1. Ms Nancy didn't mind at all ______ to the ceremony.
A. being not invited B. not being invited
C. not inviting D. not to be invited
B
2. "_____ your meeting is!" he offered them his sincere congratulations.
A. How a great success B. What a great success
C. How great success D. What great success
B success 名词，保留远动词含义"成功"是不可数名词;如用来代替具体的人(成功者)或具体的事(成功的事情(东西))是可数名词。故排除C,D;A中how是副词，如改成how great a success就是正确的。
3. We must remember that _____fashion is not the most important thing in _______ life.
A. /; the B. /; / C. the; / D. the; the
B 抽象名词不特指时，前不用冠词。
4. It _____ quite a few years _____ the accused was declared innocent and set free.
A. was; since B. is; that
C. will be; when D. was; before
D 如将A项中was, since改成is, since是正确的;即从句中谓语先发生。如用B项，是强调句，而强调句前后两个谓语动词在时间上必须一致(a);被强调部分能还回原句中(b)，即因为句中was declared是过去时, B项中is改成was;因为句中was declared是非延续性动词，在years后加上ago将"一段" 时间变成"一点"就是正确的。C 项前后时间不一致。
5. The professor said he could talk on _____ interested the audience.
A. any topic B. which topic
C. whichever topic D. the topic he thought it
C whichever已失去疑问含义，等于 anything that，表示强调; 而 which topic中 which保留疑问含义，译成"哪一个题目"，不符合句义。而A和D中缺少连词。
6.Under no circumstance _____ to tell lies to parents.
A. children are allowed B. are children allowed
C. children will allow D. will children allow
B.含有否定意义的副词及介词短语放在句首时，句子中主语和谓语用部分倒装。
7.Modern science and technology has _____ communication between people far apart.
A. made convenient B. made it convenient
C. made it convenient for D. made it convenient to
A 题目中has made是谓语，communication between people far apart短语是宾语，convenient是宾语的补语，被前置。如用B项,it是形式宾语代替不定式或从句。
8.I heard that you really had a wonderful time at John's birthday party, _____?
A. didn't I B. didn't you
C. hadn't you D. will you
B含宾语从句和定语从句的主从复合句，反意疑问句随主句变;但是在含有宾语从句的住句中主语是第一人称时反意疑问句随从句一致。
9.The great use of school education is not so much to teach you things _____ to teach you the art of learning.
A. as B. that C. than D. but
A
10.No matter how frequently _____ the works of Beethoven always attract a large number of people.
A. performing B. performed
C. to be performed D. being performed
B 在让步，时间等状语从句中，如果主从句中主语一致，从句中谓语含 be动词，可以将从句中的主语和 be 省略，即在how 后加they(the works) are，再分别与选择项搭配后，就会发现正确答案是B。
11._____ their real economic situations, they got some relief fund from the government.
A. Considering B. Considered
C. Having been considered D. Being considered
A considering "考虑到"，而 considered "被认为"，根据全句含义，句中主语they和considering是主动关系，因此选择项。
12.Tina _____ have known the truth, or she would have told us.
A. mustn't B. shouldn't C. can't D. needn't
C
13.There are some police cars in front. What do you suppose _____?
A. is the matter B. is happened
C. is the wrong D. the trouble is
A
14._____ of water makes Death Valley a desert, but it is by no means devoid.
A. Lacking B. Being lack C. Because of lack D. Lack
D lack 作名词，后加of短语。如用A项,lacking是及物动词的动名词，后面不用介词of或作不及物动词,后面加介词in…。
15. In recent years much more emphasis has been put______ developing the students productive skills.
A. onto B. in C. over D. on
D put/ place/ lay emphasis on 是固定搭配，表示"强调，注重。"
16. A survey was carried out on the death rate of those who were infected by SARS, ________were surprising.
A. as results B. which results
C. the results of it D. the results of which
D the results of which 等于whose results，是非限制性定语从句。
17. The organization broke no rules, but ______had it acted responsibly.
A. neither B. so C. either D. both
A
18. Many workers were organized to clear away ______remained of the World Trade Center.
A. those B. that C. what D. where
C 该题空格处缺少的是连词，且在从句中作主语，所以排除A,D; that在名词性从句中只起连接作用。
19. My train arrive in New York at eight o'clock tonight. The plane I would like to take from there ______by then.
A. would leave B. will have left
C. has left D. had left
B
