1. Ms Nancy didnt mind at all ______ to the ceremony.

A. being not invited B. not being invited

C. not inviting D. not to be invited

B

2. _____ your meeting is! he offered them his sincere congratulations.

A. How a great success B. What a great success

C. How great success D. What great success

B success 名词，保留远动词含义成功是不可数名词;如用来代替具体的人或具体的事)是可数名词。故排除C,D;A中how是副词，如改成how great a success就是正确的。

3. We must remember that _____fashion is not the most important thing in _______ life.

A. /; the B. /; / C. the; / D. the; the

B 抽象名词不特指时，前不需要冠词。

4. It _____ quite a few years _____ the accused was declared innocent and set free.

A. was; since B. is; that

C. will be; when D. was; before

D 如将A项中was, since改成is, since是正确的;即从句中谓语先发生。如用B项，是强调句，而强调句前后两个谓语动词在时间上需要一致;被强调部分能还回原句中，即由于句中was declared是过去时, B项中is改成was;由于句中was declared是非延续性动词，在years后加上ago将一段 时间变成一点就是正确的。C 项前后时间不同。

5. The professor said he could talk on _____ interested the audience.

A. any TOPic B. which TOPic

C. whichever TOPic D. the TOPic he thought it

C whichever已失去疑问含义，等于 anything that，表示强调; 而 which TOPic中 which保留疑问含义，译成哪一个题目，不符合句义。而A和D中缺少连词。

6.Under no circumstance _____ to tell lies to parents.

A. children are allowed B. are children allowed

C. children will allow D. will children allow

B.含有否定意义的副词及介词短语放在句首时，句子中主语和谓语用部分倒装。

7.Modern science and technology has _____ communication between people far apart.

A. made convenient B. made it convenient

C. made it convenient for D. made it convenient to

A 题目中has made是谓语，communication between people far apart短语是宾语，convenient是宾语的补语，被前置。如用B项,it是形式宾语代替不定式或从句。

8.I heard that you really had a wonderful time at Johns birthday party, _____?

A. didnt I B. didnt you

C. hadnt you D. will you

B含宾语从句和定语从句的主从复合句，反意疑问句随主句变;但在含有宾语从句的住句中主语是第一人称时反意疑问句随从句一致。

9.The great use of school education is not so much to teach you things _____ to teach you the art of learning.

A. as B. that C. than D. but

A

10.No matter how frequently _____ the works of Beethoven always attract a large number of people.

A. performing B. performed

C. to be performed D. being performed

B 在让步，时间等状语从句中，假如主从句中主语一致，从句中谓语含 be动词，可以将从句中的主语和 be 省略，即在how 后加they are，再分别与选择项搭配后，就会发现正确答案是B。

11._____ their real economic situations, they got some relief fund from the government.

A. Considering B. Considered

C. Having been considered D. Being considered

A considering 考虑到，而 considered 被觉得，依据全句含义，句中主语they和considering是主动关系，因此选择项。

12.Tina _____ have known the truth, or she would have told us.

A. mustnt B. shouldnt C. cant D. neednt

C

13.There are some police cars in front. What do you suppose _____?

A. is the matter B. is happened

C. is the wrong D. the trouble is

A

14._____ of water makes Death Valley a desert, but it is by no means devoid.

A. Lacking B. Being lack C. Because of lack D. Lack

D lack 作名词，后加of短语。如用A项,lacking是及物动词的动名词，后面不需要介词of或作不及物动词,后面加介词in。

15. In recent years much more emphasis has been put______ developing the students productive skills.

A. onto B. in C. over D. on

D put/ place/ lay emphasis on 是固定搭配，表示强调，重视。

16. A survey was carried out on the death rate of those who were infected by SARS, ________were surprising.

A. as results B. which results

C. the results of it D. the results of which

D the results of which 等于whose results，是非限制性定语从句。

17. The organization broke no rules, but ______had it acted responsibly.

A. neither B. so C. either D. both

A

18. Many workers were organized to clear away ______remained of the World Trade Center.

A. those B. that C. what D. where

C 该题空格处缺少的是连词，且在从句中作主语，所以排除A,D; that在名词性从句中只起连接用途。

19. My train arrive in New York at eight oclock tonight. The plane I would like to take from there ______by then.

A. would leave B. will have left

C. has left D. had left

B

20. The professor could hardly find sufficient grounds _____his arguments in favor of the new theory.

A. to be based on B. to base on

C. which to base on D. on which to base

D on which to base his arguments in favor of the new theory = The professor will base his arguments in favor of the new theory on sufficient grounds.

21 . ________evidence that language acquiring ability must be stimulated.

A. If being B. It is C. There is D. There being

C 句中有连词that和谓语must be stimulated，缺少一个谓语动词，排除A,D，该句译成汉语是有。。。的证据,而不是它是。。。的证据所以排除B

22. Professor Wang , _______ for his informative lectures, was warmly received by his students.

A. knowing B. known

C. to be known D. having known

B

23.In fact Peter would rather have left for San Francisco than ____ in New York.

A. to stay B. stayed

C. stay D. having stayed

C

24.You ____ him so closely; you should have kept your distance.

A. shouldnt follow

B. mustnt follow

C. couldnt have been following

D. shouldnt have been following

D

25.There has been a great increase in retail sales , ____﹖

A. does there B. isnt there C. hasnt there D. isnt it

C

26. It is the news ____ most parents of the hope that there is a safe and socially approved road to a kind of life they themselves have not had, but their children can.

A. that deprive B. that it deprives

C. that deprives D. when it deprives

C

27. We hadnt met for 20 years, but I recognized her_____ I saw her.

A. the moment B. for the moment

C. the moment when D. at the moment when

A 定冠词the加上表示时间的名词起连词用途，引导时间状语从句。如the night/ the minute/ the spring/ the year等。

28. On hearing a great noise, Mike looked forward through the window _____ what happened outside the room.

A. to seeing B. to see

C. seeing D. to have seen

B look forward to doing sth. / sth. 表示盼望做某事，而look forward to do sth.表示向前看目的

29. You ______ be driven out of the school if you dare to cheat in the exam.

A. should B. would C. will D. shall

D shall用于第二，三人称表示说话人的心愿; will表示主语的心愿。

30. Everyone hopes that we can do something to make things better, so we cant help ______ under the stress.

A. but working B. but to work

C. work D. but work

D cant help but do等于 have to do.。

31. We all think that _____ no need to make laws to prevent the young from getting married during their college life.

A. it is B. there has C. it has D. there is

D There is no needto do sth.是一个固定句型，等于 It is unnecessaryto do ;或 sb. have no need to do sth..

32. Postage ___ the necklace will cosplayt you at least 650 yuan.

A. including B. included C. include D. to be included

B postage included 等于including postage。

33. With his eyes ______ on the family album, he thought of the fun he had when he lived with his parents.

A. fixing B. fixed C. to be fixed D. being fixed

B fix ones eyes on / upon 是固定短语，表示注视

34. George applied for the position three times ______ he finally got it.

A. before B. until C. when D. after

A 强调从句中谓语动词的动作发生的晚，表示。。。。。。才。。。。。。。

35. This robot is supposed to save a lot of labor, but it remains a problem if it ______

A. is B. saves C. does D. has

C do 是代动词，用来代替上文save a lot of labor。

36. There were many more people who got injured in the big fire than _______.

A. was reported B. it was reported

C. were reported D. they were reported

A 比较状语从句中省略与主句相同的成分，只保留比较对象。

37. He doesnt know what to say, for it is the first time that he ______ with a girl.

A. went out B. goes out

C. has gone out D. had gone out

C

38. ___which way to take, the little boy behaved like a real gentleman who comforted his sister from time to time.

A. Leaving to wonder B. Having left to wonder

C. Left wondering D. Left to wonder

C left wondering 中left的逻辑主语是the little boy，所以可转换成The little boy was left wondering。

39. During the tourist season, there are many people wandering in this city to see the old castles _____ in the sixteenth century.

A. to be built B. being built

C. having been built D. built

D 非谓语动词的动作先于句中谓语动词的动作时， 用过去分词。