1190] A knife and fork _____ on the table.

[译文] 一付刀叉在桌上。

　 A. are 　 B. is

　 C. has been 　 D. are lying

[答案及简析] B。 a knife and fork 是一对不可分割的名词，一般用单数；如water and salt, steel and iron, bread and butter

1189] Miss Evans works in _____, so she knows ____.

[译文] Evans在一家戏院工作，所以她知道很多关于戏剧的知识。

　 A. theatre; many theatres 　 B. a theatre; many theatre

　 C. a theatre; much theatre 　 D. theatre; much theatre

[答案及简析] C。 theatre 作戏院讲时是可数名词；作戏剧讲时是不可数。

1188] What about _____ reports for the newspaper?

[译文] 为报纸写篇报道如何？

　 A. to write 　 B. written

　 C. write 　 D. writing

[答案及简析] D。 whatabout doing sth. 是一个句型，表示提出建议，征求对方的意见等。

1187] She had other people to take care _____ me.

[译文] 除了照料我她还有其他的人要照料。

　 A. of besides 　 B. besides

　 C. except 　 D. of except

[答案及简析] A。 take care of 照料；besides 包含在内。

1186] Hearing the news, he hurried home, _____ the book _____ on the table.

[译文] 听到这个消息，他就匆匆忙忙地回家了，把书留在桌子上。

　 A. leaing; lying open 　 B. leaving; lie opened

　 C. to leave; lying open 　 D. to leave; lie opened

[答案及简析] A。 第一空是现在分词短语表示结果；第二空是现在分词短语作宾补。

1185] _____ English is not really _____ English.

[译文] 了解英语的有关知识并非真正学会英语。

　 A. Learning; learning 　 B. Learning; learning about

　 C. Learning about; learning about 　 D. Learning about; learning

[答案及简析] D。 learn about 了解；learn学会。

1184] I would love _____ to the party last night byt I had to work extra hours to finish a report.

[译文] 昨天晚上我原打算去舞会，但我不得不加班完成一个报告。

　 A. to go 　 B. to have gone

　 C. going 　 D. having gone

[答案及简析] B。 would love to have done sth. 表示未曾实现的愿望和计划。

1183] He has not been sending me any books _____.

[译文] 近来他没有给我寄什么书。

　 A. lately 　 B. late

　 C. later 　 D. latest

[答案及简析] A。 late 晚；lately 近来；later 以后；latest最新的。

1182] The teacher and the student had a _____ talk.

[译文] 老师和学生做了一次面对面的谈话。

　 A. faces-to-faces 　 B. face-to-face

　 C. faces to faces 　 D. face to face

[答案及简析] B。 face-to-face 做前置定语；face to face做状语。

1181] I can hardly imagine Peter _____ across the Atlantic Ocean in five days.

[译文] 我简直不敢想象，Peter能在五天之内横渡大西洋。

　 A. sail 　 B. to sail

　 C. sailing 　 D. to have sailed

[答案及简析] C。 imagine 跟动名词的复合结构。