31. The computer works very fast, ______ data at the speed of light.
A. to handle
B. handling
C. handled
D. handles
【答案】B。
【解析】考查非谓语动词。句意:这台电脑运行的速度极快,处理资料的速度堪比光速。分析句子可知,句子的主干是The computer works,handle与works间没有连词连接,可以判断handle应使用非谓语形式;handle与其逻辑主语computer之间是主谓关系,应用handle的现在分词形式表示主动和伴随。故选B。
32. At the shop, they wanted to show me all the dresses, but I was interested only in ________ in the window.
A. this
B. that
C. it
D. the one
【答案】D。
【解析】考查代词。句意:在商店里,他们想向我展示所有的连衣裙,但我只对橱窗里那件感兴趣。the one代指的是the dress。故选D。
33. He announced that the company had been transferred to ________ city.
A. another
B. others
C. the other
D. one another
【答案】A。
【解析】考查不定代词辨析。句意:他宣布公司已经搬到另一个城市了。another别的,不同的,另一的,符合题意;others其他,相当于“other+名词”,不能作定语;the other两者中的另一个,常与one连用;one another彼此,互相。根据句意,此处表示另一个城市。故选A。
34. It took us quite a long time to get here. It was ________ journey.
A. three-hour
B. a three hour
C. a three-hour
D. three hours
【答案】C。
【解析】考查数词。句意:用了很长时间才到那里。那是一个三个小时的旅程。three-hour中间需加连字符做前置定语,journey为可数名词需加不定冠词a,故选C。
35. A tsunami (海啸) happened in some southern Asian countries ________ December, 2004.
A. at
B. on
C. in
D. by
【答案】C。
【解析】考查介词。句意:2004年12月,在一些南亚国家发生了海啸。月份前用的介词是in,故选C。
36. We communicate ________ each other in many ways, such as by e-mail or by phone.
A. on
B. through
C. in
D. with
【答案】D。
【解析】考查介词。句意:我们用很多方法相互联系,比如通过电子邮件或者电话。communicate with与某人保持联系,是常用的固定搭配。故选D。
37. John Smith, a successful businessman, has a ________ car.
A. large German white
B. large white German
C. white large German
D. German large white
【答案】B。
【解析】考查形容词排序。句意:约翰·史密斯,一位成功的商人,有一辆德国大型白色轿车。多个形容词修饰名词时顺序为“县官叔叔美小圆,旧黄法国木书房”,故选B。
38. Shuhao Lin is now one of ________ basketball players in the NBA.
A. popular
B. less popular
C. more popular
D. the most popular
【答案】D。
【解析】考查形容词的最高级。句意:林书豪是现在NBA中最受欢迎的篮球运动员之一。在one of结构中,of后的形容词常用最高级形式,其后的名词常用复数形式,故选D。
39. They made up their mind that they ________ a new house once Larry changed jobs.
A. bought
B. would buy
C. have bought
D. had bought
【答案】B。
【解析】考查动词时态。句意:他们打算只要Larry换了工作他们就买新房子。once引导的是条件状语从句,once后为过去时,横线处也应为过去的某种时态。根据意义可知,这是过去的语境中,对将来的一种打算,所以用过去将来时,故选B。
40. Would you mind ________ down the music? It’s too noisy.
A. to turn
B. turning
C. turn
D. turned
【答案】B。
【解析】考查非谓语动词。句意:你介意把音乐关小一点吗?太吵了。根据谓语动词mind的固定搭配mind doing sth.介意做某事,此空需要动名词形式,故选B。
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