21. Our neighbours gave ______ a baby bird yesterday that hurt ______ when it fell from its nest. (2008湖南卷)
A. us, it B. us, itself C. ourselves, itself D. ourselves, it
【答案】B。
【考点】考查代词用法。
【解析】因为第一空前没有出现指“我们”的人称代词或名词，所以第一空只能填宾格代词，不能填反身代词；第二空，按英语语法，当主语和宾语指同一个人或事物时，宾语必须要用反身代词，不能用宾格代词。
22. ―Have you heard ______ news? The price of ______ petrol is going up again. (2008湖南卷)
A. the, the B. 不填, the C. the, 不填 D. 不填，不填
【答案】C。
【考点】考查冠词用法。
【解析】第一空填定冠词，表特指；第二空不填冠词，因为此处的petrol为泛指的不可数名词。
23. I thought you’d be late for the concert, ______ we ended up getting there ahead of time. (2008湖南卷)
A. but B. or C. so D. for
【答案】A。
【考点】考查连词用法。
【解析】比较空格前后两句的意思：前面说“我原以为你听音乐会会迟到的”，后面说“结果我们提前赶到了”。很显然空格处应填一个表转折的连词。
【分析】A项的but意为“但是”，表转折；B项的or意为“或者，否则”，表选择或结果；C项的so意为“因此”，表结果；D项的for，意为“因为”，表原因。句子意思是：我原以为我们看音乐会会迟到的，(可是)我们却提前到了。根据句子上下文的语境可知，空格处应填一个表转折关系的连词，故答案选A。
24. ___D___ the website of the Fire Department in your city, and you will learn a lot about firefighting. (2008湖南卷)
A. Having searched B. To search C. Searching D. Search
【答案】D。
【考点】考查祈使句。
【解析】做本题的关键词是and。由and可知这是一个并列句，and的后面是句子，其前面也应是句子。由于句首无主语，可推断它是祈使句，所以选动词原形，即答案为D。
25. Last night Mr. Crook didn’t come back at the usual time. ______, he met some friends and stayed out until midnight. (2008湖南卷)
A. Meanwhile B. However C. Instead D. Yet
【答案】C。
【考点】考查连接副词的用法。
【解析】instead的意思是“取代”“代替”。请看类似用法：She didn’t go to Greece after all. Instead, she went to
26. The trees ______ in the storm have been moved off the road. (2008湖南卷)
A. being blown down B. blown down
C. blowing down D. to blow down
【答案】B。
【考点】考查非谓语动词。
【解析】由于trees与blow down之间为被动关系，故要用过去分词。blown down in the storm在此用作定语，修饰the trees，相当于定语从句which were blown down in the storm。
27. ―When did you last hear ______ Jay?
―He phoned me this morning, and we agreed ______ a time and place to meet. (2008湖南卷)
A. of, to B. about, with C. from, with D. from, on
【答案】D。
【考点】考查介词用法。
【解析】hear from作为固定短语的意思是“收到……的来信”，作为自由短语的意思是“从……得到消息”，此题中的hear from为后者的用法，又如：If I hear from Tim I may be leaving tonight. 如果我从蒂姆那儿得到消息，我可能今晚就离去。agree on主要指双方通过协商而取得一致意见或达成协议，如：Can we agree on a price (a date)? 我们能不能商定一个价格(日期)?
28. You don’t have to know the name of the author to find a book. You ______ find the book by the title. (2008湖南卷)
A. must B. need C. can D. would
【答案】C(http://ask.yygrammar.com/)。
【考点】考查情态动词用法。
【解析】比较四个选项的意思，并分别代入句中，只有C最符合语境。
29. When asked ______ they needed most, the kids said they wanted to feel important and loved. (2008湖南卷)
A. what B. why C. whom D. which
【答案】A。
【考点】考查宾语从句用法。
【解析】what在此引导宾语从句（用作动词ask的宾语），同时what在宾语从句用作宾语（用作动词need的宾语）。句意为：当问到孩子们最需要什么的时候，他们说他们想要得到看重或被爱。
30. ______ the project as planned, we’ll have to work two more hours a day. (2008湖南卷)
A. Completing B. Complete C. Completed D. To complete
【答案】D。
【考点】考查非谓语动词用法。
【解析】to complete the project as planned在此用作目的状语，句意为：为了按计划完成工程，我们一天必须多干两个小时。
31. The growing speed of a plant is influenced by a number of factors, ______ are beyond our control. (2008湖南卷)
A. most of them B. most of which C. most of what D. most of that
【答案】B。
【考点】考查定语从句。
【解析】由于两个句子之间没有并列连词and，故可排除A和D；又因为what不能用于引导定语从句，所以most of what也可排除。此处的most of which相当于and most of them，所以若在选项A的前加上and，则也是对的。
32. I called Hnnah many times yesterday evening, but I couldn’t get through. Her brother ______ on the phone all the time! (2008湖南卷)
A. was talking B. has been talking C. has talked D. talked
【答案】A。
【考点】考查动词时态。
【解析】I called…和I couldn’t get through…用的都是一般过去时，而talk on the phone这一动作正是发生在I couldn’t get through…期间，故要用过去进行时。
33. ______ the Internet is of great help, I don’t think it’s a good idea to spend too much time on it. (2008湖南卷)
A. If B. While C. Because D. As
【答案】B。
【考点】考查让步状语从句。
【解析】while在此表示让步，意为“尽管，虽然”，又如：While a few became richer, many did not. 虽然一些人变得更富有了，但多数人并非如此。 While I admit that there are problems, I don’t agree that they cannot be solved. 尽管我承认有问题存在，但我不同意说这些问题不能解决。
34. Susan wanted to be independent of her parents. She tried ______ alone, but she didn’t like it and moved back home. (2008湖南卷)
A. living B. to live C. to be living D. having lived
【答案】A。
【考点】考查非谓语动词用法。
【解析】try doing sth与try to do sth的区别是：前者表示做某事试试看（有何效果），后者表示设法做某事。如：Let’s try knocking at the back door. 咱们敲敲后门试试。Try phoning his home number. 给他家里打个电话试试。Try to come early. 请设法早点来。He tried to persuade her to come. 他设法要说服他来。
35. ―Do you have any problems if you ______ this job?
―Well, I’m thinking about the salary…. (2008湖南卷)
A. offer B. will offer C. are offered D. will be offered
【答案】C(http://www.yygrammar.com/)。
【考点】考查动词时态。
【解析】由于if引导的是条件状语从句，所以要用一般现在时表示将来意义，而不能直接使用将来时态，故可排除B和D；再根据offer sb sth（为某人提供某物）这一句式可知，sb与offer之间为被动关系，故要用被动语态。