60] Charles did what he could _____ the servant, although he himself was in danger.　

[译文] 尽管他自己也在危险中，Charles尽了他的一切努力救助他的仆人。

　 A. rescue 　 B. rescued

　 C. to rescue 　 D. rescuing

[答案及简析] C。 此题中could后省略了do,而不定式to rescue是目的状语。

59] Let us hope we can settle the matter without _____ more trouble.

[译文] 让我们希望解决这个问题没有任何麻烦。

　 A. any 　 B. a little

　 C. some 　 D. little

[答案及简析] A。 any一般用在具有否定意义的短语或句子当中。

58] -What do you think of the book?　-Oh, excellent. It is worth _____ second time.

[译文] --你认为这本书如何？　　--喔，不错！只得再看一遍。

　 A. to read a 　 B. to read the

　 C. reading a 　 D. being read the

[答案及简析] C。 be worth doing本身就表示被动含义,即"值得做某事"。a second time表示不确定的"第二次",实为"又一次",并非特定,故不用the。

57] His best known work that is _____ all praise can be seen in the museum.

[译文] 在博物馆将会看到他那令人赞叹不已的最出名的作品。

　 A. with 　 B. beyond

　 C. without 　 D. within

[答案及简析] B。 此处beyond意为"超出(……的范围)"。

56] If _____ the same treatment again, he’s sure to get well.

[译文] 如果再进行同样的治疗，他肯定会好的。

　 A. giving 　 B. give

　 C. given 　 D. being given

[答案及简析] C。 在条件状语从句中,如果其主语和主句的主语一致,那么可以把条件句中的主语和系动词be同时省略。此题中即是在If后省略了he is。

55] -Thank you very much.　-You are welcome. I was _____ glad to help.

[译文] --非常感谢你。　　--欢迎你。我很高兴能帮助你。

　 A. too much 　 B. only too

　 C. not so 　 D. very much

[答案及简析] B。 too…to…前面有only时表示肯定含义。

54] I will give the book to _____ wants to read it.

[译文] 我将把这本书给那些想读它的人。

　 A. whoever 　 B. whomever

　 C. who 　 D. whom

[答案及简析] A。 whoever在引导的名词性从句中作主语,整个从句做介词to的宾语。此处可用anyone who来替换。

53] -Are you satisfied with her answer?　-Not at all. It couldn’t have been _____.

[译文] --你满意他的回答么？　　--一点也不满意。不应该这样的糟。

　 A. worse 　 B. so bad

　 C. better 　 D. the worse

[答案及简析] A。 can’t/couldn’t与比较级连用时表示"再也没有更……的了"。

52] -I heard Back Street would sing at the New Theater.　-Where did you _____?

[译文] --我听说Back Street将在新戏院演唱。　--你从何处得到这个消息的？

　 A. pick that up 　 B. put that up

　 C. make that up 　 D. take that up

[答案及简析] A。 pick up为"获悉或打听到消息"之意。

51] I _____ to take a holiday this summer, but I had to change my plan .

[译文] 我原打算今年暑假休假，但我不得不改变主意。

　 A. would hope 　 B. was hoping

　 C. had been hoped 　 D. had hoped

[答案及简析] D。 hope动作发生在had to change动作之前,是"过去的过去",故用过去完成时。