17. Your mother 　　　, however, say that to us that day.

A. does　 B. did　 C. is doing　 D. was doing

选B。根据句意及that day 可知谓语动词用一般过去时。其中的did为强调用法,表示“的确，确实”，后面必须接动词的原形，而且要用在肯定句中。

16. Kate’s little brother kicked the ball to the river; she took great trouble to get in 　　　the river.

A. on　　　　　　 　B. from　　

C. from on　　　　 D. over from

选C。get sth from意为“从……取得某物，on the river指“河上”。注：介词from后可接介词短语，又如：The cat jumped out from under the bed猫从床下跳出来。

15.My brother was still studying 　　　　into the night while I was 　　　　asleep.

　 A. late; sound　　　 B. lately; wide

　 C. deeply; far　　　 D. far; far

选A。late [deep] into the night 熬夜；sound/fast副词，表示“彻底地”，与asleep 构成习惯搭配。

14. It was she that 　　　a sharp whistle, which makes

　 　　　　possible for us to catch the thief.

A. gave off; this　　　 B. gave out; that

C. gave; it　　　　　 　D. sent out; them

选C。前半句即主句是强调句，强调she；后半句是which引导的非限制生定语从句，it为形式宾语，指代真正的宾语即动词不定式短语to catch the thief.

13. Shelly had prepared carefully for her English examination so that she could be sure of passing it on her first 　　　　.

　 A. intention　　　 B. attempt

C. purpose　　　 　D. desire

选B。比较：attempt尝试，企图；intention意图；purpose目的；desire欲望。选B符合语境。

11.I’d like Jane, 　　　　Joan, to go to the farewell party on behalf of (代表) our class.

A. more than　　　 　B. less than

C. rather than　　　 D. or other

选C。本题考查固定短语。Would like…rather than…意思是“宁愿……，而不愿……”。该句型相当于I like Jane, not Joan. rather than意思是“而不是”。

12 Which city in England do you think may be called

　 　　　　Shanghai of 　　　　West?

A. a; the　　　　 　B. the; 不填

C. the; the　　　 D. 不填；the

选C。the West(西方、西洋)是固定搭配；指类似于……的人或物时，专有名词前面冠词，而Shanghai 又受of West修饰，所以用the。

10. If better use is 　　　of your spare time, you’ll make great progress in it.

A. spent　　 B. made　 C. taken　 D. thought

选B。本题主要考查动词的固定搭配。make better use of 意思是“对……更好地利用”，故选B。

9. Many newspapers printed the governor’s statement_　 　would support a tax cut.

A. and he　　　　　 B. was that he

C. which he　　　　 D. that he

选D。本题考查由that引导的同位语从句的用法。that 在同位语从句中不作成分，但一般不省略,用来说明其内容。

8. If we 　　　, we can realize the progress we have made in space research.

A. turn back　　　　 B. look back

C. answer back　　　 D. move back

选B。look back在这里是“回顾”的意思，turn back有“转身”的意思，因此B为最佳答案。C没有相关表达；move back表示“搬回”的意思，不符合句子的意思。

7. They arrived at the farmhouse, in front of which

　　　 　.

A. is sitting a boy　　 B. sat a boy

C. a boy sat　　　　 　D. a boy is sitting

选B。地点状语放在句首构在完全倒装，即主语与谓语直接颠倒位置，不加助动词。选A、D与主句时态不符，选项C应构成倒装句才对。