1438] My teacher told me not to spend too much time _____ novels.
[译文] 老师告诉么不要花太多的时间在看小说上。
A. read B. reads
C. reading D. to read
[答案及简析] C。 spend … doing sth. 在…上花费时间或金钱。
1437] The novel that the teacher asked us to finish within a week is _____ too difficult for us.
[译文] 老师要求我们在一周之内完成的小说太难了。
A. fairly B. rather
C. pretty D. quite
[答案及简析] B。 rather 表示相当，能和too连用。
1436] ----- Is he _____ ? ----- Yes, he lives by himself, but he never feels _____, for he hears from family very often.
[译文] --他是一个人吗？ --是呀，他独自一人生活，但他从不感到孤独，他经常收到家人的来信。
A. alone; alone B. lonely; lonely
C. alone; lonely D. lonely; alone
[答案及简析] C。 alone 单独；lonely孤独；偏僻的。
1435] When the headmaster spoke out his plan, most of the students _____ against it.
[译文] 当校长说出了他的计划，大部分学生都反对这个计划。
A. are B. were
C. do D. did
[答案及简析] B。 be against sth. 反对某事。
1434] -----Mr Wang, _____ came to see you this afternoon. ----- Who was it?
[译文] --王先生，有一个人今天下午来看望你了。 --是谁呀？
A. a certainly man B. a certain man
C. the certain man D. the certainly man
[答案及简析] B。 a certain 某一个….。
1433] Do you know when and where the first republic ______ ?
[译文] 你知道什么时候什么地方第一个共和国产生的吗？
A. turned into reality B. existed
C. come into action D. came into being
[答案及简析] D。 come into being 产生，出现。
1432] ----- Has Tom given up smoking? ----- Yes, his doctor _____ him to.
[译文] --Tom戒烟了？ -- 是呀，医生劝说的他。
A. suggested B. persuaded
C. insisted on D. advised
[答案及简析] B。 persuade表示成功地劝说某人做某事。
1431] Once a decision is made, it must be firmly _____.
[译文] 一旦做出一个决定，就得坚决地执行。
A. carried off B. carried away
C. carried on D. carried out
[答案及简析] D。 carry off 夺去…的生命；carry away 运走；carry on 进行下去；carry out执行。
1430] The doctor did a lot to reduce the patient’s fear _____ he would die of the disease.
[译文] 医生尽力减少病人的害怕，他怕死于这种疾病。
A. that B. which
C. of which D. of that
[答案及简析] A。 同位语从句。
1429] You are _____ kind to me.
[译文] 你对我太好了。
A. too much B. such
C. quite D. much too
[答案及简析] D。 much too 修饰形容词，副词；too much修饰不可数名词。