25. John became a football coach in
A. on B. for C. with D. at
【答案】D。
【考点】考查介词的用法。
【解析】表示“在……开始时”用at the beginning of。at the beginning of March的意思是“三月初”。又如：Departures are every other day from the beginning of August onwards. 从八月初开始，每隔一天出发一次。
26. No progress was made in the trade talk as neither side would accept the conditions of _______. (2005上海卷)
A. others B. the other C. either D. another
【答案】B。
【考点】考查不定代词的用法。
【解析】由neither可知，谈话双方都不同意对方的条件，这个“对方”是特指的另一方，所以用the other。又如：He was holding the wheel with one hand and waving with the other one. 他用一只握住方向盘，另一只手挥手示意。
27. There _______ be any difficulty about passing the road test since you have practiced a lot in the driving school. (2005上海卷)
A. mustn’t B. shan’t C. shouldn’t D. needn’t
【答案】C。
【考点】考查怀态动词的用法。
【解析】表示推断“大概”“按理应当”用should，此处There shouldn’t be…意为“大概不会有……”。句意为：既然你在驾校训练了那么多，通过路考应该没什么困难。又如：There shouldn’t be any doubt about it. 对此不应有什么怀疑。
28. At a rough estimate,
A. three times the size as B. the size three times of
C. three times as the size of D. three times the size of
【答案】D。
【考点】考查倍数的表示法。
【解析】表示倍数的词应放在the size of的前面。句意为：粗略估计，尼日利亚是英国的三倍。又如：The result is a brain three times the size of a human-sized ape. 结果是比与人身材相当的类人猿大脑大三倍的大脑。
29. There was a loud scream from the backstage immediately after the concert ended, _______? (2005上海卷)
A. wasn’t there B. was there C. didn’t it D. did it
【答案】A。
【考点】考查反意疑问句的用法。
【解析】复合句的反意疑问句一般与主句一致，排除选项C和D；因there was是肯定的，所选疑问尾句要用否定的，排除选项B。句意为：音乐会一结束后台就发出了很大的尖叫声，是不是？
30. More than a dozen students in that school _______ abroad to study medicine last year. (2005上海卷)
A. sent B. were sent C. had sent D. had been sent
【答案】B。
【考点】考查动词的时态与语态。
【解析】因为students与send是被动关系，排除选项A和C；因last year常与一般过时连用，排除选项C。句意为：那所学校的十几名学生被派往国外学医。
31. Professor Smith, along with his assistants, _______ on the project day and night to meet the deadline. (2005上海卷)
A. work B. working C. is working D. are working
【答案】C。
【考点】考查动词时态的用法。
【解析】句子缺谓语，排除选项B；主语是Professor Smith，是第三人称单数，排除A和D。句意为：为了能完成按时完成项目，史密斯教授同他的助手们一起不分白天黑夜地工作。
32. He got well prepared for the job interview, for he couldn’t risk _______ the good opportunity. (2005上海卷)
A. to lose B. losing C. to be lost D. being lost
【答案】B(ask.yygrammar.com/)。
【考点】考查非谓语动词的用法。
【解析】因为risk后要接动名词作宾语，故可排除A和C；又因为空格后跟有用作动词的宾语，故要用主动式，不用被动式，即答案选B。句意为：他为这次求职面试做好了充分的准备，因为他不能冒险失去这个好机会。
33. _______ in to use in April 2000, the hotline was meant for residents reporting water and heating supply breakdown. (2005上海卷)
A. Put B. Putting C. Having put D. Being put
【答案】A。
【考点】考查非谓语动词的用法。
【解析】因the hotline与put是被动关系，且于2000年已经完成，所以用过去分词作状语。句意为：该热线于2000年4月投入使用，旨在让居民报告用水和供热故障情况。
34. He transplanted the little tree to the garden _______ it was the best time for it. (2005上海卷)
A. where B. when C. that D. until
【答案】B。
【考点】考查状语从句的用法。
【解析】由从句的意思可知，应是由when引导的时间状语从句。句意为：他把那株小树在最合适的时间移植到了花园。注意，此题易误选A，以为这是先行词是地点的定语从句。
35. It was unbelievable that the fans waited outside the gym for three hours just _______ a look at the sports stars. (2005上海卷)
A. had B. having C. to have D. have
【答案】C。
【考点】考查非谓语动词的用法。
【解析】“看看体育明星”是“在体育馆外等三个小时”的目的，作目的状语只能用动词不定式。句意为：令人难以置信的是，球迷们在体育馆外等候了三个小时，就是为了看一眼体育明星们。
36. More and more people are signing up for Yoga classes nowadays, _______ advantage of the health and relaxation benefits. (2005上海卷)
A. taking B. taken C. having taken D. having been taken
【答案】A。
【考点】考查非谓语动词的用法。
【解析】因people与take advantage of是主动关系，排除选项B和D；take不会发生在谓语are signing up之前，不用完成式，排除C。句意为：近来越来越多的人报名参加瑜伽班，是出于健康和放松身心的考虑。
37. At last, we found ourselves in a pleasant park with trees providing shade and _______ down to eat our picnic lunch. (2005上海卷)
A. sitting B. having sat C. to sit D. sat
【答案】D。
【考点】考查非谓语动词的用法。
【解析】由and可知，应当是并列结构，且应与谓语动词found并列，所以用sat。句意为：最后我们发现置身于一个漂亮的花园，绿树成阴，于是就坐下来吃我们的野餐午饭。
38. _______ in the regulations that you should not tell other people the password of your e-mail account. (2005上海卷)
A. What is required B. What requires C. It is required D. It requires
【答案】C。
【考点】考查固定句式的用法。
【解析】It是形式主语，that引导的是主语从句，主语从句与require是被动关系，所以用It is required that…。句意为：规章要求人们不应该告诉别人自己的邮箱密码。
39. Never before _______ in greater need of modern public transport than it is today. (2005上海卷)
A. has this city been B. this city has been C. was this city D. this city was
【答案】A。
【考点】考查倒装句的用法。
【解析】因否定词Never放在句首，要用部分倒装，排除选项B和D；另外never before常与完成时连用，排除选项C。句意为：这座城市以前从来没有像今天这样需要更多的现代化公共交通运输工具。
40. If a shop has chairs _______ woman can park their men, women will spend more time in the shop. (2005上海卷)
A. that B. which C. when D. where
【答案】D。
【考点】考查定语从句的用法。
【解析】先行词是地点，且在定语从句中作状语，所以用where(=in which)。句意为：在女士在逛商店时，如果店家能为男伴提供座椅，那她们就会在店里待更多的时间。
41. There was such a long queue for coffee at the interval that we _______ gave up. (2005上海卷)
A. eventually B. unfortunately C. generously D. purposefully
【答案】A。
【考点】考查特定语境中副词的用法与辨析。
【解析】只有用eventually(=at last, in the end)，表示“最后放弃了”才符合逻辑。用unfortunately(不幸地)，generously(宽大地)，或purposefully(坚定地)，都不合语境。
42. The company is starting a new advertising campaign to _______ new customers to its stores. (2005上海卷)
A. join B. attract C. stick D. transfer
【答案】B(http://www.yygrammar.com/)。
【考点】考查特定语境中动词的用法与辨析。
【解析】广告的目的自然是“吸引”顾客，所以用attract。句意为：这家公司发起了新一轮广告活动以吸引新的顾客到商店来。又如：The zoo launched all advertising campaign to attract more people．动物园发起一阵广告活动来吸引更多人。