6. - Is your mother still a teacher?

- ______.

A. Yes, she was　　　　 B. She didn’t use to

C. No, but she used to　　 D. No, but she used to be

选D。used to be表示“曾经是……”，与现在有对比之意。to后的be要保留。

5. Because of the bad weather, my mother ____ and lay in bed. She ______ for a week.

A. has been ill; was ill　　 B. fell ill; has fallen ill　　 C. fell ill; has been ill　　 D. fell ill; is ill

选C。 fall ill 意 “ 患病,得病”, be ill意为 “生病＂，　表示状态。第一空由and 后的并列谓语lay得知，　应用fell。第二空for a week 得知应用现在完成时，　has been ill 表示病了一个星期了。

4. He wishes to make friends with ____ shares his hobbies and interests.

A. whoever　　　　 B. no matter who　　　

C. whoever　　　　 D. anyone

选C。 此题with 后面的空格要求接一个连接代词,这个词必须能在句子中作主语, 又能连接这个名词性从句,整个句子作with 的宾语。故选C。

3.Why not look up the new word in a dictionary _____ you don’t know it ?

A. if　 B. that　 C. though　　 D. whether　

选A。why not 在这里表达的是建议,因此后面表达的是条件。本句的意思是 “如果你不知道这个单词,为什么不查一下词典?”

2. Of the two lectures, the first was by far _____, partly because the speaker had such a dynamic style.

A. the best　　　　　 　B. better

C. the better　　　　　 　D. much better

选C。 “两者之中较……的一个”经常用“the + 比较级”。

1. ---It’s a lovely day, isn’t it?

---Yes. I love _____ when the weather is like this. Why don’t we sit outside and have our lunch?

A. this　 B. that　　　　 C. it　　　　 D. one　

选C。本题主要考查it 作形式宾语的句型。 动词love, like, hate, dislike, enjoy, prefer, appreciate等词后一般不能直接接句子前面加it, 然后再接when或if 所引导的句子。

20. He said it was _____ impossible to buy the novel which was _____ worth reading.

A. very…very　　　　 B. very…quite

C. much…much　　　 　D. quite…well

选D。 impossible, right, wrong等无等级形容词只能用quite /completely修饰。

19. I wonder ______ you were doing last night.

A. it was what that　　 　B. what was it that

C. that what it was　　 　D. what it was that

选D。 本题强调特殊疑问词。宾语从句用陈述句语序。其中特殊疑问词在句中做宾语从句的宾语。

18. ______ won’t be long ______ National Day comes.

A. There…since　 　　　B. This…ago

C. It…before　　　 　　D. That…after

选C。It won’t be long before…　 意思是“不过多久就……”，是一个固定短语。

17. I’m afraid nobody but his parents or Jim, his best friend, _____ the secret.

A. are going to tell　　 B. have told　　

C. has told　　　　　　 D. have been told

选C。该题涉及到主谓一致的问题。 当主语是单数形式时，后面跟(together) with, as well as ,but, except, rather than等词语，无论这些词语后面带复数形式还是单数形式，谓语动词仍然用单数，故正确答案为C. nobody是不定代词，应该看作单数。本句可以理解为“除了他父母或Jim, 没有人说出这个秘密”。