2111] The mother came in, _____ a cake with ten _____ candles on it and said “Happy Birhtday” to the little girl.

[译文] 妈妈走进来，拿着一个点着十只蜡烛的蛋糕，对小女孩说道，“祝你生日快乐”。

　 A. carried; lit 　 B. carried; lighted

　 C. carrying; lighted 　 D. carrying; lit

[答案及简析] B。 第一空是一个并列的谓语部分，要用过去形式；第二空过去分词作定语，当light的过去分词作前置定语时应该用lighted形式。

2110] -----Do you think it’s going to rain over the weekend? -----_____.

[译文] --你认为周末要下雨吗？　　　　--我相信不会下雨的。

　 A. I don’t believe 　 B. I don’t believe it

　 C. I believe not so 　 D. I believe not

[答案及简析] D。 用do you think…? 这样的句式提问，通常用I think so / I believe so/ I don’t think so/ I don’tbelieve so / I believe not回答。

2109] If we stand _____, I _____ believe we shall succeed.

[译文] 如果我们坚定我们的立场，我坚决地相信我们会成功的。

　 A. firm; firm 　 B. firmly; firmly

　 C. firm; firmly 　 D. firmly; firm

[答案及简析] C。 firm 作为副词，常构成某些固定的搭配，如：stand firm, hold firm。

2108] We won’t know how the plan works till we have _____.

[译文] 我们通过实施这个计划才知道它如何。

　 A. tried it out 　 B. tried it on

　 C. tried out it 　 D. tried on it

[答案及简析] A。 短语辨析；try out 通过使用检测机器或其它工具等的功能；try on试穿。

2107] The telegram about his father’s illness _____ him hurrying back home.

[译文] 一封关于他父亲生病的电报使得他匆匆赶回家去。

　 A. drove 　 B. caused

　 C. made 　 D. sent

[答案及简析] D。 动词用法辨析。send sb. doing sth. = cause/ drive sb. to do sth. = make sb. do sth.

2106] -----I’ve always wanted to be a teacher.　　　-----_____.

[译文] --我一直想当一名老师。　　　--好呀！

　 A. How nice! 　 B. That’s what I want to do.　

　 C. Really? Can it be true? 　 D. I don’t mind hearing that.

[答案及简析] A。 口语。

2105] -----What a pity! I _____ broke the record.　-----It doesn’t matter. Try again next time.

[译文] --真遗憾！我差一点就破了纪录。　--没关系，下次再破嘛。

　 A. already 　 B. hardly

　 C. all but 　 D. all over

[答案及简析] C。 all but = almost, nearly差一点点，几乎。

2104] -----How is the article you’re reading? -----It’s no more than an average piece. It’s ____.

[译文] --你看的这篇文章如何？　　--很普通的一篇文章，给人没什么印象。

　 A. excellent 　 B. terrible

　 C. attractive 　 D. unimpressive

[答案及简析] D。 no more than = only ，很一般。

2103] Every boy and every girl _____ to attend the evening party to be held the day after tomorrow.

[译文] 每一个男孩和女孩都希望参加后天举行的晚会。

　 A. wish 　 B. wishes

　 C. is like 　 D. like

[答案及简析] B。 主谓一致问题，every… and every…引导的短语作主语，谓语动词用单数。

2102] -----Are you going to try out for the football team?　　----- _____.

[译文] --你打算报名加入足球队吗？　　　　--看情况而定。

　 A. I can’t say so 　 B. Yes, I do

　 C. It’s a pleasure 　 D. That depends

[答案及简析] D。 try out for报名，申请；that depends　口语，看情况而定。