1. The thing that _______ is not whether you fail or not, but whether you try or not.
A. matters B. cares C. considers D. minds
2. He is very tired working all day. Don’t _____him waiting outside in the rain any longer.
A. continue B. leave C. make D. remain
3. The girl _____ to be a good dancer if she is well trained in an art school.
A. expects B. allows C. wishes D. promises
4. He is a man of few words and it is hard to _____his thoughts.
A. see B. tell C. read D. say
5. During the Olympic Games, journalists from all over the world came to _____the event.
A. cover B. watch C. write D. enjoy
6. The storm died away at last with the golden wave _____the shore in peace.
A. striking B. hitting C. beating D. knocking
7. I don’t know why the colors _____when I washed the coat.
A. went B. left C. ran D. rushed
8. When our English speaks English, I don’t often _____him.
A. follow B. take C. get D. see
9. The theater is large enough to _____3000 people at least. Which is wrong?
A. seat B. hold C. admit D. sit
10. -Mum, it is nice weather. I want to skate this afternoon
-Don’t you think the ice on the lake is too thin to _____your weight.
A. stand B. catch C. bear D. take
11. -Hello, may 1 speak to Mr. Black, please?
-Sorry. He is out. Could I _____a message?
A. give B. write down C. take D. leave
12. -So you have to leave now.
-Yes, I_______.
-How nice it would be if you could stay a bit longer!
A. had B. have C. do D. would
13. In his speech the headmaster________ to the great help the school received from the district government.
A. expressed B. pointed C. explained D. referred
14. After hospitals buy expensive equipment, they must try to _________ the money they have spent.
A. recover B. reduce C. remove D. receive
15. The three sisters decided to hold a family party to ________ their parents’ silver wedding.
A. welcomeB. congratulateC. memorizeD. celebrate
16. -________ you be happy!
-The same to you!
A. Wish B. Hope C. May D. Should
17. I had hoped to get to the meeting, but I found at the last minute that I couldn’t _______ it.
A. try B. meet C. get D. make
18. We trust you; only you can _______ him to give up smoking.
A. suggest B. attract C. advise D. persuade
19. Though _______ in a big city Jim always prefers to paint the primitive(原始的)scenes of country life.
A. raised B. grown C. cared D. fed
20 In that country, guests usually feel that they are not highly ________ if the invitation to a dinner party is given only three or four days before the party date.
A. regarded B. thought C. admired D. concerned
21. Just after putting the baby onto bed, Mrs. White suddenly caught sight of the pet cat and didn’t know how long it _____ on the table _____ for the family dinner.
A. had been laying, lying B. had been lying, laid
C. had been laid, laid D. had lain, laying
22. -Don’t have yourself____ there. Come and help me.
-Where would you like to have the table _____?
A. sitting; laid B. sitting; lain C. seat; lying D. sit; lain
23. In case anyone looks for me, please tell them to _____word on my office-table.
A. write B. pass C. leave D. have
24.--Where do you _____I go this evening?
-- I think you’d better stay at home, instead of going anywhere.
A. suppose B. suggest C. mean D. want
25. Mr. Baker suggested a good way _____prices from_____.
A. to stop, rising B. of stopping, being risen
C. to stop, raising D. stopped, being raised
26. Professor Wang works in our city as a researcher. It will be two years since he _____here.
A. left B. stayed C. came D. lived
27. We can’t ______the car. There ______something wrong with the engine.
A. drive; must be B. start; must be. C. start; has D. begin; must have
28. Our dog _____we were in danger long before we did.
A. sensed B. thought C. considered D. expected
29. In developing countries people are ____ into overcrowded cities in great numbers to hunt for fortunes.
A. pouring B. filling C. hurrying D. pushing
30. He was wandering in the park, ______ his time watching the children playing.
A. saving B. costing C. sparing D. killing
答案與簡析：
1. A. matter"重要、要緊(=be important)"。
2. B.因為只有作"讓某人或某物處于某種狀態"解的leave后可用現在分詞作賓補。
3. D. promise有…的希望、有…的可能。
4. C. read sb.’s mind /thoughts了解某人的想法。
5. A. cover采訪、報道。
6. C. beat指連續地、不斷地或規律地拍打，如：波浪沖擊或心臟跳動等;strike和hit指有意或無意地打或撞擊，兩者可互換;knock指用硬物敲打、碰撞。
7. C. run指衣服上的顏色"掉色、褪色"。
8. A. follow=understand clearly明白、懂。
9. D. 因為除sit外，seat, hold和admit都有"可容納"之意。
10. C. 表示"負擔、支撐"要用bear(=support)，too thin to bear your weight太薄承受不住你的重量。另外，與can’t或couldn’t連用，stand, take和bear都有"容忍、忍受"之意。
11. C. 因為take a message (for sb.)"(給某人)捎口信";leave a message"留個話、留個便條"。
12. C. 因為只有do才可以用來代替另一動詞，此處代替have to。
13. D. 因為refer to在此句中的意思是"提到、談到(=mention; speak about)";此外，還有"參考、查(詞典、資料)"、"有關、針對"等意。express(表達)是及物動詞，無需介詞to;point to"指向、指出"、"暗示、表明";explain是及物動詞，explain sth. to sb.意為"向某人解釋某事"。
14. A. recover"收回、重新獲得";reduce"減少";remove"去掉、移開";receive則到。
15. D. celebrate"慶祝(節日、生日、紀念日等)";welcome"歡迎";congratulate"祝賀、慶賀、恭喜(成功、成就、結婚等)";memorize"記住"。
16. C. 雖然wish may和hope都有可以表示祝愿，但wish后是接雙賓語的，如：Wish you luck! may是情態動詞，后接動詞原形，May you succeed! hope后接一從句 I hope you will succeed.
17. D. 因為make it有"準時到達(arrive in time)"、"辦到、成功(succeed)"之意。
18. D. persuade sb. to do sth.勸服某人做某事;advise sb. to do sth.勸某人做某事(不一定勸服);suggest和attract不用接sb. to do sth.。順便說說，像advise與persuade之間的區別，還有try與manage：try to do sth.努力做某事;manage to do sth.努力做成某事。
19. A. raise是及物動詞，有"撫養(bring up)"之意;grow作"長大、發育"解，是不及物動詞;care作"憂慮"解，是不及物動詞，作"喜歡"解，是及物動詞;feed喂養。
20. A. regard sb. highly =think highly of sb.尊重或看得起某人。
21. B. 首先要能分辨：表示"躺、在、位于"的不及物動詞lie---lay---lain---lying;表示"放置、下(蛋)"的及物動詞lay---laid---laid---laying。第一空是"躺"的過去完成進行時;第二空是"擺放"，過去分詞作定語短語。
22. A. have sb. or sth. doing意為"讓某人或某物一直做…";table與lay(放)是被動關系，用過去分詞作賓補，即：have sth. done"要人做某事"。
23. C. leave意為"留下"，leave word就是"留言"之意。
24. B. 若用suppose或mean, 從句宜用將來時，want又似乎不接從句，因此，應選suggest，其賓語從句中的go前省略了should。
25. A. 表示"做某事的方法"用a way of doing或a way to do均可，只能排除D。所以關鍵是區分：rise是不及物動詞，表示"…升高(=go up)";raise則是及物動詞，意為"使…升高(make…higher)"。題末空格后無賓語，因此，用不及物的rising。
26. C. 句型"It be +時間段+since從句"，since從句中的謂語動詞若是用非延續性的，意為"自從…以來有多久了";若從句的謂語動詞是延續性動詞，則意為"自從…不/沒…以來有多久了"。本句顯然是指"他來這里將有2年了"，只有came符合題意。
27. B. 指"(發動機的)啟動、發動"用start，不能用begin。there must be意為"一定有"。
28. A. 因為sense在句中的意思是"感覺到、覺察出、意識到"，此外還有"檢測出"之意;think和consider意為"認為";expect意為"認為、期望、預料"。
29. A. 因為pour指人"不斷涌入、蜂涌而至"。
30. D. 因為他在公園里度來度去，顯然是在"消磨"時間(kill time)，而不是"節省(save)"或"抽出(spare)"時間。cost一般指"花費(金錢)"。
