21. Of all _______ reasons for my decision to become a university professor, my father’s advice was _______ most important one. (2006辽宁卷)

A. the; a                B. 不填; a              C. 不填; the          D. the; the

【答案】D。

【考点】考查冠词用法。

【解析】第一空填the，特指“我”作这个决定的所有原因; 第二空也填the，因为是在形容词的最高级前。

22. The computer system suddenly _______ while he was searching for information on the Internet. (2006辽宁卷)

A. broke down     B. broke out          C. broke up           D. broke in

【答案】A。

【考点】考查短语动词辨析与用法。

【解析】break down在此表示“垮掉”“毁掉”“停顿”等，如：The car broke down after an hour’s driving. 车子开了一个小时就坏了。

23. I hear _______ boys in your school like playing football in their spare time, though others prefer basketball. (2006辽宁卷)

A. quite a lot        B. quite a few       C. quite a bit         D. quite a little

【答案】B。

【考点】考查代词用法。

【解析】由于boys为复数可数名词，所以用a few修饰; 若用a lot，则应改为a lot of。注意：quite a few的意思是“相当多”“不少”，不是“相当少”，如：Quite a few people came to the lecture. 有相当多的人来听讲。We drank quite a lot of wine. 我们喝了不少葡萄酒。

24. He was about halfway through his meal _______ a familiar voice came to his ears. (2006辽宁卷)

A. why                  B. where                C. when                D. while

【答案】C。

【考点】考查状语从句。

【解析】when意为“这时(突然)”，又如：We were about to go into the cinema when Maria appeared. 我们正要走进电影院，玛丽亚来了。He was just about to dive when he saw the shark. 他当时正待扎进水里，却看到了鲨鱼。

25. I was told that there were about 50 foreign students _______ Chinese in the school, most _______were from Germany. (2006辽宁卷)

A. study; of whom                              B. study; of them  C. studying; of them   D. studying; of whom

【答案】D。

【考点】考查定语从句。

【解析】第一空填现在分词，表示情况在进行; 第二空填of whom，是与most一起构成most of whom，用以引导定语从句，又如：I have a number of American relatives, most of whom live in Texas. 我有一些美国亲戚，他们大都住在得克萨斯。

26. ―These books are too heavy for me to carry.

―_______. (2006辽宁卷)

A. You may ask for help                   B. I will give you a hand

C. I will do you a favor                       D. I’d come to help

【答案】B。

【考点】考查交际口语用法。

【解析】give sb a hand为固定短语，意为“帮某人的忙”，如：Give me a hand, will you? 帮我一个忙，好吗? 有时还说lend sb a hand，如：Could you lend me a hand? 你能帮我一下吗?

27. The father as well as his three children _______ skating on the frozen river every Sunday afternoon in winter. (2006辽宁卷)

A. is going            B. go                      C. goes                  D. are going

【答案】C。

【考点】考查动词时态和主谓一致。

【解析】根据句中的every Sunday afternoon in winter可知，句子要用一般现在时，故可排除A和D；又因为当as well as连接两个成分作主语时，谓语动词要与as well as前面的主语保持一致，故答案选C。句意为：这位父亲和他的三个孩子在冬天的每周星期天下午都要去结冰的河上滑冰。

28. People have always been curious _______ how living things on the earth exactly began. (2006辽宁卷)

A. in                      B. at                        C. of                       D. about

【答案】D(http://ask.yygrammar.com/)。

【考点】考查介词辨析与用法。

【解析】be curious about意为“对某事好奇或想知道某事”。如：Children are curious about everything. 儿童对什么都感到 好奇。Don’t be too curious about things you’re not supposed to know. 对于不要你知道的事情不要过多去打听。

 

29. I think it is necessary for my 19-year-old son to have his own mobile phone, for I sometimes want to make sure if he _______ home for dinner. (2006辽宁卷)

A. come                B. comes               C. has come         D. will come

【答案】D。

【考点】考查动词时态。

【解析】如果同学们注意到题干中的连词if以及选项中的comes和will come，便可猜测到本题是考查考生对句中的if用法的理解，若if表示“是否”，则它所引导的是宾语从句，那么则要用将来时态表示将来意义; 若if表示“如果”，则它所引导的是条件状语从句，则要用一般现在时表示将来意义。通读全句，根据句意可以确定if的意思是“是否”。

30. _______ makes this shop different is that it offers more personal services. (2006辽宁卷)

A. What                B. Who                  C. Whatever         D. Whoever

【答案】A。

【考点】考查名词性从句。

【解析】what在此引导主语从句，意思上相当于the thing that。

31. It is said that the early European playing-cards _______ for entertainment and education. (2006辽宁卷)

A. were being designed                    B. have designed

C. have been designed                    D. were designed

【答案】D。

【考点】考查动词时态。

【解析】解答此题的关键是要抓住early这一形容词。early European playing-cards的意思是“早期欧洲人玩的扑克牌”，既然是“早期”，肯定就是过去的事了，所以用一般过去时。

32. School children must be taught how to deal with dangerous _______. (2006辽宁卷)

A. states               B. conditions        C. situations         D. positions

【答案】C。

【考点】考查名词辨析与用法。

【解析】situations在此指“情形”“情况”。又如：He behaved very coolly in this dangerous situation. 在这个危险的处境中他表现得镇定自若。

33. ―I’m sorry I’m late. I got held up in the traffic on my way here.

―_______. (2006辽宁卷)

A. Don’t be late next time                 B. You should be blamed

C. It doesn’t matter, I’m also late      D. Never mind. Come and sit down

【答案】D。

【考点】考查交际口语用法。

【解析】四个选项中只用D对于道歉的回答是比较礼貌的。

34. I grew up in Africa, _______ at least I should say that I spent much of the first ten years of my life there. (2006辽宁卷)

A. and                   B. or                       C. so                      D. but

【答案】B。

【考点】考查并列连词的用法。

【解析】or在此表示对前面所述情况的解释或补充说明。句意为：我是在非洲长大的，或者至少可以说我人生头10年的大部分时间是在那儿度过的。又如：It’s not difficult to get money for research or at least it’s not always difficult. 争取到研究资金并不难，起码不总是那么难。

35. It was after he got what he had desired _______ he realized it was not so important. (2006辽宁卷)

A. that                   B. when                 C. since                 D. as

【答案】A(http://www.yygrammar.com/)。

【考点】考查强调句式。

【解析】考查“it be+被强调成分+that…”这一强调句式，句中的被强调成分为after he got what he had desired。