1763] My husband has three sisters, all _____ than he. _____ , Marry is a typist.

[译文] 我丈夫有三个姐姐。他们都比我丈夫大，最年长的一个是一个打字员。

　 A. elder; the elder 　 B. older; The oldest

　 C. elder; The old one 　 D. older; The eldest

[答案及简析] D。 同辈人的长幼用elder表示；用于比较大小只能用old。

1762] We used to work in the same office and we _____ have offee together.

[译文] 我们以前在同一办公室工作，常常一道喝咖啡。

　 A. would 　 B. should

　 C. could 　 D. might

[答案及简析] A。 would表示过去的习惯，习性。

1761] He made a long speech only _____ his lack of knowledge of this suject.

[译文] 他做了一个长篇演讲，结果暴露出他对此学科知识的缺乏。

　 A. showed 　 B. which showed

　 C. to show 　 D. to have shown

[答案及简析] C。 不定式短语表示结果。

1760] Every time I have problems, I’ll turn to Tom and he will _____ them to me.

[译文] 每次我有问题我就求助于汤姆，他就会给我解释清楚。

　 A. ask 　 B. settle

　 C. tell 　 D. explain

[答案及简析] D。 explain sth. to sb. 向某人解释…。

1759] ----- Are you going to the concernt? -----No, the tickets are _____ expensive for me.

[译文] --你去听音乐会吗？　　　--不去，对我来说音乐会的票太贵了。

　 A. very much 　 B. far too

　 C. that 　 D. since

[答案及简析] B。 far副词，常表示程度。

1758] Something is wrong with the window; it _____ not open.

[译文] 窗子一定出问题了，它不可能打开。

　 A. shall 　 B. may

　 C. will 　 D. can

[答案及简析] C。 情态动词用法比较，will表示可能时，常和表示无生命的词连用。

1757] I know you are good at singing. Have you ever _____ a record of your own?

[译文] 我知道你擅长唱歌。你录制过你自己的唱片没有？

　 A. done 　 B. made

　 C. heard 　 D. set

[答案及简析] B。 make a resord录制唱片。

1756] The news was broadcast _____.

[译文] 这条消息正在广播。

　 A. with fresh air 　 B. without air

　 C. on the air 　 D. by air

[答案及简析] C。 on the air 正在广播；by air乘飞机。

1755] Tobacco companies _____ millions of dollars each year for the government.

[译文] 烟草公司每年给政府带来数百万美元的收入。

　 A. take away 　 B. bring in

　 C. bring out 　 D. lose

[答案及简析] B。 动词辨异，bring away带走；bring in带来；bring out带去；lose失去。

1754] -----What are they doing?　　　----- They are _____ some music _____ the radio.

[译文] --他们在干什么？　　　--他们通过收音机在听音乐。

　 A. listening to; on 　 B. listening to; of

　 C. hearing; by 　 D. hearing; about

[答案及简析] A。 听音乐不用动词hear；通过收音机介词用on。