15. What impresses me most is _________ he appears in front of others, he wears a sincere and charming smile.

A. which　　　　 B. that　　　　 C. where　 　　　　C. that whenever

[答案] D

[解析]考查表语从句和状语从句。从语境看，本题需要两个连接词，一个是表语从句的连词that，此时that只起连接作用，不在从句中做任何成分，而且一般不省略；表语从句中还有一个状语从句，表示“无论他在什么时候出现”，用从属连词whenever。

14. Everyone has periods in their lives __________ everything seems very hard.

　 A. when　　　　　　　 B. where　　　　　 　　 C. which　　　　 　　　 D. that

[答案] A

[解析]考查定语从句。本题的关系词引导定语从句修饰periods，并在从句中做时间状语，因此选A。

13. The result was far beyond _____we had expected, ____brought great joy to every one of us.

　　　 A. that; which 　　　　　　 B. than; that 　　　　　　　　 C. what; what 　　　 D. what; which

[答案] D

[解析]考查宾语从句和定语从句。第一空用what引导宾语从句，连词what在从句中做宾语，第二空用which引导非限制性定语从句，关系代词which指代主句内容。

12. -What do you think of the blind man?

　　　 -I’ve never seen a man with 　　　　sense of touch.

A. the better　 　 B. a better　　　　 C. a good　　　 D. the best

[答案] B 　

[解析]考查形容词比较级的用法。本题用“否定词+比较级”结构表示“没有比……更……的”，比较结构后有名词时，用不定冠词修饰，表示没有具体限定的“更……的”。

11.　　　　 the city lies the famous beautiful mountain.

A. 40 miles southeast of　　　　　 B. To 40 miles southeast of

C. Southeast 40 miles to　　　　　 D. To southeast 40 miles of

[答案]A

[解析]考查副词用法。语境表示方位，“城市东南方向四十公里的地方”，用(to the)+方位词，数量概念放在介词短语或副词短语的前面。因此A为唯一正确表达。

10. 一Isn't it a surprise that I happened to meet Francis Mathews at the Christmas party last week?

一If my memory serves me correctly, you _____ each other for exactly two years.

A. hadn't seen 　　B. haven't seen 　　 　　C. didn't see 　　 　　D. don’t see

[答案] A

[解析]考查动词时态。语境表示在上周见面之前有两年没见面，因此用过去完成时。

9. We’d better set off，or it will be dark 　　　　we know it.

A. before 　　　　　 B. after　　　 　　　　 C. when 　　　 D. until

[答案]A

[解析]考查状语从句的连词。语境表示“还不等我们意识到”，用before引导状语从句表示“在……之前”。

8. To _______ good relationships with your teachers and classmates, you should learn to be on good terms with them.

A. bring up　　　　 B. add up　　　 C. keep up 　　　D. take up

[答案] C

[解析]考查常见动词短语。语境表示“保持/维持”好的人际关系，因此选C。

7. Write down the key words that you ____ your students to find in the passage.

A. make　　　 B. expect　　　　　 C. suggest　　 D. hope

[答案] B

[解析]考查常见动词辨析。从搭配看，只有expect能接带to的不定式做宾补；从含义看，语境表示预料学生可能会问的问题，因此选B。

6. Do you know that the first textbooks written for teaching English as a foreign language ____ in the 16th century?

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

[答案]C

[解析]考查常见动词短语用法。语境表示第一本教授英语作为外语的课本“出版，出现”，用come out表示“被出版，被刊行”。其他短语的含义：Vi. A发生，被提出，B进展，出现，D发生。