1. Everybody in the village likes Jack because he is good at telling and ____ jokes.(2005, 江蘇)
A. turning upB. putting upC. making upD. showing up
解析:C make up編造;turn up調(diào)高, 出現(xiàn);put up張貼, 掛起, 搭起;show up出席,顯眼。句意為“村子里每個人都喜歡杰克因為他擅長講述和編造笑話?!?/p>
2. The president spoke at the business meeting for nearly an hour without ____ his notes. (2005, 浙江)
A. bringing upB. referring toC. looking upD. trying on
解析:B refer to參考;bring up扶養(yǎng), 養(yǎng)育;look up向上看, 查閱;try on試穿。
3. Don’t leave the water ____ while you brush your teeth. (2004, 天津)
A. runB. runningC. being runD. to run
解析:B leave sb./sth. doing讓某人/某物處于……狀態(tài)。句意為“你刷牙時別讓水流著。”
4. He looked around and caught a man ____ his hand into the pocket of a passenger.
(2004, 北京春季)
A. putB. to be puttingC. to putD. putting
解析:D catch sb. doing逮住某人正在做……; catch sb. do逮住某人做(強調(diào)整個過程)。句意為“他環(huán)顧四周, 逮住了一個男人正將手伸進(jìn)一個旅客的口袋里?!?/p>
5. She has set a new record, that is, the sales of her latest book ____ 50 million. (2004, 福建)
A. have reachedB. has reachedC. are reachingD. had reached
解析:A D不符合語境;the sales of her latest book作主語, 謂語應(yīng)采用復(fù)數(shù)形式, 排除B;用現(xiàn)在完成時表示動作的完成結(jié)果。故選A。
6. The teacher, with 6 girls and 8 boys of her class, ____ visiting a museum when the earth-quake struck. (2004, 北京)
A. wasB. wereC. had beenD. would be
解析:A 句意為“那位老師和她班里的6個女孩、8個男孩在地震發(fā)生時正在參觀一個博物館。”首先根據(jù)意思, 排除D;另had been doing為過去完成進(jìn)行時, 表示在過去動作之前, 某個動作正在進(jìn)行, 不符合語境;句子主語為the teacher, 故謂語動詞應(yīng)用單數(shù)was。
7. All the employees except the manager ____ to work online at home. (2004, 廣東)
A. encouragesB. encourageC. is encouragedD. are encouraged
解析:D 本句的主語為All the employees,故根據(jù)主謂一致的原則, 先排除A、C兩項;又因encourage sb. to do(鼓勵某人做……)的被動語態(tài)為sb. be encouraged to do, 故D正確。
8. We live day by day, but in the great things, the time of days and weeks ____ so small that a day is unimportant. (2007, 湖南)
A. isB. areC. has beenD. have been
解析:A 句意為“……幾天和幾周的時間是如此的渺小, 以至于一天根本微不足道”。本句用來陳述事實, 用一般現(xiàn)在時態(tài);空白處所在句子的主語是the time, 謂語應(yīng)用單數(shù)形式。
9. As a result of the serious flood, two-thirds of the buildings in the area ____.(2007, 陜西)
A. need repairingB. needs to repairC. needs repairingD. need to repair
解析:A 本題考查主謂一致和非謂語動詞。分?jǐn)?shù)、百分?jǐn)?shù)修飾名詞, 謂語動詞的單復(fù)數(shù)取決于名詞, 此處tow-thirds修飾buildings,故謂語動詞取決于名詞復(fù)數(shù)buildings, 排除B、C兩項, need doing=need to be done意為“需要被做”。
10. Progress so far has been good. ____, we are sure that the project will be completed on time. (2006, 浙江)
A. HoweverB. OtherwiseC. ThereforeD. Besides
解析:C “到目前為止進(jìn)展良好。因此, 我們確信這個項目會按時完成。”前后句為因果關(guān)系, 故選C。面A、B表轉(zhuǎn)折, D表遞進(jìn)。