1. Little is known of his childhood ____ at a factory at the earlyage of ten.
A. to begin to work B. beginning to work
C. save that he began to work D. about that he worked
2. There is a general understanding among the members of the Board of Directors that chief attention
____to the undertaking that is expected to bring highest profit.
A. is given B. gives
C. should be given D. must be given
3. They did not find ____ to prepare for the worst conditions they might meet.
A. worth their while B. it worthwhile
C. it worth D. it worthy
4. Quarter horses can start more quickly, turn more sharply, and run faster over short courses____
breeds can.
A. than the other B. other
C. than other D. of all other
5. Most insurance agents would rather you ____ anything about collecting claims until they investigate
the situation.
A. do B. didn’t do C. don’t D. didn’t
試題答案與解析
1. C)【句意】人們對(duì)他的童年了解得很少，只知道他早在10歲就在工廠里工作。
【難點(diǎn)】此處save為介詞，相當(dāng)于except，但不太通俗，其后除接名詞或代詞外，也可接that 引導(dǎo)的從句。
2. C)【句意】董事會(huì)的成員一致認(rèn)為主要的精力應(yīng)該放在為取得最高利潤(rùn)而做的努力上面。
【難點(diǎn)】understanding 如同suggestion, motion, plan, idea, order等詞一樣，其后的同位語(yǔ)從句中的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞須用虛擬語(yǔ)氣，should加原形動(dòng)詞或直接用原形動(dòng)詞。
3. B)【句意】他們發(fā)現(xiàn)為可能遇到的最差的條件做準(zhǔn)備是不值得的。
【難點(diǎn)】在find it worthwhile to prepare …中，find之后是一個(gè)復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)，其中it是形式賓語(yǔ)，真正的賓語(yǔ)是to prepare, worthwhile (值得花時(shí)間的)是賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)。
4. C)【句意】在短道上，四分之一英里賽馬比其它品種的馬起動(dòng)要快，轉(zhuǎn)彎要急，跑得也更快。
【難點(diǎn)】than other breeds can 是一個(gè)比較狀語(yǔ)從句，與前邊的more quickly， more sharply，faster 等相呼應(yīng)。A)，D)本身是錯(cuò)的，B)無(wú)比較意思。
5. B)【句意】多數(shù)保險(xiǎn)代理人寧愿你在他們調(diào)查了情況之后才提出申訴。
【難點(diǎn)】would rather 后跟的從句用動(dòng)詞過(guò)去時(shí)，表示“寧愿別人…”，而C)和D)無(wú)實(shí)義動(dòng)詞，故B)是正確的。