1.—What do you think of the dinner in Mr. Brown’s?
—Oh, great! We have never had a better one. It’s a dinner of twenty ______.
A. drinks B. people
C. tables D. courses
2. The report said a bus went out of ______ control in the highway ______ south of the city and rushed into the river.
A. the; the B. /; the
C. the; / D. /; /
3. You are a team star! Working with______ is really your cup of tea.
A. both B. either
C. others D. the other
4.—Why does the lake smell terrible?
—Because large quantities of water______.
A.have polluted B.is being polluted
C.has been polluted D.have been polluted
5. With the help of the German experts, the factory produced ______ cars in 1993 as the year before.
A. as twice many B. as many as twice
C. as twice as many D. twice as many
6. If his sister ______to help him overcome the difficulty the other day, she ______the company of his opponent now.
A. had intended; wouldn’t be admitted B. were; would have admitted to
C.intended; could be admitted D. had intended; wouldn’t be admitted to
7. Darwin proved that natural selection______the chief factor in the development of species.
A. has been B. had been
C.is D. was
8.Will you lend him a magazine ______.
A. to be read B. for reading
C. to read D. he read
9.He was the only one of the boys who______ willing to do the work.
A.is B.was
C.are D.were
10.The fact has worried many scientists ______the earth is becoming warmer and warmer these years.
A. what B. which
C. that D. though
参考答案
1.【答案】D
【解析】考查名词。第一个人问第二个人对晚宴的看法，回答说很棒的，它是一个有着二十______的晚宴，显然饮料、桌子乃至人都不合情景，应是有二十道菜的宴会。故选D。
2.【答案】D
【解析】考查冠词。句意：报道说一辆公共汽车在城南的高速公路上失控了，冲进了河里。第一空不填，go out of control是固定短语，意思是失去控制;第二空也不填，south of...中的south是方位副词，前面不需要使用冠词。当south用作名词时通常与介词一起使用，如in the south of...。故选D。
3.【答案】C
【解析】考查代词。both指代两者中全部;either指代两者中的一个;others泛指其他人;the other指两者中的另外一个。句意：你是一个球星，和别人一起工作对你来说很容易。本题没有涉及两者中的任何情况，故排除ABD。故选C。
4.【答案】D
【解析】考查主谓一致。句意：——这湖水怎么这么难闻?——因为大量的水已经被污染了。water与pollute为被动关系，故排除A项;B表正被污染，故排除;large quantities of后加名词，谓语动词应与quantities保持一致，排除C项，故选D。
5.【答案】D
【解析】考查形容词。这里考查的是倍数表达法。倍数+as+原级+as，故选D。
6.【答案】D
【解析】考查虚拟语气。the other day是对过去事实的虚拟，故排除B、C。now提示主句是对现在事实的虚拟，be admitted to是固定搭配，介词to不可省略，故选D。
7.【答案】C
【解析】考查动词的时态。句意：达尔文证明自然选择是物种发展的主要因素。表示客观事实、普遍真理或格言警句中，用一般现在时。故选C。
8.【答案】C
【解析】考查非谓语动词。不定式作定语，to read的逻辑主语是间接宾语him。故选C。
9.【答案】B
【解析】考查定语从句。先行词有the only修饰，谓语动词用单数，且为过去时间，故选B。
10.【答案】C
【解析】考查名词性从句。句意：近年来地球气候逐渐变暖，很多科学家已经为此担忧。the earth is becoming warmer and warmer these years不缺成分，是the fact的同位从句，不缺成分选that。故选C。
