8. We thought there were 35 students in the dining hall, _______, in fact, there were 40. (2006全国卷II)

A. while                B. whether            C. what                  D. which

【答案】A。

【考点】考查状语从句。

【解析】while表示对比或转折，意为“而”“但”，又如：I went swimming while the others played tennis. 我去游泳，而其余的人则去打网球了。注意句中的插入语in fact，做题时可撇开它。

9. —Did you take enough money with you?               

—No, I needed _______ I thought I would. (2006全国卷II)

A. not so much as     B. as much as      C. much more than    D. much less than

【答案】C。

【考点】考查形容词用法。

【解析】根据句首的No可推知答案。

10. Mary wanted to travel around the world all by herself, but her parents did not _______ her to do so. (2006全国卷II)

A. forbid                B. allow                 C. follow                D. ask

【答案】B。

【考点】考查动词辨析与用法。

【解析】根据句意只有allow最合适。allow sb to do sth的意思是“允许某人做某事”，如：Allow me to introduce to you my friend Mr. Thomas. 请允许我把我的朋友托马斯先生介绍给你。

11. —What did your parents think about your decision?

—They always let me do _______ I think I should. (2006全国卷II)

A. when                B. that                    C. how                   D. what

【答案】D。

【考点】考查名词性从句。

【解析】what在此引导宾语从句，其中宾语从句中的should后省略了动词do。

12. We often provide our children with toys, footballs or basketballs, _______ that all children like these things. (2006全国卷II)

A. thinking           B. think                  C. to think             D. thought

【答案】A。

【考点】考查非谓语动词用法。

【解析】用现在分词表示伴随。又如：He threw it away, thinking it was waste paper. 他把它扔掉，以为它是废纸。I offered them something to eat, thinking they might be hungry. 我给了他们一些东西吃，心想他们可能会饿。

13. There were a lot of people standing at the door and the small girl couldn’t get _______.  (2006全国卷II)

A. between          B. through             C. across               D. beyond

【答案】B。

【考点】考查短语动词的用法。

【解析】短语动词get through的意思是“通过”。句意为：门口站着很多人，小女孩无法通过。

14. I know you don’t like _______ music very much. But what do you think of _______ music in the film we saw yesterday? (2006全国卷II)

A. /; /                      B. the; the             C. the; /                  D. /; the

【答案】D。

【考点】考查冠词用法。

【解析】第一空后的music为泛指，故不填冠词; 第二空后的music为特指，即特指the film we saw yesterday中的music，故填定冠词。

15. As you can see, the number of cars on roads _______ rising these days. (2006全国卷II)

A. was keeping   B. keep                  C. keeps                D. were keeping

【答案】C(//www.julie-photo.com/)。

【考点】考查动词时态和主谓一致的用法。

【解析】根据句中的as you can see和these days可知，句子谈论的是现在的情况，故可排除A和D；又因为the number of...作主语时，谓语动词要用单数，故选C。句意为：如你所见，如今路上的汽车在不断增加。