1. The patient’s progress was very encouraging as he could __________ get out of the bed without help.
A. nearly
B. hardly
C. merely
D. barely
2. He was __________ to tell the truth even to his closest friend.
A. too much of a coward
B. too much the coward
C. a coward enough
D. enough of a coward
3. John is __________ hardworking than his sister, but he failed in the exam.
A. no less
B. no more
C. not more
D. not so
4. __________ in the United States, St.Louis has now become the 24th largest city.
A. Once the fourth biggest city
B. The fourth biggest city it was
C. Being the fourth biggest city
D. It was once the fourth biggest city
5. Especially important to many people __________.
A. there is legislation against pollution
B. is legislation against pollution
C. it is legislation against pollution
D. legislation against pollution is
1.[答案]A
[譯文]病人情況的好轉然人感到鼓舞，因為他不用人幫忙也能勉強下床了。
[答案解析]nearly（幾乎）表示肯定意義；hardly（剛剛，幾乎不）；barely（僅僅，幾乎不）；merely（僅僅，只不過）一般不與can/could連用。
2.[答案]A
[譯文]他膽子很小，不敢將事實告訴他最親密的朋友。
[答案解析]too much of a….（非常的）后跟名詞，too…to…是習慣用法，意為“太…以致不能…”。
3.[答案]A
[譯文]約翰和他姐姐一樣都很用功，但是他卻沒考及格。
[答案解析]no less than 表示前后兩者都肯定，根據(jù)句中but后面的轉折意思，說明應該用表示肯定的比較關系。no more than表示前后兩者都否定，與題意不符。
4.[答案]A
[譯文]圣路易斯曾經(jīng)是美國的第四大城市，而現(xiàn)在排名第廿四位。
[答案解析]該題考查狀語從句的省略現(xiàn)象。該句的時間狀語從句的完整表達是：Once it was the fourth biggest city,……，根據(jù)省略規(guī)則，應該省略it was，因此選A。盡管B和D的語義完整，但是不符合“逗號不能連接并列句”的語法規(guī)則；C是現(xiàn)在分詞短語作伴隨狀語的形式，但表達的語義（現(xiàn)在是第四大城市）與后半句矛盾，不符合要求。
5.[答案]B
[譯文]反對污染的法律對很多人來說尤其重要。
[答案解析]本題考倒裝句。本句將表語（Especially important to many people）提前，表示強調(diào)，而整個句子要全部倒裝。
A. nearly
B. hardly
C. merely
D. barely
2. He was __________ to tell the truth even to his closest friend.
A. too much of a coward
B. too much the coward
C. a coward enough
D. enough of a coward
3. John is __________ hardworking than his sister, but he failed in the exam.
A. no less
B. no more
C. not more
D. not so
4. __________ in the United States, St.Louis has now become the 24th largest city.
A. Once the fourth biggest city
B. The fourth biggest city it was
C. Being the fourth biggest city
D. It was once the fourth biggest city
5. Especially important to many people __________.
A. there is legislation against pollution
B. is legislation against pollution
C. it is legislation against pollution
D. legislation against pollution is
1.[答案]A
[譯文]病人情況的好轉然人感到鼓舞，因為他不用人幫忙也能勉強下床了。
[答案解析]nearly（幾乎）表示肯定意義；hardly（剛剛，幾乎不）；barely（僅僅，幾乎不）；merely（僅僅，只不過）一般不與can/could連用。
2.[答案]A
[譯文]他膽子很小，不敢將事實告訴他最親密的朋友。
[答案解析]too much of a….（非常的）后跟名詞，too…to…是習慣用法，意為“太…以致不能…”。
3.[答案]A
[譯文]約翰和他姐姐一樣都很用功，但是他卻沒考及格。
[答案解析]no less than 表示前后兩者都肯定，根據(jù)句中but后面的轉折意思，說明應該用表示肯定的比較關系。no more than表示前后兩者都否定，與題意不符。
4.[答案]A
[譯文]圣路易斯曾經(jīng)是美國的第四大城市，而現(xiàn)在排名第廿四位。
[答案解析]該題考查狀語從句的省略現(xiàn)象。該句的時間狀語從句的完整表達是：Once it was the fourth biggest city,……，根據(jù)省略規(guī)則，應該省略it was，因此選A。盡管B和D的語義完整，但是不符合“逗號不能連接并列句”的語法規(guī)則；C是現(xiàn)在分詞短語作伴隨狀語的形式，但表達的語義（現(xiàn)在是第四大城市）與后半句矛盾，不符合要求。
5.[答案]B
[譯文]反對污染的法律對很多人來說尤其重要。
[答案解析]本題考倒裝句。本句將表語（Especially important to many people）提前，表示強調(diào)，而整個句子要全部倒裝。