他，表示“送某人”是see sb. off。约翰明天去伦敦，我要去机场给他送行。又如：He saw his friend off at the bus station. 他到汽车站为朋友送行。Anne saw Terry off at the station. 安妮到车站为特里送行。

26. You’d better take something to read when you go to see the doctor _______ you have to wait. (2005广东卷)

A. even if              B. as if                   C. in case              D. in order that

【答案】C。

【考点】考查状语从句的用法。

【解析】比较四个选项，只有填in case(以防万一)，句子意思才通顺。句意为：当你去看医生时最好带点东西阅读，以防等待时没事做。又如：People insure their houses in case they catch fire. 人们给自己的房屋买保险，以防火灾。I don’t let him climb trees in case he tears his trousers. 我不让他爬树，以免撕破裤子。

27. John is very lazy. He falls _______ behind in his studies. (2005广东卷)

A. very                  B. far                      C. more                  D. still

【答案】B。

【考点】考查特定语境中副词的用法与辨析。

【解析】表示程度，意为“远远地”用far。句意为：约翰很懒，他在学习上远远落后了。又如：Thousands of people could die because the relief effort has fallen so far behind. 因救援工作远远没有跟上，数千人可能面临死亡。

28. Years ago we didn’t know this, but recent science _______ that people who don’t sleep well soon get ill. (2005广东卷)

A. showed            B. has shown       C. will show          D. is showing

【答案】B(ask.yygrammar.com/)。

【考点】考查动词时态的用法。

【解析】由表示对照的Years ago和recent可知，“以前不知”，但“现在已经证明了”，所以用现在完成时。句意为：几年前我们不知道，但是最近的科学已经表明，睡眠不好的人会很快得病。

 

29. I think he’s just going to deal with this problem _______ day. (2005广东卷)

A. next                  B. other                 C. following          D. another

【答案】D。

【考点】考查不定代词的用法。

【解析】表示“改天”用another day。但表示相对于过去或将来某天来说的“第二天”时，用the next day 或the following day都可以。句意为：我想他只是打算改日再处理这个问题。

30. The American Civil War lasted four years _______ the North won in the end. (2005广东卷)

A. after                  B. before               C. when                D. then

【答案】B。

【考点】考查状语从句的用法。

【解析】美国内战是“在北方获胜之前”延续了四年，所以用before。句意为：美国内战持续了四年，最后北方获胜。又如：We had been doing business with each other for years before we quarrelled. 在吵翻之前，我们多年来在业务上一直来往。

31. He hurried to the station only _______ that the train had left. (2005广东卷)

A. to find               B. finding              C. found                D. to have found

【答案】A。

【考点】考查非谓语动词的用法。

【解析】根据句意，只有A最符合语境。only to do sth用作状语表示结果时，通常含有出乎意料之意。句意为：他匆忙赶到车站，却发现火车已经开走了。又如：He hurried to the house only to find that it was empty. 他急忙赶到那所房子，却发现空无一人。He survived the crash only to die in the desert. 飞机坠毁时他幸免于难，后来却死在沙漠里。

32. The policeman’s attention was suddenly caught by a small box which _______ placed under the Minister’s car. (2005广东卷)

A. has been         B. was being        C. had been         D. would be

【答案】C。

【考点】考查动词时态的用法。

【解析】因为这个小盒子“被放在部长车下”发生在“引起警察注意”之前，即“过去的过去”，所以用过去完成时。句意为：那个警察的注意力突然被吸引到一个安放在部长汽车下面的一个小盒子上。

33. ―I’ve taken someone else’s green sweater by mistake.

―It _______ Harry’s. He always wears green. (2005广东卷)

A. has to be         B. will be               C. mustn’t be        D. could be

【答案】D。

【考点】考查情态动词的用法。

【解析】由后文可知，这件衣“可能是”哈利的，could表示可能性。will表示对目前事情的推测时，仅次于must，意为“一定是，准是”，语气太强，与上文不符。

34. Some researchers believe that there is no doubt _______ a cure for AIDS will be found. (2005广东卷)

A. which               B. that                    C. what                  D. whether

【答案】B。

【考点】考查同位语从句的用法。

【解析】that用以引导同位语从句修饰名词doubt，说明doubt的具体内容。句意为：一些研究人员相信，找到治疗艾滋病的方法是毫无疑问的。又如：There is little doubt that he and his accomplices are guilty. 他和他的同伙有罪这一点几乎不容置疑。

35. Many people who had seen the film were afraid to go to the forest when they remembered the scenes _______ people were eaten by the tiger. (2005广东卷)

A. in which          B. by which          C. which                D. that

【答案】A(http://www.yygrammar.com/)。

【考点】考查定语从句的用法。

【解析】先行词the scenes(事发地点)是地点，且在定语从句中作状语，所以用where或in which，即答案选A。句意为：许多看过那部电影的人，当他们想起有人被老虎吃掉的场景时，不敢去森林。又如：I found the scene in which Percy proposed to Olive tremendously poignant. 我觉得珀西向奥利芙求婚的一幕太让人心酸了。