1230] West of the river _____ two villages.

[译文] 河西有两个村庄。

　 A. have 　 B. has

　 C. is 　 D. are

[答案及简析] D。 倒装句，主语是two villages。

1229] One quarter of the area _____ by green trees.

[译文] 四分之一的地方被绿树覆盖着。

　 A. are covered 　 B. is covered

　 C. covers 　 D. covering

[答案及简析] B。 句中缺谓语动词；分数 + of the作主语，谓语的单复数问题由of后面的名词决定，是复数就用复数，是单数就用单数。

1228] Can you _____ the difference between A and B?

[译文] 你能区分A和B的不同吗？

　 A. tell 　 B. speak

　 C. talk 　 D. say

[答案及简析] A。 tell the difference between A and B. 句型。

1227] He was the only of the students who _____ late for class this morning.

[译文] 他是唯一今天早上迟到的那个学生。

　 A. is 　 B. are

　 C. was 　 D. were

[答案及简析] C。 the only one of 作先行词，定语从句的谓语动词用单数。

1226] I thought either you or Tom _____ ready to play the leading part.

[译文] 我认为要么是你要么是汤姆将领衔主演。

　 A. is 　 B. was

　 C. are 　 D. were

[答案及简析] B。 either …or…引起的短语作主语，谓语动词用单数。

1225] Too many natural materials _____ since the beginning of this century.

[译文] 自从本世纪开始，太多的自然资源已被利用。

　 A. had been made use of 　 B. were used

　 C. have ben used of 　 D. have been made use of

[答案及简析] D。 make use of的被动形式。

1224] The question _____ tomorrow is very important.

[译文] 明天要讨论的问题非常重要。

　 A. being discussed 　 B. to be discussed

　 C. discussing 　 D. to discuss

[答案及简析] B。 不定式表示将来。

1223] The path _____ the the foot of the mountain.

[译文] 这条小路延伸到山脚下。

　 A. gets 　 B. covers

　 C. reaches 　 D. arrives

[答案及简析] C。 reach to 延伸。

1222] Tom felt that he knew everybody’s buisness better than they knew it _____.

[译文] 汤姆认为他比他们自己更了解每个人的情况。

　 A. themselves 　 B. oneself

　 C. itself 　 D. himself

[答案及简析] A。 themselves 对应本句中的they.

1221] The old man is famous _____ his great works and he is also famous _____ a great scientist.

[译文] 这个老年人因为他的伟大著作而著名同时他也是一个著名的科学家。

　 A. for; for 　 B. for; as

　 C. as; as 　 D. as; for

[答案及简析] B。 be famous for因为…而著名；be famous as作为…而著名。