1783] When the firefighters arrived there hurriedly, they found the house _____ for 10 minutes, but it was not too late.

[译文] 当消防队员到达时，他们发现房屋已经燃烧了十分钟了，太晚了。

　 A. caught fire 　 B. had caught fire

　 C. set fire to 　 D. had been on fire

[答案及简析] D。 动词辨异catch fir 是瞬间动词的完成时态不能表和是一段时间的短语连用，该用表状态的be on fire。

1782] After a long walk, I was not _____ tired and couldn’t go any further.

[译文] 走了很长的路，我非常疲倦，再也走不动了。

　 A. a little 　 B. little

　 C. bit 　 D. a bit

[答案及简析] A。 not a bit 一点也不；not a little非常。

1781] In some parts of that country, _____ died of that illness.

[译文] 在那个国家的某些地方，十分之一的小孩死于疾病。

　 A. one for ten children 　 B. one child in ten

　 C. ten of one child 　 D. one out ten children

[答案及简析] B。 one child in ten = one tenth of the children 十分之一。

1780] Not only the students but also the teacher _____ interested in pop music.

[译文] 不但学生，而且老师也对流行音乐感兴趣。

　 A. had been 　 B. were

　 C. are 　 D. is

[答案及简析] D。 not only…but also…引导的短语作主语，应以靠近谓语的人称为准

1779] They _____ the tools when the fire _____ out.

[译文] 他们正在收拾工具，此时火燃烧起来了。

　 A. had collected; was broken 　 B. were collecting; had broken

　 C. were collecting; broke 　 D. are collecting; broke

[答案及简析] C。 be dong sth. when…结构。

1778] Keep off the _____sticks or you’ll get _____.

[译文] 远离燃着的柴火，不然你会烧着的。

　 A. burn; burning 　 B. burning; burnt

　 C. burning; burn 　 D. burnt; burnt

[答案及简析] B。 第一空现在分词表示进行；第二空过去分词表示被动。

1777] ----- How is the young man ?　　　----- ______.

[译文] --这个年亲人身体怎么样？　　--好多了。

　 A. He’s twenty 　 B. He’s a doctor

　 C. He’s much better 　 D. He’s David

[答案及简析] C。 how is sb? 是问的是健康状况。

1776] I _____ him to give up smoking, but I failed.

[译文] 我劝他戒掉抽烟，但他不听。

　 A. preferred 　 B. hoped

　 C. advised 　 D. suggested

[答案及简析] C。 只有advise跟不定时作宾补，表示劝说。

1775] _____ writer, she is excellent, _____ teacher she is not very good.

[译文] 作为一个作家，她是优秀的；但作为一名教师，她就不是很好的了。

　 A. As; but as 　 B. As; and as

　 C. As a ; but as a 　 D. As a; and as a

[答案及简析] C。 writer 和teacher都是可数名词，单数要加冠词a。

1774] Today he doesn’t have to _____ a living.

[译文] 现在他不必为谋生而发愁。

　 A. worry about to make 　 B. worry about making

　 C. be worry about to make 　 D. be worry about making

[答案及简析] B。 worry about 是及物的动词短语，后面跟名词或动名词作宾语。