5. John, who is considered ____ a warm-hearted man, is considering ____ his neighbor out of trouble.

A. to be; to help　　 B. to be; helping

C. being; to help　　 D. being; helping

[解析]选B be considered to be “被认为是……”；consider doing “考虑做某事”。

4. -- Excuse me, what time is it now?

　　 -- Sorry, my watch ____. It ____ at the shop.

　　 A. isn't working; is being repaired

　　 B. doesn't work; is being repaired

　　 C. isn't working; is repaired

　　 D. doesn't work; is repaired

[解析]选B doesn't work说明“手表不工作”的状态，而不只是现在才坏了。后句意为“手表正在商店里修理”，故应用is being repaired。

3. -- When are you leaving? 　-- My plane ____ at 10:45.

A. takes off　 　　　　　B. took off

　　 C. is about to take off　 　D. will take off

[解析]选A飞机是按时刻表运行的。

2. Twenty-three hours has passed after the explosion in the mine, but rescue efforts to recover the missing ____ carried out.

　　 A. are still being　　 B. have already been

　　 C. are always　　 D. will soon be

[解析]选A本句意为“矿井爆炸已过23小时了，但对失踪人员的搜索还在进行中。”

1. Rainforests ___ and burned at such a speed that they will disappear from the earth in the near future. (NMET 2002春上海)

　　 A. cut 　B. are cut 　C. are being cut　 D. had been cut

[解析]选C　 本题是在语境中考查现在进行时的被动语态。本句意为“雨林以这样的速度被砍伐和焚烧，会导致它在不久的将来从地球上消失。”体会语境和句意便知此处选择C项，表示现阶段在进行的动作。

5. -- I'd rather have some tea, if you don't mind.

-- ____.

A. Thank you very much　 B. Yes, I like so

C. No, it's nothing　　 D. Of course, anything you want

　　 CCADD

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4. -- We are going to travel to Italy.　 -- ____.

A. Good bye　　　　 　　　B. Go ahead

C. I like to go, too　　　　 D. Have a good time

3. -- I just heard that the tickets for tonight's show have been sold out.　 -- Oh no! ____.

A. I was looking forward to that　 B. It doesn't matter

C. I knew it already　 D. It's not at all interesting

2. -- I was so sure that our experiment was going to succeed, but something went wrong at the last moment.

-- ____, but don't give it up.

A. Find out the reason　　　 B. Never mind

C. I'm sorry to hear that　　　 D. You don't 'mean that

1. -- I'd like to take a week's holiday.

-- ____, we're too busy.

A. Don't worry　　　　 B. Don't mention it

C. Forget it　　　　　　 D. Pardon me