1623] He is a brave man, _____ never fears for his life.

[译文] 他是一个勇敢的人，一个一生都不害怕的人。

　 A. he 　 B. one

　 C. who 　 D. the one

[答案及简析] C。 定语从句，who代替前面的句子作从句的主语。

1622] It _____ during the past century that learning is a lifelong task for human being.

[译文] 在过去的世纪里已经证明学习是人类终生的任务。

　 A. is proved 　 B. proves

　 C. has proved 　 D. has been proved

[答案及简析] D。 during the past century 包括现在，因此是现在完成时态。

1621] She heard a terrible noise, _____ bought her heart into her mouth.

[译文] 她听到了一个恐怖的声音，这声音使她把心都提到嗓子眼了。

　 A. which 　 B. it

　 C. that 　 D. what

[答案及简析] A。 定语从句，which代替前面的句子作从句的主语。

1620] What he said _____. He knows nothing about the intelligence economy.

[译文] 他说的没道理。他对情报经济学一窍不通。

　 A. get some sense 　 B. gets some sense

　 C. make no sense 　 D. doesn’t make any sense

[答案及简析] D。 make sense固定搭配，讲得通，有道理。

1619] Do you think a person _____ is more clever than one _____?

[译文] 你是不是认为有债务的人比没有债务的人聪明一些？

　 A. with debt; without debt 　 B. under debt; up debt

　 C. in debt; out of debt 　 D. on debt; over debt

[答案及简析] C。 in debt有债务；out of debt没有债务。

1618] I’ve never talked with her. She _____ be an American, I guess.

[译文] 我从没和她谈过话，我猜，她也许是一个美国人。

　 A. can 　 B. must

　 C. may 　 D. might

[答案及简析] D。 情态动词表示推测，might表示不肯定。

1617] Her voice sounds _____. Everyone loves enjoying her singing.

[译文] 她的声音听起来甜美。每个人都喜欢听她的歌。

　 A. terrible 　 B. terribly

　 C. sweet 　 D. sweetly

[答案及简析] C。 sound 是连系动词，后面跟形容词作表语。

1616] China is as nearly large as USA _______ area but six times larger than USA _____ population.

[译文] 中国和美国在疆域方面差不多，但人口方面中国是美国的六倍。

　 A. in; in 　 B. at; with

　 C. for; on 　 D. in; on

[答案及简析] A。 in area 在疆域方面；in population在人口方面。

1615] I’d like to read at home _____ going to a film in such a cold, rainy day.

[译文] 我想在家里看书而不愿在这样一个又冷又下着雨的时候去看电影。

　 A. but 　 B. to

　 C. besides 　 D. rather than

[答案及简析] D。 rather than 而不愿。

1614] His last words were "I _____ die than give up my believes!"

[译文] 他最后的遗言是，"我宁愿死也不放弃我的信仰。"

　 A. will 　 B. will more

　 C. would 　 D. would rather

[答案及简析] D。 would rather … than…宁愿…而不愿…。