根据首字母提示，用单词的适当形式填空。
1. The children were wearing traditional n________ dress.
2. What do you hope to g________ from the course?
3. Missing a meal once in a while never did anyone any h________.
4. Mexico gained its i________ from Spain in l821.
5. On a________ at the police station, they were taken to an interview room.
6. Jack has passed his examination, so we’re going out to c________.
7. A local poor peasant l________ the soldiers through the forest.
8. There is no doubt that the basic needs of the people should be s________ first.
9. Whole communities s________ to death during the long drought.
10. Her unhappy childhood was the o________ of her problems later in life.
11. The school is widely a________ for its excellent teaching.
12. A crowd g________ to see what had happened.
13. They have authorized ________ of £900 to each of the victims.
14. In my village, it is the c________ for a girl to take her mother’s name
15. She’s dreaming she’ll meet a tall, dark h________ man by chance in the street.

Keys: 1. national  2. gain   3. gain  4. harm  5. arrival  
6. celebrate  7. led   8. satisfied 9. starved  10. origin  
11. admired  12. gathered 13. awards 14. custom 15. handsome

请从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语并用其正确形式填空。
agriculture, decorate, energy, religion, society, play tricks on, in memory of
look forward to, day and night, as though, dress up, took place, in the shape of
1. You don’t need to ________, just to go to the pub — jeans and a T-shirt will do.
2. The police may never discover what ________ that night, because Mr Smith, the only eyewitness, died last night.
3. I hate the smell of paint when I’m ________.
4. Luckily, help arrived ________ a police officer.
5. It’s acceptable to ________ your friends on April 1st.
6. The government set up a monument ________ the heroes who died in the war.
7. I’m ________ hearing from you.
8. He behaved ________ he hadn’t known anything about it.
9. Those workers worked ________ to finish the task.
10. The country’s economy is mainly ________ and depends on crops like coffee.
11. Most British schools organize ________ events for the students.
12. I tried aerobics (有氧运动) but it was too ________ for me.
13. He’s deeply ________ and goes to church twice a week.

Keys:
1. dress up  2. took place  3. decorating  4. in the shape of 5. play tricks on
6. in memory of 7. looking forward to 8. as though 9. day and night 10. agricultural
11. social   12. energetic  13. religious  

单项选择
1. — Isn’t that Ann’s husband over there?
 — No, it ________ be him — I’m sure he doesn’t wear glasses.      (NMET 2004)
  A. can’t  B. must not  C. won’t   D. may not
2. The discovery of new evidence led to ________.        (上海 2003)
A. the thief having caught  B. catch the thief 
C. the thief being caught  D. the thief to be caught
3. The Foreign Minister said, “________ our hope that the two sides will work towards peace.”
(北京2004)
  A. This is      B. There is     C. That is      D. It is
4. It’s widely accepted that young babies learn to do things because certain acts lead to ________.
(上海 2001)
A. rewards      B. prizes        C. awards       D. results
5. I’d like to arrive 20 minutes early ________ I can have time for a cup of tea.     (北京 2005)
A. as soon as    B. as a result    C. in case     D. so that
6. When a pencil is partly in a glass of water, it looks as if it ________.      (NMET 1995)
   A. breaks   B. has broken  C. were broken  D. had been broken
7. Allow children the space to voice their opinions, ________ they are different from your own.
 (湖南 2005)
A. until     B. even if      C. unless      D. as though
8. “You can’t catch me!” Sanet shouted, ________ away.           (全国I 2005)
A. run        B. running     C. to run      D. ran
9. A cook will be immediately fired if he is found ________ in the kitchen.     (NMET 2003)
A. smoke  B. smoking  C. to smoke  D. smoked
10. Listen to the two girls by the window. What language ________?         (全国I 2005)
A. did they speak      B. were they speaking
C. are they speaking   D. have they been speaking

Keys: 1-5 ACDAD  6-10 CBBBD 

语法选择
1. How ________ you say that you really understand the whole story if you have covered only part of the article?
A. can   B. must   C. need   D. may
2. — The room is so dirty. ________ we clean it?
— Of course.
A. Will   B. Shall   C. Would  D. Do
3. My English-Chinese dictionary has disappeared. Who ________ have taken it?
A. should  B. must   C. could   D. would
4. — Is John coming by train?
— He should, but he ________ not. He likes driving his car.
A. must  B. can   C. need   D. may
5. It’s nearly seven o’clock, Jack ________ be here at any moment.
A. must  B. need   C. should  D. can
6. The fire spread through the hotel very quickly but everyone ________ get out.
A. had to  B. would   C. was able to D. could
7. You can’t imagine that a well-behaved gentleman ________ be so rude to a lady.
A. might  B. need   C. should  D. would
8. — Write to me when you get home.
— ________.
A. I must  B. I should  C. I will   D. I can
9. Mr Bush is on time for everything. How ________ it be that he was late for the opening ceremony.
A. can   B. should   C. may   D. must
10. When he was there, he ________ go to that coffee shop at the corner after work everyday.
A. would  B. should   C. had better  D. might

Keys: 1-5 ABCDC  6-10 CCCAA   

请根据中文意思，翻译下列句子。
1. 我们请她吃饭，但她还没露面。
2. 我因为没能接你而必须向你道歉。
3. 母亲临终前我未去看她，为此我不能原谅自己。
4. 全国都在屏息等待，看谁将在这次大选中获胜。
5. 我很信任他因为他总是信守诺言。
6. 这个年轻人与那个姑娘一见钟情，并且很快结了婚。
7. 你本来能帮助那位老人的，为何像个傻子似的只是站在那儿呢？
8. 旧社会由于很穷，很多父母供不起孩子上学。
9. 当我有困难时，他总是第一个主动帮忙。
10. 发现有人走过来，他们停止交谈站起身来。
11. 这首歌让我想起了我的童年时代。
12. 很明显，如果每一个人都能节约一滴水，我们就能救活很多人。

Keys：
1. We invited her to dinner but she hasn’t turned up.
2. I must apologize to you for not being able to meet you.
3. I can’t forgive myself for not seeing my mother before she died.
4. The whole country held its breath to see who would win the election.
5. I believe in him because he always keeps his word.
6. The young man fell in love with the girl at first sight, and soon they got married.
7. You could have helped the old man. Why should you just stand there like a fool?
8. Being poor in the old days, many parents couldn’t afford to send their children to school.
9. When I’m in trouble, he would always be the first to offer to help me.
10. Finding someone was coming, they stopped talking and stood up.
11. This song reminds me of my childhood.
12. It’s obvious that if everyone can save a drop of water, we can save a lot of people.

下列各句均有一处错误，请找出并改正。
1. We’ve found English easy to learn it.
2. She looks forward every spring to walk in the flower-lined garden.
3. Peter is a good fun and we all enjoy being with him.
4. He dare not speak English before such a crowd, dare not he?
5. He always keeps his words; he is a man of his word.
6. There are a plenty of eggs in the basket.
7. You like sports, when I like reading.
8. This story reminded me what happened ten years ago.

Keys：
1. 去掉it。learn与English存在逻辑上的动宾关系，所以应去掉it。
2. walk→walking。look forward to doing sth为固定用法，其中to介词。
3. 去掉a。fun为不可数名词，意为“有趣的人或事”。
4. 去掉第二个not。
5. words→word。keep one’s word为固定搭配，意为“信守诺言”。
6. 去掉a。plenty of意为“许多”，修饰可数或不可数名词。
7. when→while。while表示对比，意为“而”。
8. 在what前加of。remind sb of sth意为“提醒某人某事”，what引导介词的宾语从句。