1390] The boy spent most of his spare time _____ the TV set.

[译文] 这个男孩化了他大部分业余时间看电视。

　 A. in seeing 　 B. in front of

　 C. looking at 　 D. watching

[答案及简析] B。 watch TV 看电视，但不能watch TV set，故用in front of the TVset表示了

1389] She was living with her uncle, who had returned from Japan ______.

[译文] 她和她的叔叔住在一起的，她的叔叔很早就从日本回来了。

　 A. long ago 　 B. before long

　 C. long before 　 D. three years gao

[答案及简析] C。 long before 很久前；before long不久后。

1388] It’s time that the children _____ to bed.

[译文] 是孩子们上床睡觉的时候了。

　 A. go 　 B. went

　 C. must go 　 D. will go

[答案及简析] B。 It is time that ….句型。从句中的时态要么是过去时态，要么是should do sth.

1387] _____ more attention, the trees could have grown better.

[译文] 给与更多的关照，这些树会长得更好。

　 A. Given 　 B. To give

　 C. Giving 　 D. Having given

[答案及简析] A。 give 与trees 的关系是被动关系。

1386] He paid a friendly visit _____ China from april 16 to 23.

[译文] 他从四月16日到23日对中国进行了一次友好访问。

　 A. in 　 B. for

　 C. to 　 D. at

[答案及简析] C。 pay a visit to 访问某地。

1385] _____ the news, all of them were _____.

[译文] 被告知这个消息，他们大家都很激动。

　 A. Told; excited 　 B. Telling; exciting

　 C. excited; told 　 D. Exciting; telling

[答案及简析] A。 told the news = when they were told the news，excited过去分词作表语表示状态。

1384] His father died and _____ him a lot of money.

[译文] 他的父亲死了，留给他一大笔钱。

　 A. gave 　 B. left

　 C. sent 　 D. offered

[答案及简析] B。 父亲死后遗留下一笔钱，只能用动词leave表示。

1383] I have to delay _____ the letter.

[译文] 我不得不推迟回信。

　 A. to answer 　 B. answering

　 C. answer 　 D. answered

[答案及简析] B。 delay后面只能跟动名词作宾语。

1382] _____ by teachers, we have made much progress this term.

[译文] 在老师的教育下，我们这期取得了很大进步。

　 A. Being educated 　 B. To be educated

　 C. Educating 　 D. Educated

[答案及简析] D。 过去分词短语作状语。

1381] Most of the artists _____ to the party were from South Africa.

[译文] 被邀请参加舞会的大部分科学家都是来自南非。

　 A. invited 　 B. to invited

　 C. being invited 　 D. had been invited

[答案及简析] A。 过去分词短语作定语。