1438] My teacher told me not to spend too much time _____ novels.

[译文] 老师告诉么不要花太多的时间在看小说上。

　 A. read 　 B. reads

　 C. reading 　 D. to read

[答案及简析] C。 spend … doing sth. 在…上花费时间或金钱。

1437] The novel that the teacher asked us to finish within a week is _____ too difficult for us.

[译文] 老师要求我们在一周之内完成的小说太难了。

　 A. fairly 　 B. rather

　 C. pretty 　 D. quite

[答案及简析] B。 rather 表示相当，能和too连用。

1436] ----- Is he _____ ? ----- Yes, he lives by himself, but he never feels _____, for he hears from family very often.

[译文] --他是一个人吗？　　--是呀，他独自一人生活，但他从不感到孤独，他经常收到家人的来信。

　 A. alone; alone 　 B. lonely; lonely

　 C. alone; lonely 　 D. lonely; alone

[答案及简析] C。 alone 单独；lonely孤独；偏僻的。

1435] When the headmaster spoke out his plan, most of the students _____ against it.

[译文] 当校长说出了他的计划，大部分学生都反对这个计划。

　 A. are 　 B. were

　 C. do 　 D. did

[答案及简析] B。 be against sth. 反对某事。

1434] -----Mr Wang, _____ came to see you this afternoon.　　----- Who was it?

[译文] --王先生，有一个人今天下午来看望你了。　　--是谁呀？

　 A. a certainly man 　 B. a certain man

　 C. the certain man 　 D. the certainly man

[答案及简析] B。 a certain 某一个….。

1433] Do you know when and where the first republic ______ ?

[译文] 你知道什么时候什么地方第一个共和国产生的吗？

　 A. turned into reality 　 B. existed

　 C. come into action 　 D. came into being

[答案及简析] D。 come into being 产生，出现。

1432] ----- Has Tom given up smoking? ----- Yes, his doctor _____ him to.

[译文] --Tom戒烟了？　　-- 是呀，医生劝说的他。

　 A. suggested 　 B. persuaded

　 C. insisted on 　 D. advised

[答案及简析] B。 persuade表示成功地劝说某人做某事。

1431] Once a decision is made, it must be firmly _____.

[译文] 一旦做出一个决定，就得坚决地执行。

　 A. carried off 　 B. carried away

　 C. carried on 　 D. carried out

[答案及简析] D。 carry off 夺去…的生命；carry away 运走；carry on 进行下去；carry out执行。

1430] The doctor did a lot to reduce the patient’s fear _____ he would die of the disease.

[译文] 医生尽力减少病人的害怕，他怕死于这种疾病。

　 A. that 　 B. which

　 C. of which 　 D. of that

[答案及简析] A。 同位语从句。

1429] You are _____ kind to me.

[译文] 你对我太好了。

　 A. too much 　 B. such

　 C. quite 　 D. much too

[答案及简析] D。 much too 修饰形容词，副词；too much修饰不可数名词。