31] -We want someone to design the new art museum for us.-_____ the young fellow have a try?

[译文] --我们想找人为我们设计一个新的艺术博物馆。--是不是让这位年轻小伙子试一试？

　 A. May 　 B. Shall

　 C. Will 　 D. Need

[答案及简析] B。 shall作为情态动词,用于二三人称,表示"询问"，"警告"，"允诺"，"命令"，"决心"，"强制"等语气。will作为情态动词，用于主语是各种人称的陈述句中，表示"意愿"和"倾向"。用于第二人称的疑问句中，表"请求"。

30] -Are you pleased with what he has done?　-Not in the least. It couldn’t be ____.

[译文] --你对他所做的工作满意吗？　--一点也不满意。没有比这个更糟的了。

　 A. so bad 　 B. much better

　 C. any worse 　 D. the best

[答案及简析] C。 否定词与比较级连用表最高级含义。

29] _____ all the inventions have in common is ______ they have succeeded.

[译文] 所有发明共有的特点是他们成功了。

　 A. What; what 　 B. That; what

　 C. What; that 　 D. That; that

[答案及简析] C。 第一空既是主语从句的(谓语have)宾语,又是主句的主语,所以应该填what；第二空用that来引导表语从句。

28] -Everyone says you are a good student. You are never late for school，are you?　-_______.

[译文] --大家都说你是一个好学生。你从不迟到，是吗？--不，我有时迟到。

　 A. No，sometimes 　 B. Yes，sometimes

　 C. Yes，I did 　 D. No，I do

[答案及简析] B。 肯定回答： Yes，I am late sometimes.否定回答： No，I am never late.

27] Don’t be joking. It’s time to ______ your business.

[译文] 不要开玩笑了，是干活的时候了。

　 A. set out 　 B. take up

　 C. go on 　 D. get down

[答案及简析] A。 set out"着手""开始"; set out your business"开始干活儿"; take up"占用"; go on后不能直接接名词; get down to business"开始干正事"。

26] I hate ______ their complains all day. one of these days I’ll tell them what I really think.

[译文] 我讨厌他们整天的抱怨。哪天我会告诉他们我的真实想法的。

　 A. paying attention to 　 B. to talk about

　 C. listening to 　 D. to have heard

[答案及简析] C。 从意思上推断只能用C。hate可以加不定式或动名词作宾语。

25] -What shall we have for dinner tonight?　-Oh，I don’t care. ____. It’s your job to come up with the menu，so get on with it.

[译文] --今天晚上我们吃什么好呢？　--喔，我不介意，什么都行。

　 A. Anything will do 　 B. I won’t have lessons tomorrow

　 C. I needn’t to talk about it with someone 　 D. What a nice meal

[答案及简析] A。 do为不及物动词,"合适","行"。

24] The Browns held _____ they called"family day"once each year.

[译文] 布朗夫妇每年举行一次他们称之为“家庭日”的活动。

　 A. that 　 B. what

　 C. which 　 D. when

[答案及简析] B。 what既作连词又在宾语从句中作called的宾语。

23] The stone on the river bank rolled under her feet; she was _____into the river，and she called out for help.

[译文] 河岸的石头滚到她的脚下；把她推到了河里，于是喊救命。

　 A. being jumped 　 B. jumped

　 C. pulled 　 D. being pulled

[答案及简析] D。 was being pulled是过去进行时的被动形式。

22] -What do you do yesterday afternoon?-I went to the bookstore，___ some books and visited my uncle.

[译文] --昨天下午你在干吗？　--我去书店了，买了几本书然后去看了我的叔叔。

　 A. to buy 　 B. bought

　 C. Buy 　 D. buying

[答案及简析] B。 went，bought，visited是几个连续发生的动作。