16. -What were you doing when I phoned you last night?

　 -I 　　　my painting and was starting to take a bath.

A. have already finished　 B. was finishing

C. had just finished　　　 D. was going to finish

选C。由“我要 洗澡”可知昨天你打电话时“我刚刚画完”，“画完”在“打电话前”之前，即过去的过去，故用过去完成。

15. At that time, he spent as much time as he can　　 　

　 the ancient status which would be sank in the river.

　 A. paint　　　　 B. to paint

　 C. painting　　　 D. painted

选C。spend as…as one can doing sth. “花可能多的时间来某事”。

14. Reading 　　　　the lines, I would say that the government are more worried than they will admit.

　 A. behind　 B. between　 C. along　 D. among

选B。read between the lines为习语，指读出字里行间言外之意。

13. Terribly sorry, I came home at last. I 　　　of the supermarket 　　　so crowded.

　 A. should have thought; being

　 B. should think; being

　 C. could have thought; was

　 D. could think; was

选A。think of的宾语应为动词，排除C、D两项；由一个句子可知，事情发生过去，后悔自己不该去超市，因为人太多，故应选择should have done 结构，表示对过去事情的虚拟。

12. I think whoever makes 　　　contributions to the company than the others should get 　　　income.

A. greater; a highest　　

B. more greater; a higher

C. greater; the highest　

D. more greater; the higher

选C。more 不可修饰级，排除B和D。greater … than the others 是最高级意义，后面也用最高级，且最高前要用定冠词the。

11.After the new technique was introduced the factory produced 　　　cars in 1994 as the year before.

A. as twice many　　 B. as many twice

C. twice as many　　 D. twice as

选C。倍数表达式：A+ be+倍数+ as +adj. / adv. (原级)+as +B。又如：The book is ten times as thick as that one。

10. -Shall I sit at this end of the boat or the other end?

　 -If you keep still, you can sit at 　　　end.

　 A. neither　 B. each　 C. either any

选C。either 表示二者选一；each表二者或二者以上的每一个；neither表示两者都不，也不；any 表示任何一个。

9. I am in 　　　charge of the class which was in 　　

　 charge of my wife.

　 A. 不填；the　　　B. 不填；不填

　C. the; 不填　　　D. the; the

选A。in charge of 的意思是“负责”、“管理”，其主语通常是人；in the charge of 的意思是“由……负责或管理”，其主语通常是物。

8. In my opinion, what he told us just now about the affair simply doesn’t make any 　　　.

A. idea　　　　 B. meaning

C. sense　　　 D. point

选C。make sense是习语，意为“有道理”、“意义清楚”。

7. -Your name again, please? 　　　.

　-It’s Bell Green.

A. I didn’t quite catch you

B. I couldn’t quite catch you

C. I don’t hear you

D. It’s your name

选A。让对方重复其姓名，是因为没有听清(表示事实)。catch此处意为“听清”。B项是干扰项，说话人要表述的是“刚才没有听清”，而不是“不能听清”。