1. Your examination results were quitesatisfactory, but ?____?if you had spent less time in playingfootball??

A. wouldn’t they have been better?

B. wouldn’t they be better?

C. won’t they have been better ?

D. won’t they be better?

2. I have given up trying to convince him, there is no point ?____? with him.?

A.by arguing B. with arguing?

C. for arguing D. in arguing?

3. Criticism and self?criticism is necessary ?____? it helps us to correct our mistakes.?

A. in thatB. such thatC. so thatD. to that?

4. To my surprise, the majority of the students ?____? in favor of his proposal.?

A. isB. areC. beD. was?

5.As a matter of fact, children with parents whose guidance is firm, consistent, and rational areinclined ?____? high level of self confidence.?

A. possessB. to possess ?

C. to have possessed D. possessing?

6. He managed, with his friend’s assistance, ?____? before the building was locked.?

A. being finished B. be finished?

C. to finishD. being finishing?

7. Why was the suggestion that she ?____? to our party rejected the day before yesterday??

A. be invitedB. to be invited?

C. being invitedD. has been invited?

8. The office staff ?____? gathered to hear the manager speak.?

A. haveB. is beingC. hasD. is?

9. ?____? the door when a gust of wind blew the candle out.?

A. He had no sooner opened ?

B. Hardly had he opened?

C. Scarcely did he opened?

D. No sooner did he open?

10. The workers are practising ?____? a new song for the coming evening party of the New Year’sEve.?

A. to singB. to be singing?

C. singingD. being sung?

1. A)【句意】你的考试成绩相当令人满意，但是，如果你少费点时间踢足球的话，成绩不更好吗??

【难点】虚拟语气中，如果表示与过去事实相反的假设，则虚拟从句中谓语

应采用过去完成时，而虚拟主句中的谓语动词应使用would havedone(been)形式。?

2. D)【句意】我已经不想说服他了，跟他争论毫无意义。

?【难点】There is no point in doing sth意为“做某事毫无意义”。?

3. A)【句意】批评和自我批评是必要的，因为它有利于我们改正错误。?

【难点】in that 往往用于引导原因状语从句，放在句中而不在句首，意为“因为，原因在于”。?

4. B)【句意】令我吃惊的是，大多数学生赞成他的建议。

?【难点】majority为集合名词，意为“大多数”，相当于most,如果所修饰的是可数名词的复数形式，其后谓语也应该采用动词的复数形式。?

5. B)【句意】事实上，受到父母严格、一贯而且合理的教导的那些孩子，往往自信心很强。?

【难点】be inclined意为“常常，往往”，后接动词不定式，表示某种倾向。?

6. C)【句意】在朋友的帮助下，他终于在大楼锁门之前做完了这个实验。

?【难点】manage to do 意为“(经过努力)做成某事”;manage后跟的宾语只能使用to 动词原形的形式。?

7. A)【句意】为什么邀请她参加聚会的建议前天遭到拒绝??

【难点】某些表示建议，提议，意愿，要求和命令等意义的名词，后跟的表语从句和同位语从句的谓语动词一般采用(should) 动词原形的虚拟形式。参见Test 19的“疑难攻破”。

8. A)【句意】办公室的工作人员集合起来听经理讲话。?

【难点】Staff为集合名词，意为“全部工作人员”，通常被看作复数名词，所以它作主语时，谓语动词应该用相应的复数形式。?

9. B)【句意】他刚打开门，一阵风就把蜡烛吹灭了。?

【难点】英语中经常用hardly /scarcely …when或no sooner …than 作为固定搭配，表示“一…就”。含有此结构的句子，表示从句中的动作一发生，主句中的动作随即发生，并且如果hardly /scarcely或no sooner置于句首，则从句的主语和谓语必须倒装，在以上结构中，主句一般用过去完成时，从句一般用过去时，所以符合以上条件的只有选项B)。?