12. This country is______ in natural resources. Or rather, there is a______ of coal in this country.

A. wealth; wealthy　　　　 B. wealthy; wealth

C. wealth; wealth　　　　　 D. wealthy; wealthy

[解析]选B。be wealthy in“富含，在一方面富有”；a wealth of大量的，丰富的。句意：这个国家富含天然资源，准确地说，这个国家有很多煤。

11. -What do you think of Bill?

-He is a hard-working student, and he always_________ himself in study.

A. spends　　　 B. takes　 C. buries D. costs

[解析]选C。bury oneself in“埋头于……”。答句句意为：他是一个勤奋的学生，总是埋头学习。

10. We were all happy________ 51 gold medals in all in the 29th Olympic Games.

A. to have won　　　　　　 B. to win

C. winning　　　　　　 D. won

[解析]选A。由句子结构可知此处应用不定式作原因状语。而win 51 gold medals的动作发生在be happy之前，故用不定式的完成时。

9. “If you go on stealing, you will_______your bright future, young man!”said the judge.

A. destroy　　　 B. damage

C. ruin　　　　　 D. break

[解析]选C。考查动词辨析。destroy表示严重毁坏某物；damage表示部分性损坏；ruin表示毁坏某种好的或者有用的东西；break破裂。此处指使某人的前途破灭，故用ruin。

8. Beyond the river_______.

A. lives an old fisherman

B. does an old fisherman live

C. an old fisherman lives

D. do an old fisherman live

[解析]选A。表示地点的介词短语置于句首且主语是名词时，句子常用完全倒装结构。

7. -Why didn’t you ask me for help now that you had such a trouble?

-________, you were out when we called.

A. Unfortunate　　　　　　　 B. Luckily

C. Fortunately　　　　 D. Unfortunately

[解析]选D。unfortunately“不幸地；可惜地；遗憾地”。由句子结构可知此处须用一副词，而fortunately“幸运地”，luckily“幸运地”，均不符合语意。

6. People, especially the parents_______understand the advantage of the educational reform after a long time.

A. hopefully　　　　　 B. immediately

C. early　　　　　 D. gradually

[解析]选D。句意：经过很长时间，人们尤其是父母们逐渐明白了教育改革的好处。gradually逐渐地，渐渐地。

5. -Is she in Beijing now?

-I’m afraid not. She is said______abroad for two years.

A. to be　 B. to have been

C. being　 D. having been

[解析]选B。由I’m afraid not可知she已不在北京。而后句的for two years表示动作的完成。句型sb. is said后应用不定式，故选B。

4．Some of the roads were flooded,_______ made our journey more difficult.

A. which B. it C. what　 D. that

[解析]选A。考查非限制性定语从句。句意为：有些道路被洪水淹没，这使得我们的旅行更加困难了。which引导非限制性定语从句，代替前面一句话内容。

3．Who do you think will______the company if the manager retired?

A. take over　　　　　 B. take off

C. take in　　　　　　　 D. take on

[解析]选A。句意：你认为如果经理退休了谁将接管这个公司？take over接收，接管；take off起飞，离开；take in领会，理解；take on呈现；雇用。