8.

We thought of selling this old furniture, but we've decided to　 _______it. It might be valuable.

A. hold on to　　 B. keep up with　　　　 C. turn to　　　 D. look after

[解析]　 hold on to 的意思是“不要放弃”。译文：我们本想把这件旧家具卖掉，但是我们决定还是不卖它，它可能有价值。keep up with的意思是“跟上”；turn to的意思是“转向”；look after的意思是“照看”。答案为A。

7.

The taxi driver often reminds passengers to　 _______ their belongings when they

leave the car.

A. keep　　　　 B. catch　　　　　　 C. hold　　　　 D. take

[解析]　 乘客下车时要把东西带走，所以take是正确答案。keep的意思是“保存”；catch的意思是“抓住”；hold的意思是“拿”。答案为D。

6.

The idea puzzled me so much that I stopped for a few seconds to try to____ .

A. make it out　　　 B. make it off 　　　C. make it up　　　 D. make it over

[解析]　 make it out“领悟；弄明白；发现真相”。因为受到迷惑，所以应是试图发现真相，所以选A。make off“连忙跑掉”；make up“弥补；打扮；组成”；make over“转让；改造”。答案为A。

5.

The engines of the ship was out of order and the bad weather_________ the helpless

ness of the crew at sea.

A. added to　　　 B. resulted from　　　　 C. turned out　　　 D. made up

[解析]　 原句列举了两个使人无助的原因，首先是the engines of the ship was out of order,这已经使人感到无助了，还有糟糕的天气，更增添了人们的无助感；add to“增加”；result from“因……造成(某种结果)”，turn out“结果是，证明是，出席”；make up“编造，构成”。B、C、D都无法表达出“增添”的意思。答案为A。

4.

Her talent and experience_________ her to the respect of her colleagues.

A. permitted　　　 B. qualified　　　 C. deserved　　　 D. entitled

[解析]　 permit“允许”，后加①名/代/动名词；②宾语+to do sth，qualify“(使)具有资格，给(人)某种权利”，其搭配是：qualify sb for/as sth；deserve“应受(奖励等)，值得”；后直接加宾语；entitle“给予某人获得某事物或做某事的权利”，搭配；entitle sb to sth，正合题意：她的才智和经验使得她得到了同事的尊敬。答案为D。

3.

Don't mention that at the beginning of the story ,or it may ______the shocking ending.

A. give away　　　 B. give out　　　　 C. give up　　　 D. give off

[解析]　 考查动词短语。根据句意：别在故事开头提这件事，不然会把出人意料的结尾透出来。give away除了有“捐赠”的意义外，还可以表示有意或无意的泄露。give out意思是分发、发出、用尽；give up放弃；give off散发，均不合句意。答案为A。

1.

If anybody calls, tell them I'm out, and ask them to　 ________ their name and address.

A. pass　　　　　 B. write　　　　 C. take　　　 D. leave　

[解析]　 考动词辨异。leave“留下；交待下某物”，leave name and address“留下姓名和地址”；pass“通过，从旁边走过”；write“写”;take“拿走”，只有D符合题意。译文：如果有人打电话，告诉他我不在，让他留下姓名和地址。答案为D。

News 　eports say peace talks between the two countries______ with no agreement reached.

A. have broken down　　 B. have broken out　 C. have broken in　　 D. have broken up

[解析]　 考break的动词短语。break down表示(计划、谈判等)“受挫、失败”(vi);?break out表示(战争、火灾、疾病)“突然发生、爆发”(vi);break in表示“闯入、强行进入”(vi)；break up 表示“分开，分解”(vi)。倘若了解四个动词短语的确切含义，根据题干，不难选出正确答案。译文：有新闻报道说，两国间的和平谈判因没有达成一致意见而破产了。答案为A。

19. He will have learned English for eight years by the time he　 _______from the university next year.

A. will graduate　　　　　　　 B. will have graduated

C. graduates　　　　　　　 　　　D. is to graduate

18.

-Excuse me,sir. Would you do me a favor?　　　　

-Of course.What is it?　　　　

-I ________if you could tell me how to fill out this form.

A. had wondered　　 　B. was wondering　　　 C. would wonder　　　 D. did wonder

[解析]　 What is it?用了一般现在时，给试题增加了一定的难度。按常理答案应为“I wonder if…，但无此选项。A、C不合题意；D项用了did作强调，从上下文看没此必要，这里用过去进行时表示提出请求前的想法。在这个句子中用过去进行时表示在对方问话之前自己正在想的事。答案为B。　

17. The little girl ________her heart out because she ________ her toy bear and believed she wasn't ever going to find it.

A. had cried;lost　　 　B. cried;had lost 　　C. has cried;has lost　　 D.cries;has ost

[解析]　 根据所提供的情境she wasn't ever going to find it可以确定“哭”的动作发生在过去。丢失玩具熊是“哭”的原因，发生在“哭”之前，所以要用过去完成时。答案为B。