The more depressed he got， the more he turned to drink. 答案 B
23. He tried his best in the first game， but was ________ by the little boy.
A. won B. hit C. beaten D. held
A：win-won-won; 赢得
B：hit 打
C：beat 打，
D： hold-held-held 举行 答案 C
24. I wanted to go home but my wife _______ on going to the concert.
A. persisted B. resisted C. insisted D. intended
persisted：persist： persist in doing sth. 坚持做某事
He will persist in riding that dreadful bicycle. resist+n 抵抗
intend： intend to do sth. 想要做…… 答案 C
25. The government gave several good ______ for increasing the tax on cigarettes.
A. purposes B. reasons C. questions D. problems
purpose 目的 reason 原因 question 问题 problem 问题 答案 B
26. Four people were seriously _______ in the accident.
A. injured B. damaged C. spoiled D. broken injure 受伤
damage： 表示使被损坏的对象失去或降低其自身价值， 但不完全毁掉。
He damaged my car with a stone.
ruin： 常强调完全毁掉。 The storm has ruined the garden.
spoil： 语气比ruin弱，不强调完全毁掉，表示使被害方失去其完美性。
He spoiled his painting by putting too much red paint on it.
spoil：有时也包含最终会导致完全毁掉之义。
He has spoiled his constitution with bad living. 答案 A
27. He spoke so quickly that I didn't ________ what he said.
A. listen B. catch C. miss D. receive
listen 听 listen to catch 抓住，听到 miss 丢失 receive 收到
28. He was poor but proud， and _______ every offer of help.
A. turned down B. turned on C. turned off D. turned out
turn down 拒绝 turn on 打开。turn on the light 开灯
turn off 关上。turn off the light turn out 证明为…… 答案 A
29. In Britain， the best season of the year is probably _______ spring.
A. later B. latter C. last D. late
later 以后。 latter 后者 last 最后 late 晚的 答案 D
30. How ________ is it from here to the city center?
A. long B. far C. distant D. near
how long 一段延续的时间
——How long have you studied English?
——I have studied English for 3 years (since 3 years ago)。答案 B
31. I wanted to go there by plane but I hadn't enough money to pay for the _____.
A. journey B. distance C. road D. way
journey 旅行 distance 距离 road 道路 way 方式方法 答案A
32. Her parents wouldn't _______ her to stay out later than 10：30 at night.
A. require B. ask C. encourage D. permit
stay out 不回家 require 要求 ask 要求 encourage 鼓励 permit 允许 答案 D
33. Last Sunday， ________ my great surprise， I met Bullen in town.
A. for B. to C. as D. at
(to one's surprise 使某人感到惊奇) 答案 B
34. Most Chinese like to drink tea. But some prefer coffee ________ tea.
A. to B. with C. for D. against
prefer……to…… 答案 A
35. I'm in no ________ this evening to listen to his silly jokes.
A. feeling B. attitude C. opinion D. mood
feeling 感情 attitude 态度 opinion 观点 mood 情绪 答案 D
36. Tennis is a _________ invented by an Englishman a hundred years ago.
A. play B. match C. game D. event
play： n. 比赛，竞赛 The tennis players need total concentration during play.
match 比赛 game 运动 event 事件 答案 C
37. That's the biggest ______ he has ever told in his life.
A. talk B. speech C. lesson D. lie
talk：give/have a talk 谈话
speech：make/deliver a speech 做演讲
lesson：teach a lesson： 教训
learn one's lesson： 汲取教训
lie：tell a lie
答案 D
38. _______ that the jewels had been stolen by one of the guards.
A. It turned up B. It turned out C. It turned on D. It turned over
turn up： 露面， 来到 We arranged to meet at the cinema at 7： 30， but he failed to turn up.
turn out： turn out to be sb./sth.; turn out that…证明是某人(某物)，原来是┄┄
She turned out to be a friend of my sister./ It turned out that she was a friend of my sister.
turn on 开灯
turn (sb./sth.) over： 翻身或翻转
She turned over and went to sleep.她转过身就睡着了。
答案 B
39. “I'm tired， but let's go.”
“Why _______ rest a while?”
A. let's B. not let's C. not D. let's not答案 C
40. “We won't be finished until tonight.”
“And they _______.”
A. will， either B. won't， too C. will， neither D. won't， either
答案 D
41. “________?”
“A cup of tea， please.”
A. Do you like tea B. Do you like a cup of tea C. Would you like a cup of tea D. What would you like to drink 答案 D
42. “Do you mind if I open the window?”
“________.” A. Sure， certainly not B. All right C. I don't know D. Not at all