761] It’s only ten minutes ______ the meeting but he’s still not here yet.

[译文] 直到开会前十分钟，他都还没有到。

　 A. for 　 B. at

　 C. by 　 D. till

[答案及简析] D。 for后接一段时间；at表示具体时间；by 表示到…为止或在…之前；till表示直到…，时态用一般时态。

760] By the time he was twelve he ______ a chemistry lab of his own.

[译文] 到他12岁的时候，他就建起了他自己的实验室。

　 A. built 　 B. has built

　 C. had built 　 D. was building

[答案及简析] C。 有by the time 引导的短语或从句，主句应该是完成时态，至于是什么完成时态，就看by短语或从句中的时态了。

759] David jumped _____ to get the first ______ the beginning of the sports.

[译文] 在运动会的开头，David就跳得很高得到了第一名。

　 A. enough high; in 　 B. enough highly; in

　 C. high enough; at 　 D. highly enough; at

[答案及简析] C。 enough 是副词，那么当它修饰其它词类时，应该放在被修饰词的后面；在什么的开头，介词用at。

758] Who is the singer ______ you like best?

[译文] 你最喜欢的歌手是谁？

　 A. that 　 B. who

　 C. whom 　 D. which

[答案及简析] A。 以who, which 引导的句子，定语从句只能用that。

757] Whose turn ___ the cleaning?

[译文] 该谁做清洁了？

　 A. is it doing 　 B. is it to do

　 C. is doing 　 D. is to do

[答案及简析] B。 句型it is one’s turn to do sth.的特殊疑问句形式。

756] He ____ to lend me his bike but I refused, for I didn’t want to trouble him.

[译文] 她主动要借钱给我，但我谢绝了，因为我不想麻烦他。

　 A. failed 　 B. offered

　 C. considered 　 D. insisted

[答案及简析] B。 offer to do sth.　主动做某事；fail to do sth.没做成谋事；insist / consider doing sth.坚持做某事。

755] Is there any _____ for the piano in the office?

[译文] 办公室有没有放钢琴的地方？

　 A. seat 　 B. place

　 C. empty 　 D. room

[答案及简析] D。 room表示空间，地方。

754] After _______, jack hurried to work.

[译文] 快速地吃完早饭，杰克匆匆地上班去了。

　 A. a quick breakfast 　 B. quick breakfast

　 C. eating quickly breakfast 　 D. eating quickly the breakfast

[答案及简析] A。 一般说来，一日三餐前不加冠词，但表示三餐的名词被形容词所修饰时，应该加上不定冠词。

753] ----- I’d like to invite you to dinner this Saturday, Mr smith. -----________.

[译文] --我想邀请你周六共进晚餐，斯秘史先生。　--很对不起，我已有其他安排了。

　 A. Oh, no. Let’s not 　 B. I’d rather stay at home

　 C. I’m very sorry, but I have other plans 　 D. Oh, no. That’ll be too much trouble

[答案及简析] C。 C答案是回答委婉地谢绝某人的建议和请求。

752] Have you _____ the book yet?

[译文] 你找到这本书了吗？

　 A. find 　 B. discovered

　 C. invented 　 D. found

[答案及简析] D。 表示结果应该用find；这儿是完成时态则用found。