1498] The birthday party started with a song of "Happy Birthday to You", and ended up ____ the singing of "Auld Lang Syne."

[译文] 生日晚会是以Happy Birthday to You开始，以Auld Lang Syne结束。

　 A. with 　 B. to

　 C. in 　 D. at

[答案及简析] A。 end up with 以…结束。

1497] He will _____ one minute to decide which answer _____.

[译文] 将给他一分钟的时间决定选择哪个答案。

　 A. be given; be chosen 　 B. give; be chosen

　 C. be given; to choose 　 D. give; choose

[答案及简析] C。 第一空是被动语态；第二空是choose which answer结构。

1496] Mr John considered ______ to see his old friend.

[译文] 约翰先生考虑去看他的老朋友。

　 A. go 　 B. going

　 C. went 　 D. gone

[答案及简析] B。 consider 作为"考虑"时，常跟动名词，名词作宾语。

1495] He appears to be strong and healthy, but _____, he has heart trouble.

[译文] 他看起来身体健康，然而事实上，他有心脏病。

　 A. as matter of fact 　 B. as the matter of fact

　 C. as a matter of a fact 　 D. as a matter of fact

[答案及简析] D。 as a matter of fact = in fact = actually实际上，事实上。

1494] ----- John won first prize in the contest.　　　----- _________.

[译文] --约翰在比赛中得第一名。　　　--他确实得了第一名。

　 A. So he did 　 B. So did he

　 C. So he did , too 　 D. So did he, too

[答案及简析] A。 so do sb. 表示对前面话的确认；　so sb. do表示另外一个人也是这样的情况。

1493] ----- Would you like to have a taxi?　　----- No, I _____ walk. It’s such a lovely day.

[译文] --你要出租车吗？　　　　--不要，这样好的天气，我宁愿走路。

　 A. am able to 　 B. prefer

　 C. ought to 　 D. would rather

[答案及简析] D。 would rather 宁愿，宁可；perfer 后面接不定式或动名词。

1492] We won’t give up _____ we should fail ten times.

[译文] 即使我们失败十次，我们也不会放弃。

　 A. even though 　 B. though

　 C. if 　 D. even

[答案及简析] A。 even if = even though 即使，纵然，引导一个状语从句。

1491] Our homework needs ______ on Fridays.

[译文] 我们的家庭作业每周五需要被检查。

　 A. checking 　 B. to be checked

　 C. being checking 　 D. A or B

[答案及简析] D。 need表示需要的时候，后面既可以跟动名词的主动形式，又可以跟不定式的被动形式。

1490] _____ do we go for picnic.

[译文] 我们很少去野餐。

　 A. Sometimes 　 B. Certainly　

　 C. Seldom 　 D. Once

[答案及简析] C。 seldom 位于句首，句子要部分倒装。

1489] Although he had a disease of the brain which _____, he decided to continue _____ his research and his writing.

[译文] 虽然他大脑的疾病越来越糟，他还是决定继续研究和写作。

　 A. was getting worse; with 　 B. got bad; for

　 C. is getting bad; to 　 D. get worse; at

[答案及简析] A。 get worse 越来越糟；continue with sth.继续干某事。