B. should come C. came D. has come
参考答案： B
TIP：这是should的情感用法。
11. It's essential that every child ______ the same educational opportunity. A. had
B. would have C. has D. have
参考答案： D
TIP：表示命令、建议、决心等意义的动词、名词或形容词后的that从句中的动词应该用虚拟式。
12. I didn't vote in the last election, but if I ______, I would have voted for Senator Anderson. A. did B. had C. could D. should
参考答案： B
TIP：在非真实条件句中，表示过去时间时，动词应该用过去完成体。
13. She came back from her trip, ______ the house completely deserted. A. so that found B. to find
C. only finding D. only to find
参考答案： D
TIP：用only to 引导的结果状语往往表示意料之外的、不愿看到的结果。
14. She will be 21 ______. A. come May
B. when May is coming C. if May will come D. that May comes
参考答案： A TIP：这是公式化的虚拟式，come May意为when May comes，又如come winter = when winter comes。
15. He did it ______ it took me. A. one-third the time B. the one-third time C. one-third a time D. a one-third time
参考答案： A
TIP：the和a是中位限定词，one-third是前位限定词，要按序排列。
16. At the casualty department my brother had his injury ______. A. cured B. healed C. relieved D. treated
参考答案： D TIP：treat“治疗”，cure“治愈”，heal“伤口愈合”，relieve“减轻”。
17. He told his father a long and ______ story to explain his lateness. A. inconceivable B. unconvincing C. unimaginable D. incredulous
参考答案： B
TIP：unconvincing“不令人信服的”，inconceivable 和unimaginable都表示“难以想像的”，incredulous“不轻信的，表示怀疑的”。
18. Milk has a ______ to go sour in hot weather. A. tendency B. habit C. problem
D. characteristic
参考答案： A
TIP：tendency“倾向”，常接不定式，habit“习惯”，problem“问题”，characteristic“特点”。
19. Too many hotels have been built and this has ______ down prices, making holidays cheaper. A. forced B. cut C. slowed D. reduced
参考答案： A
TIP：force down prices“迫使物价下降”，cut down一般不与price 连用，但我们可以说 cut somebody down to ten pounds“说服某人降价到10英镑”，slow down“慢下来”，reduce 是及物动词直接跟宾语，不能跟介词down。
20. The lecture ______ from prehistory to modern times and gave the audience much to think about. A. covered B. included C. ranged D. dealt
参考答案： C
TIP：range from ... to ... “范围包括从??到 ??”，cover和 include为及物动词，不能跟介词，deal后接介词 with。
21. At first I was of the ______ that you were decidedly right. A. attitude B. opinion C. thought D. idea
参考答案： B
TIP：be of the opinion为一固定词组，意为“认为，持??看法”。
22. Protests died down when they realized that the new tax ______ to only 50p a week. A. added B. reached C. approached D. amounted
参考答案： D
TIP：amount to“达到”，add 要加 up to表示“增加到，总数达到”，reach 和 approach 表示“达到某一数量”时，多为及物动词。
23. The accused was given a short sentence as he had committed only a ______ offence. A. subordinate B. minimal C. secondary D. minor
参考答案： D
TIP：minor“不严重的”，subordinate 和 secondary意为“次要的，下属的”，minimal“最低限度的，最小的”。
24. She ______ wanted a house overlooking the sea. A. particularly B. strongly C. essentially D. extremely
参考答案： A
TIP：particularly“特别地”，其他三个副词一般不修饰动词 want。
25. At Oxford and Cambridge the ______ of teachers to students is very high. A. proportion B. number C. ratio
D. percentage
参考答案： C TIP：ratio“比率”，proportion“（部分与全体之）比例”，number“数量”，percentage“百分比”。
26. For my birthday, I was given a writing set _______ two pens, envelopes and notepaper. A. involving B. comprising C. consisting D. holding
参考答案： B
TIP：comprise“包括”；involve“涉及”；consist“包括”为不及物动词，需接介词of； hold