1.A year later，with the nation‘s economy ________， Bush’s approval rating dropped below 40 percent.
　　A. in power
　　B. in trouble
　　C. in hand
　　D. in part
　　2.There is the appreciation of the salient historical truth ________ the aging of advanced societies has been a sudden change.
　　A. which
　　B. what
　　C. that
　　D. how
　　3.Robots differ from automatic machines ________ after completion of one specific task，they can be reprogrammed by a computer to do another one.
　　A. in case
　　B. in that
　　C. in which
　　D. in time
　　4.Basically，these attitudes amount to a belief ________ leisure can and should be put to good use.
　　A. which
　　B. that
　　C. what
　　D. how
　　5.The professor worked for 7 hours at a ________.
　　A. stretch
　　B. extend
　　C. expand
　　D. prolong
　　6.If an earthquake occurred，some of the one-storey houses ________.
　　A. might be left stand
　　B. might leave to be standing
　　C. might be left to stand
　　D. might be left standing
　　7.________， he had no time to rest.
　　A. As he was tired
　　B. If he was tired
　　C. Tired as he was
　　D. Now that he was tired
　　8.Since we have a focused subject， we should not talk ________.
　　A. at once
　　B. at hand
　　C. at intervals
　　D. at random
　　9.Why do you blame him for his poor judgment on the matter ______ he really needs is encouragement？
　　A. when that
　　B. since that
　　C. when what
　　D. now that
　　10.The doctors are ________ about the guidelines under which they can carry out euthanasia.
　　A. at a stretch
　　B. at a loss
　　C. at random
　　D. at length
　　11.With such a poor score in the entrance exam， it‘s ________ impossible for him to be admitted to this university.
　　A. roughly
　　B. absolutely
　　C. fully
　　D. exclusively
　　12.We promise that we‘ll meet again after we _______ our college education in three years’ time.
　　A. finish
　　B. will finish
　　C. finished
　　D. will have finished
　　13.Although Tom is satisfied with his academic achievement， he wonders _______ will happen to his family life.
　　A. it
　　B. that
　　C. what
　　D. this
　　14.Never before _______ so rapidly developing as it is today.
　　A. has our country been
　　B. our country has been
　　C. has been our country
　　D. our country hasn‘t been
　　15.Is it Shakespeare Theatre _______ you are going to watch the play The Merchant of Venice？
　　A. where
　　B. that
　　C. which
　　D. as
　　16.He would have given you more help， if he ________ so busy.
　　A. have not been
　　B. had not been
　　C. not have been
　　D. not had been
　　17.After months of voyage， Columbus arrived in ______ later proved to be a new continent.
　　A. where
　　B. which
　　C. what
　　D. that
　　18.I was really anxious about you. You ______ home without a word.
　　A. mustn‘t leave
　　B. shouldn’t have left
　　C. couldn‘t have left
　　D. needn’t leave
　　19.He was ______ to withdraw from running for the presidency.
　　A. trusted
　　B. credited
　　C. convinced
　　D. believed
　　20.While _____ the book， he nodded from time to time
　　A. reading
　　B. read
　　C. is reading
　　D. is read

參考答案

　　1.正確答案：B答案解析：in trouble：陷入困境。由于經(jīng)濟(jì)陷入困境，所以支持率下降了很多，符合句意。
　　2.正確答案：C答案解析：本句中that引導(dǎo)的也是同位語(yǔ)從句。
　　3.正確答案：B答案解析：in that意思是：在于，因?yàn)椤＝忉宒iffer from automatic machines的具體方面。
　　4.正確答案：B答案解析：空格前面是belief，后面是一個(gè)結(jié)構(gòu)完整的句子，解釋說明belief的具體內(nèi)容。所以用that引導(dǎo)這個(gè)同位語(yǔ)從句。
　　5.正確答案：A答案解析：此題考查的是固定詞組搭配。at a stretch一口氣地。
　　6.正確答案：D答案解析：be left……：被置于……的境地。它是leave sth……的被動(dòng)式。standing：站立的，固定的，直立的。be left加形容詞是常用的一種表達(dá)方式。
　　7.正確答案：C答案解析：譯文：盡管他很累，他也沒有時(shí)間休息。此題考查的是讓步狀語(yǔ)從句，從句中表語(yǔ)提前。
　　8.正確答案：D答案解析：譯文：既然我們已經(jīng)有了命題，我們就不應(yīng)漫無邊際地交談。此題考查對(duì)固定短語(yǔ)的掌握情況。at once立刻；at hand在附近，在手頭，即將發(fā)生；at intervals間或，不時(shí)；at random隨便，任意。
　　9.正確答案：C答案解析：譯文：當(dāng)他真正需要鼓勵(lì)時(shí)，你為什么責(zé)備他的拙劣判斷。此題考查準(zhǔn)確判斷句子結(jié)構(gòu)。when引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句，what he really needs充當(dāng)這個(gè)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句的主語(yǔ)。
　　10.正確答案：B答案解析：本題考查的是短語(yǔ)區(qū)分。A.不休息地，連續(xù)地；B.不知所措，茫然，不了解；C.任意的，隨便的；D.最后，終于。句意：醫(yī)生們不了解執(zhí)行安樂死的準(zhǔn)則。
　　11.正確答案：B答案解析：此題考查詞匯。A.大約；B.絕對(duì)地；C.完全地；D.惟一的。句意：他入學(xué)考試分?jǐn)?shù)很低，完全不可能被這所大學(xué)錄取。
　　12.正確答案：A答案解析：此題為主將從現(xiàn)，一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)用于從句表將來。譯文：我們約定，大學(xué)三年畢業(yè)后我們將再次見面。
　　13.正確答案：C答案解析：what引導(dǎo)賓語(yǔ)從句，并在從句中作主語(yǔ)。句意：盡管湯姆對(duì)自己的學(xué)術(shù)成就很滿意，但是他想知道他的家庭生活將會(huì)如何？
　　14.正確答案：A答案解析：此題考查倒裝句。否定詞位于句首，句子應(yīng)該部分倒裝。句意：我們國(guó)家從來沒有像今天一樣進(jìn)步如此迅速。
　　15.正確答案：A答案解析：where引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)從句修飾先行詞Shakespeare Theatre.此處并非強(qiáng)調(diào)結(jié)構(gòu)，將“Is it去掉后，可以看出，這個(gè)句子缺少介詞，所以，如果在原句中Shakespeare Theatre的前面加上介詞in或at，則成為強(qiáng)調(diào)句。
　　16.正確答案：B答案解析：本題考察與過去事實(shí)相反的虛擬語(yǔ)氣。
　　17.正確答案：C答案解析：注意，本句話并非定語(yǔ)從句，而是賓語(yǔ)從句。因?yàn)樵诮樵~in 后面，應(yīng)該用what引導(dǎo)的賓語(yǔ)從句，what在賓語(yǔ)從句中作主語(yǔ)。
　　18.正確答案：B答案解析：虛擬語(yǔ)氣用法。句意：我（那時(shí)）真的很擔(dān)心你。你本不應(yīng)該不留個(gè)話就離開家。
　　19.正確答案：C答案解析：句意：他被說服退出競(jìng)選總統(tǒng)。convince使相信；信服；說服。
　　20.正確答案：A答案解析：從句中動(dòng)作的發(fā)出者和主句相同，用現(xiàn)在分詞短語(yǔ)作時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)。題意為：他一邊看書，一邊不時(shí)地點(diǎn)頭。