26、Four people were seriously _______ in the accident.

　　A. injured B. damaged C. spoiled D. broken injure 受伤

　　damage：表示使被损坏的对象失去或降低其自身价值，但不完全毁掉。

　　He damaged my car with a stone.

　　ruin：常强调完全毁掉。The storm has ruined the garden.

　　spoil：语气比ruin弱，不强调完全毁掉，表示使被害方失去其完美性。

　　He spoiled his painting by putting too much red paint on it.

　　spoil：有时也包含最终会导致完全毁掉之义。

　　He has spoiled his constitution with bad living. 答案 A

　　27、He spoke so quickly that I didn't ________ what he said.

　　A. listen B. catch C. miss D. receive

　　listen 听；listen to catch 抓住，听到；miss 丢失；receive 收到

　　28、He was poor but proud， and _______ every offer of help.

　　A. turned down B. turned on C. turned off D. turned out

　　turn down 拒绝；turn on 打开；turn on the light 开灯

　　turn off 关上；turn off the light turn out 证明为…… 答案 A

　　29、In Britain，the best season of the year is probably _______ spring.

　　A. later B. latter C. last D. late

　　later 以后；latter 后者；last 最后；late 晚的 答案 D

　　30、How ________ is it from here to the city center？

　　A. long B. far C. distant D. near

　　how long 一段延续的时间

　　——How long have you studied English？

　　——I have studied English for 3 years （since 3 years ago）。答案 B

　　31、I wanted to go there by plane but I hadn't enough money to pay for the _____.

　　A. journey B. distance C. road D. way

　　journey 旅行；distance 距离；road 道路；way 方式方法 答案A

　　32、Her parents wouldn't _______ her to stay out later than 10：30 at night.

　　A. require B. ask C. encourage D. permit

　　stay out 不回家；require 要求；ask 要求；encourage 鼓励；permit 允许 答案 D

　　33、Last Sunday， ________ my great surprise，I met Bullen in town.

　　A. for B. to C. as D. at

　　（to one‘s surprise 使某人感到惊奇） 答案 B

　　34、Most Chinese like to drink tea. But some prefer coffee ________ tea.

　　A. to B. with C. for D. against

　　prefer……to…… 答案 A

　　35、I'm in no ________ this evening to listen to his silly jokes.

　　A. feeling B. attitude C. opinion D. mood

　　feeling 感情；attitude 态度；opinion 观点；mood 情绪 答案 D

　　36、Tennis is a _________ invented by an Englishman a hundred years ago.

　　A. play B. match C. game D. event

　　play：n. 比赛，竞赛 The tennis players need total concentration during play.

　　match 比赛；game 运动；event 事件 答案 C

　　37、That's the biggest ______ he has ever told in his life.

　　A. talk B. speech C. lesson D. lie

　　talk：give/have a talk 谈话

　　speech：make/deliver a speech 做演讲

　　lesson：teach a lesson：教训

　　learn one's lesson：汲取教训

　　lie：tell a lie

　　答案 D