4．“What did he die________？”“He died________hunger.”

A．of；from　 B．from；of　 C．from；from　 D．of；of

解析：句意：“他因什么而死的？”“他是饿死的。”die from的意思是“由于……而死”，一般指除了疾病或情感以外的原因造成的死亡。die of表示“因(患)……而死”的意思，常指由于疾病、情感、饥饿等原因而死亡。

答案：D

3．-My God，I’m getting late again.What will my boss say?

-Try to keep________，and we’ll think of a good excuse.

A．still　 B．calm　 C．quiet　 D．alive

解析：句意：尽量镇定下来，我们就能想出一个好的理由。still“静止的，不动的”，强调不运动；calm“镇定的”，强调不激动，从容不迫；quiet“安静的”，强调不弄出声音；alive“活着的”。

答案：B

2．-I didn’t go to the party yesterday because my car broke down.

-You________mine.I wasn’t using it.

A．ought to borrow　 　　　B．would have borrowed

C．had better borrow 　　　D．could have borrowed

解析：句意：“我昨天没去参加聚会，因为我的车坏了。”“你可以借我的，我没有用车。”这是一种虚拟用法，“could have done”本可……而没有……，故答案是D。

答案：D

1．-Will you go to the cinema with me this evening?

-I’d love to，but I have________work to do this evening.

　 A．too many　 B．too much　 C．much too　 D．far too

解析：句意：“今天晚上能和我一块看电影吗？”“我乐意去，但是我要做这么多功课。”考查“have much work to do”结构，too作为副词修饰much，故答案是B。

答案：B

10．He has much money and doesn’t care about it too much，so he often________(大方地)gives some to the poor to help them out.

答案：1.frightened　2.covers；square　3.grey/gray　4.extinct　5.calmed　6.indicates　7.sceptical　 8．reputation　9.claimed　10.generously

9．He________(声称)he won the horse race，though the video showed otherwise.

8．Your company enjoys a good________(名声)in this field.I’ve heard that you take care of your employees and offer good salaries.

7．The UK public remains________(怀疑的)about the impact caused by climate change and believes the problem is being overstated by scientists.

6．A red sky at night________(暗示；表明)that the following day will be fine.

5．The sea c________down after the storm.