3. 他给我们带来了惊人的消息。

He brought us surprising news.

2. 不要让你的孩子一直不停地做作业。

Don’t have your children working at their homework all the time.

1. 他走了，留下我一个人去做剩余的所有工作。

He left, leaving me to do all the rest work.

10. -Is that book worth _____?

-Yes, it is worthy _____ twice.

A. reading; being read　　　　　 B. to read; to be read

C. of being read; reading　　　 D. reading; of being read

[解析]选D。be worth doing和be worthy of being done/to be done是固定结构，皆意为“值得做某事”。

9. Much of the farm is under water; _____ the rice, most of that has been ruined.

A. owing to　　　　　 B. thanks to

C. as for　　　　 D. as with

[解析]选C。句意为：很多农田被淹了，对于水稻而言，大部分被毁坏了。owing to由于；thanks to因为；as with与……一样；as for就……而言，符合句意。

8. -I regret___you that John has been fired.

-I can hardly believe my ears. He’s such a fine worker.

A. telling B. having told

C. to tell　 D. to have told

[解析]选C。regret to do sth. 很遗憾地去做某事，regret doing sth. 后悔做过某事。根据答语，显然选C。regret to tell you很遗憾地告诉你。

7. The shirt I bought is of the wrong size. I wonder if the shop will agree to _____ it.

A. exchange　　 　 B. express　　　 C. charge　　　　　 D. explode　

[解析]选A。本题考查动词词义辨析。句意为：我买的衬衣大小不对，我想知道商店是否会同意将它调换一下。exchange 在本句中意为“调换，交换”，与句意相符。express表达；charge充电，控告；explode使爆炸，激发。

6. Most members of the committee were in favor of the suggestion, only a _____ were against it.

A. majority　　　　 B. minority　　　　　 C. quantity　　　　　 D. amount

[解析]选B。考查名词词义辨析。句意：委员会的大多数人赞同这个建议，只有少数人反对。majority大多数；minority少数；quantity数量；amount数量；根据句意选B。

5. There are only five minutes left, so you should tell me the truth _____.

A. in brief　　　　　　 B. in public

C. in action　　　　　　 D. in need

[解析]选A。考查介词词组辨析。根据语境仅剩下了5分钟，可知要简单地叙述一下事情的真相。in brief简短的；in public公开的；in need需要。