2017年11月成人学位英语考试词汇语法试题及答案二十二
1.______ the fog, we should have reached our destination.
A. Because of
B. In spite of
C. In case of
D. But for
答案：D. 本题考查虚拟语气的用法。but for+名词/代词，“要不是因为…”，提出与事实相反的假设，相当于一个条件状语从句，所在句子常用虚拟语气。其他的结构都不用虚拟语气。从主句"we should have reached our destination"可判断;该句使用了虚拟语气，所以选D.
2.We felt very sad when we heard the news that the _____ manager was killed in his office yesterday.
A. respectful
B. respectable
C. respective
D. respecting
答案：B. 本题考查同根词辨析。四个词的词根都是respeet，但各有各的含义。respectable“可敬的，值得别人尊敬或尊重的”;respectful“尊重别人的;表示敬意的”;respective“分别的，各自的”;respecting(prep.)，“关系，说到”。根据句意，应选respectable.
3.Lying in hospital, the patient _____ the outside world by watching news programs on TV every day.
A. kept in touch with
B. faced up
C. turned the clock back
D. slowed down
答案：A. 本题考查动词短语辨析。keep in touch with“与……保持联系”：face up往往和to搭配，表示“勇敢面对”;turn the clock back“把时间调回…”;slow down“慢下来”。
4.Please keep an eye on my luggage, and I'll be back _____.
A. in time
B. in no time
C. at one time
D. at a time
答案：B. 本题考查介词短语辨析。in no time“立刻，马上”，可以和过去时、将来时搭配：in time“及时”;at one time“曾经”，用在过去时中;at a time“一次”，表频率。
5.The above mentioned reactions are _____ to proceed smoothly.
A. bounded
B. bounding
C. being bounded
D. bound
Best Answer: D
【译文】上述反应会顺利进行。
【注释】be bound to (do)“必定，一定，准会”。bounding“有约束力的”。
6.John regretted _____ to the meeting last week.
A. not going
B. not to go
C. not having been going
D. not to be going
Best Answer: A
【译文】John很后悔上星期没去参加那个会议。
【注释】regret“懊悔、遗憾”，后面可跟动名词一般式或完成式，表示对已发生的事情感到“遗憾”或“懊悔”;也可跟动词不定式(主要是动词(say，tell，inform等)，表示对将要谈的话“抱歉”。
7.The great use of a school education is _____ to teach you things _____ teach you the art of learning.
A. as much…as
B. much as…as
C. not so much…as to
D. much more…as
Best Answer: C
【译文】学校教育的作用与其说是教给你知识不如说是教给你学习的方法。
【注释】not so much... as...“与其说……不如说……”。注意as前后的两个成分必须对等，可以是名词、不定式或介词短语，如His success is not so much by talent as by energy.。
8.He preferred that nothing _____ be said about his generous gifts.
A. to
B. would
C. must
D. should
Best Answer: D
【译文】他更喜欢对他的厚礼什么也别说。
【注释】prefer的宾语从句谓语需用虚拟语气should，也可用动词原形，但不用过去时或过去完成时。
9.Mr. Washington has been away from home for a long time. He is looking forward to _____ his wife.
A. hear from
B. hearing from
C. hear of
D. hearing of
Best Answer: B
【译文】华盛顿先生离家很久了。他盼望着收到妻子的信。
【注释】look forward to后面要求跟动词-ing形式。要求跟-ing形式的结构还有：feel like, can't help, it's no use, have trouble, there's no等。
10.Whenever we visited them, they _____ television.
A. have watched
B. watch
C. are watching
D. were watching
Best Answer: D
【译文】不管我们什么时候去拜访他们，他们总是在看电视。
【注释】本题测试的是过去进行时，表示在过去某个时刻正在发生的事件，本题的时间状语从句就表达了这样一个具体时刻。
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