3. He told me that the painting was of little_____, and he let me have it for only 5 pounds.

A. value　　 B. cost　 C. price　 D. spending

2. -Where is your uncle?

-He has gone away to the seaside______ the weekend.

A. for　 B. in　　 C. at　　 D. during

1. The weather here these days has been ______ cool and dry.

A. most　　 B. at most　 C. mostly　 D. best

1．对夸奖作答的客套话。2．强调for the first time。3．表位置关系，to the east of在……以东，in the east of ... 在……的东部。4．完成时的用法之一，“已经来了，这 是第一次”。5．not only...but (also)连接两个并列句子时，前一个句子要引起部分倒装。6．“不在意，请自便”。7．be anxious to。8．本句中one是代词，前面应有冠词。9. two (one) score of为score的用法之一。10．which代表先行词concert，并做to的介宾。11．or不然的话。12．that为句子主语，all为表语，后接定语从句。13．两个短浯都不用冠词。14．修饰前面有序数的名词一般要用不定式。19．all不应用于句尾，否则因为是重读，听上去有错觉。16．“每隔几百米”用every few，后面两个空分别是定语从句的连词和used to过去常常。17．news为不可数名词，故谓语动词用单数。10．对have to提问要用to do。19．“当时’。20．lost to，过去分词做状语，意为“完全感觉不到……”。

1. D　 2. C　 3. B　 4. C　 5. D　 6. C　 7. B　 8. D　 9. D　 10. C　 11. D 　12. B 　13. D 　14. C 15. C 　16. B 　17. B 　18. B 　19. D 　20. D

解析：

20. Alice was reading a story about a terrible murder, completely _____ to the out-side world.

A. being lost　　　　　 B. having lost

C. at loss　　　　　　 D. lost

Key:

19. I didn’t go to the film with him because I was quite busy_____.

A. for a moment　　　 B. for the moment

C. at a moment　　　 D. at the moment

18. We have to go to help him,　　 we?

A. do　　 B. don’t　　 C. will　　 D. won’t

17. No news ____ exciting recently, so you have to wait.

A. seem　　 B. seems　 C. seem to be　 D. are

16. Every _____ hundred metres, there are watch towers, _____soldiers keep watch.

A. a few, where, used to　

B. few, where, used to

C. few, which, used to

D. a few, which, were used to