1．(2017·浙江高考)No matter how bright a talker you are，there are times when it’s better______silent.
A．remainB．be remaining
C．having remained
D．to remain
解析：句意：不论一个健谈者多么聪明，有些时候最好还是保持沉默。复合句中when引导的从句的主语为形式主语it，此时真正的主语可以为主语从句或不定式。
答案：D
3．(2011·新课标全国高考)The form cannot be signed by anyone ______ yourself.
A．rather thanB．other than
C．more than
D．better than
解析：考查短语辨析。句意：此表格必须由你本人签字。A.而不是；B.除了；C.超出，不仅仅；D.胜于。设空处意为“除了(你自己)”，故答案为B项。
答案：B
4．(2017·南京模拟)Lucy cut down her daily spending in order to______the financial storm.
A．prevent
B．survive
C．keep
D．stop
解析：survive“从……中坚持过来”。句意：为了从金融风暴中坚持过来，Lucy削减她的日常生活费。
答案：B
5．—The free gift doesn’t look good.
—______，madam, but if you want good quality, you have to pay for it.
A．No doubt
B．No offence
C．No problem
D．No way
解析：no doubt毫无疑问。no offence无罪，不要见怪；no problem没问题；no way没门。句意：——这个免费的礼物看上去不怎么好。——毫无疑问，太太，如果你想要质量好的，你必须付费。
答案：A
6．(2017·姜堰模拟)I’ve heard that the tower was built more than 1,000 years ago, so I think it is worthy______.
A．of visiting
B．to visit
C．being visited
D．to be visited
解析：be worthy to be done/of being done“……值得干”。句意：我听说那座塔建于一千多年以前，所以我认为这值得去看一看。
答案：D
8．—Look！He’s running so fast!
—Hard to______his legs were once broken.
A．know
B．imagine
C．realize
D．find
解析：句意：——看！他跑得如此快！——很难想象他的双腿曾经断过。imagine：to form a picture in the mind。
答案：B
9．In my opinion，life in the twentyfirst century is much easier than______.
A．that used to be
B．it is used to
C．it was used to
D．it used to be
解析：句意：依我看，21世纪的生活比过去的生活轻松多了。used to do表示“过去常常”，可排除B、C选项。it可以指代前面出现的名词“life”。
答案：D
10．I used to earn ______than a pound a week when I first started to work.
A．a little
B．a few
C．fewer
D．less
解析：考查less than的用法。句意：我刚开始工作的时候每周的收入不到一英镑。
答案：D
11．Rather than ______at home，he always prefers ______out to play.
A．stay；go
B．staying；go
C．stay；to go
D．to stay；going
解析：prefer to do rather than do“宁愿干……而不愿干……”，此题中将rather than部分提到了句首。
答案：C
13．I’m free today.I ______calling on Mr.Green，for we haven’t seen each other for ten years.
A．fancy
B．beg
C．expect
D．attempt
解析：考查fancy 的用法。句意：我今天有空，想去看看格林先生，因为我们已经十年没有见面了。fancy后面可以接doing作宾语，其余三项都是接不定式作宾语。
答案：A
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14．—You seem to have lost your way.______？
—Yes.I’m looking for Sunny Street.
A．What are you looking for
B．Are you looking for something
C．Need help
D．Where are you going
解析：Need help？是口语用法，也可以说Do you need some help?
答案：C
15．—I have some big news for you.You’ve been accepted as a member of our club.
—______That’s great!