1218] You should think _____ how to improve your spoken English.

[译文] 你应该考虑如何提高你的口语。

　 A. of 　 B. over

　 C. out 　 D. about

[答案及简析] D。 think about考虑；think of想起。

1217] They refused _____ that company again.

[译文] 他们又一次拒绝和那家公司做生意。

　 A. to trade with 　 B. to trade for

　 C. trading with 　 D. trading for

[答案及简析] A。 refuse to do sth. trade with 和…做生意；trade for用…交换…。

1216] It was said that he died ______ a fever.

[译文] 据说他死于高烧。

　 A. in 　 B. by

　 C. of 　 D. from

[答案及简析] C。 die from指死于受伤，事故等外因；die of指死于饥饿，疾病，寒冷，悲伤等原因。

1215] She never speaks _____ she is spoken _____.

[译文] 她从不开口说话，除非有人同她讲话。

　 A. unless; /　　 B. if not; to

　 C. if not; / 　 D. unless; to

[答案及简析] D。 unless 连词； speak to对某人讲话。

1214] In doing the work, we can’t _____ the waste of a single minute.

[译文] 做这件工作时，我们不能浪费一分一秒的时间。

　 A. manage 　 B. afford

　 C. take 　 D. suffer

[答案及简析] B。 afford 常和can, could, be able to连用。

1213] I called _____ the hope of finding him in the office.

[译文] 我打电话，希望他在办公室。

　 A. for 　 B. on

　 C. in 　 D. at

[答案及简析] C。 call 打电话；in the hope of希望…。

1212] He hurried to the street, _____ th shop _____.

[译文] 他匆匆地来到街上，结果发现商店关门了。

　 A. found; closed 　 B. finding; closed

　 C. to find; closing 　 D. to find; closed

[答案及简析] B。 现在分词短语作结果状语，closed是过去分词作宾补。

1211] He decided that only burying the money could he _____ it safe.

[译文] 他认为只有把钱埋起来才能保障它的安全。

　 A. keep 　 B. kept

　 C. keeping 　 D. to keep

[答案及简析] A。 only 引导的状语在句首，句子要部分倒装。

1210] Joan’s advice is _____ to me.

[译文] Joan的建议对我很有用处。

　 A. of much useful 　 B. much uses

　 C. of much use 　 D. for much use

[答案及简析] C。 be of great/ little/ some/ no/ much +抽象名词　= be + 相应的形容词。

1209] _____ it’s raining, we’d better stay at home.

[译文] 既然在下雨，我们最好呆在家里。

　 A. Since 　 B. Because

　 C. For 　 D. As

[答案及简析] A。 众所周知的原因，用since，意为"既然"。