1873] ----- I never see your father at home when I go to see him.　　 ----- He’s always busy with _____.

[译文] --每次我去看他总是看不到你的父亲。　　--他总是忙着这样或那样的事情。

　 A. one thing to the other 　 B. one or another thing

　 C. one another thing 　 D. one after other thing

[答案及简析] B。 one or another thing这样或那样的事情。

1872] Mary’s father is _____ in arts and she is _____ in writing. Last year she held her arts show _____.

[译文] 玛丽的父亲在艺术方面很成功，她也在写作方面成功。去年她成功地举办了她的艺术展。

　 A. success; successful; successful 　 B. a success; successful; successfully

　 C. a success; successful; successful 　 D. a success; successfully; successfully

[答案及简析] B。 success表示成功的人或事是可数名词；be successful in 在….方面成功。

1871] Why not _____ an order _____ a TV set of this new type?

[译文] 为什么不定购一台这种新式的电视机呢？

　 A. to place; on 　 B. placing; on

　 C. place; for 　 D. place; at

[答案及简析] C。 place an order for sth. 订购某物；why not 后面跟动词原形。

1870] It’s too hot. Let’s find a cool place ______.

[译文] 太热了，我们是不是找个凉爽的地方吃东西。

　 A. where to eat 　 B. eating

　 C. to eat 　 D. to eat in

[答案及简析] D。 不定式作定语，应是及物动词，如果不是及物动词则加介词。

1869] Look at his new car. It’s very enpensive. He _____ rich.

[译文] 你看看他的新车，很昂贵的。他一定很有钱的。

　 A. can be 　 B. must be

　 C. may be 　 D. will be

[答案及简析] B。 情态动词表示推测，must一定；can可能；may也许；will将会。

1868] I’ll _____ and let you know my decision the afternoon.

[译文] 今天下午我将给你回电话，把我的决定告诉你。

　 A. call you at 　 B. call at you

　 C. call you back 　 D. call back you

[答案及简析] C。 call back 回电话；代词应放在中间。

1867] -----Would you mind opening the window to let the fresh air in? -----_____.

[译文] --你是否介意我把窗户打开让新鲜空气进来？　　--不介意，请吧。

　 A. No, I do 　 B. Yes, I don’t

　 C. I am sorry, but please 　 D. No, please do

[答案及简析] D。 对mind的回应，是就用肯定的，不是就用否定的。

1866] Just tell me what suject you’d like me to _____ so that I could get some notes ready.

[译文] 要告诉我你们想我作关于哪方面的报告，我好准备些笔记。

　 A. give a talk on 　 B. have a talk

　 C. have a talk on 　 D. give a talk

[答案及简析] A。 做哪方面的报告用介词on，have a talk听报告。

1865] The knives are made not of wood ______ metal.

[译文] 这些刀子不是木头做的而是金属做的。

　 A. but also of 　 B. but from

　 C. but of 　 D. but in

[答案及简析] C。 not…but… 不是…而是…。

1864] My mother felt pleased with herself because she _____ my father to give up smoking.

[译文] 妈妈觉得很高兴，因为他劝说爸爸戒烟了。

　 A. has persuaded 　 B. had persuaded

　 C. has advised 　 D. was given advice to

[答案及简析] B。 劝说成功只能用persuade，劝说的动作发生在高兴之前，时态只能是过去完成时态。