1. During the first half of the twentieth century, the average American household was ______ by the introduction of a group of machines that profoundly altered the daily lives of housewives.
12. Speaker A: What did you do in your last job? Speaker B: I sold books in a bookshop. Speaker A: Why did you leave? Speaker B: I had.., arguments with my boss. He and I just ______!
A.didn't get on with each other
B.won't get on with each other
C.shouldn't get on with each other
D.wasn't getting on with each other
A B C D
A
[解析] 讲述过去发生的事情,应用过去式。
13. I used to smoke ______ but I gave it up 3 years ago.
18. It is not easy ______ the answer to the difficult math problem.
A.to figure out
B.figuring out
C.figure out
D.being figured out
A B C D
A
本题考查的是it作形式主语,真正的主语是to do。这种句型很常见,例如:It's difficult to find a job these days. 如今找一份工作很难。
19. The room is in a terrible mess; it ______ cleaned.
A.can't have been
B.mustn't have been
C.shouldn't have been
D.wouldn't have been
A B C D
A
表示否定推测要用can't。房间里一团糟,不可能被打扫过。
20. When and where the new hospital will be built ______ a mystery.
A.to remain
B.remains
C.remain
D.is remaining
A B C D
B
[解析] 动名词、不定式和从句做主语时,谓语动词一般用单数。例如:To see is to believe. (百闻不如一见。)Swimming is a good way to keep health. (游泳是个健身的好办法。)Who is her father is not known. (谁是她的父亲尚不得知。)在本句中主语从句做主语,因此动词要用单数形式。
21. He began to work for a big company ______ an early age.
A.on
B.at
C.of
D.with
A B C D
B
22. For many overseas Chinese, China is their real ______, because they were born and grew up there.
A.home
B.family
C.house
D.household
A B C D
A
23. From here people can see the bridge ______ construction.
A.below
B.by
C.under
D.essential
A B C D
C
under construction:在建的,under表示正在进行的状态,其他类似情况还有under repair,under control,under way等。
24. I didn’t expect to receive a postcard from you! It’s really ______ my wildest imagination.