21. My cousin came to see me from the country, ______ me a full basket of fresh fruits. (2006安徽卷)

A. brought            B. bringing            C. to bring             D. had brought

【答案】B。

【考点】考查非谓语动词。

【解析】用现在分词作伴随状语，又如：An old peasant, bringing his own food, volunteered to work as a guide for us. 一位老农，自带粮食，要给我们当向导。

22. Of the two sisters, Betty is ______ one, and she is also the one who loves to be quiet. (2006安徽卷)

A. a younger        B. a youngest       C. the younger     D. the youngest

【答案】C。

【考点】考查形容词的比较等级。

【解析】表示两者中的“更……的一个”时，比较级前要用定冠词，又如：This dictionary is the more useful of the two. 在两本词典中，这本更有用。Mary was the more beautiful of the two. 玛丽是这两个人当中较美丽的。

23. ―How are you getting on with your cleaning? Do you need my help?

―______, but I think I’m all right. (2006安徽卷)

A. No, thanks      B. That’s OK        

C. You are helpful                             D. That’s very kind of you

【答案】D。

【考点】考查交际口语。

【解析】That’s very kind of you的意思是“你真好”，是表示感谢的另一方式。

24. It was already past midnight and only three young men ______ in the tea house. (2006安徽卷)

A. left                    B. remained          C. delayed            D. deserted

【答案】B。

【考点】考查动词辨析与用法。

【解析】remain意为“保持”“逗留”等。如：I went to the city, but my brother remained at home. 我去了城市，可弟弟留在了家里。

25. I ______ along the street looking for a place to park when the accident ______. (2006安徽卷)

A. went; was occurring                     B. went; occurred

C. was going; occurred                     D. was going; had occurred

【答案】C。

【考点】考查动词时态。

【解析】第一空用过去进行时，表示过去正在发生的情况; 第二空用一般过去时，表示过去突然发生的一件事。

26. It’s quite ______ me why such things have been allowed to happen. (2006安徽卷)

A. for                     B. behind              C. against             D. beyond

【答案】D(http://www.yygrammar.com/)。

【考点】考查介词用法。

【解析】beyond在此表示“(表能力、力量等)超过”“超出”。又如：How he could have made such a mistake is quite beyond me. 他究竟怎么会犯那样一个错误，我实在弄不懂。

27. ―It’s been raining for a whole week. I think it’ll get fine soon.

―______. We are getting into the rainy season now. (2006安徽卷)

A. Yes, it will        B. Of course not   C. It’s possible      D. It’s hard to say

【答案】D。

【考点】考查交际口语。

【解析】It’s hard to say的意思“很难说”“还不一定”。

28. Tom sounds very much ______ in the job, but I’m not sure whether he can manage it. (2006安徽卷)

A. interested        B. interesting        C. interestingly     D. interestedly

【答案】A。

【考点】考查形容词辨析与用法。

【解析】考查be interested in的用法，该搭配的意思是“对……感兴趣”。又如：I’m not interested in politics. 我对政治不感兴趣。They are interested in learning drawing. 他们对学绘画感兴趣。

 

29. A warm thought suddenly came to me ______ I might use the pocket money to buy some flowers for my mother’s birthday. (2006安徽卷)

A. if                        B. when                 C. that                    D. which

【答案】C。

【考点】考查名词性从句。

【解析】that在此引导同位语从句，修饰名词thought。此题的难点是，名词thought与修饰它的同位语从句被分离开了。

30. Most of what has been said about the Smiths ______ also true of the Johnsons. (2006安徽卷)

A. are                    B. is                        C. being                D. to be

【答案】B。

【考点】综合考查主谓一致和非谓语动词。

【解析】句中的what has been said about the Smiths用作介词of的宾语，所以most of…_______ also true of the Johnsons其实是主句，填空部分其实就是主句的谓语，故可排除C和D（因为它们是非谓语动词）；又因为 most of后接的是what从句，表单数意义，所以答案选B。

31. Never in my wildest dreams ______ these people are living in such poor conditions. (2006安徽卷)

A. I could imagine   B. could I imagine   C. I couldn’t imagine     D. couldn’t I imagine

【答案】B。

【考点】考查倒装句式。

【解析】当never, seldom, hardly, little等否定副词置于句首，其后习惯上要用倒装语序，如：Never before have I met such a strange person. 以前我从未见过这样古怪的人。Seldom does he go out for dinner. 他很少出去吃饭。

32. You may drop in or just give me a call. ______ will do. (2006安徽卷)

A. Either               B. Each                 C. Neither             D. All

【答案】A。

【考点】考查代词用法。

【解析】either的意思是“两者之一”，在此表示在drop in或give me a call这两者中任选其一。

33. ― Four dollars a pair? I think it’s a bit too much.

― If you buy three pairs, the price for each will ______ to three fifty. (2006安徽卷)

A. come down     B. take down        C. turn over           D. go over

【答案】A。

【考点】考查短语动词辨析与用法。

【解析】come down的本意为“下来”，在此表示“价格下降”。

34. Catherine bought a postcard of the place she was visiting, addressed ______ to ______ and then posted it at the nearby post office. (2006安徽卷)

A. it; her                B. it; herself          C. herself; her      D. herself; herself

【答案】B。

【考点】考查代词用法。

【解析】第一空填it，指the postcard; 第二空填herself，指“她自己”。

35. Mr. Green stood up in defence of the 16-year-old boy, saying that he was not the one ______. (2006安徽卷)

A. blamed             B. blaming            C. to blame           D. to be blamed

【答案】C(http://ask.yygrammar.com/)。

【考点】考查非谓语动词用法。

【解析】to blame习惯上直接用主动式表示被动意义，又如：Nobody is to blame for it. 谁也不该埋怨。I must say that I am very much to blame. 我得说这全怪我。