1. I haven’t seen Ann for ______ long that I’ve forgotten what she looks like. (2008四川卷)
A. such B. very C. so D. too
【答案】C。
【考点】考查so...that...句式。
【解析】做本题的关键词是that。由that可联想到so…that或such…that(如此……以至于)。句意是：我如此久没见到安妮，以至于我忘记了她的样子。按英语语法，such修饰名词，so修饰形容词或副词，而空格后的long是形容词，故选C。
2. You have to ______ a choice. Are you going to leave the job or stay? (2008四川卷)
A. decide B. get C. do D. make
【答案】D。
【考点】考查动词辩析。
【解析】make a choice为固定搭配，意为“作出选择”，又如：The salesman hurried the customer to make a choice. 售货员催促顾客作出选择。
3. Although badly hurt in the accident, the driver was ______ able to make a phone call. (2008四川卷)
A. still B. even C. also D. ever
【答案】A。
【考点】考查副词在语境中的用法。
【解析】分别将四个选项代入句中，只有用still时句子意思最通顺。
4. For many cities in the world, there is no room to spread our further, ______
A. for which B. in which C. of which D. from which
【答案】C。
【考点】考查定语从句。
【解析】of which在此引导非限制性定语从句，其先行词为前面的many cities。在通常情况，定语从句应紧跟在先行词之后，其间不能插入其他成分，但在本题中，定语从句与先行词被分开分，若不注意到这一点，此题很容易做错。句意为：对世界上许多城市来说，已经没有进一步发展的空间，纽约就是其中的一个例子。
5. ―Let’s go for a walk in the garden.
―______, but I need to do the washing-up. (2008四川卷)
A. No, thank you B. That’s right C. Good idea D. Not at all
【答案】C。
【考点】考查交际用语。
【解析】Good idea表示赞成，意为“好主意”。
6. There were some chairs left over ______ everyone had sat down. (2008四川卷)
A. when B. until C. that D. where
【答案】A。
【考点】考查时间状语从句。
【解析】比较四个选项，只有填when意思最通顺。句意为：当所有人都就座后，还有几把椅子剩下。
7. The telephone ______, but by the time I got indoors, it stopped. (2008四川卷)
A. had rung B. was ringing C. rings D. has rung
【答案】B。
【考点】考查动词时态。
【解析】根据句意可知，“电话铃响”这一动作在我进屋之前一直在进行，故用过去进行时。
8. In the
A. a; the B. the ; a C. the; the D. a; a
【答案】A(http://ask.yygrammar.com/)。
【考点】考查冠词用法。
【解析】a flow of people意为“人流”，类似的表达有：a flow of water 水流；a flow of electricity 电流。第二空填定冠词，the country表示“农村”时，习惯上要用定冠词。
9. Although this ______ sound like a simple task, great care is needed. (2008四川卷)
A. look out B. stay up C. carry on D. get along
【答案】D。
【考点】考查短语动词辩析。
【解析】get along意为“进展”，又如：How are you getting along with your work? 你的工作进展如何?
10. Although this ______ sound like a simple task, great care is needed. (2008四川卷)
A. must B. may C. shall D. should
【答案】B。
【考点】考查情态动词。
【解析】may在此表推测，意为“可能”，又如：It may sound strange, but it’s true. 这件事可能听起来很怪，但它是真的。
11. The manager believes prices will not rise by more than ______ four percent. (2008四川卷)
A. any other B. the other C. another D. other
【答案】C。
【考点】考查代词用法。
【解析】another后接数词，表示在原有数量基础上的增加，如：We need another three chairs. 我们还需要3把椅子。They drove for another three hours. 他们又行驶了3个小时。
12. In some places women are expected to earn money ______ men work at home and raise their children. (2008四川卷)
A. but B. while C. because D. though
【答案】B。
【考点】考查并列句。
【解析】while在此用作并列连词，表示对比，其意为“而”，又如：Some people like fat meat, while others hate it. 有些人喜欢肥肉，相反有些人讨厌肥肉。
13. ―Can you show me Mr. Jaffer’s office, please?
―______. But I don’t know if he is in at the moment. (2008四川卷)
A. Thanks B. Go on C. Sure D. You are welcome
【答案】C。
【考点】考查交际用语。
【解析】Sure相当于Certainly，意为“当然可以”。
14. We had an anxious couple of weeks ______ for the results of the experiment. (2008四川卷)
A. wait B. to be waiting C. waited D. waiting
【答案】D。
【考点】考查非谓语动词。
【解析】waiting for the results of the experiment为while waiting for the results of the experiment之省略。句意为：我们度过了焦虑的几个星期，等待实验结果。
15. A cough is usually nothing to worry about unless it lasts for ten days ______. (2008四川卷)
A. or more B. instead C. at most D. only
【答案】A(http://www.yygrammar.com/)。
【考点】考查固定短语的用法。
【解析】or more意为“……以上”，又如：In theory, these machines should last for ten years or more. 从理论上讲，这些机器应该能用10年以上。He worked 12 hours a day, and sometimes 16 hours or more, throughout his life. 他一天的工作时间总超过12小时，有时在16小时以上，一生如此。