878] The professor has received the letter ______ to give a lecture in Princenton Insitute.

[译文] 教授收到了邀请他到普林斯屯大学作演讲的邀请信。

　 A. being invited 　 B. to be invited

　 C. inviting 　 D. invited

[答案及简析] C。 现在分词作定语，修饰letter。

877] His lessons aren’t interesting and the students ______ his classes.

[译文] 他的可没有兴趣，学生也厌倦他的课。

　 A. are tired from 　 B. are getting along with

　 C. are tired of 　 D. tired of

[答案及简析] C。 be tired of / with 意为"对感…到厌倦。"

876] Has the teacher and writer come out a new book _____?

[译文] 那位教师作家最近是否有新作问世？

　 A. in a few weeks 　 B. in the past

　 C. by last month 　 D. recently

[答案及简析] D。 副词recently长和现在完成时态连用。

875] I like to be friends with John. He is easy _______.

[译文] 我想和约翰成朋友，他很好相处。

　 A. get along 　 B. to get along

　 C. get along with 　 D. to get along with

[答案及简析] D。 be easy to get along with很容易与某人相处。

874] Walking down the street the other day, _____.

[译文] 那天在街上走的时候，我看到了一场可怕的交通事故。

　 A. I saw unusual something happened 　 B. a terrible accident happened

　 C. I saw a terrible accident 　 D. something unusual was seen by me

[答案及简析] C。 现在分词短语作状语，该句的主语应该是发出这个动作的人；而第一个答案的语序不对。

873] The stranger tried his _____ to get along _____ with the new neighbours.

[译文] 陌生人尽力与她的新邻居相处好。

　 A. best; well 　 B. best; good

　 C. better; best 　 D. good; better

[答案及简析] A。 固定搭配try one best尽力； get along well with 与…相处好。

872] I have three sisters, _____ two are teachers.

[译文] 我有三个姐妹，其中两个是老师。

　 A. of them 　 B. of which

　 C. among them 　 D. of whom

[答案及简析] D。 定语从句，指人时用whom引导。

871] When he was there, he _____ go to that coffee shop at the corner after work every day.

[译文] 每当他在那儿的时候，他总是每天下班后到街角的那家咖啡店去。

　 A. would 　 B. should

　 C. had better 　 D. might

[答案及简析] A。 would 表示过去常常发生的动作。

870] The number of people invited _____ fifty, but a number of them _____ absent for different reasons.

[译文] 被邀请人的数目达到五十人，但许多人因为各种原因没到。

　 A. were; was 　 B. was; was

　 C. was; were 　 D. were; were

[答案及简析] C。 the number of 后面的谓语用单数；a number of后面的谓语用复数。

869] My old schoolamte has just arrived, but I didn’t know he _____ until yesterday.

[译文] 我的老同学刚到，可我知道昨天才知道他要来。

　 A. will come 　 B. was coming

　 C. had coming 　 D. comes

[答案及简析] B。 come用于进行时态，表示将要发生什么。