9. The president’s speech was ___ boring; it was, in fact, rather inspiring and interesting.

A. anything but　 B. nothing but　 C. no more　 D. all but

8. ___ much advice I gave him, he did exactly what he wanted to.

A. how　 B. whatever　 C. no matter　 D. however

7. I have no idea how it ___ that the man met with trouble again.

A. came about　 B. came out　 C. came up　 D. came across

6. The reason why I gave in is ___ if I didn’t.　　 A. because she would be disappointed

B. that she would be disappointed　 C. because she would have a disappointment　 D. for she would be disappointed

5. Walking and running are the oldest, and the newest, excellent ___ exercises for all the ages and fitness levels.　

A. bodies shaping　 B. body’s shape　 C. bodies shaped　 D. body shaping

4. In the village, many of the men have gone off to cities in search of higher pay. ___ but the aged and the women stay at home.　 A. not　 B. all　 C. none　 D. neither

3. The number of the cameras they produced this year has increased ___ 30% compared with ___ of last year.　

A. with, ones　 B. to, those　 C. by, that　 D. of, it

2. He is a good student, and works very hard; ___.　　

A. so it is with her　　　 B. so does she　　 C. so is she　　 D. neither does she

1. You can arrive in Shanghai on time for the fashion show ___ you don’t mind taking the night train.　

A. provided　 B. unless　 C. though　 D. until

15. --- You didn’t get hurt at all in the traffic accident?　 --- ___. I was a lucky dog.

A. No problem　 B. I don’t think so　 C. I’m afraid not　 D. Good heavens no

答案与解析

1 A。it’s up to sb to do sth意为由某人来决定做某事。 2 B。听到对方不开心的事时用B项回答，含有为对方担忧之意，上下文衔接起来表示我也为此事难过，但别放弃。 3 C。从上下文看，没有去很令人遗憾，我希望你下次有机会去。 4 A。How is it/that表示怎么会那样呢；C项若改为why can’t you也可以作为答语。 5 B。yes后接肯定形式，no后接否定形式；在本题中yes表示有困难，no表示没有困难；none=no +前述名词，即 no difficulty。 6 B。按照英美国家的语言习惯，对别人的祝贺应表示感谢，所以B项正确。其他选项均是中国式的回答。 7 B。根据英美国家的语言习惯，对would you mind…的肯定回答是No. go ahead或certainly not，否定回答是I’m sorry。 8. C。常见的拒绝请求或邀请的应答用语有：sorry, but…/ I’d rather you…/ thank you, but…/ now way等。 9 C。上句说明我正要参加100米赛跑，根据习惯应回答good luck; A,D都是赛后对取得优异成绩的祝贺；B项不符合语境。 10 B。由下文可知Paul没有听清对方的话，B项正确。 11 A。这是打电话用语，因为接线员不知道Mr. Smith的email，要在系统内查找，所以要对方稍等。 12 A。一方说excuse me，没有说明什么事情，另一方就会反问，yes? 意为什么事，其他选项均不合语境。 13 C。A项是打电话用语；B项是咖啡厅用语；D项是提供帮助的用语，三项均不合语境。C项表现出答话者感觉上的突然、意外，不知如何作答。 14 D。由答语中的work presses可知由于工作压力太大了没办法去，故答案为D。 15 D。good heavens意为天啊，常用于表示惊讶，谴责或宽慰，no相当于I didn’t get hurt; no problem意为没关系，没问题，用于安慰对方或表示同意；I don’t think so意为我不这么认为，当不同意对方的观点或看法时，使用本句；I’m afraid not也具有相近的表达意味，但语气比I don’t think so更为委婉。

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