21. To make members of a team perform better, the trainer first of all has to know their _______ and weaknesses. (2006湖北卷)
A. strengths B. benefits C. techniques D. values
【答案】A。
【考点】考查名词辨析与用法。
【解析】注意句中的关键词weakness(缺点、短处)，能与之并列的显然只有strength(优点、长处)。
22. One of the best ways for people to keep fit is to _______ healthy eating habits. (2006湖北卷)
A. grow B develop C. increase D. raise
【答案】B。
【考点】考查动词辨析与用法。
【解析】develop在此表示“培养”“养成”，又如：She developed an interest in history. 他培养了对历史的兴趣。He developed the habit of making notes. 他养成了做笔记的习惯。
23. The _______ on his face told me that he was angry. (2006湖北卷)
A. impression B. sight C. appearance D. expression
【答案】D。
【考点】考查名词辨析与用法。
【解析】expression的意思是“表情”，根据其后的on his face可以判断出。
24. At the meeting they discussed three different _______ to the study of mathematics. (2006湖北卷)
A. approaches B. means C. methods D. ways
【答案】A。
【考点】考查名词辨析与用法。
【解析】虽然四个选项均可表示“方法”，但其后能接介词to的只有approach。又如：This is a new approach to language teaching. 这是一种语言教学的新方法。
25. It’s already 10 o’clock I wonder how it _______ that she was two hours late on such a short trip. (2006湖北卷)
A. came over B. came out C: came about D. came up
【答案】C。
【考点】考查短语动词辨析与用法。
【解析】短语动词come about的意思是“(某情况)发生”：Do you know how this thing come about? 你知道这事是怎样发生的吗?
26. The building around the corner caught fire last night. The police are now _______ the matter. (2006湖北卷)
A. getting through B. working out C. looking into D. watching over
【答案】C。
【考点】考查短语动词辨析与用法。
【解析】look into意为“观察”“调查”，又如：We’ll look into that right away. 我们会马上调查此事。The police are looking into the cause of the accident. 警方正调查事故原因。
27. As I grew up in a small town at the foot of a mountain, the visit to the village _______ scenes of my childhood. (2006湖北卷)
A. called up B. called for C. called on D. called in
【答案】A。
【考点】考查短语动词辨析与用法。
【解析】call up在此表示“召唤”“使想起”，又如：Your letter calls up the days when we worked together. 你的来信使我想起了我们在一起工作的情景。
28. Although the wind has _______, the rain remains steady, so you still need a raincoat. (2006湖北卷)
A. turned up B. gone back C. died down D. blown out
【答案】C(http://www.yygrammar.com/)。
【考点】考查短语动词辨析与用法。
【解析】die down 意为“(慢慢)熄灭”“平静下来”。又如：The fire died down. 火慢慢熄了。His anger has died down a bit. 他的怒气已消了一点。
29. ― I was wondering if we could go skiing on the weekend.
― _______ good. (2006湖北卷)
A. Sound B. Sounded C. Sounding D. Sounds
【答案】D。
【考点】考查非谓语动词用法。
【解析】Sound good为It sounds good之省略。
30. I’m certain David’s told you his business troubles. _______, it’s no secret that he owes a lot of money to the bank. (2006湖北卷)
A. However B. Anyway C. Therefore D. Though
【答案】B。
【考点】考查副词辨析与用法。
【解析】比较四个选项，只有anyway置于句中意思才通顺。Anyway的意思是“无论如何，不管怎样”，又如：I don’t think we’ll succeed but let’s try anyway. 我想我们不一定能成功，但是不管怎样还是试试吧。
31. _______ fired, your health care and other benefits will not be immediately cut off. (2006湖北卷)
A. Would you be B. Should you be C. Could you be D. Might you be
【答案】B。
【考点】考查倒装用法。
【解析】当if引导的条件状语从句中含有should时，可以将if省略，而将should移至句首构成倒装句。又如：If you should not wish our agent to call, please let us know. = Should you not wish our agent to call, please let us know. 你若不希望我们的代理人去造访，请告知。
32. I won’t tell the student the answer to the math problem until he _______ on it for more than an hour. (2006湖北卷)
A. has been working B. will have worked
C. will have been working D. had worked
【答案】A。
【考点】考查动词时态。
【解析】has been working 为现在完成进行时，是许多中学生不太熟悉的一种时态，因此要想通过分析句子直接从正面选出答案可能有一定困难。但是，如果我们用排除法来分析，则问题变得很简单：首先，由于until引导的是时间状语从句，根据“主将从现”原则，当主句为将来时态时，时间状语从句不能直接用将来时态来表示将来意义，据此可排除B和C; 而选项D为过去完成时，也不能选，因为“过去完成时”必须以“过去”为支点，表示“过去的过去”，但此句并没有过去时态这一支点，故此选项也被排除。
33. AIDS is said _______ the biggest health challenge to both men and women in that area over the past few years. (2006湖北卷)
A. that it is B. to be C. that it has been D. to have been
【答案】D。
【考点】考查非谓语动词用法。
【解析】“某人(某物)+is said+不定式”是一个很有用的句式，其意为“据说”，又如：The company is said to be in trouble. 据说这家公司遇到了困难。再根据句中的over the past few years可知，不定式要用完成式。
34. Don’t sit there _______ nothing. Come and help me with this table. (2006湖北卷)
A. do B. to do C. doing D. and doing
【答案】C。
【考点】考查非谓语动词用法。
【解析】doing nothing在此表示伴随。又如：He would sit there for hours sometimes, doing nothing. 有时他会在那里坐几个钟头什么也不干。
35. ―You know who came yesterday?
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― _______ He came and watched the game. (2006湖北卷)
A. You guessed it! B. How did you know that?
C. Well done! D. That was good news!
【答案】A(http://ask.yygrammar.com/)。
【考点】考查交际口语。
【解析】You guessed it!的意思是“你猜对”