16. Mr Smith, 　　　　of the 　　　speech, started to read a novel.

A. tired; boring　　 B. tiring; bored

C. tired; bored　　　 D. tiring; boring

选A。tired of…是过去分词短语作状语，boring 是现在分词作定语。

15. The customer didn’t choose 　　　　of the coats and went away without looking at a third one.

A. both　　　　 B. all

C. any　　　　　 D. either

选D。not与both, all 连用为部分否定，与any either 连用为完全否定。且两个coats 不可用all，故据题意，应用完全否定。

14. The pen I 　　　　I 　　　　is on my desk, right under my nose.

　 A. think; lost　　　 B. thought; had lost

　 C. think; had lost　　 D. thought; have lost

选B。句意为：我以为已丢了的钢笔却在我的桌子上，就在眼皮底下。thought 是过去时，“笔丢失了”是在“thought”之前，所以用过去完成时。

13. The traveler didn’t know　　 　which direction to go.

A. in　 B. at　 C. to　 D. /

选A。表示“朝……方向去”，用介词in 而不用to。

12. In the power plant more than 　　　of the workers are out 　　　　strike.

选A。twelve 的序数词形式为twelfth；分数表达法中的分子大于1时，分母用复数，on strike = 在罢工。

11. I don’t have a job. I would find one but I 　　　no time.

A. had　　　 B. didn’t have

C. had had　　 D. have

选D。解此类题时，必须从题干中的暗示入手。I don’t have a job 告诉我们现在的状况，再由I would find one 可知是对现在的虚拟，因此，but后的句子应该是现在的事实。故用一般现在时。

10.Which do you enjoy _____ your weekend, swimming or fishing?

　A. spending　 B. being spent　 C. spend　 D. to spend

　 选D。to spend作状语，而which是句子enjoy的宾语。

9. I was so familiar with her that I recognized her voice 　　　　I picked up the phone.

A. the moment　　　 B. after

C. before　　　　　 D. while

选A。名词短语the moment用作连词，相当于as soon as，引导时间状语从句，意为“一……就”。类似用法的短语或词还有the minute, the instance, directly, immediately等。

8. As 　　　　rule, apples are sold by 　　　weight and eggs by 　　　　dozen.

　 A. a; 不填；the　　　　　 B. a; the; the

　 C. a; a; the　 　　　　　　　D. the; 不填；不填

选A。as a rule(通常地)是固定词组；在度量名词前，表示付工资、卖、租等方式时，用the, 如paid by the hour (day, moth, piece…), sold by the yard (dozen, ton…)，比较by weight (按重量)。

7.　　　 　you don’t like him is none of my business.

A. What 　　B. Who　 C. That　　 D. Whether

选C。本句的谓语动词是is，前面是一个主语从句； “you don’t like him”是一个意思完整的句子，从句不需要任何有词义的连词引导，that只起连接作用，无词义，所以选C。