41] -Has Tommy finished his homework yet?-I have no idea; he ____ it this morning.

[译文] --汤米完成了他的作业了吗？　--　我不知道，今天上午他在做呢。

　 A. was doing 　 B. had been doing

　 C. has done 　 D. did

[答案及简析] A。 表示今天上午一直在做作业。

40] Mrs. Brown was much disappointed to see the washing machine she had _____ went wrong again.

[译文] 布朗太太看她修好的洗衣机又坏了很失望。

　 A. it repaired 　 B. to be repaired

　 C. to repair 　 D. repaired

[答案及简析] D。 考查"have sth. done"结构,原句含定语从句"…the washing machine that s he had repaired…"

39] How pleased the detective was _____ what his customer told him!

[译文] 侦探听到他的客户所讲的事很是高兴！

　 A. hearing 　 B. heard

　 C. to hearing 　 D. to hear

[答案及简析] D。 "be pleased to do sth."为固定结构,不定式表原因。此感叹句的陈述句形式为： The detective was pleased to hear what his customer told him.

38] Last term our maths teacher set so difficult an examination problem _____ none of us worked out.

[译文] 上学期数学老师考试出题太难，没有一个人能解出来。

　 A. that 　 B. as

　 C. so that 　 D. which

[答案及简析] B。 as引导定语从句修饰"examination problem",在从句中作宾语,因其先行词前有限定词so。若看作"so…that…"结构,结果状语从句应加宾语,为"worked it out"。

37] -What did you think of ______ president?-I didn’t care for him at first，but after ____ time I get to like him.

[译文] --你认为这位总统如何？　--起初我一点也不喜欢他。但过了一段时间，我却逐渐喜欢他了。

　 A. the; a 　 B. /; the

　 C. the; the 　 D. /; a

[答案及简析] A。 the president特指"那个人",并非表"职衔"；"职务"。

36] It was five o’clock in the afternoon _____ they climbed up to the top of the mountain.

[译文] 他们爬上山顶的时候是下午5点钟。

　 A. since 　 B. when

　 C. That 　 D. until

[答案及简析] B。 此句为一主从复合句。"when"引导状语从句；若看作强调结构,应在five前加at。

35] How pleasant the picture is to _______！

[译文] 这幅画看起来很不错！

　 A. be looked 　 B. for looking at

　 C. looking at 　 D. look at

[答案及简析] D。 ＝It is peasant to look at the picture。故不定式用主动形式。

34] In the 16-19 age group，32 of women smoke ______ 28 of men.

[译文] 在16-19年龄组里，女性和男性抽烟的比例是32:28。

　 A. comparing to 　 B. comparing with

　 C. compared to 　 D. compare with

[答案及简析] C。 与。。。相比较。

33] I’ll give the prize to _______ finishes the work first.

[译文] 我将把奖品给最先完成工作的人。

　 A. whomever 　 B. whoever

　 C. who 　 D. anyone

[答案及简析] B。 名词性从句中的“救从不救主原则”和“首选原则”。

32] When he was a little boy，he ______ on the farm.

[译文] 但他是一个小孩时，常常在农场里劳动。

　 A. used to working 　 B. used to work

　 C. got used to work 　 D. was used to work

[答案及简析] B。 used to do sth.意为"过去经常做某事"。be used to do sth.意为"被用来做某事"。be/get used to doing sth."习惯于做某事"。