1148] The boy was so tired that he lay down and soon fell _____.

[譯文] 這個(gè)男孩太疲倦了，他一躺下來就很快睡著了。

　 A. sleep 　 B. sleepy

　 C. sleeping 　 D. asleep

[答案及簡析] D。 fall 是連系動(dòng)詞，那就只有用表語形容詞asleep作表語了。

1147] A great number of tall buildings _____ in the last twenty years.

[譯文] 在最近二十年間，許多高大的建筑物修起來了。

　 A. have been built 　 B. has been built

　 C. have built 　 D. had been built

[答案及簡析] A。 句子中有in the last … 的短語，該句的時(shí)態(tài)應(yīng)該是現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)態(tài)。

1146] Hardly _____ when the bell _____.

[譯文] 我一打開門就聽見電話鈴響了。

　 A. did I close the door; had rung 　 B. had I closed the door; rang

　 C. I had closed the door; rang 　 D. I closed the door; had rung

[答案及簡析] B。 hardly / scarcely 在句首，主句要部分倒裝；而且主句的時(shí)態(tài)要用完成時(shí)態(tài)。

1145] The reason ____ she missed school this morning was ____ she had to look after her sick grandpa.

[譯文] 今天上午她缺課的原因是她得在家照料她生病的爺爺。

　 A. why; that　　 B. because; why

　 C. that; because 　 D. which; that

[答案及簡析] A。 the reason作先行詞，定語從句用why引導(dǎo)；the reason作主語，表語從句用that引導(dǎo)。

1144] Good technique in medicine means less pain and fewer deaths and, _____ it is our duty to master it.

[譯文] 醫(yī)藥方面的好技術(shù)意味著減少痛苦和死亡，因此掌握它是我們的職責(zé)。

　 A. altogether 　 B. otherwise

　 C. however 　 D. therefore

[答案及簡析] D。 副詞辨異，altogether 總的說來；therefore因此；otherwise否則；however然而。

1143] He died of an illness _____ by smoking too much.

[譯文] 他死于過度吸煙而引起的疾病。

　 A. caused 　 B. causing

　 C. to be caused 　 D. being caused

[答案及簡析] A。 過去分詞短語表示原因。An illness caused by smoking too much= an illness wa caused by smoking too much

1142] The building was _____ in a big fire.

[譯文] 這個(gè)建筑物在一場(chǎng)大火中燒毀。

　 A. taken down 　 B. put down

　 C. burnt down 　 D. turned down

[答案及簡析] C。 動(dòng)詞短語辨異，burn down 燒毀；take down 取下，拿下；put down 記下；鎮(zhèn)壓；turn down把聲音降低。

1141] He _____ nobody but his two uncles _____ still smoking.

[譯文] 他被告知，除了他的兩個(gè)叔叔再也沒有人抽煙了。

　 A. told; was 　 B. was told; was

　 C. told; were 　 D. was told; were

[答案及簡析] B。 tell sb. sth. 后面的賓語是一個(gè)從句。

1140] It used to be a small village _____ what it is now.

[譯文] 和現(xiàn)在相比，這兒過去一直是一個(gè)小村莊。

　 A. compared with 　 B. compared about

　 C. compare to 　 D. compare with

[答案及簡析] A。 compared with和…作比較。

1139] The doctors were trying their best to save the _____ boy.

[譯文] 醫(yī)生們盡了他們的最大努力拯救這個(gè)臨死的小孩。

　 A. dead 　 B. died

　 C. death 　 D. dying

[答案及簡析] D。 dead 死的；dying臨死的。