1218] You should think _____ how to improve your spoken English.

[譯文] 你應(yīng)該考慮如何提高你的口語(yǔ)。

　 A. of 　 B. over

　 C. out 　 D. about

[答案及簡(jiǎn)析] D。 think about考慮；think of想起。

1217] They refused _____ that company again.

[譯文] 他們又一次拒絕和那家公司做生意。

　 A. to trade with 　 B. to trade for

　 C. trading with 　 D. trading for

[答案及簡(jiǎn)析] A。 refuse to do sth. trade with 和…做生意；trade for用…交換…。

1216] It was said that he died ______ a fever.

[譯文] 據(jù)說(shuō)他死于高燒。

　 A. in 　 B. by

　 C. of 　 D. from

[答案及簡(jiǎn)析] C。 die from指死于受傷，事故等外因；die of指死于饑餓，疾病，寒冷，悲傷等原因。

1215] She never speaks _____ she is spoken _____.

[譯文] 她從不開(kāi)口說(shuō)話，除非有人同她講話。

　 A. unless; /　　 B. if not; to

　 C. if not; / 　 D. unless; to

[答案及簡(jiǎn)析] D。 unless 連詞； speak to對(duì)某人講話。

1214] In doing the work, we can’t _____ the waste of a single minute.

[譯文] 做這件工作時(shí)，我們不能浪費(fèi)一分一秒的時(shí)間。

　 A. manage 　 B. afford

　 C. take 　 D. suffer

[答案及簡(jiǎn)析] B。 afford 常和can, could, be able to連用。

1213] I called _____ the hope of finding him in the office.

[譯文] 我打電話，希望他在辦公室。

　 A. for 　 B. on

　 C. in 　 D. at

[答案及簡(jiǎn)析] C。 call 打電話；in the hope of希望…。

1212] He hurried to the street, _____ th shop _____.

[譯文] 他匆匆地來(lái)到街上，結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)商店關(guān)門(mén)了。

　 A. found; closed 　 B. finding; closed

　 C. to find; closing 　 D. to find; closed

[答案及簡(jiǎn)析] B。 現(xiàn)在分詞短語(yǔ)作結(jié)果狀語(yǔ)，closed是過(guò)去分詞作賓補(bǔ)。

1211] He decided that only burying the money could he _____ it safe.

[譯文] 他認(rèn)為只有把錢(qián)埋起來(lái)才能保障它的安全。

　 A. keep 　 B. kept

　 C. keeping 　 D. to keep

[答案及簡(jiǎn)析] A。 only 引導(dǎo)的狀語(yǔ)在句首，句子要部分倒裝。

1210] Joan’s advice is _____ to me.

[譯文] Joan的建議對(duì)我很有用處。

　 A. of much useful 　 B. much uses

　 C. of much use 　 D. for much use

[答案及簡(jiǎn)析] C。 be of great/ little/ some/ no/ much +抽象名詞　= be + 相應(yīng)的形容詞。

1209] _____ it’s raining, we’d better stay at home.

[譯文] 既然在下雨，我們最好呆在家里。

　 A. Since 　 B. Because

　 C. For 　 D. As

[答案及簡(jiǎn)析] A。 眾所周知的原因，用since，意為"既然"。