12. [2011•无锡]Jane’s mother preferred __________ TV at home to __________ to the concert.

　 A. to watch; go　　　　　 B. watching; going　　　 　　　 C. watching; go　　　 D. to watch; going

答案：prefer doing sth. to doing sth.“比起……来更喜欢……”，故答案选B。

11. [2011•无锡]There’s a lot to do. We can’t __________ to waste any time.

　 A. wait　　　　　　 B. afford 　　　 C. want　 　　　 D. have

答案：can't afford to do sth. “负担不起”是固定搭配，故答案选B。句意：我们不能再浪费时间了。

10. [2011•无锡]Could you tell me how long __________ the football club?

　 A. you have joined 　　　　 B. have you joined C. you have been in 　D. have you been in

答案：该句是一个含有宾语从句的句子，从句必须用陈述语序，故排除B、D；join不能与表示一段时间的时间状语连用，故答案选C。

9.　 [2011•无锡]-Peter doesn’t mind lending you his camera.

-He __________. I’ve already borrowed one.

A. needn’t　　　 　　　　　　　　　　 B. can’t 　　　　　　　 C. mustn’t 　　　　　 D. shouldn’t

答案：根据I’ve already borrowed one.“我已经借到一架了。”可推知彼得“不必”再借给了，故答案选A；而can’t“不肯能”： mustn’t“不准、不应该、不允许”： shouldn’t“不该”均不合句意，故排除。

8. [2011•无锡]It’s very nice __________　 you __________ my parents your best wishes.

　 A. of; sending 　　　　　　　 B. of; to send 　　　　　　 C. for; to send　　　　 D. for; sending

答案：It’s+ nice/ good/ clever/ careless/ careful of sb. to do sth.是个固定结构，故答案选B。

7. [2011•无锡]-__________ is it to your home town from here?

　 - Well, it takes a little over three hours to get there by coach.

　 A. How soon　　　　　　 B. How much　　　 C. How long　　 D. How far

答案：对距离提问用how far“多远”，故答案选D。

6. [2011•无锡]Nanjing isn’t so large __________ Shanghai, however, it’s the second __________ city in East China.

　 A. like; largest　　　 　B. as; largest　 　　C. like; large　　 D. as; large

答案：so…as…“与……一样”是个固定结构；the +序数词+最高级+名词单数“第几最……”，故答案选B。

5. [2011•无锡]__________ Amy likes to go to the cinema, but she doesn’t like to see horror films.

　 A. Since　　　　 B. As　　　　 C. Though　　　　 　D. 不填

答案：英语中though与but不能同时出现在同一个句子中，句中已有but，故答案选D。

4. [2011•无锡]Books are made __________ paper while paper is mainly made __________ wood.

　 A. of; of　　　　 B. from; from　　 C. of; from 　　　D. from; of

答案：能看出原材料用be made of；不能看出原材料用be made from，故答案选C。

3. [2011•无锡]We will see __________ even stronger China in __________ near future.

　 A. a; the　　　 B. an; the 　　　　C. the; a　　　 D. an; a

答案：in the near future“在不久的将来”是个固定搭配；even是以元音因素开头的词，故答案选B。