8. A. morning　　　 　 　　　　 B. afternoon　　　　 　　 　　 C. evening　　　　　 　 　　 D. week

7. A. houses　　　　 　 　　　　　 B. friends　　　　　 　　 　　　　　　 C. hotels　　　　　　 　 　　　　　　　 D. parties

6. A. guests　　　　 　 　　　　 B. people　　　　　　 　　　　 C. places　　 　　　　 　　　　 D. things

5. A. entering　　　　　　　　　　 B. informing　 　　　　　　 　　 C. reaching　　　　　　　　　 　　　 D. leaving

4. A. pay　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　 B. bring　　　　　　 　 　　　　　　　 C. attract　　　　　 　 　　　　　　　 D. offer

3. A. nothing　　　 　 　　　　 B. nobody　　　　　 　　　　 C. everything　　　　 　　　 　　 D. everybody

2. A. face　　　　　 　 　　　　　 B. show　　　　　 　　 　　　　　　　 C. room　　　　 　 　　　 　　 D. dress

1. A. considered　　　　　 　　 B. insisted on　　　　　　　　 　　　 C. remembered　　　　　　 　　　 D. hated

6. Distance learning allow students the freedom to arrange their own study schedule.

Allow sb sth to do

eg.

The garage allowed me $400 on my old car.

My mom allowed me a new bicycle to make my journey to the countryside.

[典型例题]

[例1] A war is so cruel that it always causes great losses, __ has happened in Iraq.

A. what　　　　　　 B. as　　　　　　　　 C. which　　　　　　 D. one

答案：B

解析：从句部分明显是个定语，指代上述内容时用which/as均可，可是此题表示正如……的含义，只能选as。

[例2] ____ to his research work, the professor cared little about any other things.

A. Devoted　　　　　 B. Devoting　　　　　 C. Having devoted　　　 D. To devote

答案：A

解析：此题考查devote oneself to sth.这一词组用法，相应地应该使用过去分词，实际上devoted这个词本身也是形容词，表示全心全意。

[例3] -What place is it?

　 　　- Haven’t you seen that we _____ back where we　　?　

A. were；had been　 B. are；were　　　　　　　　 C. were；have been　　 D. are；had been

答案：B

解析：此题中where 引导的是个状语从句，“难道你没看到我们回到了原来的地方。

[例4] He seemed to have been asleep, so I said nothing, but sat _____he would see me ____ waking.

A. whether；when　　 B. that；when　　　　 C. which；where　 　　 D. where；when

答案：D

解析：where引导的是个状语从句，坐在他能看到我的地方，when引导的是非谓语动词作状语，他一醒来就能看见我的地方。

[例5] -Are you pleased with what he has done?

　 　　-It couldn’t be____. Why didn’t he put more effort into his work?

A. any worse　　 　　　 B. much better　　　　　 C. so bad　　　 　　　　　 D. the best　

答案：A

解析：很多词可以修饰形容词或副词比较级，在否定句或疑问句中应该用any。

[模拟试题](答题时间：40分钟)

(一)

A farewell(告别)party was going on. Sylvia Calver 　1 　being the center of any public show where she didn’t know anyone. It made her 　2　 hot and she always felt she wanted to go away somewhere. But on an occasion(场合)like this when she knew　 3　 , there was no time to feel shy. But she had made up her mind to　 4 　people’s attention for once in her life. Unlike others, Sylvia didn’t have any sad feelings herself at 　 5 　　Palmeira Court Hotel or saying good-bye to its 　6　 -she had left so many other　 7 　, and known too many people in her life to get upset by such things now.

Yet this 　8 　was a particular occasion, and she hadn’t had so many of those in her 　9 　. She had put on her　 　10 　black dress and her long earrings. She had wanted to enjoy being the center of　 11　 for one evening, but now they had 　12　 　old Miss Hutton of all people to give the goodbye speech, whom she 　 13　 . Even so, she thought there was no sense(意义)in getting　 14 　about it, for it was the first rule her 　15 　 had given her--avoid all anxiety(焦虑), take things easy. So, surprising herself by enjoying her own well-rounded white arm as 　 16 　showed through the sleeve(袖子)of her 　17 　dress, she took a taste of her drink and then sat back comfortably with her cigarette. And her doctor’s orders worked! For 　 18 　out slowly, she put Miss Hutton off at the end of her boring　 19　 with a cloud of tobacco smoke, so that she smiled to herself at the old girl’s funny expression. She 　 20 　herself quite well that night, even to her own surprise.

5. It has been worked out that 12% of the young females worldwide will still be unable to read and write by 2015.

work out: figure out the facts after making efforts

eg.

At the end, we worked out that most of the students spend more money on reference book rather than on sports now in china.