7. Even as a girl, ______ to be her life, and theater audiences were to be her best teachers.
A.performing by Melissa were
B.it was known that Melissa's performances were
C.knowing that Melissa's performances were
D.Melissa knew that performing was
A B C D
D
[解析] 考查句子结构。从Even as a girl可知本句主语应该是人,而后面有两个to be构成并列结构,只有D符合句式要求并且语法正确。A句中主语为performing,谓语为were,主谓不一致,属语法错误;C句中主语为knowing,谓语为were,也是主谓不一致;此外performing和knowing也都不可能作为a girl的逻辑主语。而B虽然语法正确,但主语是it,也不能作为as短语的逻辑主语。
19. Our association, which has consistently pressed for greater employment opportunities for the disabled, will publish ______ proposals in the near future.
38. She has taken great pain to conceal her emotions, and thereby made them ______ conspicuous.
A.all the more
B.all the much
C.all more
D.all much
A B C D
A
[解析] all可用作副词,修饰“the+比较级”,以强调“更加”的语义,故答案为A项all the more。
39. Land belongs to the city; there is ______ thing as private ownership of land.
A.no such a
B.not such
C.not such a
D.no such
A B C D
D
[解析] such常用在no such...as...和not such a...as...结构中,且no修饰可数名词时,不能与a一起使用,因此A、B这两种用法可先排除。除句首以外的no通常都可以用not a(n)或not any代替,但no的否定语气更强。如:He is not a teacher. (他不是老师。)He is no teacher. (他根本就不是个老师)。C项的词序是正确的,但是there's no such thing/person as...是一个固定用法,表示“没有……这样的人/物”,因此最佳选项是D。