1. An underlying assumption of most market research is that people are continually ____ financial decisions based on their desire for goods that give them the most satisfaction.
(A) making
(B) and make
(C) being made
(D) having made
2. ____ tempera paint, the artist mixes dry pigments with water until the mixture resembles a stiff paste.
(A) In preparation
(B) The preparing of
(C) To prepare
(D) Prepared
3. When two straight lines meet, ____ an angle.
(A) it is formed
(B) formed
(C) they form
(D) to form
4. ____ the precise qualities of the hero in literary works may vary over time, the basic exemplary function of the hero seems to remain constant.
(A) Whatever
(B) Even though
(C) In spite of
(D) Regardless
5. Early forms of life on Earth, ____ in the absence of oxygen, required elements such as sulfur instead.
(A) which lived
(B) whose life
(C) lived
(D) were living
答案解析：
1. (A) making, people are continuously making ...構(gòu)成句子的謂語
2. (C) To prepare，動詞不定式做目的狀語。
3. (C) they form,前面的時間狀語從句就決定了后面應(yīng)該是一個完整的主句，要有主語和謂語。
4. (B) Even though，單句和單句之間是轉(zhuǎn)折的關(guān)系，所以用even though來連接。
5. (A) which lived，構(gòu)成定語從句，相當(dāng)于living。
(A) making
(B) and make
(C) being made
(D) having made
2. ____ tempera paint, the artist mixes dry pigments with water until the mixture resembles a stiff paste.
(A) In preparation
(B) The preparing of
(C) To prepare
(D) Prepared
3. When two straight lines meet, ____ an angle.
(A) it is formed
(B) formed
(C) they form
(D) to form
4. ____ the precise qualities of the hero in literary works may vary over time, the basic exemplary function of the hero seems to remain constant.
(A) Whatever
(B) Even though
(C) In spite of
(D) Regardless
5. Early forms of life on Earth, ____ in the absence of oxygen, required elements such as sulfur instead.
(A) which lived
(B) whose life
(C) lived
(D) were living
答案解析：
1. (A) making, people are continuously making ...構(gòu)成句子的謂語
2. (C) To prepare，動詞不定式做目的狀語。
3. (C) they form,前面的時間狀語從句就決定了后面應(yīng)該是一個完整的主句，要有主語和謂語。
4. (B) Even though，單句和單句之間是轉(zhuǎn)折的關(guān)系，所以用even though來連接。
5. (A) which lived，構(gòu)成定語從句，相當(dāng)于living。