1. The thing that _______ is not whether you fail or not, but whether you try or not.
A. matters B. cares C. considers D. minds
2. He is very tired working all day. Don’t _____him waiting outside in the rain any longer.
A. continue B. leave C. make D. remain
3. The girl _____ to be a good dancer if she is well trained in an art school.
A. expects B. allows C. wishes D. promises
4. He is a man of few words and it is hard to _____his thoughts.
A. see B. tell C. read D. say
5. During the Olympic Games, journalists from all over the world came to _____the event.
A. cover B. watch C. write D. enjoy
6. The storm died away at last with the golden wave _____the shore in peace.
A. striking B. hitting C. beating D. knocking
7. I don’t know why the colors _____when I washed the coat.
A. went B. left C. ran D. rushed
8. When our English speaks English, I don’t often _____him.
A. follow B. take C. get D. see
9. The theater is large enough to _____3000 people at least. Which is wrong?
A. seat B. hold C. admit D. sit
10. -Mum, it is nice weather. I want to skate this afternoon
-Don’t you think the ice on the lake is too thin to _____your weight.
A. stand B. catch C. bear D. take
11. -Hello, may 1 speak to Mr. Black, please?
-Sorry. He is out. Could I _____a message?
A. give B. write down C. take D. leave
12. -So you have to leave now.
-Yes, I_______.
-How nice it would be if you could stay a bit longer!
A. had B. have C. do D. would
13. In his speech the headmaster________ to the great help the school received from the district government.
A. expressed B. pointed C. explained D. referred
14. After hospitals buy expensive equipment, they must try to _________ the money they have spent.
A. recover B. reduce C. remove D. receive
15. The three sisters decided to hold a family party to ________ their parents’ silver wedding.
A. welcomeB. congratulateC. memorizeD. celebrate
16. -________ you be happy!
-The same to you!
A. Wish B. Hope C. May D. Should
17. I had hoped to get to the meeting, but I found at the last minute that I couldn’t _______ it.
A. try B. meet C. get D. make
18. We trust you; only you can _______ him to give up smoking.
A. suggest B. attract C. advise D. persuade
19. Though _______ in a big city Jim always prefers to paint the primitive(原始的)scenes of country life.
A. raised B. grown C. cared D. fed
20 In that country, guests usually feel that they are not highly ________ if the invitation to a dinner party is given only three or four days before the party date.
A. regarded B. thought C. admired D. concerned
21. Just after putting the baby onto bed, Mrs. White suddenly caught sight of the pet cat and didn’t know how long it _____ on the table _____ for the family dinner.
A. had been laying, lying B. had been lying, laid
C. had been laid, laid D. had lain, laying
22. -Don’t have yourself____ there. Come and help me.
-Where would you like to have the table _____?
A. sitting; laid B. sitting; lain C. seat; lying D. sit; lain
23. In case anyone looks for me, please tell them to _____word on my office-table.
A. write B. pass C. leave D. have
24.--Where do you _____I go this evening?
-- I think you’d better stay at home, instead of going anywhere.
A. suppose B. suggest C. mean D. want
25. Mr. Baker suggested a good way _____prices from_____.
A. to stop, rising B. of stopping, being risen
C. to stop, raising D. stopped, being raised
26. Professor Wang works in our city as a researcher. It will be two years since he _____here.
A. left B. stayed C. came D. lived
27. We can’t ______the car. There ______something wrong with the engine.
A. drive; must be B. start; must be. C. start; has D. begin; must have
28. Our dog _____we were in danger long before we did.
A. sensed B. thought C. considered D. expected
29. In developing countries people are ____ into overcrowded cities in great numbers to hunt for fortunes.
A. pouring B. filling C. hurrying D. pushing
30. He was wandering in the park, ______ his time watching the children playing.
A. saving B. costing C. sparing D. killing
答案与简析：
1. A. matter"重要、要紧(=be important)"。
2. B.因为只有作"让某人或某物处于某种状态"解的leave后可用现在分词作宾补。
3. D. promise有…的希望、有…的可能。
4. C. read sb.’s mind /thoughts了解某人的想法。
5. A. cover采访、报道。
6. C. beat指连续地、不断地或规律地拍打，如：波浪冲击或心脏跳动等;strike和hit指有意或无意地打或撞击，两者可互换;knock指用硬物敲打、碰撞。
7. C. run指衣服上的颜色"掉色、褪色"。
8. A. follow=understand clearly明白、懂。
9. D. 因为除sit外，seat, hold和admit都有"可容纳"之意。
10. C. 表示"负担、支撑"要用bear(=support)，too thin to bear your weight太薄承受不住你的重量。另外，与can’t或couldn’t连用，stand, take和bear都有"容忍、忍受"之意。
11. C. 因为take a message (for sb.)"(给某人)捎口信";leave a message"留个话、留个便条"。
12. C. 因为只有do才可以用来代替另一动词，此处代替have to。
13. D. 因为refer to在此句中的意思是"提到、谈到(=mention; speak about)";此外，还有"参考、查(词典、资料)"、"有关、针对"等意。express(表达)是及物动词，无需介词to;point to"指向、指出"、"暗示、表明";explain是及物动词，explain sth. to sb.意为"向某人解释某事"。
14. A. recover"收回、重新获得";reduce"减少";remove"去掉、移开";receive则到。
15. D. celebrate"庆祝(节日、生日、纪念日等)";welcome"欢迎";congratulate"祝贺、庆贺、恭喜(成功、成就、结婚等)";memorize"记住"。
16. C. 虽然wish may和hope都有可以表示祝愿，但wish后是接双宾语的，如：Wish you luck! may是情态动词，后接动词原形，May you succeed! hope后接一从句 I hope you will succeed.
17. D. 因为make it有"准时到达(arrive in time)"、"办到、成功(succeed)"之意。
18. D. persuade sb. to do sth.劝服某人做某事;advise sb. to do sth.劝某人做某事(不一定劝服);suggest和attract不用接sb. to do sth.。顺便说说，像advise与persuade之间的区别，还有try与manage：try to do sth.努力做某事;manage to do sth.努力做成某事。
19. A. raise是及物动词，有"抚养(bring up)"之意;grow作"长大、发育"解，是不及物动词;care作"忧虑"解，是不及物动词，作"喜欢"解，是及物动词;feed喂养。
20. A. regard sb. highly =think highly of sb.尊重或看得起某人。
21. B. 首先要能分辨：表示"躺、在、位于"的不及物动词lie---lay---lain---lying;表示"放置、下(蛋)"的及物动词lay---laid---laid---laying。第一空是"躺"的过去完成进行时;第二空是"摆放"，过去分词作定语短语。
22. A. have sb. or sth. doing意为"让某人或某物一直做…";table与lay(放)是被动关系，用过去分词作宾补，即：have sth. done"要人做某事"。
23. C. leave意为"留下"，leave word就是"留言"之意。
24. B. 若用suppose或mean, 从句宜用将来时，want又似乎不接从句，因此，应选suggest，其宾语从句中的go前省略了should。
25. A. 表示"做某事的方法"用a way of doing或a way to do均可，只能排除D。所以关键是区分：rise是不及物动词，表示"…升高(=go up)";raise则是及物动词，意为"使…升高(make…higher)"。题末空格后无宾语，因此，用不及物的rising。
26. C. 句型"It be +时间段+since从句"，since从句中的谓语动词若是用非延续性的，意为"自从…以来有多久了";若从句的谓语动词是延续性动词，则意为"自从…不/没…以来有多久了"。本句显然是指"他来这里将有2年了"，只有came符合题意。
27. B. 指"(发动机的)启动、发动"用start，不能用begin。there must be意为"一定有"。
28. A. 因为sense在句中的意思是"感觉到、觉察出、意识到"，此外还有"检测出"之意;think和consider意为"认为";expect意为"认为、期望、预料"。
29. A. 因为pour指人"不断涌入、蜂涌而至"。
30. D. 因为他在公园里度来度去，显然是在"消磨"时间(kill time)，而不是"节省(save)"或"抽出(spare)"时间。cost一般指"花费(金钱)"。
