1. How do you ____ for coming late for the meeting?
A) explain B) excuseC) describe D) account
2. The mother was so ____ at the news that she didn’t know what to do.
A)admired B) amazedC) amused D) curious
3. He likes to listen to music with the radio turned on at full ____.
A) power B) voiceC) volume D) sound
4. The coach must take a large ____ of the blame for the failure of the football match.
A) quantity B) numberC) share D) amount
5. Although alone in the house, he was so busy with his research that he felt____ lonely.
A) all but B) nothing butC) something but D) anything but
6. The introduction of modern technique from abroad makes it necessary for skilled workers to ____ unskilled workers.
A) take place B) take overC) take down D) take the place of
7. ____ so few people in the street was unusual.
A) For there to be B) As there to beC) For there being D) As there being
8. There are signs ____ Internet are becoming more and more popular with teenagers.
A) that B) whoseC) what D) which
9. Bob had been ____ on a meadow sprinkled with dandelion for a long time before he sat up.
A) laid B) lyingC) lain D) laying
10. Jill would rather that his girl friend ____ in the same department as he does.
A) studied B) should studyC) study D) had studied
11. She had no objection to ____ the airplane ticket which would send her to Geneva.
A) to take B) taking C) of taking D) to taking
12. I’m ____ the impression that you’ve told me about it.
A) into B) onC) of D) under
13. In the summer holidays, they have a plan to go to movies at weekly ____.
A) intervals B) basesC) gaps D) times
14.I have decided to ____ my smoking.
A)cut up B)cut offC)cut across D)cut down
15. Many of the imported planes have been lying ____for years because of the restrictions on the foreign spare parts.A) idle B) vacant C) empty D) hollow
16. Electrical ____ are(is) used to free people from the heavy housework.
A) equipment B) facilitiesC) appliances D) apparatus
17. The rain came on time and would certainly ease the feat ____ the people of inland.
A) to face B) face C) facing D) faces
18. They bought a Yamaha piano at the price of 10,000 yuan. They liked it
so much that they would have paid ____ for it.
A) twice as much B) as much twiceC) as twice much D) much as twice
19. It was not until she had come downstairs ____ remembered the keys were not with her.
A) she B) when she C) that she D) and see
20. Mike is very happy. His mark in the English examination is higher than____ in the class
A) anyone’s B) anyone elseC) anyone else’s D) anyone’s else
答案解析：
1.【答案】D
【译文】 你怎么解释你开会迟到了?
【试题分析】短语动词
【详细解答】account for 解释、导致;explain解释;excuse 原谅;find excuse for 找借口;describe 描述。
2.【答案】B
【译文】 听到消息，这位妈妈震惊得不知所措。
【试题分析】词义辨析
【详细解答】测验学生对几个形容词近义词的辨认。admired 敬慕的,amused 被逗乐的，curious好奇的，be amazed at 对……很震惊。
3.【答案】C
【译文】 他喜欢听音乐时把音量开到最大。
【试题分析】词义辨析
【详细解答】测验学生对几个名词近义词的辨认。power电力、功率、权力;voice 声音、说话声;sound声音、声响;volume 音量、容量。本句话说的是把收音机的音量开到最大，所以选择C。
4.【答案】C
【译文】 教练必须对这次足球赛的失败负大部分责任。
【试题分析】词义辨析
【详细解答】测验学生对几个名词近义词的辨认。quantity量、数量;number数目、数字;amount数量、总数，share份额。这里讲的是一大部分的责任，所以选择C。
5.【答案】D
【译文】 尽管房子里只有他一人，但他忙于自己的工作所以一点也不感到孤独。
【试题分析】固定搭配
【详细解答】这道题目主要是测试学生对于anything but 及nothing but 的掌握，anything but一点也不、决不, nothing but只不过……而已。
6.【答案】D
【译文】 由于从国外引进了先进技术，所以很有必要用熟练工人取代不熟练工人。
【试题分析】动词短语
【详细解答】take place发生;take down 记下;take over 接管;take the place of 取代 。根据上下文，选择D
7.【答案】A
【译文】 街上人这么少，真奇怪。
【试题分析】句法结构
【详细解答】there to be 句型做主语时，通常用for做引导词。所以选择A项。
8.【答案】A
【译文】 有迹象表明，互联网正越来越受到青少年的喜爱。
【试题分析】名词性从句
【详细解答】名词sign后面要跟that引导的从句做同位语。
9.【答案】B
【译文】 Bob在满是蒲公英的草地上躺了很长时间才坐起来。
【试题分析】动词变形
【详细解答】本题主要测验学生对几个容易混淆的词的辨认。lie 躺：过去式 lay，过去分词lain;现在分词lying;lie撒谎：过去式lied，过去分词lied，现在分词lying;lay放置：过去式laid，过去分词laid，现在分词laying. 句子中是lie(躺)的现在分词。
10.【答案】A
【译文】 Jill宁愿他的女朋友和他在同一个系里学习。
【试题分析】虚拟语气
【详细解答】would rather 后面的从句常用虚拟语气过去式。所以选择A。
11.【答案】B
【译文】她不反对接受这张飞往日内瓦的机票。
【试题分析】考查搭配。
【详细解答】have no objection to doing something表示不反对做什么事情。注意to为介词。 12. 【答案】D
【译文】我模糊记得你给我谈过此事。
【试题分析】考查短语。
【详细解答】 to be under the impression that 表示有模糊印象发生过什么事情。
13. 【答案】A
【译文】在暑假里，他们有一个计划，每隔一周看一次电影。
【试题分析】考查短语。
【详细解答】at intervals是考点，表示每隔一段时间或者距离。其余三项均无此义。
14. 【答案】D
【译文】我决定少抽烟。
【试题分析】短语辨义题。
【详细解答】cut up切碎，破碎;cut off 切断，删去;cut across 走捷径，抄近路;cut down 减少，符合题
15. 【答案】A
【译文】因为对外国零件的限制，许多进口飞机已经闲置了数年。
【试题分析】近义词辨析。
【详细解答】idle 空闲的，无用的，懒散的;vacant 空缺的，未占用的;empty空无一物的;hollow中空的
16. 【答案】C
【译文】家电把人们从繁重的家务劳动中解放出来。
【试题分析】近义词辨析。
【详细解答】 equipment 不可数名词表示设备，装备，仪表，一起;facilities表示便利设施;appliances表示用具，家电;apparatus表示仪器和器具。
17. 【答案】C
【译文】这场雨下得及时，它将缓解内陆地区的人们面临的高温。
【试题分析】考查分词短语的用法
【详细解答】 分词短语作定语，它的作用相当于定语从句。现在分词短语表示动作是由前面的名词发出的，既可以表示进行中的动作，又可以表示习惯性动作。过去分词短语表示前面的名词是受动者。
18. 【答案】A
【译文】他们花了10，000元买了一台雅马哈钢琴。他们很喜欢它，甚至愿意出双倍的价钱。
【试题分析】考查英语倍数的表达方法。
【详细解答】 twice as much/many 可以用来表示双倍，谈论不可数的东西时用much; 谈论可数的东西时用many。
19. 【答案】C
【译文】她下了楼梯才发现忘记带钥匙了。
【试题分析】考查强调句型
【详细解答】 强调句型中应该用that 不用其他的引导词。与not ...until 句型连用时注意,当强调 until部分时, not应该和until 部分一起强调。
20. 【答案】C
【译文】麦克很开心，它的英语考试成绩比别人的都高。
【试题分析】考查代词属格。
【详细解答】 表示其他任何人应该用 anyone else;它的属格是anyone else’s.