1561] The squirrel was lucky that it just missed _____.

[译文] 这只松鼠运气好逃脱了。

　 A. catching 　 B. to be caught

　 C. being caught 　 D. to catch

[答案及简析] C。 miss后面跟名词或者动名词作宾语。

1560] _____ you told me _____ true?

[译文] 你所告诉我的是真的吗？

　 A. Is what; / 　 B. What; /

　 C. What; is 　 D. what about; is

[答案及简析] A。 名词性从句。主句中缺主语，同时从句中缺宾语，从句该用what引导。

1559] Lack _____ heat made us cold.

[译文] 热量不足使我们感到冷。

　 A. from 　 B. of

　 C. in 　 D. by

[答案及简析] B。 lack of 欠缺，不足。

1558] -----I’m going to study engineering in Qinghua University tomorrow. ---- _______.

[译文] --明天我准备去清华大学学习工程专业。　　--祝你学习顺利。

　 A. All the best in your study 　 B. All the best with your study

　 C. All the best in your business 　 D. All the best in your new job

[答案及简析] A。 all the best (in…) 表示对别人的祝贺。

1557] _____ time went on, Einstein’s theory proved to be correct.

[译文] 随着时间的过去，爱因斯坦的理论被证明是正确的。

　 A. Because 　 B. Which

　 C. As 　 D. With

[答案及简析] C。 as 引导的时间状语从句表示"随着…"。

1556] Give this to _____ you think can do the work well.

[译文] 把这个给你认为能够做好此事的任何人做。

　 A. who 　 B. whoever

　 C. whomever 　 D. no matter

[答案及简析] B。 考查首选原则，请参见本站相关内容。

1555] A needle _____ was given her but she couldn’t sew the button on.

[译文] 给她一根针和线但是她缝不上钮扣。

　 A. and a thread 　 B. and the thread

　 C. and thread 　 D. or a thread

[答案及简析] C。 a needle and thread　针和线一起构成短语，用单数。

1554] You needn’t pay, it’s _____.

[译文] 你不必付钱，它是免费的。

　 A. nothing 　 B. free

　 C. no more 　 D. busy

[答案及简析] B。 free免费的。

1553] They were all very tired, but _____ of them would stop to take a rest.

[译文] 他们都疲倦了，但没有一个人停下来休息。

　 A. any 　 B. some

　 C. none 　 D. neither

[答案及简析] C。 三者以上的完全否定用none。

1552] It _____ me more than three days _____ I finished writing the paper.

[译文] 我花了三天多的时间才完成这份文件。

　 A. cost, until 　 B. took; before

　 C. spent; before 　 D. wasted; after

[答案及简析] B。 it take sb …to do sth.句型。在之前用before。