16. - I told you that he would come to see you.

- Actually I had little doubt _____ it was true.

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

选B。 little doubt 表示“不怀疑”，要用that来引导宾语从句。而whether, if为同类项，表示“是否”，经常用于肯定句中。

15. _____ my finishing reading the novel, you shall have it immediately.

A. On　　 　B. At　　　 C. For　　　 D. With

选A。on doing sth. 意思是“刚一……就……”，相当于as soon as/ 调和the moment引导的从句。

14. Please don’t run _____ far.

A. much　 B. more　　　 C. that　　　 D. fairly　

选C。that是副词, 意为 “那样; 那么”, fairly 意为 “ 相当” , 在此与句意不符合; much一般不修饰形容词, 副词;　 fast的比较级为faster, 而不是more fast。

13. _____, he cannot solve the word puzzle.

A. Hard although he tried

B. He tried hard although

C. However hard he tried

D. As he tried hard

选C。although从句不倒装，as从句要倒装。

12. The girl spent as much time as she ____ her lessons.

A. could going over　　 B. could go over

C. went them over　　 　D. went over

选A。 as much time as she could是spent的宾语；going over是in的宾语，in被省略了。

11. In the school where I study English ____.

A. is there　　　　　　 B. has no good teachers

C. is taught　　　　　 　D. is the most beautiful

选C。in the school where I study是地点状语，English is taught.是句子的主句。

10. In the traffic accident, his father came close to　　　 .

A. be killed　 　　　B. being killed

C. kill　　　　　　 D. killing

选B。come close to意为“几乎，差不多”，后面接动词的-ing形式，根据题意应用其被动形式。

9. Yang Liwei spent the whole evening talking about the things and persons ________ none of us has ever heard of in CCTV station.

A. which　 B. who　 C. whom　 D. that

选D。 当先行词同时出现人和物时，只能用that指代。

8. There is a ______ cup on the table.

A. nice new big plastic　　 B. new plastic big nice

C. nice big new plastic　　 D. new nice plastic big

选C。本题考查形容词排列顺序：描绘性形容词→大小→新旧→材料

7. ____ makes our school proud is _____ more than 80% of the students have been admitted to key universities.

A. What…because　　 B. What…that

C. That…what　　　 　D. That…because

选B。主语从句缺主语用what；表语从句句意完整用that。