33. -- Who on earth could it be?　　 -- It was ________ other than Peter.

A. none　　 B. nothing　　　 C. not　　　　　 D. nobody

A. none other than (表示惊讶)不是别人，不是别的；就是，正是 It's none other than Tom! We thought you were in Africa! 是汤姆！我们以为你还在非洲！

32.I’ll____ him off this time but next time he’ll be punished.

A. leave　　　　 B. let　　　　 C. put　　　　　　　 D. set

正确答案是B。let off 饶恕。 Set off 出发、动身; leave off 停止、不再穿；put off 推迟。

31. The problem is not ____ so easy as you think. It’s far from being settled.

A. hardly　　　　　　　　　 B. almost　　　　　　　 C. nearly　　　　　　　 D. scarcely

hardly和scarcely 意思均为"几乎不"，与题干中的not 构成双重否定，不符合句子意思；almost与not连用时，almost 常置于not前面，意思为"几乎不"；只有 not nearly为正确结构，意思为"相差很远"。答案为C。

30.-Yangyang carried off the first winter Olympic _____ medal for China.

-Great! What ____ she won for our motherland!

A. golden; honour　　　　　 B. gold; honor　　　　 C. golden; honors　　　　　 D. gold; honors

根据句意可以知道，第一空"金牌"意思为"含金之物"，应用gold作定语，而golden 为比喻性形容词，意思为"金色的"。例如golden rice"金黄色的稻子"；第二空 honor 在此意思为"荣誉，光荣"，是不可 数名词。答案B。

29. When you do exercises, your heart works better. It is able to______ more blood while beating more slowly.

A. produce　　　　　　　　　　 B. pump　　　　　　　　　　　 C. increase　　　　　　　　　 D. bump

B.“泵入更多的血”。

A.“产生”；C.“增加”；D.“碰，撞”。

28.Before the final examination, many students have shown ____ of tension. Some have trouble in sleeping while others have lost their appetite.

A. anxiety　　　　 B. marks　　　　　　　 C. signs　　　　　　　　 D. remarks

anxiety与 tension 同义，意思为"紧张"；mark"记号，痕迹"； sign"迹象，现象，标记"； remark"评论"。根据句意，应为show signs of tension"表现出紧张的样子"。答案C。

27.It’s bad ____ for a man to smoke in the public places where smoking is not allowed.

A. behavior　　　　 B. action　　　　　　　　 C. manner　　　　　　 D. movement

behavior意思为"举止，行为"；action "动作"；manner"方式"； movement "运动，行动"。答案A。

26. One-room schoolhouses can still be found in _____ areas where there are no other schools for many miles.

　 A. disposed　　 B. deserted　　 C. isolated　　 D. abandoned

C. isolated. isolated 孤立的。Deserted被遗弃的；空无一人的a deserted house 空无一人的房屋；abandoned丢弃的，如；abandoned cars(因报废而丢弃的汽车)。Dispose of sth. 处理掉某物：He disposed of his old car .(他把旧的汽车处理掉了。)意为卖掉或扔掉等。

25. The old man got into the _____ of storing money under the bed.

　 A. tradition　　 B. habit　　 C. use　　 D. custom

　 B. habit. get into the habit of doing sth.意为"养成了做......的习惯"。habit指个人的习惯,而custom则指社会的风俗习惯。tradition"传统

24. After dinner the minister made a short _____ to the guests.

　 A. delivery　　 B. pronunciation　　 C. conversation　　 D. speech

　D.speech. make a speech to sb.(向某人做演讲)。make conversation with sb.(和某人闲谈conversation常与下列动词搭配:get (enter) into conversation with(和......攀谈起来),have a conversation with(与......谈话),interr upt (break off) conversation(中断谈话),turn the conversation to other matters(把话题转到其他问题上)delivery常指"(演讲等的)说话方式,口才",如: His report was good, but his delivery was poor.( 他的报告内容很好,但他的口才太差)。