公共英语(PETS)三级语法与词汇例题解析(二)21. In ancient China, people used to send smoke _____ to warn that the enemy were coming.A. signsB. signalsC. symbolsD. marks答案: B解析: 这个题考四个名词的比较, 其中: signs 迹象; signals 信号; symbols 象征; marks 分数.22. The icy conditions made our travel dangerous. So _____ going by car we took the underground.A. instead ofB. in addition toC. as well asD. at the cost of答案: A解析: instead of 代替,而不是; in addition to 除了…之外(还有); as well as 也(除…之外), 既…又…; at the cost of 以…为代价. 这道题横线后面是动名词形式,所以选项C和D首先排除.23. Sometimes my job is boring, but _____ I enjoy it.A. by contrastB. by natureC. on the wholeD. on the average答案: C解析: by contrast 与…相比,后面要跟with, by contrast with与…相比较; by nature 本性,生性; on the whole 总的来说; on the average 平均.24. I’ll buy the clock _____ it costs.A. whatB. whateverC. whereD. however答案: B解析: 不管花多少钱,我都买下这个钟.25. _____ Mr.Wilson is well again, he can travel.A. Now thatB. So farC. ThoughD. Even if答案: A解析: Now that 既然; So far和现在完成时态连用.26. _____ , he failed in the college entrance examination again.A. To disappoint his parentsB. To his parents’ disappointmentC. At his parents’ disapprovalD. His parents’ disappointing答案: B解析: 令他父母失望的是,他的高考又一次失利. to one’s disappointment 令某人失望的是…; 类似的还有: to one’s surprise 令某人吃惊的是….27. Please remember _____ these letters on your way to the station.A. postedB. postingC. to postD. post答案: C解析: remember to do…记住去做某事; 去火车站的路上记得把这封信发了.28. I’m not used to _____ in that impolite way.A. speakingB. being spokenC. spokenD. be spoken答案: B解析: 我不习惯别人对我这样不礼貌地提及. 动名词的被动式spoken的逻辑宾语是“我”,也就是主句的主语.29. Tom suggested that they should go to Greece, but Mary suggested _____ to Spain.A. to goB. goingC. should goD. went答案: B解析: A错,因为suggest后面不能跟不定式. 而C项和D项错在没有主语.30. Mass production has made _____ the goods and services we want at a lower price.A. possible for us to getB. it is possible for us to getC. it possible for us to getD. possible it is for us to get答案: C解析: 考词序安排问题. C项中的it为形式宾语, it possible for sb to do…对于某人做某事来说……成为可能.31. Since everyone would like to find an apartment near the university, there are very few _____apartments in the area.A. freeB. vacantC. emptyD. reserved答案：B解析：由于每一个人都想在大学附近找一个公寓，所以附近几乎没有什么空的公寓了。
注意B项和C项的区别：vacant 侧重没有住人，空的人，empty 侧重没有东西，空的物。
32、They try to ____ a new dictionary every other year.A. bring outB. bring upC. bring aboutD. bring on答案：A解析：他们试图每两年出版一本新词典。
bring out 出版，取出来；bring up 教育，提出（供讨论）；bring about 带来，使（船）掉过头来；bring on 拿来，带来，取来；33. I agree with him _____, but not entirely.A. until a certain pointB. to some pointC. to some extentD. until a certain extent答案：C解析：一定程度上我同意他的意见，但不全是这样；to some extent 在某种程度上，在这里相当于to some degree。
34. This hotel _____ $55 for a single room with bath.A. claimsB. demandsC. pricesD. charges答案：D解析：claim声称，主张；demand要求，需要；price价格，代价；charge收费；注意Ｃ项是名词，显然不对，这里需要谓语动词；带浴室的单间旅馆收费５５元。
35. Well-mannered children have usually been properly _____ by their parents.A. raised upB. borne upC. brought upD. got up答案：C解析：bring up 养育；Well-mannered children 行为举止良好的孩子，有教养的孩子。
有教养的孩子往往都是家长培养教育的结果。
没有A项这种用法，因为raise是及物动词，后面不能跟介词；borne up 坚强，毫不气馁。
36. I’d rather you _____ anything about it for the time being.A. doB. don’tC. didn’t doD. didn’t答案：C解析：I’d rather 后面从句动词用过去式.37. We must manage to do our work better with ____ people.A. less money and fewB. less money and fewerC. little money and lessD. few money and less答案： B解析：我们尽力用更少的钱和人力来把工作做得更好；注意less修饰不可数名词，few修饰可数名词，little修饰不可数名词，表否定。
38. That’s a good suggestion! Let’s finish our work _____ we can be free this evening.A. now thatB. thatC. becauseD. so that答案：D解析：这是一个好的建议！让我们完成工作这样今天晚上就可以自由了；now that 既然，由于。
39. _____ with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain does not seem high at all.A. When comparedB. ComparedC. While comparingD. Comparing答案：B解析：注意用被动形式，“比较”这个动作是被动的；另外，如果没有B项的话，A项也正确，但最常用省略When的这种；与整个地球来比，最高的山峰看起来也不算什么了。
40. That tree looked as if it _____ for a long time.A. hasn’t wateredB. didn’t waterC. hadn’t been wateredD. wasn’t watered答案：C解析：这棵树看起来好像很长时间没有浇过水了；注意用被动形式。