1.The young man promised to his parents, "I would never ( )again."

　　A.let you down

　　B.let you out

　　C.let you in

　　D.let you by

　　【參考答案】A。短語辨析。let down使…失望，如：He had promised to work harder，but he let me down.他答應過我要努力的，可他讓我失望了。let out放走，釋放;let in允許進入。letby沒有這個用法。

　　2.Mary regretted (　　)to John's birthday party last Sunday.

　　A.not going

　　B.not to go

　　C.not having been going

　　D.not to be going

　　【參考答案】A。regret后面要跟動名詞作賓語，動名詞的否定式是在動名詞之前直接加not，如：I regretted not having worn a thicker coat.我后悔沒有穿厚一點的外套。C不正確是因為時態(tài)錯誤，去參加晚會是一個瞬間的動作，不能用完成進行時。

　　3.Mary never tells anyone what she does for a (　　).

　　A.job

　　B.work

　　C.profession

　　D.living

　　【參考答案】D。同定搭配。livin9生計。make(earn)a livin9謀生。

　　4.William has cut his smoking (　　)to five cigarettes a day.

　　A.down

　　B.in

　　C.off

　　D.out

　　【參考答案】A。短語辨析。cut down削減，減少，如：The car industry cut down production.汽車制造業(yè)縮減了產量。cut in插嘴，打斷;cut off使分離，使隔離;cut out切去，割去。

　　5.I am very disappointed (　　)the results of the experiment.

　　A.from

　　B.for

　　C.to

　　D.with

　　【參考答案】D。短語搭配。be disappointed with sth.(sb-)對某事(某人)感到失望。

　　6.His few personal belongings made it possible for him to move from place to place (　　).

　　A.in ease

　　B.at ease

　　C.with ease

　　D.with easiness

　　【參考答案】C。短語辨析。with ease容易，不費力，如：These tiny bananas could be consumed six at a time with ease.很容易一次吃下六只這些小香蕉。at ease自在，不拘束，如：The examiner soon put the candidates at ease.考官很快就使考生們的情緒放松了。

　　7. He talks as if he (　　)everything in the world.

　　A.knows

　　B.knew

　　C.had known

　　D.would have known

　　【參考答案】B。本題考查虛擬語氣的用法。在as if引導的狀語從句中，要用虛擬語氣。本句是對現在事實的虛擬，要用過去時。

　　8.The doctor advised that Mr.Malan (　　)an operation right away so as to save his life.

　　A.had

　　B.would have

　　C.have

　　D.was going to have

　　【參考答案】C。本題考查虛擬語氣。動詞advise后面應該接虛擬語氣。

　　9.Television makes us better (　　)than ever before.

　　A,inform

　　B.informing

　　C.informed

　　D.to be informed

　　【參考答案】C。本題考查分詞的用法。分詞可以作賓語補足語，因為賓語與分詞之間是被動關系，所以要用過去分詞。

　　10.You could have done much better yesterday.Why (　　)?

　　A.didn't you

　　B.couldn't you

　　C.hadn't you

　　D.shouldn't you

　　【參考答案】A。本題考查動詞時態(tài)的用法。第一個句子用了虛擬語氣，表示與過去事實相反，所以后面的特殊疑問句應該使用正常的語氣。這里應用一般過去時。

　　11. _______ for your help, we'd never have been able to get over the difficulties.

　　A. Had it not

　　B. If it were not

　　C. Had it not been

　　D. It we had not been

　　【參考答案】C

　　12. ______ he's already heard the news.

　　A. Chances are

　　B. Chance is

　　C. Opportunities are

　　D. Opportunity is

　　【參考答案】A

　　13. _______ his knowledge and academic background, he is basically stupid.

　　A. But for

　　B. According to

　　C. For all

　　D. Thanks to

　　【參考答案】C

　　14. _______ his return from Japan, Prof. Li went directly to his laboratory and started working with his colleagues.

　　A. Upon

　　B. At

　　C. Within

　　D. Over

　　【參考答案】A

　　15. _______ I am concerned, some other arrangement would have been better.

　　A. So far

　　B. As for

　　C. As far as

　　D. So far from

　　【參考答案】C