§3.2 单项填空

1.She was accused           cheating in the exam.

A.in                                                                B.of

C.by                                                                      D.with

解析：accuse...of...意为“指责，控告”，是固定搭配。

答案：B

2.You must take everything into           when you want to do a difficult task.

A.consider                                                       B.considering

C.consideration                                                D.considered

解析：take sth. into consideration是固定短语，意为“考虑某事”。

答案：C

3.The nurse who was           the patient sent for a doctor.

A.in charge of                                                  B.in the charge of

C.free of charge                                               D.charge

解析：in charge of意为“负责”， in the charge of意为“由……负责”， free of charge意为“免费”，charge意为“要价，收费”。

答案：A

4.The children were not           for the accident.

A.blamed                                                               B.to be blamed

C.being blamed                                                D.to blame

解析：be to blame（for）意为“应为……承担责任，该为……受责备”。

答案：D

5.I tried hard,but it doesn’t          .

A.make sense                                                   B.make a sense

C.make senses                                                  D.in a sense

解析：make sense 意为“有明确意义，有道理，懂得”；in a sense意为“在某种意义上，在一定程度上”。

答案：A

6.Honesty seems never to be rather          today.

A.of a discount                                                B.in a discount

C.at a discount                                                        D.with a discount

解析：at a discount是固定短语，意为“打折扣，低于正常价格”。

答案：C

7.Please           that man;he may be a thief.

A.keep your eye in

B.make eyes at

C.in the eyes of

D.keep an eye out for

解析：keep one’s eyes in意为“具有判断球的方向的能力”，make eyes at意为“向……送秋波”， in the eyes of意为“根据……的判断”， keep an eye out for意为“注意并记住，警惕”。

答案：D

8.You can profit           my mistakes and avoid them yourself.

A.by                                                                      B.with

C.on                                                                      D.in

解析：profit by/from意为“从……中获益，从……中得到教训”。

答案：A

9.By           his better nature,we persuaded him to change his mind.

A.appealing for                                                B.appeal to

C.appealing to                                                  D.appealing

解析：by是介词，后应用动词-ing 形式；appeal to意为“求助于……；呼吁”。

答案：C

10.She’s moved to another job;it’s a great           to our firm.

A.loss                                                             B.destroy

C.damage                                                        D.injure

解析：loss意为“遗失，亏失”，是名词。

答案：A

11.I’ve set myself           saving $5 a week.

A.target of                                                       B.a target of

C.target with                                                    D.a target with

解析：target作“目标，指标”讲时，是可数名词。 a target of “一个……目标”。

答案：B

12.Recently I bought an ancient Chinese vase,          was very reasonable.

A.which price                                                  B.the price of which

C.it’s price                                                       D.the price of whose

解析：这是一个非限制性定语从句。the price of which指代花瓶的价格。

答案：B

13.What a pity my new computer doesn’t work.          must be something wrong with it.

A.It                                                                B.There

C.This                                                             D.That

解析：这是一个含情态动词must的存在句。 something是不定代词，在句中作主语。

答案：B

14.—You don’t look very          .Are you ill?

—No,I’m just a bit tired.

A.good                                                            B.well

C.strong                                                          D.healthy

解析：well既可作副词，也可作形容词。作形容词表示“健康的”，用于修饰人。

答案：B

15.          late in the afternoon,Bob turned off the alarm.

A.To sleep                                                       B.Sleeping

C.Sleep                                                           D.Having slept

解析：To sleep late in the afternoon作目的状语。本句意为“为了在下午多睡一会，鲍勃关闭了闹钟”。

答案：A