1. Most doctors of the Colonial period believed _______ was caused by an imbalance of humors in the body.

    A. in disease

    B. that disease

    C. of disease

    D. about disease

    答案：B

    分析：動詞believe 的用法：直接加that引導的賓語從句。這里that為連接adv.，在句中不作任何成分，其后接完整句。

    參考譯文：大多數(shù)殖民時期的醫(yī)生認為疾病來源人體內不平衡的體液。

    2. In 1976 Sarah Caldwell became _________ at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.

    A. she was the first woman to conduct

    B. the first woman conductor

    C. the woman was first conducting

    D. the woman conducts first

    答案：B

    分析：缺賓語，答案中只有B，D可以作賓語，但D的語序不對。

    參考譯文：1976，Sarah Caldwell成為在第一個在紐約Metropolitan Opera House演出的演奏家。

    補充： �？� the first/second/… one to do sth

    3. On January 7， 1955， Marian Anderson became _________ to sing a major role at New York City's Metropolitan Opera House.

    A. the first African American

    B. the first African American was

    C. she was the first African American

    D. when the first African American

    答案：A

    分析：缺賓語，C， D都不能作賓語。一句話中只能有一個謂語，而B中有was，句中出現(xiàn)兩個謂語，一定錯。

    參考譯文：1955年1月7號，Marian Anderson成為在第一個在紐約Metropolitan Opera House擔任主唱的美籍黑人。

    4. Perhaps the most significant postwar trend was the decentralization of cities throughout the United States， _________ when massive highway-building programs permitted greater suburban growth.

    A. and accelerated a phenomenon

    B. a phenomenon that accelerated

    C. accelerating a phenomenon which，

    D. the acceleration of which phenomenon

    答案：B

    分析：考的是同位語結構，a phenomenon是 the decentralization of cities throughout the United States 的同位語。A中and為conj.，后面應該連接一個完整的句子，但缺主語，錯；C中語序混亂，錯； D中of which作為介詞賓語，后面應該接一個完整句，但只有一個phenomenon主語，句子不完整，錯。

    參考譯文：可能戰(zhàn)后最重大的趨勢就是美國城市的分散化，當大規(guī)模高速公路建設項目容許了更大程度的發(fā)展郊區(qū)，這個現(xiàn)象更被促進了。

    補充： accelerate/ accomplish/ achieve/ evolve都可以是vi.不接賓語

    5. Ronald Reagan had served two terms as governor of California before _________ President.

    A. he became

    B. when becoming

    C. became

    D. did he become

    答案：A

    分析：before為狀語從句引導詞conj，后面一般引導一個完整的句子。B同時出現(xiàn)兩個狀語從句引導詞，錯；C缺主語；D應該為正常語序，選項中使用了倒裝句式，錯。

    參考譯文：里根在成為美國總統(tǒng)之前連續(xù)兩屆擔任加州的州長。

    6. _________， domesticated grapes grow in clusters， range in color from pale green to black， and contain sugar in varying quantities.

    A. Their botanical classification as berries

    B. Although their botanical classification as berries

    C. Because berries being their botanical classification

    D. Classified botanically as berries

    答案：D

    分析：句子的主語是grapes ， 后面是平行結構grow…， range…， and contain…�？崭窈蟮木渥右淹暾�，那么空格處就應該是同位語，狀語從句，分詞等修飾成分。A中Their指代不明，而且classification和berries也不相符，錯；B中Although為conj.，后面應該是完整句，錯；C中Because為conj.，后面應該是完整句，錯。

    參考譯文：培植的葡萄的植物分類跟漿果是一樣的，它們成串的長在樹上，顏色從灰白色到黑色，并且包含由不同數(shù)量的糖份。

    7. The cymbal is ________ in the military band and is also frequently used in modern orchestral music.

    A. a basic instrument

    B. basic instrument

    C. how basic an instrument it is

    D. as an instrument is basic

    答案：A

    分析：instrument可數(shù)，前面應該有限定詞a.and前為一簡單句。

    參考譯文：鐃鈸在軍樂隊里是一個基本的樂器，而且還經常在現(xiàn)代管弦樂里使用。

    8. In instrumentalist philosophy， ideas and knowledge are exclusively functional processes： they are of significance only _________ instrumental in the development of experience.

    A. as they are

    B. are they

    C. there are

    D. are

    答案：A

    分析：兩個謂語需要有一個conj.來連接。一個句子中出現(xiàn)2個謂語且沒有連接詞就一定錯。

    參考譯文：在樂器演奏家的哲學里面，思想和知識是專有排外性的功能性的過程。他們的重要意義僅限于在經驗發(fā)展的過程中，用于樂器演奏。

    9. _________ either by cooling or by depriving the fire of oxygen， and most do both.

    A. Working fire extinguishers

    B. Fire extinguishers that work

    C. Fire extinguishers work

    D. The work of fire extinguishers

    答案：C

    分析：空格中缺主謂。A中沒有謂語；B中that多余，因為句中只有一個謂語；D也沒有謂語。

    參考譯文：滅火器的通過冷卻或者減少火中的氧氣的方法工作的，大多數(shù)時候兩個方法都會用到。

    10. The introduction of mass-production methods enabled many people _________ and gave them an unprecedented amount of mobility.

    A. to purchase their own automobiles

    B. their own to purchase automobiles

    C. to their own purchase automobiles

    D. own their automobiles to purchase

    答案：A

    分析：為固定結構enable sb to do sth.

    參考譯文：規(guī)模生產方法的產生，使得人們能夠買自己的車，并獲得了空前的靈活性。