大学英语每日一练（8-9）

11. There ______ a great many accidents last year.

A. were

B. are

C. is

D. was

【答案】A

【解析】考查主谓一致和时态。句意：去年发生了许多事故。there be句型的主语在be动词后面，谓语动词遵循就近原则，a great many accidents为复数，谓语部分用复数，且句中有时间状语last year去年，所以用一般过去时。故答案选A。

12. It suddenly occurred to him ______ he had left his keys in the office.

A. whether

B. where

C. which

D. that

【答案】D

【解析】考查主语从句。句意：他突然想起他把钥匙忘在办公室了。It occurred to sb. that...某人突然想起某事，that引导主语从句，it为形式主语。故答案选D。

13. His doctor suggested that he ______ a short trip abroad.

A. will take

B. would take

C. take

D. took

【答案】C

【解析】考查虚拟语气。句意：他的医生建议他去国外短途旅行。suggest表建议时引导宾语从句使用虚拟语气，谓语动词应使用(should)+do的结构。故答案选C。

14. If by any chance Peter comes to us, please ask him to leave a ______.

A. letter

B. sentence

C. message

D. notice

【答案】C

【解析】考查名词辨析。句意：如果彼得来找我们，请叫他留个信息。leave a message表示“留个信息”的含义，符合句意;letter信件，字母;sentence句子;notice通知。后三者都不符合题意。故答案选C。

15. ________ last year, traffic accidents have decreased by 10% this year.

A. Related to

B. Compared with

C. Compared about

D. Dealt with

【答案】B

【解析】考查动词短语辨析。句意：与去年相比，今年的交通事故减少了10%。related to与……有关;compared with与……相比;compared about无此搭配;dealt with应对，处理。结合语境，故答案选B。

16. What if your first choice is wrong? If so, just give yourself ______ second chance.

A. the

B. a

C. /

D. an

【答案】B

【解析】考查冠词。句意：如果你的第一次选择是错误的怎么办?如果是这样，要再给自己一次机会。序数词前加不定冠词表示“再一，又一”，所以填不定冠词a。故答案选B。

17. The room is too small, there’s no enough ______ for another desk.

A. place

B. room

C. floor

D. ground

【答案】B

【解析】考查名词辨析。句意：这个房间太小了，没有足够的空间再放一张课桌。place地方;room房间，空间;floor楼层;ground地面。room在此处意为“空间”的意思。故答案选B。

18. Be quick, ______ we’ll be late for school.

A. and

B. but

C. or

D. so

【答案】C

【解析】考查连词。句意：快点，否则我们上学要迟到了。and然后;but但是;or否则;so所以。根据Be quick与we’ll be late for school的句意可知，此处用“否则”表示转折。故答案选C。

19. If you want to get there before dark, you should start your journey ________.

A. at times

B. at once

C. in person

D. in detail

【答案】B

【解析】考查介词短语辨析。句意：如果你想在天黑之前到达那里，你应该立即开始你的旅程。at times有时;at once立刻，马上;in person亲自;in detail详细地。结合语境，故答案选B。

20. George returned after the war, only ______ that his wife had left him.

A. to be told

B. telling

C. being told

D. told

【答案】A

【解析】考查非谓语动词。句意：乔治战后回来，却被告知他的妻子已经离开了他。only to do表示结果却，往往是出乎意料的结果，且George是被告知。故答案选A。