8．________no point in beating around the bush.Let’s________.

A．It’s；come straight to the point　 　　B．There’s；come to the point

C．This is；get to the point　 　　　　　D．That is；reach the point

解析：There is no point that...是“……没必要”；come to the point“切中主题”。

答案：B

7．The article attacked the government________its policy________education.

A．on；for　 B．for；on　 C．with；of　 D．of；with

解析：句意：“文章攻击政府的教育政策。”答案是B，两题均考查attack(vt.)，意思是“用言论攻击……”。

答案：B

6．The newcomers found it impossible to________themselves to the climate sufficiently to make permanent homes in the new country.

A．suit　 B．adapt　 C．fit　 D．match

解析：句意：“新来的人们发现使他们自己完全适应这儿的气候，在这个新的国家长期住下是不可能的。”考查词义辨析；suit强调“合乎口味，性格，颜色，款式”；fit强调“尺寸，型号”；match强调“相配，相称。”答案B，最合句意。

答案：B

5．Research findings show we spend about two hours dreaming every night，no matter what we____

during the day.

A．may be doing　 B．could have done　 C．must have done　 D．might have done

解析：句意：“研究调查结果表明，我们每天晚上花费大约两小时作梦，不管我们白天做过什么。”no matter what...是让步状语从句，用“must have done”一定……(判断)和“could have done”“本可，本能”(没做)，不合句意，答案是D(“might have done”“也许”)。

答案：D

4．“What did he die________？”“He died________hunger.”

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

解析：句意：“他因什么而死的？”“他是饿死的。”die from的意思是“由于……而死”，一般指除了疾病或情感以外的原因造成的死亡。die of表示“因(患)……而死”的意思，常指由于疾病、情感、饥饿等原因而死亡。

答案：D

3．-My God，I’m getting late again.What will my boss say?

-Try to keep________，and we’ll think of a good excuse.

A．still　 B．calm　 C．quiet　 D．alive

解析：句意：尽量镇定下来，我们就能想出一个好的理由。still“静止的，不动的”，强调不运动；calm“镇定的”，强调不激动，从容不迫；quiet“安静的”，强调不弄出声音；alive“活着的”。

答案：B

2．-I didn’t go to the party yesterday because my car broke down.

-You________mine.I wasn’t using it.

A．ought to borrow　 　　　B．would have borrowed

C．had better borrow 　　　D．could have borrowed

解析：句意：“我昨天没去参加聚会，因为我的车坏了。”“你可以借我的，我没有用车。”这是一种虚拟用法，“could have done”本可……而没有……，故答案是D。

答案：D

1．-Will you go to the cinema with me this evening?

-I’d love to，but I have________work to do this evening.

　 A．too many　 B．too much　 C．much too　 D．far too

解析：句意：“今天晚上能和我一块看电影吗？”“我乐意去，但是我要做这么多功课。”考查“have much work to do”结构，too作为副词修饰much，故答案是B。

答案：B

10．He has much money and doesn’t care about it too much，so he often________(大方地)gives some to the poor to help them out.

答案：1.frightened　2.covers；square　3.grey/gray　4.extinct　5.calmed　6.indicates　7.sceptical　 8．reputation　9.claimed　10.generously

9．He________(声称)he won the horse race，though the video showed otherwise.