Section A (10%)
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
1. _________the city lies the famous beautiful mountain.
A. 40 miles southeast of B. To 40 miles southeast of
C. Southeast 40 miles to D. To southeast 40 miles of
【答案】A
【解析】
【分析】
【詳解】考查副詞和倒裝句。句意:這座城市東南四十英里處坐落著那座著名而美麗的山。表示方位,“城市東南方向四十公里的地方”,用(to the)+方位詞,數(shù)量概念放在介詞短語或副詞短語的前面,句子使用完全倒裝。故選A。
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2. I had wanted to help you last night but I couldn’t spare any time, for I ______ a composition which I have to hand in this morning.
A. wrote B. was writing C. had written D. have written
【答案】B
【解析】
【分析】
【詳解】考查時態(tài)。句意:我昨晚本來想幫你的,但我不能抽出時間,因為我正在寫一篇今天早上必須交的作文。 根據(jù)上文“I had wanted to help you last night but I couldn’t spare any time”可知,昨天晚上沒空幫助你,結(jié)合下文的時間狀語in this morning可知,表示過去某段時間一直在做的事情,故用過去進(jìn)行時,故選B。
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