2131] We _____ the sand news from her for fear that she was going to break down.

[译文] 我们不让她知道这条坏消息，担心她会崩溃。

　 A. kept out 　 B. kept away

　 C. kept up 　 D. kept back

[答案及简析] A。 keep out 使在外；keep away 使离开；keep up 保持；keep back阻止。

2130] As soon as she saw me, she _____.

[译文] 她一看见我就大哭起来。

　 A. burst out tears 　 B. burst into tears

　 C. broke out tears 　 D. broke into tears

[答案及简析] B。 burst into tears = burst out crying放声大哭。

2129] The ship sank with 1,500 passengers _______.

[译文] 这首船里连同船上的1,500乘客一起沉没了。

　 A. on bard 　 B. on a board

　 C. on the board 　 D. on the boards

[答案及简析] A。 on board 在船／机上。

2128] He wasn’t agnry _____ you. He was angry ______ missing the film “Titanic”.

[译文] 他不是生你的气。他因错过了电影《泰坦尼克号》而生气。

　 A. to; about 　 B. with; for

　 C. with; about 　 D. of; for

[答案及简析] C。 be angry with sb.生某人的气；be angry about sth.因为某事生气。

2127] We _____ a pleasant journey but for the rain.

[译文] 要不是下雨，我们会有一个愉悦的旅行。

　 A. would have 　 B. will have

　 C. had had 　 D. would have had

[答案及简析] D。 but for表示的是暗含虚拟，意思是：要不是….，很明显这是说的过去了的事，因此就得与过去事实相反，用过去完成时态。

2126] The boy was_____ eager to get a geography book.

[译文] 这个男孩非常渴望得到这本地理书。

　 A. more 　 B. too

　 C. much 　 D. far

[答案及简析] B。 too…to…结构中too后面的形容词或者副词是褒义的话，表示非常…。

2125] The boss went into the house, _____ the five boys _____ in the rain.

[译文] 老板走进了房屋，留下五个孩子站在雨中。

　 A. left; standing 　 B. leaving; standing

　 C. left; stand 　 D. leaving; stand

[答案及简析] B。 此题中的现在分词作状语表示结果；leave sb. doing sth.让某人一直… 。

2124] -----May I make a(n) _____ about the clothes?　　----Certainly.

[译文] --我可以对这些衣服做个评价吗？　　　--当然可以呀。

　 A. statement 　 B. effort

　 C. apology 　 D. face

[答案及简析] A。 make a statement about…对…作评价。

2123] I have _____ unanswered letters.

[译文] 我有许多没回的信件。

　 A. many a 　 B. a good deal of

　 C. masses of 　 D. a great deal of

[答案及简析] C。 masses of才能修饰可数名词。

2122] The word “cool” has expanded to _____ many different meanings.

[译文] cool这个词已赋予很多不同的意思。

　 A. take on 　 B. put on

　 C. carry on 　 D. get on

[答案及简析] A。 take on具有…的特征。