1.This is ________ good reading habits are not only an important study skill for the student， but also an important life skill for anyone. 【 B 】
A. that
B. why
C. where
D. when
【答案解析】：本题考查词义辨析。分析句意，空格处用why比较好。why引导表语从句。
2.To a worker， ________ from the point of view of society is necessary labor is from his own point of view voluntary play. 【 A 】
A. what
B. which
C. that
D. it
【答案解析】：本题要求填入一个关系代词引导主语从句，并在主语从句中作主语，所以选what.
3.On average about ￡5000 a year is spent on each private school pupil， ________ the amount spent on state school pupils. 【 C 】
A. as twice as
B. twice more as
C. more than twice
D. more twice than
【答案解析】：英语中表示“是…的两倍”用twice as much （many） as，表示“是…的两倍多”则可用more than twice.所以答案为C .
4._______ he goes， she will go， and she never cares _______ happens. 【 A 】
A. Wherever， what
B. Wherever， that
C. Where， that
D. Where， what
【答案解析】：wherever表示“无论什么地方”，句子的意思是：无论他去哪里，她都跟随，也从不在乎发生什么。
5.He shook hands with the visitors ________ as to convey his apology. 【 C 】
A. by such a way
B. for the way
C. in such a way
D. on the way
【答案解析】：in such a way表示“以这样的一种方式”。
6.Why couldn‘t you ________ an answer when I asked you why you were late？ 【 C 】
A. come upon
B. come up to
C. come up with
D. come out with
【答案解析】：come up with意为“提出，拿出”，在句子中表示“你为什么拿不出你迟到的原因”。
7.She was ________ be unable to speak. 【 B 】
A. such angry as to
B. so angry as to
C. as angry as to
D. angry so as to
【答案解析】：so+形容词+as to 表示“如此生气以至于…”
8.You‘ll be there tomorrow——you won’t ________ me ________， will you？ 【 C 】
A. let……， of
B. let……， out
C. let……， down
D. let……， off
【答案解析】：let sb down表示“让某人失望”的意思。
9.The challenge is not one of expansion. _______， the rapid growth in enrollment over the last 40 years has come to an end. 【 D 】
A. As a result
B. By all means
C. In contrast
D. On the contrary
【答案解析】：本题考查介词词组的词义辨析。四个词组分别表示“因此”、“务必”、“相比之下”和“相反”之意。
10.If you are walking away from a clock tower，you will hear the ticking of the clock fade to a point ________ it cannot be heard. 【 C 】
A. which
B. what
C. where
D. how
【答案解析】：译文：如果你从钟塔旁走过。你将会听到滴答声，直到你走远。此题考查定语从句。where在定语从句中做地点状语，先行词是a point. [page]
11.As activity carried ________ as one thinks fit in one‘s spare time， leisure has several functions. 【 B 】
A. on
B. out
C. off
D. over
【答案解析】：此题考查对关于carry的短语的掌握情况。carry on继续（做某事）；carry out进行，实行，落实；carry off赢得；carry over将某事延后。
12.There is a deadlock（僵局） in the discussion when neither side gives ________ to the other.【 B 】
A. a way
B. way
C. the way
D. its way
【答案解析】：译文：由于双方都不让步，讨论陷人了僵局。本题考查短语搭配，give way to意思为“让路、让步”。
13.The thief took away the woman‘s wallet without ________. 【 A 】
A. being seen
B. seeing
C. him seeing
D. seeing him
【答案解析】：without是介词，其后的动词必须用动名词形式。根据句意，此句需要用被动形式，所以答案是A.
14.He said that the group ________ him a letter and asked him to go there for an interview. 【 B 】
A. have written
B. had written
C. wrote
D. would write
【答案解析】：“写信给他”应该发生在他说话之前，也就是过去的过去，用过去完成时。
15.A man flown to a time zone different by 10 hours will ________ eight days to readjust his palm sweat. 【 B 】
A. spend
B. take
C. cost
D. pay
【答案解析】：本题需要填入一个表示“花时间”而又能与动词不定式连用的动词。spend常用于 spend…doing sth. 的句型中。cost一般用于it cost sb. …to do sth.的句型中，主语不能是人。pay 表示“花钱”的意思。只有take 可用于sb. take…to do sth.的句型中。
16.Long life is altering our society， of course， but in experiential ________. 【 B 】
A. items
B. terms
C. turns
D. themes
【答案解析】：in experiential terms意为“从经验上来说”
17.They wrote a letter of thanks to ________ had helped them. 【 D 】
A. who
B. whom
C. whomever
D. whoever
【答案解析】：whoever had helped them是介词to的宾语从句，whoever是这个从句的主语。whoever had helped them：任何帮助过他们的人
18.The newspaper will have to close down if it cannot increase its ________ considerably.【 D 】
A.distribution
B.contribution
C.prescription
D.circulation
【答案解析】：circulation：（书报杂志的）销售量，发行额，销路。符合句意。
19.These two alarm clocks are normally set together， but now they have been reset a few hours _________. 【 C 】
A. away
B. alone
C. apart
D. aside
【答案解析】：but表示前后句子意思是相反的，所以前面说了set together，后面提到的就是apart（分开）。
20.In our department， every student _________ after-school activities. 【B 】
A. go in for
B. goes in for
C. take part
D. takes part
【答案解析】：go in for：参加（考试）。take part后面应该加一个in.