8. Usually passengers are required to arrive at _____ one hour before ______ takes off.

　　　 A. airport; aircrafts　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. the airport, aircraft

　　　 C. an airport, a aircraft　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. the airport, the aircraft

7. Our older generation used to advise us not to build ____ in the air, but that’s not realistic at all.

A. attics　　　　　　　　　　　 B. castles　　　　　　　　　　　 C. building　　　　　　　　　 D. rostrums

6. We haven't seen each other for _______, though we are in the same city.

A. eras　　 　　　　　　　　 B. millennium 　　　　　　 C. epoch　　　　 　　　　 D. ages

5. Honest ________, though unpleasant to the ear, induces good conducts. (prov.)

A. advices　　　　　　　　　　 B. proposal　　　　　　　　　 C. advice　　　　　　　　　　　 D. suggestions

4. He is one of her many _______.

A. admiration　 　　 　　　 B. admirer　　　 　　　　 C. admirers　　　 　　　 D. admirations

3. To tell you the truth, ______, not words are what we need.

A. actions　　　　　　　 　　　 B. deeds　　　　　　　　　　　 C. behavior　　　　　　　　　 D. acts

2. The Xi’an _____ happened on December 12, 1936 in Chinese modern history.

A. Incident　 　　　　　　　　 B. Accident　　 　　　　　　 C. Event　　　 　　　　　 D. Affair

1. He is such a man of many ______ that all of us respect him.

　 　 A. ability　　 　　　　　　　 B. abilities　　 　　　　　 C. competence　 　　　　 D. talent

4. of +名词的’s所有格形式或名词性物主代词称为双重所有格. 在表示所属物的名词前有冠词, 数词,不定代词或指示代词(如a, two, some, any, such, no, a few, this, that, these, those等)时, 常用双重所有格表示所属关系, 如: a friend of my father’s =one of my father’s friends, two brothers of his, some inventions of Edison’s, these poems of Li Bai’s, a few classmates of Xiao Ming’s, any friend of Tom’s, some houses of my grandfather’s.

关于双重所有格还需注意以下几点:

　　 ①.在双重所有格中, of前面的名词不和the连用, 如不能说: 　the new dress of Susan’s. 但若有定语从句在后, 则可以用the, 如可以说: the friends of my father’s who is going abroad

②.在双重所有格中, 作of宾语的名词必须是人, 而且是特指

3.指有生命的名词也可以用of词组表示所有格, 常用于以下情况之下:

　　 ①.名词较长时, 如: the story of doctor Bethune, the works of Marx, Engels and Lenin

　 　②.名词的定语较长, 如: the son of the man who you just talked to, the name of the boy standing there