883] ----- Alice, why didn’t come yesterday? -----I ______, but I had an unexpected visitor.
[译文] --阿莉思，你昨天为什么没来呢？ --我本打算来的，单来了一位不速之客。
A. had B. would
C. was going to D. did
[答案及简析] C。 would 只表示纯粹的将来；be going to打算，计划。
882] Dream of the Red Mansions(红楼梦) is _____ a novel. It can help us understand the social life of that time.
[译文] 红楼梦不仅仅是一部小说。它能够帮助我们了解当时的社会生活。
A. less than B. no more than
C. more than D. much more than
[答案及简析] C。 less than 少于；no more than 仅仅；more than 不仅仅；much more than多得多。
881] I’ll never forget the day _____ we spentt together in London.
[译文] 我绝不会忘记我们一起在伦敦度过的那些日子。
A. when B. while
C. / D. on which
[答案及简析] C。 定语从句，先行词在从句中充当宾语。
880] They have _____ friends since they met in Shanghai.
[译文] 从他们在上海见面后就成了好朋友了。
A. made B. become
C. turned D. been
[答案及简析] D。 有since 引导的从句，主句应该是延续性的动词。
879] _____ crossing the street, he was knocked down by a car.
[译文] 在过马路的时候，他被一辆小车撞倒了。
A. At B. As
C. While D. Since
[答案及简析] C。 while在…的同时。
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。