10．The manager has to go on a business trip.His company will be left in ________ of his secretary.

A．charge　 B．the charge

C．need 　　D．place

解析：选B。sth.be left in the charge of sb.“某物被留下来由某人管理/负责”。又如：The child was left in the charge of the nurse.“孩子被留下来，由保姆照看”。in need of...“(主语)需要……”。

9．Her parents put a lot of effort into getting her ________ to a key school.

A．accepted　 　B．received

C．announced　 D．admitted

解析：选D。考查动词辨析。be admitted to被允许进入；被录取。

8．After ________ with the saleswoman，I got the beautiful dress at the price of 50 yuan at last.

A．debating 　　B．talking

C．discussing　 D．bargaining

解析：选D。bargain讨价还价。debate辩论；talk谈话；discuss讨论。句意为：经过一番讨价还价之后，我最后花了50块钱买下了那件漂亮的女装。

7．He plays football________，if not better than，John.

A．as well　 B．as well as

C．so well　 D．so well as

解析：选B。本题中混合了同级比较as well as和比较级better than。句意为：“若他踢球不比约翰更好的话，也和约翰踢得一样好。”

6．In my opinion，the girl________ to be a good dancer if she is well trained in an art school.

A．expects　 B．hopes

C．wishes　 　D．promises

解析：选D。考查动词辨析。promise to be表示“有希望成为……”的意思。其他词语和句子的意思不吻合。

5．Tom was playing computer games all night.________he was late for class.

A．That’s because　 B．That’s why

C．It’s how 　　　　D．That’s how

解析：选B。that指前句的内容，why表示前句所说的结果。

4．The old professor said to us every part of the materials should be made use of ________ the station.

A．to build　 B．building

C．build 　　D．built

解析：选A。句意为：这位老教授对我们说应该利用这些材料的每一部分来建造车站。to build是动词不定式作目的状语。

3．All the students in this school are required to ________ at least two lectures on how to study every month.

A．attend　 B．take part in

C．join in　 D．go in for

解析：选A。attend表示“出席，参加(会议、讲座、婚礼、报告)”等；take part in和join in都表示“参加某一项活动”；go in for表示“从事，爱好”。

2．I like this jacket better than that one，but it costs almost three times ________.

A．as much　 B．as many

C．so much　 D．so many

解析：选A。考查as...as句型中的省略。空白处补充完整为as much as that one costs。此类题要注意句中名词的可数与不可数，另外，和其有关的倍数句型也是高考的常考句式。

1．John promised his doctor he________not smoke，and he has never smoked ever since.

A．might　　　　　B．should

C．could 　　　　　　　　　D．would

解析：选D。句意：约翰答应他的医生不再吸烟了，且从那时起就再也不吸了。might not“可能不”；should not“不应该”；could not“不可能(推测)，不能(表能力)”；would有“决心、决意”等意思。根据句意，可知D项正确。