21. ― I think I’ll give Bob a ring.

― You _______. You haven’t been in touch with him for ages. (2006江苏卷)

A. will                    B. may                   C. have to             D. should

【答案】D。

【考点】考查情态动词用法。

【解析】将四个选项分别置于句中，比较句意的通顺性，可知填should最佳。

22. My most famous relative of all, _______ who really left his mark on America, was Rob Sussel, my great-grandfather. (2006江苏卷)

A. one                   B. the one             C. he                      D. someone

【答案】B。

【考点】考查代词用法。

【解析】the one在此指代the relative。

23. ― I don’t suppose the police know who did it.

― Well, surprisingly they do. A man has been arrested and _______ now. (2006江苏卷)

A. has been questioned                   B. is being questioned

C. is questioning                                D. has questioned

【答案】B。

【考点】考查动词的被动语态。

【解析】根据常识，被抓的嫌疑犯应该是“被”审问，故应用被动语态; 再根据句末的now可知，应用现在进行时。

24. This new model of car is so expensive that it is _______ the reach of those with average income. (2006江苏卷)

A. over                  B. within                C. beyond             D. below

【答案】C。

【考点】考查介词辨析与用法。

【解析】beyond在此表示“超过”“超出(某范围)”，如：The bicycle is beyond repair. 这辆自行车已不能修理了。After 25 years the town centre had changed beyond (all) recognition. 25年过去了，市中心变得认不出来了。

25. ― Are you going to have a holiday this year?

― I’d love to. I can’t wait to leave this place _______. (2006江苏卷)

A. off                     B. out                     C. behind              D. over

【答案】C。

【考点】考查固定搭配的用法。

【解析】leave sb / sth behind 为英语中的固定搭配，它有两个意思是：一是表示“永久离开”，如：She knew that she had left childhood behind. 她知道童年已一去不复返了。二是表示“未能或忘记带某人/某物”，如：Wait don’t leave me behind! 等等――别把我丢下。

26. The committee is discussing the problem right now. it will _______ have been solved by the end of next week. (2006江苏卷)

A. eagerly             B. hopefully          C. immediately     D. gradually

【答案】B。

【考点】考查副词辨析与用法。

【解析】hopefully在此相当于I hope that…，原句相当于I hope that it will have been…。又如：Hopefully we’ll meet again on Thursday.=I hope we’ll meet again on Thursday. 希望星期四我们能再次见面。

27. Although medical science _______ control over several dangerous diseases, what worries us is that some of them are returning. (2006江苏卷)

A. achieved         B. has achieved   C. will achieve     D. had achieved

【答案】B。

【考点】考查动词时态。

【解析】用现在完成时表示结果或对现在的影响。

28. ― It took me ten years to build up my business, and it almost killed me.

― Well, you know what they say. _______. (2006江苏卷)

A. There is no smoke without fire     B. Practice makes perfect

C. All roads lead to Rome                 D. No pains, no gains

【答案】D(http://ask.yygrammar.com/)。

【考点】考查特定语境中谚语的用法。

【解析】根据对话前面一句中说的“花了10年时间来成就事业”以及还“差点丧了命”可知，做一番事业不容易，比较四个选项，只有D最合适。D的意思是“不劳无获”。

 

29. The owner of the cinema needed to make a lot of improvements and employ more people to keep it running, _______ meant spending tens of thousands of pounds. (2006江苏卷)

A. who                  B. that                    C. as                      D. which

【答案】D。

【考点】考查定语从句。

【解析】which在此引导非限制性定语从句。注意不能选B，因为that不用于引导非限制性定语从句; 也不能选A，因为who只用于人; 也不能选C，因为as引导非限制性定语从句时，它若用作从句的主语，则其谓语动词通常只能是连系动词。

30. Whenever he was asked why he was late for class, he would answer carelessly, always _______ the same thing. (2006江苏卷)

A. saying              B. said                   C. to say                D. having said

【答案】A。

【考点】考查非谓语动词。

【解析】用现在分词表示补充说明――对answer carelessly的补充说明。

31. _______ environmental damage is done, it takes many years for the ecosystem (2006生态系统) to recover. (2006江苏卷)

A. Even if             B. If only                C. While                D. Once

【答案】D。

【考点】考查状语从句。

【解析】比较四个选项，只有D填入空格意思最通顺。once意为“一旦”，又如：Once you began you couldn’t stop. 你一旦开始就停不下来了。Once you let him start talking, there was no stopping him. 一旦让他开始讲话，就没法止住他。

32. ― There is a story here in the paper about a 110-year-old man.

― My goodness! I can’t imagine _______ that old. (2006江苏卷)

A. to be                 B. to have been   C. being                D. having been

【答案】C。

【考点】考查非谓语动词用法。

【解析】动词imagine后接动词时要用动名词，不用不定式，故可排除A和B; 另外，由于此处谈的是现在的情况，即现在有110岁，故用一般式，不用完成式。

33. I wish you’d do _______ talking and some more work. Thus things will become better. (2006江苏卷)

A. a bit less          B. any less            C. much more      D. a little more

【答案】A。

【考点】考查形容词与副词用法。

【解析】根据句意可知，空格处应填一个与some more意思相反的词组，故答案只能选A。

34. A poet and artist _______ coming to speak to us about Chinese literature and painting tomorrow afternoon. (2006江苏卷)

A. is                       B. are                     C. was                   D. were

【答案】A。

【考点】考查动词时态和主谓一致。

【解析】根据句中的tomorrow afternoon可排除C和D；又因为a poet and artist只用了一个冠词，说明指的是一个人，即“一位诗人兼艺术家”，故其后谓语动词要用单数，即答案选A。句意为：一位诗人兼艺术家明天下午要来给我们讲中国文学和绘画。

35. We haven’t settled the question of _______ it is necessary for him to study abroad. (2006江苏卷)

A. if                        B. where                C. whether            D. that

【答案】C(http://ask.yygrammar.com/)。

【考点】考查名词性从句。

【解析】根据句意，空格处应填一个表示“是否”的词，但在A和C两个表示“是否”的选项中，if不能用于介词后，故选C。