36.—I played basketball for a whole morning yesterday and felt pretty good.

　　—You will be healthier if you exercise more ________.

　　A. regularly B. extremely

　　C. fluently D. annually

　　[解析]regularly 定期地，有規(guī)律地;extremely 極端地;fluently 流利地;annually 年度地。句意：—我昨天打了一上午籃球，感覺相當不錯�！�如果你定期地進行鍛煉，你會更健康。由句意可知A項正確。

　　[答案]A

　　37.China is no longer ________ a production base; it is also one of the most important consumer markets.

　　A. partly B. merely

　　C. shortly D. totally

　　[解析]partly 部分地，在一定程度上;merely 僅僅，只不過;shortly 不久，很快，立刻;to tally 完全，整個地。由句意“中國不再只是個生產(chǎn)基地，它還是最重要的消費市場之一”可知B項正確。

　　[答案]B

　　38.—What do you think of the film 2012?

　　—Well, it's good. At least it's ________ the one I saw last time with Jean.

　　A. as bad as B. not as good as

　　C. no worse than D. not better than

　　[解析]句意：—你認為電影《2012》怎么樣?—嗯，不錯。至少不比我上次跟 Jean 去看的那部差。as bad as=not as good as“跟……一樣不好”;no worse than“不比……差”;not better than“不如……好”。由句意可知C項正確。

　　[答案]C

　　39.—Are you used to your new job?

　　—Well, yes. It's not as good as I expected, ________.

　　A. though B. but

　　C. too D. either

　　[解析]句意：—你適應(yīng)了新工作了嗎?—是的，但不如我預(yù)想的好。though 用作副詞意為“然而，可是，不過”，放于句末，往往用逗號與原句隔開，符合句意。

　　[答案]A

　　40.His parents, ________， did not look after him very well: the elbows of his jacket and his boots were badly worn.

　　A. generally B. gradually

　　C. actively D. apparently

　　[解析]generally“一般說來”;gradually“逐漸地”;actively“積極主動地”;apparently“明顯地，顯而易見地”。由后面的解釋“他的夾克衫的肘部和靴子破得厲害”可知應(yīng)選D項。

　　[答案]D

　　41.Jim went to answer the phone. ________， Harry started to prepare lunch.

　　A. However B. Nevertheless

　　C. Besides D. Meanwhile

　　[解析]句意：Jim 去接電話了。與此同時，Harry 開始做午飯。A.然而;B.雖然如此;C.除此之外;D.與此同時。根據(jù)前后句邏輯關(guān)系，應(yīng)選擇表示并列關(guān)系的D。

　　[答案]D

　　42.We only had $100 and that was ________ to buy a new computer.

　　A. nowhere near enough B. near enough nowhere

　　C. enough near nowhere D. near nowhere enough

　　[解析]句意：我們只有100美元，離買臺新電腦的錢還差得遠呢。not anywhere near 或 nowhere near：far from，not at all 遠非，絕不是，為固定短語。

　　[答案]A

　　43.In this lecture, I can only give you a purely ________ view of how we can live life to the full and make some suggestions about the future.

　　A. private B. personal

　　C. unique D. different

　　[解析]句意：在本次講座中，本人只能就我們?nèi)绾尾拍茏屪约旱娜兆舆^得充實些給你們提供一些個人的觀點，并就未來的發(fā)展提供一些建議。從語境和四個選項的主要含義判斷選B項。personal 個人的，私人的，又如：personal belongings 私人財產(chǎn)。另外三個選項的主要含義：private 私有的，私用的，私人的，秘密的，隱秘的，其反義詞是 public;unique 唯一的，獨一無二的，獨特的;different 不同的。

　　[答案]B

　　44.Mistakes don't just happen;they occur for a reason. Find out the reason，and then making the mistake becomes ________.

　　A. favourable B. precious

　　C. essential D. worthwhile

　　[解析]句意：錯誤不是偶然發(fā)生的;它們的發(fā)生都是有原因的。找出其中的原因，使犯的錯誤有價值。favourable 贊成的，同意的，傾向于支持某人/某事物的，令人高興的，肯定的;precious 寶貴的，珍愛的，過于講究的;essential 必要的，本質(zhì)的，重要的;worthwhile 值得的，值得花時間、金錢或精力的。又如：Nursing is a very worthwhile career.護理工作是很值得干的職業(yè)。從句意判斷，可知選D。

　　[答案]D

　　45.It was a nice house, but ________ too small for a family of five.

　　A. rarely B. fairly

　　C. rather D. pretty

　　[解析]句意：那是一套很不錯的房子，可是對一個五口之家來說太小了。四個選項中只有 rather 可以修飾 too，其他三個選項不能與 too 連用，故全被排除。

　　[答案]C

　　46.I'm not surprised that he became a writer. Even as a child he had a ________ imagination.

　　A. clear B. cautious

　　C. funny D. vivid

　　[解析]句意：他成了作家我并不感到驚奇。孩提時，他的想象力就很豐富。vivid 生動的，逼真的，栩栩如生的;clear 清晰的，清楚的，明白的;cautious 小心的，謹慎的，慎重的;funny 滑稽的，詼諧的。只有 vivid 可用來形容想象力。

　　[答案]D

　　47.It seems that living green is ________ easy and affordable. A small step makes a big difference.

　　A. exactly B. fortunately

　　C. surprisingly D. hardly

　　[解析]句意：似乎綠色生活方式出人意料的簡單又廉價。這小小的一步就會(對自然資源的使用)有很大影響。surprisingly—unusually or unexpectedly 不尋常地，出乎意料地。exactly 精確地，確切地，準確地;fortunately 幸運地;hardly 幾乎不。

　　[答案]C

　　48.—Do you think it's a good idea to make friends with your students?

　　—________， I do. I think it's a great idea.

　　A. Really B. Obviously

　　C. Actually D. Generally

　　[解析]句意：——你認為和你的學(xué)生們交朋友是一個好主意嗎?——其實我真的認為那是個很不錯的主意。You use actually to emphasize that it is true.actually“實際上”，在句子中起加強語氣的作用。really 真正地;obviously 明顯地;generally 大體上。

　　[答案]C

　　49.It took ________ building supplies to construct these energysaving houses. It took brains, too.

　　A. other than B. more than

　　C. rather than D. less than

　　[解析]句意：建造這些節(jié)能住宅不僅僅需要供給建筑材料，還需要才智。more than 意為“不僅僅”。other than 常用于否定句，相當于 but;rather than 而不是;less than 少于。

　　[答案]B

　　50.John is very ________—if he promises to do something, he'll do it.

　　A. independent B. confident

　　C. reliable D. flexible

　　[解析]根據(jù)下文：如果他答應(yīng)做某事，他就會去做。那就可得出他是個可信賴的人，故選擇C。A.獨立的;B.有信心的，有把握的;D.易彎曲的，柔軟的，靈活的。

　　[答案]C

　　51.Peter's jacket looked just the same as Jack's, but it cost ________ his.

　　A. as much twice as B. twice as much as

　　C. much as twice as D. as twice much as

　　[解析]句意：彼得的夾克衫看起來與杰克的一樣，但是卻花費了他兩倍的價錢�？疾楸稊�(shù)句型“倍數(shù)+as+原級+as…”。注意表達倍數(shù)常用的三種句型：①倍數(shù)+as+原級+as...;②倍數(shù)+比較級+than...;③倍數(shù)+the size/length/width/depth/...of...

　　[答案]B