单选题 Directions:
In this part there are ten incomplete sentences, each with four suggested answers. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets.

单选题 Living in the central Australian desert has its problems, ______obtaining water is not the least.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 句中least作代词说明obtaining water是problems中的一个，应选择of。

单选题 Which sport has the most expenses ______ training equipment, players' personal equipment and uniforms?

A、 in place of
B、 in terms of
C、 by means of
D、 by way of

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 四个词组的意思分别为：in place of“替代”；in terms of“依据，根据”；by means of“通过……手段，途径”；by way of“途径，当作，作为”。

单选题 They are going to have the serviceman ______an electric fan in the office tomorrow.

A、 install
B、 to install
C、 to be installed
D、 installed

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] have sb.do sth.为一固定结构。

单选题 She was complaining that the doctor was ______too much for the treatment he was giving her.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] charging意为“收费”，符合句意。A、C项尽管也有“花费，消费”之意，但搭配不当。

单选题 The manager spoke highly of such ______as loyalty, courage and truthfulness shown by his employees.

A、 virtue
B、 features
C、 properties
D、 characteristics

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 四个选项的意思分别为：virtue“美德”；feature“特点”；property“性能，特征，财产”；characteristics“(性格)特征，特点”。句中的loyalty(忠诚)，courage(勇气)和truthfulness(诚实)暗示了对A项的选择。

单选题 One day I ______a newspaper article about the retirement of an English professor at a nearby state college.

A、 came across
B、 came about
C、 came after
D、 came at

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 四个词组意义辨别：come across“(偶然)遇见，(偶然)发现”；come about“发生”；come after“跟在后面”；come at“达到，得到，袭击”。

单选题 By the end of next year, they ______three modem hotels there.

A、 will build
B、 will be building
C、 will have been built
D、 will have built

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查的是将来完成时的用法。A项和B项不是将来完成时，应排除。虽然C项和D项都是将来完成时，但C项是被动语态的将来完成时，在句中不适合。只有D项适合。

单选题 ______, a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a man whose command of language is poor.

A、 Other things being equal
B、 Were other things equal
C、 To be equal to other things
D、 Other things to be equal

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 从结构上分析，此处应为“名词+分词，后有逗号”构成独立结构作状语。

单选题 ______that my head had cleared, my brain was also beginning to work much better.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] now和that构成一连词，作“既然，由于”解，意同since。

单选题 ______in all parts of the state, pines are the most common trees in Georgi

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查动词的非谓语形式在句中的作用。只有A项的过去分词，含有被动的意思，为本题的正确答案。