711] When he entered college, he began to learn _____ language.

[译文] 他进入大学以后，开始学习第二门语言了。

　 A. a third 　 B. the third

　 C. a three 　 D. the three

[答案及简析] A。 这儿表示又一次再一次的意思，故只能选A。

710] I asked him to _____ me a few minutes so that we could go over all the problem.

[译文] 我请他抽出几分钟的时间，以便我们把所有的问题讨论一下。

　 A. spend 　 B. save

　 C. spare 　 D. share

[答案及简析] C。 spend花费； save节约，拯救；spare抽出时间；share分享。

709] How ______ is it from the railway station to the museum?

[译文] 从火车站到博物馆有多远？

　 A. soon 　 B. far

　 C. long 　 D. often

[答案及简析] B。 how long 多久(较长时间)；how far多远(距离)； how soon多久(将来) how often多久(频率)。

708] A new school was ______ in the village last year.

[译文] 去年一所新的学校在这个村庄建起来了。

　 A. held up 　 B. set up

　 C. sent up 　 D. brought up

[答案及简析] B。 hold up 举起；set up建起； send up发射； bring up抚育。

707] ______ the Chinese have been to Beijing.

[译文] 不是所有的中国人都去过北京。

　 A. None of 　 B. All

　 C. Not all 　 D. No

[答案及简析] C。 not 与all, every, both等词连用，表示部分否定。

706] We agree ______ here but so far she hasn’t turned up yet.

[译文] 我们都同意在这儿见面可她到现在还没有来。

　 A. having met 　 B. meeting

　 C. to meet 　 D. to have met

[答案及简析] C。 同意做某事为agree to do sth.。

705] They ______ the train until it disappeared in the distance.

[译文] 他们目送这辆火车直到它消失在远方。

　 A. saw 　 B. watched

　 C. noticed 　 D. observed

[答案及简析] B。 该句的意思是"他们目送这辆火车直到它消失在远方。"只有watch才能表达这个意思。

704] ----- How long have you ______ the car? ----- For two months.

[译文] --你买车有多久了？　--两个月。

　 A. bought 　 B. had

　 C. buy 　 D. borrowed

[答案及简析] B。 和how long连用只能是延续性的动词，只有had是延续性的动词。

703] So far nothing _____ Tom. I want to know the reason _______ he hasn’t written to me.

[译文] 到目前为止，还没有收到汤姆的任何来信。我想知道他没给我写信的原因。

　 A. heard from; why 　 B. has been heard from; why

　 C. was heard from; that 　 D. has heard from; that

[答案及简析] B。 含有so far的句子应该时现在完成时态；reason作先行词，定与从句应该用that引导。

702] In the near future the computers ______ everywhere.

[译文] 在不久的将来，电脑将到处会用到。

　 A. can use 　 B. can be used

　 C. will use 　 D. are used

[答案及简析] B。 本句应该是将来时态的句子，必须有助动词或情态动词，故选C。