29. Mr. Smith is looking for an experienced secretary who is _______ of organizing a sales office.

A. able B. capable C. possible D. responsible

【翻译】 史密斯先生正在寻找一名经验丰富的，有能力掌管销售办公的秘书。

[考点] 固定搭配

【精析】 B be capable of doing sth.为“胜任某事;有能力做某事”，be able to do sth.能够做某事;be responsible for sth.对……负责，故选B。

30. Fifty dollars _______ a big sum of money for a ten?year?old boy.

A. are B. is C. to be D. being

【翻译】 对一个十岁男孩来说，50美元是一笔不小的数目。

[考点] 主谓一致

【精析】 B Fifty dollars 在本句中是一个整体，谓语应用单数。故选B。

31. The new batteries(电池)cause little environmental problems and _______little space.

A. use B. hold C. occupy D. maintain

【翻译】 这种新电池不会引起环境问题，也不占多少空间。

[考点] 词义辨析

【精析】 C use:使用;hold：握住;occupy:占据(空间等);maintain:获得。根据句意应选C。

32. So badly _______in the accident that he was sent to the hospital for treatment.

A. he was injured B. he injured

C. was he injured D. injured he

【翻译】 他在事故中伤得如此严重，以致被送去了医院治疗。

[考点] 倒装结构

【精析】 C so+adv.做状语提至句首时，句子要用倒装结构，故排除A和B。he与injured之间应是被动关系，因此要将系动词was提至主语he前，故选C。

33. They were so angry that they went over to the restaurant manager to _______ the service they had received.

A. complain B. complain about C. argue D. argue about

【翻译】 他们如此生气以至于走到餐厅经理面前对他们受到的服务进行投诉。

[考点] 词义辨析

【精析】 B complain about sth.抱怨/投诉某事;argue with sb.about sth.与某人争吵某事，故选B。

34. To our surprise, the fashionable young lady we met in the hotel_______to be a thief.

A. turned up B. turned over C. turned down D. turned out

【翻译】 令我们感到吃惊的是，我们在宾馆里见到的那名时尚的年轻女士竟然是个小偷。

[考点] 词组辨析

【精析】 D turn up:出现;turn over翻转;turn down：拒绝;turn out to be:被证明是……。故选D。

35. The teacher had John _______at the door for an hour because he was late for class.

A. stand B. to stand C. stood D. stands

【翻译】 老师让约翰在门口罚站一个小时，因为他迟到了。

[考点] 非谓语动词

【精析】 A have sb.do sth.让某人做某事，类似于have,make,let...这类感官动词后应接省略to的动词不定式，故选A。

36. The price of apples _______ from $2 to $4 per kilo in supermarket.

A. differed B. ranged C. changed D. altered

【翻译】 超市里苹果的价格在每公斤2美元到4美元之间。

[考点] 固定用法

【精析】 B range from...to...:在……到……范围内，为固定用法。故选B。

37. For two months, I have _______ every day sitting by his bedside.

A. taken B. cost C. spent D. paid

【翻译】 整整两个月了，我每天都坐在他的身边。

[考点] 词义辨析

【精析】 C take和cost做“花费”讲时，主语一般都为人;spend...doing sth.为固定用法，由sitting可知选C。

38. The 29th Olympic Games, _______ in Beijing in 2008, was a great success.

A. held B. which held C. to be held D. was held

【翻译】 2008年在北京举办的第29届奥林匹克运动会是一个巨大的成功。

[考点] 非限制性定语从句

【精析】 A _______in Beijing in 2008用来修饰The 29th Olympic Games,做其后置定语，完整结构为which was held in Beijing...,which was在非限制性定语从句中可省略。故选A。

39. When it _______ to American history, he knows little about it.

A. talks B. speaks C. comes D. tells

【翻译】 当涉及美国历史时，他知之甚少。

[考点] 固定用法

【精析】 C come to与refer to同义，意为“涉及，说到”，符合句意。

40. _______,schools in city provide better surroundings for students.

A. Generally speaking B. Generally spoken

C. To speak generally D. Speaking generally

【翻译】 一般来说，城市的学校能为学生提供更好的环境。

[考点] 插入语

【精析】 A Generally speaking意为“一般来讲，大体地说”，常做插入语单独放在句首或句中。故选A。