1. - What do you often do in your spare time ?

- Oh, ______. I read, watch TV or go out for a walk…

A. nothing　　 B. nothing special　　　 C. something special　　　 D. something interesting

解析；本题是谈论关于业余爱好的对话，根据句意应为B，nothing special 意为“没什么特别的”。

2. -Is everything clear now?

-Yes, the thief has admitted ______.

　 A. to steal the car　　 B. stolen the car　　 C. steals the car　 D. stealing the car

解析：D　 admit当 “承认”讲时, 后接动词ing的形式, admit(to)doing sth.

例11 My uncle _______ until he was forty – five. (‘02上海)

A. married　　　 B. didn’t　　　 C. was not married　　　 D. would marry

[探究] B 本句意思为“我叔叔直到四十五岁才结婚”，marry 是终止性动词，与until 连用要用否定。

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　 The old man was eager to ________his daughter ______ a man with a lot of money.

A. marry; with　　 　　　B. be married; to

C. marry; to　　　 　　　D. be married; and

解析：C.　 marry sb to…意为“让某人与……结婚”。

例12. - Could you do me a favor and take these books to my office ?

- Yes, ______. (2005山东)

A. for pleasure　　　　 B.I could　 　　C. my pleasure　　　 D. with pleasure

[探究]D句意为：“你可不可以帮我个忙把这些书送到办公室？”“好吧，我愿意。”这是一个请求帮助的情景，根据答语中的Yes 可知，对方同意问话者的请求。for pleasure 意为“为了取乐”；I could 中的could 作为委婉语不能用在答语中，要改为I can; my pleasure 常用来回答别人的感谢；with pleasure 意为“愿意”。故选D。

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1. By law children are not ________ to school but those of extraordinary gift.

　 A. accepted　 B. received　 C. admitted　 D. allowed

解析：C　 be admitted to sth 许可进入, 被……录取。

3. After supper she would sit down by the fire, sometimes for ______ an hour, thinking of her young and happy days.

A. as long as　　　 B. as soon as　　　 C. as much as　　　 D. as many as

解析：A　 as long as 表示时间或物体的长度，或作连词，意思是“只要”；as soon as 表示“一……就……”；as much as 和as many as 都表示数量多达……，但前者修饰不可数名词或表程度，而后者则修饰可数名词。故选A。

例10. Sandy could do nothing but ______ to his teacher that he was wrong. (2001上海)

A. admit　　 B. admitted　　 C. admitting　　 D. to admit

[探究]答案A。can do nothing but要求后面接动词原形but并列前后两个动词原形，表“只

有做……”，另一表达法have no choice but也表“除了……别无选择”，后面须接to do形

式。admit vi.; vt. 承认；供认; 容纳, 容许; 许可进入，准许进入

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2. The more you read it, ______ you will understand it.

A. the more　　 B. the good　　　 C. the much　　　 D. the best

解析： A 本句意思为“你读得越多，懂得越多”，“the + 比较级……，the + 比较级……”，意为“……越……，……就越……”，表示后面的情况随前面的情况而变化。

1. Americans eat ______ vegetables per person today as they did in 1910.

A. more than twice　　 B. as twice as many　　 C. twice as many as　 D. more than twice

解析D不论哪种形式的比较级，其修饰词均应放在前面。more than twice 表示数量，放在as…as 结构前的意思是“是……的两部多”。译文：美国人现在每人所吃的蔬菜是1910年的两倍多。故选D。

2. Visitors ______ not to touch the exhibits. (NMET2001)

A. will request　　 B. request　　 C. are requesting　 D. are requested

解析：D这句话的意思是：“要求参观者不要触摸展品”，所以要用被动语态。被动语态表示主语是动作的承受者，即行为动作的对象。

例9. What a table ! I’ve never seen such a thing before. It is ______ it is long. (2005年湖北)

A. half not as wide as　　　 B. wide not as half as　

C. not half as wide as　　　 D. as wide as not half

[探究]C　 此题考查了as … as 结构的用法。在英语中，要修饰形容词的比较级，其修饰词应该放在前面，所以B、D项是错误的，另外not 应该放在half 前。

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1.- How long ______ at this job ?

- Since 1990. (2003 北京春)

A. were you employed　　　　　 B. have you been employed

C. had you been employed　　　 D. will you be employed

解析：B 本题考查时态和语态。由since 1990可知第一句应为完成时，故答案为B。

2. My father doesn’t______ smoking in the office.

　 A. want　　　 B. allow　　　 C. decide　　 D. go

解析：B 这四个题只有allow后接动词的ing形式。

例8. The moment the 28th Olympic Games _____ open, the whole world cheered.

(2006年福建)

A. declared　　　 B. have been declared　　　 C. have declared　　　 D. were declared

[探究]D 本题考查时态的语态。句意为：宣布第28届奥运会开幕的那一刻，世界人民沸腾了。the 28th Olympic Games 作主语，因此用被动语态，因为declare 是状语从句的谓语，故用过去时态。

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1. Mary wanted to travel around the world all by herself, but parents did not______ her to do so.

　 A. forbid　　 B. allow　　 C. follow　　 D. ask

　 解析：B 由前一句可知, Mary想去周游世界, 再由but可知, 她的父母却不允许她这样做。

　 allow sb to do sth 的意思为 “允许某人做某事”，符合题意。