291] The meeting ______ tomorrow afternoon is about _______ rid of pollution.

[译文] 明天要举行的会议是关于制止污染的问题。

　 A. held, to get 　 B. to be held; getting

　 C. to hold; to get 　 D. being held; getting

[答案及简析] B。 不定式作定语表示将来和目的；介词后面跟动名词作宾语。

290] If you ______ the medicine you ______ better now.

[译文] 如果你吃了这药，你现在会觉得好一些的。

　 A. took ; would feel 　 B. had taken; fel

　 C. had taken; would feel 　 D. took; would have felt

[答案及简析] C。 这是典型错综复杂条件状语从句中的虚拟语气问题。从句和主句的时态各自按各自的情况判断时态。

289] Children in China today have nothing ______.

[译文] 中国的小孩没有什么可担忧的。

　 A. to worry 　 B. worried

　 C. to worry about 　 D. worrying about

[答案及简析] C。 在sb. have sth. to do句型中不定时作定语一是主动的，二必须是及物的。

288] The blind man _____ the elephant’s trunk. It ______ like a snake.

[译文] 这个瞎子摸着大象的鼻子，摸起来像一条蛇。

　 A. felt ; was feeling 　 B. felt ; felt

　 C. was feeling; felt 　 D. was feeling; was feeling

[答案及简析] C。 feel 一个是及物动词；后面的是感官动词。

287] A fish needs water and without water it will die. _______.

[译文] 鱼需要水，没有水鱼就会死。人也是这样。

　 A. so does a man 　 B. so will a man

　 C. so it is with a man 　 D. so is it with a man

[答案及简析] C。 当前面的句子是两回事或者两个不同的谓语动词，要表示与这种情况一样就得用so it is with…的结构。

286] He stood against the wall with his right hand _____.

[译文] 他举着他的右手，靠着墙站着。

　 A. raised 　 B. raising

　 C. risen 　 D. rise

[答案及简析] A。 在with + n. + …..的复合结构中，用过去分词表示状态。

285] If the south had won the war, what is now the United States _____ divided into several countries.

[译文] 如果南方赢得这场战争，现在的美国就一定会分裂成为好几个国家。

　 A. will be 　 B. might have been

　 C. should be 　 D. must have been

[答案及简析] D。 虚拟语气，与过去事实相反用过去完成时态。

284] If my lawyer ______ here last Saturday, he ______ me from going.

[译文] 如果我的律师周六在这儿的话，他会阻止我去的。

　 A. had been; would have prevented 　 B. had been; would prevent

　 C. were; would prevent 　 D. were; would have prevented

[答案及简析] A。 虚拟语气，与过去事实相反用过去完成时态。

283] The next day she ______ her father what _______ when the man came again.

[译文] 第二天她告诉她爸这个人来时所发生的事。

　 A. told; happened 　 B. was telling; had happened

　 C. had; told 　 D. told; had happened

[答案及简析] D。 所发生的事发生在告诉之前，时态该用过去完成时态。

282] How pleased the Emperor was _____ what the cheats said!

[译文] 听到了这骗子说的话，皇帝好高兴呀！

　 A. hearing 　 B. heard

　 C. hear 　 D. is hear

[答案及简析] A。 现在分词表时间= when he heard what the cheats said.