1. It was requested that all of the equipment ____in the agreed time.
A. erected B. would be erected C. be erected D. will be erected
2. The man sitting opposite me smiled dreamily, as if ____ something pleasant in the past.
A. to remember B. remembered C. having been remembered D. remembering
3. I ____ him the Christmas gift by mail because he came home during the Christmas holidays.
A. ought to have sent B. couldn’t have sent C. must have sent D. needn’t have sent
4. It turned out that the children were not ____for the accident.
A. to blame B. to be blamed C. to be blaming D. to have been blamed
5. The desegregation was achieved through a number of struggles,____been mentioned in previous chapters.
A. a few of which B. a few of them C. a few of those D. a few of that
6. Setting up a committee might be a way____the project more efficiently.
A. to be doing B. doing C. to do D. being done
7. It____to see so many children in that mountainous area cannot even afford elementary education.
A.pains her B. makes her pain C. is paining D. is pained
8. Our boss, Mr. Thompson,____a raise in salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet.
A.was promising B. has been promising C. promised D. has promised
9. He was determined to sail around the world ____his illness and old age.
A. given B. although C. despite D. in spite
10. The board deemed it’s urgent that these invitations ____ first thing tomorrow morning.
A. had to be put in the mail B. must be put in the mail
C. be put in the mail D. should have been put in the mail
试题答案与解析
1. C) 【句意】所有设备要求在商定的时间内安装完毕。
【难点】request后面的宾语从句要求使用虚拟语气,即(should)+动词原形,本句用的是被动语态。
2. A) 【句意】坐在我对面的那个人梦幻般地笑着,好像回想起过去发生的某件高兴的事。
【难点】“as if +不定式”是一个常见的结构,意为“好像”。
3. D) 【句意】我本不必把圣诞礼物给他邮去,因为他圣诞节期间回家了。
【难点】主句用了一句与过去事实相反的表示必要性的虚拟语气,符合题意。
4. A) 【句意】结果证明是,这起事故不怪孩子。
【难点】be to blame 是一个习惯搭配,意为“该受责备”。
5. A) 【句意】经过若干次斗争,种族隔离被取消了,其中的几次斗争在前几章里已经提到。
【难点】这里考的是非限制性定语从句,关系代词which前加修饰语。
6. C) 【句意】 建立一个委员会或许是更有效地做这项工程的方法。
【难点】way后面可接不定式作定语,也可接of doing形式。
7. A) 【句意】 看到那片山区有那么多孩子连小学都上不起,她感到很痛心。
【难点】It pains sb. to see...意为“看到…使某人感到痛心”。
8. B) 【句意】 我们的老板汤姆逊许诺考试&大给我们加薪好些年了,可到现在什么也没发生。
【难点】这句话考的是现在完成时行时。
9. C) 【句意】他不顾疾病缠身,年老体弱,决心做环球航行。
【难点】despite是介词,意为“尽管”,等于in spite of,两者的后面都接名词。
10. C) 【句意】董事会认为,明天早晨的第一件事就是将这些邀请函紧急寄出。
【难点】it is urgent that 后接虚拟语气,即(should)+动词原形。