15．The police had to set him free in the________of evidence that he committed the crime.

A．shortage　　　 B．lack　　　　　 C．absence　　　　 D．failure

答案　C

解析　in the absence of由于缺乏……。

14．We were all________by the news that a terrible earthquake happened in Sichuan.

A．alarming　　　 B．alarmed　　　　 C．terrified　　 　D．tired

答案　B

解析　alarmed惊恐的；惊慌的。此处指四川地震后引发的惊慌。

13．Only when I left my parents for Italy ________ how much I loved them.

A．I realized　　　　　　　 　　　　　　B．I had realized

C．had I realized　　　　　　　　　　　 D．did I realize

答案　D

解析　考查部分倒装。“only+状语”位于句首时主句谓语动词用部分倒装。

12．I hurried to the ticket hall，only________that all tickets had been sold out already.

A．to inform　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　B．to be informed

C．informing　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．informed

答案　B

解析　本题考查动词不定式的被动结构作状语的用法。only后可跟动词不定式，表示出乎预料的结果，又由于inform与其逻辑主语为动宾关系，故应用不定式的被动式。

11．He________by his colleagues for he had been assigned to a new promising post just before a couple of days he came to the company.

A．was respected　　　　　　　　　　　 B．was envied

C．praised　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．hated

答案　B

解析　本题考查动词词义辨析。respect意为“尊敬”；envy意为“羡慕”；praise意为“赞扬”；hate意为“憎恶”。根据句意可知B项正确。

10．I hate going out alone，so I often ask my roommate to________me.

A．defend　　　　　 B．protect　　　　 C．accompany　　 D．guard

答案　C

解析　本题考查动词词义辨析。根据题干前半句的意义可知，“我经常叫我的室友陪着我”，故accompany“陪伴”为正确答案。

9．The main character of the story，________，the writer of the book offered us a lot of practical advice on how to live in a foreign country.

A．rather than　　 　B．other than　　　 C．or else　　　　 D．or rather

答案　D

解析　rather than意为“而不是”；other than意为“不同于”；or else意为“否则”；or rather意为“更确切地说”。根据句意，可知D项为正确答案。

8．While visiting the robot exhibition，the professor kept nodding his head to express his________with his students’ work.

A．description　　 B．congratulation　　 C．ambition　　 D．satisfaction

答案　D

解析　本题考查名词词义辨析。根据题干中非空白部分的意义，可知教授对自己学生的工作很“满意”，所以选D项。