12. [2010·江西九江六校联考]– How do you like the essays written by the students?

　 – ________.

A. Amazing satisfactory　　 　　　　　　B. Amazingly satisfactory

C. Amazing satisfactorily　　　　　　　 D. Amazingly satisfactorily

12B考查副词的用法。副词修饰形容词，此处amazingly 为副词，satisfactory为形容词。

11. [2010·长沙雅礼中学9次月考] I shall certainly not tell him the news. ________, it will go to his ears sooner or later.

A. Besides　　　　　　　 　 B. Moreover　　　 　　 C. Nevertheless　　　　　　 D. Meanwhile

11 C. 此题考查副词的用法. nevertheless 然而.

10. [2010·高考冲刺预测卷(全国卷I)]In order to support the big family, he worked so hard that 　　　　　　he made himself ill.

A. occasionally　　 B. purposefully　　　　　 C. normally　　　　 D. eventually

10D考查副词词义辨析。Occasionally偶尔； purposefully 故意地；. normally 正常地；eventually最终。句意：为了养活一个大家庭，他工作非常辛苦，最终生病了。故选D。

9. [2010·全国大联考(新课标)]--Was the test hard?

--The test was so hard that he ________ failed．

　　　 A．almost　 B．most　 　 C．mostly　 D．hardly

9A考查副词almost的用法。almost常用于肯定句，表示“几乎”的意思；在否定句中常用hardly。

8. [2010·河北正定中学高三下学期第二次考试]Susan started to clean the room; __________Lily was preparing lunch.

A. however　　　　　 B. but　　　　　　 C. meanwhile　　　　　　 D. when

8C考查副词词义辨析。此处meanwhile意为“在此期间”，表对比。

7. [2010·陕西西工大附中4次训练]He speaks English well indeed, but of course not ______ a native speaker.

　 　A. as fluent as　　　　　　　　　　 B. more fluent than　

C. so fluently as　　　　　　　　　 D. much fluently than

7C考查副词比较句型的用法。句意：他的英语的确讲得好，但当然比不上英语本土人。在否定句中用so。。。as。。。。

6. [2010·陕西西工大附中6次训练]--- This book by Tony Garrison is of great use for our course.　

　 --- But I think his latest one is ______ worth reading.

A. better　　　　 B. more　 　　　 C. most　 　　　 D. very

6A考查副词的用法。解题关键是：掌握短语be well worth doing sth.,

此处better为well的比较级。故选A。

5. [2010·陕西西工大附中6次训练]Bush, 59, looked fresh and _______ as he _______ of the sunny weather to enjoy one of his favorite pastimes.　　

A. energetic; took advantage　　　　 B. cautious; took charge

C. outgoing; took control　　　　　　 　D. curious; took notice

5A考查形容词及短语的含义。句意：59岁的布什看起来清新而有活力当他利用晴朗的天气享受生活。短语took advantage of 利用。

4. [2010·江苏省高考一模]We’ve published large quantities of books .This year _______we’ve published three

million copies．

　　 A．only　　 B．just　　 C．alone　　 D．simply

4C考查副词。alone意思是“单单、仅”alone此用法一般不用于名词后。

3. [2010·海南五校联考]---Does Rita feel better today?

　 ---Her condition has　　　　 improved, but it will be some time before she returns to school．

　　　 A．sooner or later　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．more or less

　　　 C．now and then　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．once in a while

3B考查副词短语的用法。根据句意可知用more or less，“她的病情多少有所好转，但仍需一段时间之后才能回到学校。”sooner or later迟早；more or less或多或少；now and then

时而； once in a while偶尔。