10．I always have so many things to________when I come back to the company after a trip abroad.

A．add to 　　　　　　　　　B．contribute to

C．attend to 　　　　　　　　D．appeal to

解析：选C。句意：当我每次出国回到公司时，我总有很多事要处理。attend to处理。add to“增加”；contribute to“起作用，导致”；appeal to“恳求，请求；吸引……”，这三项都不符合句意。

9．________in his test papers，he didn’t notice my coming.

A．Having absorbed　 　　　　B．Absorbed

C．Absorbing　 　　　　　　　D．Being absorbed

解析：选B。本题考查非谓语动词的用法。短语be absorbed in的意思为“专心于”。

8．(2008年高考湖北卷)As nobody here knows what is wrong with the machine，we must send for an engineer to________the problem.

A．handle　 　　　　　　　　B．raise

C．face　 　　　　　　　　　D．present

解析：选A。句意：因为这儿没人知道机器出了什么故障，我们必须派人去请一个工程师来解决这个难题。handle处理，解决；raise提出；face正视；present介绍，呈现，呈递。由句意可知A项正确。

7．I suggested to my father that we________to Dalian for a holiday this summer，but the expression on his face suggested that he________to it.

A．go；shouldn’t agree　 　B．would go；shouldn’t agree

C．go；didn’t agree　 　　　D．would go；didn’t agree

解析：选C。考查suggest的用法。由句意可知，第一个suggested表示“建议，提议”，此时that从句的谓语为“should+动词原形”，should可以省略；第二个suggested为“暗示，间接表明”之意，此时that从句要用陈述语气。

6．I feel it is you rather than the boy who________for being late for the speech.

A．is to blame　 　　　　　　B．are to blame

C．is to be blamed 　　　　　D．are to be blamed

解析：选B。考查blame的用法及主谓一致。blame常用结构：be to blame for sth.应为某事承担责任；it is you rather than the boy who...为强调句型，强调you rather than the boy，谓语动词同you保持一致。

5．________cleaning the yard and making up the beds for the old，we also read newspapers for them and had chats with them.

A．Except for　 　　　　　　　B．Rather than

C．Apart from 　　　　　　　D．Instead of

解析：选C。考查短语辨析。apart from具有两种不同的含义：一是表排除或例外，二是表包括。根据also可知，我们所做的包括cleaning the yard和making up the beds这两件事，故用apart from，在此表包括。except for除……之外(表排除)；rather than而不是；instead of代替。

4．The man，suspected________having stolen the jewels of the shop，was missing last night，although he was watched over by the police.

A．of　 　　　　　　　　　　B．for

C．about 　　　　　　　　　D．with

解析：选A。考查介词。suspect常用结构：suspect sb. of(doing)sth.怀疑某人做某事。句意：这个被怀疑偷了商店里珠宝的男子虽然在警方的监视之下，昨晚却失踪了。

3．We were all very much attracted by the beautiful scenery________we set foot in the village.

A．quickly　 　　　　　　　　B．suddenly

C．finally　 　　　　　　　　D．immediately

解析：选D。考查immediately的用法。immediately除作副词“马上，立即”讲外，还可作连词，意为“一……就……”，相当于as soon as，引导时间状语从句。句意：我们一踏进这个村庄，就都被它美丽的景色所吸引。

2．My father，who is strict________his work，is quite strict________me as well.

A．with；about　 　　　　　　B．about；with

C．about；about 　　　　　　D．with；with

解析：选B。考查介词搭配。be strict about sth.在某事上要求严格；be strict with sb.对某人要求严格。