C. to appear D. appeared
参考答案： C
TIP：当名词前面有一个形容词最高级、序数词或the only, the next, the last等修饰语时，其后的动词非限定形式修饰语要用不定式。
8. What annoys me is that tomorrow ______ the third time I ______ take my car in to be repaired.
A. is ... have to
B. will be ... have had to C. is ... will have to D. will be ... have to
参考答案： B
TIP：be the first / second time that后面跟的that从句中，谓语动词应采用完成体形式。
9. Our neighbours have ______ ours. A. as a big house as B. as big a house as
C. a big house as same as D. a house the same big as
参考答案： B
TIP：as ... as比较结构当中应采用形容词组或副词词组，如果中间插入名词词组，则名词必须是单数形式，且冠词a / an必须置于形容词之后。
10. She is ______ biting her nails. A. often B. usually
C. continually D. hardly
参考答案： C TIP：continually与现在进行体连用，通常带有感情色彩，表示说话人的态度，一般是表示“不满，抱怨”。类似continually的频度副词还有constantly, always, forever等。
11. It is ten years since I ______ you last. A. see B. saw
C. didn't see D. haven't seen
参考答案： B
TIP：since从句中用过去的一点时间来表示一个时间段的起点。注意本句主句中，用一般现在时可以替代现在完成体。
12. ______ is such a spitfire. A. His that third brother B. His third that brother C. That third brother of his D. That his third brother
参考答案： C
TIP：his与that都是中位限定词，相互排斥，不可同时使用。此题只能选用双重属格。
13. I owe a special debt of ______ to my wife and child for their willingness to put up with my frequent bouts of ill temper or sheer absent-mindedness while I was writing the book. A. thank B. thanking C. thanks D. thankings
参考答案： C
TIP：名词thanks“感激”，通常只用作复数。
14. Which of the following is CORRECT?
A. Not on any account should such disasters be repeated. B. On no account should such disasters be repeated. C. Not on any account such disasters should be repeated. D. On no account such disasters should be repeated.
参考答案： B
TIP：on no account词组放在句首，要用倒装句式。not 和 on any account不可在句首连用，只能说: Such disasters should not be repeated on any account.
15. An application to join this scheme places you under no obligation ______. A. indeed B. eventually C. apart
D. whatsoever
参考答案： D
TIP：whatsoever为一形容词，作后置定语，与否定词连用，加强语势。
16. We covered a wide ______ of topics in the interview. A. extent B. collection C. number D. range
参考答案： D
TIP：a wide range of“一系列”，extent“程度”，collection“收集”，a number of“许多，若干”，但是number不能用wide来修饰。
17. What you say is true, but you could have ______ it more tactfully. A. talked B. phrased C. observed D. remarked
参考答案： B
TIP：phrase“措辞”。
18. If you are under 18, you are not ______ to join this club. A. legitimate B. legible C. eligible D. permissible
参考答案： C
TIP：eligible“合格的”，legitimate“合法的”，legible“字迹清楚的”，permissible“许可的”。
19. When I arrived in this country I had to start learning the language from ______. A. scratch
B. introduction C. ignorance D. blank
参考答案： A
TIP：from scratch为固定词组，意为“从头开始”。
20. I spoke to him, but he was too ______ to hear what I said. A. preoccupied B. concentrated C. attentive D. thoughtful
参考答案： A TIP：preoccupied“有心事，想别的”，concentrated“集中精力的”，attentive“专心的”，thoughtful“沉思的，体贴的”。
21. To ______ greater accuracy, we will double-check all invoices before they leave the office. A. assure B. ensure C. insure D. ascertain
参考答案： B TIP：ensure something“确保（无误）”，assure somebody that ... / assure somebody of something“使某人放心（无虑）”，insure“给??保险”，ascertain“弄清楚”。
22. His letter was so confused that I could hardly make any ______ of it at all. A. interpretation B. message C. sense D. meaning
参考答案： C
TIP：make sense of something为固定词组，意为“理解”。
23. According to the weather forecast, which is usually ______, it will snow this afternoon. A. accurate B. precise C. exact D. perfect
参考答案： A
TIP：accurate“正确无误的”，precise“精确的”，exact“准确的，确切的”，perfect“完美的”。