1.Tony likes walking in the country and _______. 【 D 】
A. also does Mary
B. Mary does also
C. so Mary does
D. so does Mary
【答案解析】：在"so+助动词/be动词/情态动词+主语"的倒装结构中，表示前面所述的肯定情况也适合于后者。例如：I'm good at English， and so is my sister. 我英语学得好，我妹妹学得也好。
2.If you _______ in taking this attitude， we‘ll have to ask you to leave. 【 C 】
A. insist
B. resist
C. persist
D. exist
【答案解析】：insist on doing sth；persist in doing sth 坚持做某事。
3.They have to stay with us _______ the time being because they have not found a place yet. 【 C 】
A. during
B. in
C. for
D. since
【答案解析】：固定词组搭配
4.Sixty percent of television viewers chose him as their _______ host. 【 C 】
A. popular
B. preferred
C. favorite
D. favored
【答案解析】：Popular通俗的，流行的；preferred首选的；favorite最喜爱的，中意的；favored受到优待的，有利的。因此，正确答案为C.
5.He cleans the offices after all the workers have gone _______. 【 A 】
A. home
B. at home
C. in home
D. to home
【答案解析】：home前面不需要加上介词。
6.You can‘t rely _______ him to do the job properly. 【 B 】
A. to
B. on
C. in
D. with
【答案解析】：本题考查的是固定搭配的用法：rely on：依赖，依靠。
7.He‘ll _______ his nervousness once he’s on stage. 【 A 】
A. get over
B. get off
C. get out
D. get through
【答案解析】：A. 克服；B. 脱下，开始；C. 离开；D. 到达
8.Each one of us， _______ old or young， is a valuable member of society. 【 A 】
A. however
B. whenever
C. whoever
D. no matter
【答案解析】：句子表示的是"无论年轻还是年迈"，四个选项中，只有A符合题意，表示"无论（如何）"。
9.Diamonds are the hardest substance _______ in nature. 【 B 】
A. find
B. found
C. finding
D. to find
【答案解析】：句意是"钻石是自然界所发现的最硬的物质"。表示的是一个被动的含义，所以要选B.
10.I‘ll leave him a note _______ he’ll know where we are. 【 C 】
A. for
B. that
C. so that
D. such that
【答案解析】：本题考查的是so that引导的目的状语从句。

11.I don‘t want to go into the sea. I’d rather lie on the _______. 【 D 】
A. coast
B. shore
C. bank
D. beach
【答案解析】：on the beach指的是"在海滩上"。
12.Jane came _______ because her car has broken down. 【 D 】
A. by feet
B. on feet
C. with foot
D. on foot
【答案解析】：on foot指的是"步行，徒步"的意思。
13.Frank couldn‘t help _______ his wife that he was worried about losing his job. 【 C 】
A. tell
B. to tell
C. telling
D. expect tell
【答案解析】：couldn't help doing sth表示"情不自禁做某事，忍不住做某事"。
14.Our responsibility involves _______ the problems of homelessness in the city. 【 C 】
A. deal with
B. to deal with
C. dealing with
D. in dealing with
【答案解析】：本题考查的是用动名词做宾语的特殊动词：involve doing sth.
15.I‘m going to the hairdresser’s to _______. Would you like to go with me？ 【 B 】
A. cut my hair
B. have my hair cut
C. have cut my hair
D. cut off my hair
【答案解析】：本题考查的是have sth done的用法，表示"使某物被……"。
16.We‘ve _______ milk. Could you stop at the store on your way home？ 【 D 】
A. run through
B. run over
C. run off
D. run out of
【答案解析】：本题考查的是短语动词的用法。Run through：贯穿，浏览；run over：过一遍，溢出，碾过；run off：跑掉，复印；run out of：用完，耗尽。
17.When the engine broke down， the boat‘s crew found themselves _______ of the wind. 【 B 】
A. at the cost
B. at the mercy
C. at the rate
D. at the moment
【答案解析】：本题考查的是词组的固定搭配。at the cost of：以…为代价；at the mercy of：任凭…的摆布；at the rate：以…的比率；at the moment：此刻，…的时刻。
18.The President was among the first to congratulate the scientist _______ his new discovery. 【 D 】
A. at
B. in
C. about
D. on
【答案解析】：本题考查的是介词的固定搭配。Congratulate sb on sth：祝贺某人某事。
19.Police Chief Timothy told reporters that the police officers wounded in the rescue operation were rapidly _______. 【 D 】
A. curing
B. treating
C. healing
D. recovering
【答案解析】：本题考查的是同义动词的辨析。
20.The more the customer complained， _______ and more unpleasant the manager became. 【 A 】
A. the ruder
B. more rude
C. the rudest
D. the rude
【答案解析】：本题考查的是形容词比较级所构成的特殊句型：the+比较级…，the+比较级…。