1010] ____ he stayed in Germany for half a year and he will go to Germany ______ again.

[译文] 很久前他在德国住了半年，不久他将再次去德国。

　 A. Before long; before long 　 B. Long before; long before

　 C. Before long; long before 　 D. Long before; before long

[答案及简析] D。 这两个短语的记忆诀窍是：long 在前"很久前"；long在后"不久后"。

1009] The heavy snow made _____ for us to go to the party at night.

[译文] 大雪使我们不可能晚上去舞会。

　 A. it is impossible 　 B. it unable

　 C. is impossible 　 D. it impossible

[答案及简析] D。 6123结构，请参见本站相关语法。

1008] He ate _____ bread for lunch that he became hungry soo.

[译文] 他午饭吃这样小的一个面包，很快就会锇的。

　 A. such a liitle 　 B. so small a　

　 C. so little 　 D. such little

[答案及简析] C。 bread 是不可数名词，应用little修饰。

1007] It seems that she is going to make jiaozi. Look! She is ______meat over there.

[译文] 看来她打算做饺子。你看！她正在切碎肉。

　 A. cutting up 　 B. cutting

　 C. cutting off 　 D. cutting out

[答案及简析] A。 cut up 把切成小块，切碎；cut off切断；cut down砍倒。

1006] The pen I _____ I _____ is on my desk, right under my nose.

[译文] 原以为丢了的钢笔在桌子上，就在眼面前。

　 A. think; lost 　 B. thought; had lost

　 C. think; had lost 　 D. thought; have lost

[答案及简析] B。 时态题，"丢笔"的动作发生在"认为"之前，故用过去完成时态。

1005] It’s foolish to _____ your foot into a shoe that is too small for you.

[译文] 勉强自己穿小鞋是很愚蠢的。

　 A. put 　 B. try

　 C. force 　 D. make

[答案及简析] C。 动词用法辨异，根据句意，选用强迫。

1004] The living conditions of the people _____.

[译文] 人民的生活状况正在逐步改善。

　 A. are improving 　 B. having raised

　 C. is improved 　 D. had changed

[答案及简析] A。 improve这儿是一个不及物动词= get better，condition表示状况常用复数。

1003] The hero of the story is an artist in his _____.

[译文] 这个故事的主人公是一个三十多岁的艺术家。

　 A. thirty 　 B. thirtieth　

　 C. thirty’s 　 D. thirties

[答案及简析] D。 in one’s + 基数词的复数形式，　表示在某人多少岁的时候。

1002] Iwonder how the children _____ on at school with their lessons.

[译文] 我不知道孩子们在学校的学习如何。

　 A. put 　 B. get

　 C. take 　 D. look

[答案及简析] B。 get on with 进行，继续。

1001] The twins ______ their hard working.

[译文] 这双胞胎因他们的努力工作而受到表扬。

　 A. praised for 　 B. were praised to

　 C. were praised for 　 D. have praised for

[答案及简析] C。 be praised for因…受到表扬。