1. One of the requirements for a fire is that the material ?____?to its burning temperature.?
A. be heated
B. is heated?
C. would be heated
D. to heated?
2.?____? will Mr. Forbes be able to regain control of thecompany.?
A. With hard work
B. Only if he works hardly?
C. In spite of his hard work
D. Only with hard work?
3. ?____? is no reason for discharging her.?
A. Because she was a few minutes late?
B. Owing to a few minutes being late?
C. The fact that she was a few minutes late?
D. Being a few minutes late?
4.?____? what may, we’re not going to make any concessions to his unreasonable demands.?
A. Come
B.Came
C. Coming
D. Having come
?
5. Every means ?____? tried out but never with success, as far as my knowledge goes.?
A. is
B. are
C.has been
D. have been?
6. He concluded his speech with a remark that failure ?____?the mother of success.?
A. is
B. were
C.was
D.must be?
7. The design liaison meeting ?____? ten days by the time it ends.?
A. must have lasted
B. will have lasted ?
C. would last
D. has lasted?
8. ?____? before we depart the day after tomorrow, we should have a wonderful dinner party.?
A. Had they arrived
B. Would they arrive?
C. Were they arriving
D. Were they to arrive?
9. As ?____? clear from his manners, he is a teacher.?
A. being
B. is
C. to be
D. been?
1.A)
【句意】形成火的条件之一是该材料能够被加热到燃烧的温度。?
【难点】A)项requirement 这个词和idea, suggestion等一样，要求从句里的谓语动词用(should) 动词原形。?
2.D)
【句意】只有通过艰苦的工作，福比斯先生才能重新控制公司。?
【难点】only 状语放在句首时，具有强调作用，谓语必须倒装。?
3.C)
【句意】只是迟到了几分钟，并不能成为解雇她的理由。?
【难点】A)，B)均不能充当句子主语，C)The fact 后跟that引出的同位语从句，D)Being 是动名词。但D)中的名词being没有行为主体，未说明谁迟到，所以排除。?
4.A)
【句意】无论发生什么事情，我们都不会对他无理的要求做出让步。?
【难点】come what may 是一个固定的用法，其中come总是用原形动词，在这一用法中，主谓必须倒装，此句相当于whatever may happen (不管发生什么情况)。?
5. C)
【句意】就我所知，每种方法都试过了，但都没有成功。?
【难点】means虽以s结尾却是单数形式，因此谓语动词应选用第三人称单数。?
6. A)
【句意】他用“失败乃成功之母”这句话结束了他的发言。?
【难点】表示客观事实或普遍真理时，句子通常用一般现在时，此类句子的时态不受其它分句时态限制。?
7. B)
【句意】本期设计联络会将持续十天才会结束。?
【难点】by the time意指no later than the moment that something happens，常与过去完成时和将来完成时连用。?
8. D)
【句意】如果他们能在我们后天离开之前赶到的话，我们就举行一次盛大的宴会。?
【难点】表示将来不可能发生的事实，常用虚拟语气，主句的谓语为should 动词原形(适用于第一人称主语)或would,could,might 动词原形(适用于其余人称主语);而条件句的谓语应该用should 动词原形，were to 动词原形或直接用动词的过去时(如be 改用were)。
9. B)
【句意】从他的举止便可以明显地看出，他是一名教师。?
【难点】as意为“如，照(某种事实或情况)”，在本句中为关系代词，指代第二个分句，as代替整个句子作主语时，谓语动词通常必须用单数。?
10. C)
