1.The boss asked his secretary to go to a concert and she ______ his invitation with pleasure.

　　A. received 　B. accepted 　C. rejected 　D. refused

　　2.This tool machine is capable ______ being improved.

　　A. to 　B. in 　C. with 　D. of

　　3.We ______ very close，but things have changed recently.

　　A. used to be 　B. are used to being 　C. are used to be 　D. were used to being

　　4.He found it difficult to make himself ______.

　　A. understood 　B. be understood 　C. understand 　D. to understand

　　5.It rained hard yesterday， ______ prevented me from going to the park.

　　A. that 　B. which 　C. as 　D. it

　　答案：

　　1.正確答案：B答案解析：譯文：老板邀請(qǐng)他的秘書去聽音樂會(huì)，她愉快地接受了邀請(qǐng)。此題考查詞匯。receive表示客觀“收到”;accept表示主觀“接受”;reject意為“拋棄。 拒絕”;refuse表示“拒絕”。從句中的with pleasure可知秘書“接受”了邀請(qǐng)。答案為B.

　　2.正確答案：D答案解析：be capable of：能夠，有能力。

　　3.正確答案：A答案解析：表示“過去常常”用used to do(be)。 譯文：我們過去非常親近。但近來事情已經(jīng)發(fā)生變化。

　　4.正確答案：A答案解析：make sb done： 使某人被……。

　　本題中的make himself understood意思是“使他自己被理解”。句中的it是形式賓語，make himself understood是真正的賓語。句意：他發(fā)現(xiàn)讓別人理解自己很困難。

　　5.正確答案：B答案解析：逗號(hào)后面是which引導(dǎo)的非限定性定語從句，which指代前面的整個(gè)句子。