40. -Have you ever seen Peter recently ?
-Yes . He _____ me to ask you how you _____ along with your new job these days .
A. has asked ; have been getting B. asked ; were getting
C. often asks ; are getting D. asked ; are getting
答案是D项。问方的所问被完整地给出："近来你见到彼德了吗？"答方给予的第一个答复是肯定的，那末后面解释他一彼德见面时所做事肯定是过去的事，因此第一个空应该使用asked。第二空是否受asked的制约，要由离第二个空白处最近的动词决定，离它近的是动词不定式to ask，据此根据句意，第二个空白处应该使用现在进行时。
39. Mary ______ to see you . She _____ for you downstairs at the moment .
A. has come ; is waiting B. came ; is waiting C. has come ; waited D. came ; was waiting
答案是A项。思考这道题时应该使用逆向思维，即先考虑第二个空白处的选项，再考虑第一空白处的答案。因为第二句中交代了一个重要的时间状语：at the moment (现在)，因此应毫不犹豫地选择is waiting这一现在进行时的时态。据此第一句的句意也就随之清晰起来?quot;玛丽已经到这儿来看望你"很明显对表示对现在造成影响的动作要使用现在完成时态。
38. A man does not know the difficulty of anything _____ he does it personally .
A. although B. if C. because D. unless
答案是D项。连词unless本身具有否定意义：if … not，引导的是否定的条件句，这种否定的条件句从反面来表达强烈的语气，一些语法学家称它为"反面的唯一条件句"又如：One cannot master a foreign language well unless he studies it hard . (不下苦功夫，是学不好的一门外国语的。)
37. -What was the party like ? -Wonderful . It is years _____ I enjoyed myself so much .
A. after B. when C. before D. since
答案是D项。英语中"It is + 时间"后三种不同的用法。其一是："It is + 时间+ that …"，这是强调结构的句型，如：It is always on Wednesday morning that the famous professor comes to give us a lecture about Chinese literature . (那位著名的教授来给我上中国文学课总是在星期三上午)；其二是："It is +一段时间before …"，这一句型的意思是：完成这个从句所发生的事所需的时间量，如：It is about a week before a Londoner can get a letter you post in Beijing today . (一个伦敦人要收到你今天在北京寄出的一封信需要一个星期的时间。)；其三是："It is +一段时间+since …"这一句型表示的是从从句中动词的动作起所延续的时间。关于since这个词的内涵，详见前面的第20小题。
36. I caught the last bus from town , but Harry came home ______ that night .
答案是B项。形容词或副词的比较级在一般情况下使用在明示比较句中，但有时也使用在暗示比较句中。暗示比较现象往往出现在带有but的并列句里，或带有让步状语从句的主句里。第一分句交代的是暗示某种程度的被比对象，在第二分句里以比较级的形式出现。又如：Great as are his achievements , his ideal and spirit are still greater . (他的成就非常了不起，但他的理想和精神更伟大。)
35. We will take _____ wants to go there for a sight-seeing .
A. whoever B. who C. anybody D. all that
答案是A项。whoever有两个词义，(1)no matter who，在这种用法时引导一个让步状语从句，如：Whoever ( = No matter who ) it is , I do not want to see them . (无论他是谁，我都不想见。)，又如：The business would be a success , whoever ( no matter who ) owned it . (这个企业准能兴旺发达，甭管谁是它的主人。)；(2)anybody / that，在这种用法时，它连接一个名词性从句，在本题中它连的是主语从句，又如：I will take whoever ( anybody that ) wants to go to that beautiful park . (我要带任何想去那个美丽公园的人去那里。)在这一例句中whoever连接的是一个宾语从句
34. I think the doctor is able to care of _____ is the matter with your son .
A. all B. what C. whatever D. anything
答案是C项。与前面第19题的考查点whoever一样，whatever也具备两个意思，其一是no matter what , 引导让步状语从句；其二是anything that , 引导名词性从句，在本题中，Whatever 引导的是一个宾语从句，whatever在这个宾语从句被用作主语。
33. Let us not waste ______ time we have left .
答案是A项，一般地说，不定代词many , little或few前是不许使用定冠词的，但是如果它们修饰的名词有特指或限定意义时，它们前面就应使用定冠词了。如：I soon finished the few books she had lent me . (她借给我的那几本书，我很快就看完了。)又如：We must make full use of the contradictions among the enemies , winning over the many and opposing the few . (我们必须充分利用敌人的内部矛盾，争取多数，反对少数。)
32. _____ in thought , he almost ran into the car in front of him .
A. Losing B. Having lost C. Lost D. To
答案是C项。过去分词有三个用途：(1)表示被动，如：the oppressed people ( = the people who are oppressed ) 被压迫的人们，又如：the exploited class ( = the class that is exploited ) 被剥削阶级；(2)表示完成，如：the fallen leaves ( = the leaves which have fallen ) 落叶，又如：an escaped prisoner ( = a prisoner who has run out of prison ) 一个逃犯；(3)表示状态，如：a broken window ( = a window that is broken ) 一扇破窗子，又如：lost in thought陷入沉思。
31. ______ to somebody , a British person after shakes hands with the stranger .
A. Introducing B. To introduce C. To be introduced D. On being introduced
答案是D项。很明显，句中的空白处应 选用非谓语动词的被动形式。如果将C项填入空白处，虽然这个不定式是被动形式，但不定式短语处于句首或是充当目的的状语，或是充当含有虚拟意义的动名词时，其意为："一…就…"，但如介词on后带被动态的动名词，除上述意义外，还可表示："在…的时候"。D项答案的这个意义正符合上面句子的句意。