大学英语每日一练（8-23）

131. I caught a ________ of the car before it disappeared around the bend.

A. glance

B. glimpse

C. glare

D. stare

【答案】B。

【解析】考查名词词义辨析。句意：汽车在拐弯处消失之前，我瞥见了一眼。catch/ get a glimpse瞥见(强调行为的结果)：Ⅰcaught a glimpse of her in the crowd.我在人群中瞥见了他;take a glance at看一眼(强调行为过程本身)：Take a glance at the TV programs瞄一下电视节目;glare怒目而视;stare凝视。故选B。

132.In ancient times, people rarely travelled long distances and most farmers only travelled ________ the local market.

A. longer than

B. more than

C. as much as

D. as far as

【答案】D

【解析】本题考查介词词组。根据动词travel可判断此处应填关于路程的介词词组，本题即为as far as远到... 故选D。

133.The dictionary is what I want, but I don’t have enough money ________ me.

A. by

B. for

C. in

D. with

【答案】D

【解析】考查介词。I don’t have enough money with me 意思是我没有随身带那么多钱。故选D。

134. It was ________ he arrived home ________ he realized that he had left his keys in the office.

A. until ... that

B. not until ...had

C. until...had

D. not until ...that

【答案】D

【解析】it is/was not until…that…,是对“not until”强调时的固定句式。故选D。

135. He insisted on his name ________ in full.

A. write

B. was written

C. be written

D. being written

【答案】D

【解析】insist on doing sth.“坚持做某事”，固定搭配，故选D。

136. --Who on earth could it be?

--It was ________ other than Peter.

A. none

B. nothing

C. not

D. nobody

【答案】A。

【解析】考查代词搭配。句意：到底是谁?正是彼得。none other than(表示惊讶)不是别人，不是别的;就是，正是。It’s none other than Tom! We thought you were in Africa!是汤姆!我们以为你还在非洲呢!故选A。

137.I wish that I ________ with you last night.

A. went

B. could go

C. have gone

D. could have gone

【答案】D

【解析】句意：主语+wish(that)+从句主语+could/would+have+过去分词或had+过去分词表示与过去事实相反的愿望。wish 后面的宾语从句要用虚拟语气。所以用could have done表示“本来可以”，整个句子的意思是我很希望昨晚能够跟你一起去。故选D。

138.Alexander Graham Bell invented ________ telephone in 1876.

A.不填

B. a

C. the

D.one

【答案】C

【解析】句意：贝尔发明了电话，指的是该类事物，故用定冠词the。因此C为正确答案。

139. All I can do now is nothing ________.

A. but waiting

B. but wait

C. except waiting

D. only to wait

【答案】B

【解析】“can do nothing but+动词原形”意为“什么都做不了只能…”固定搭配，故选B。

140. The reason why they changed their mind ________ to us yet.

A. has not explained

B. has not been explained

C. did not explain

D. was not explained

【答案】B

【解析】首先reason和explain之间为被动关系，排除AC;其次结合句意和yet可判断是“到现在还没有被解释”，应用现在完成时，故选B。