1891] The new research team was led by the _____ engineer.

[译文] 新的研究小组是由一位主任工程师领导。

　 A. main 　 B. major

　 C. chief 　 D. primary

[答案及简析] C。 main 主要的最重要的；major 较大的，较重要的；chief 主要的；primary第一的，基本的。

1890] In spite of your living so far away, we both hope very much _____.

[译文] 尽管你住得很远，我们都希望你能来．

　 A. your coming 　 B. you to come

　 C. that you would come 　 D. that you will come

[答案及简析] D。 hope to do sth. / that 从句．

1889] ----- May I _____ you a cigarette?　　　----- That’s very kind of you, but I can’t smok

[译文] ――我可以给你一支烟吗？　　　＿＿谢谢，我不抽烟．

　 A. offer 　 B. persuade

　 C. show 　 D. send

[答案及简析] A。 offer sb. sth. 给某人提供…．

1888] I don’t think _____ of the young couple was pleased to see us. They had gone away when we reached their house.

[译文] 我认为这对年轻夫妇不高兴见我们。我们一到他们家他们就走了。

　 A. none 　 B. either

　 C. neither 　 D. any

[答案及简析] B。 not… either = neither.

1887] The medical treatment is developing fast in the countryside. In many villages there is _____ one clinic today.

[译文] 医疗卫生在农村发展很快。在许多村庄现在至少有一个医疗所。

　 A. no more than 　 B. at most

　 C. less than 　 D. at least

[答案及简析] D。 at least 至少；at most 最多；less than 不到；no more than 仅仅。

1886] We didn’t finish the work on time. That got us _____ al kinds of difficulties.

[译文] 我们没有按时完成工作，　是我们陷入各种各样的困难。

　 A. / 　 B. into

　 C. out of 　 D. off

[答案及简析] B。 et sb. into …. 使某人陷入….。

1885] -----Why did the lady walking on her tiptoe?　　　-----She was afriad ______ her baby.

[译文] --为什么这位太太点着脚尖走路呀？　　--她怕弄醒了她的婴儿。

　 A. to wake 　 B. of waking

　 C. that she would wake 　 D. in waking

[答案及简析] B。 be afraid of doing sth. 害怕，担心….。be afraid to do sth.不敢…。

1884] Bad habits, _____ formed, are diffficult to give up.

[译文] 坏习惯一旦形成，就很难戒掉。

　 A. and 　 B. once

　 C. for 　 D. but

[答案及简析] B。 once副词，意思是“一旦”。

1883] The truck will sooner or later_____.

[译文] 这辆卡车迟早会没燃料的。

　 A. come about 　 B. turn out

　 C. come out 　 D. give out

[答案及简析] D。 give out 不及物的短语，指能量耗尽，精力用完。

1882] The tower of London, _____ a lecture is to be given tomorrow, is one of the world’s great historic buidling.

[译文] 伦敦塔是世界上最具有历史意义的建筑物，明天的讲座就是关于此塔。

　 A. in which 　 B. what

　 C. about which 　 D. which

[答案及简析] C。 考查非限制性的定语从句，把从句补充完整就是，A lecture about the tower of London is to be given tomorrow.