29. I think it is necessary for my 19-year-old son to have his own mobile phone, for I sometimes want to make sure if he _______ home for dinner. (2006辽宁卷)

A. come                B. comes               C. has come         D. will come

【答案】D。

【考点】考查动词时态。

【解析】如果同学们注意到题干中的连词if以及选项中的comes和will come，便可猜测到本题是考查考生对句中的if用法的理解，若if表示“是否”，则它所引导的是宾语从句，那么则要用将来时态表示将来意义; 若if表示“如果”，则它所引导的是条件状语从句，则要用一般现在时表示将来意义。通读全句，根据句意可以确定if的意思是“是否”。

30. _______ makes this shop different is that it offers more personal services. (2006辽宁卷)

A. What                B. Who                  C. Whatever         D. Whoever

【答案】A。

【考点】考查名词性从句。

【解析】what在此引导主语从句，意思上相当于the thing that。

31. It is said that the early European playing-cards _______ for entertainment and education. (2006辽宁卷)

A. were being designed                    B. have designed

C. have been designed                    D. were designed

【答案】D。

【考点】考查动词时态。

【解析】解答此题的关键是要抓住early这一形容词。early European playing-cards的意思是“早期欧洲人玩的扑克牌”，既然是“早期”，肯定就是过去的事了，所以用一般过去时。

32. School children must be taught how to deal with dangerous _______. (2006辽宁卷)

A. states               B. conditions        C. situations         D. positions

【答案】C。

【考点】考查名词辨析与用法。

【解析】situations在此指“情形”“情况”。又如：He behaved very coolly in this dangerous situation. 在这个危险的处境中他表现得镇定自若。

33. —I’m sorry I’m late. I got held up in the traffic on my way here.

—_______. (2006辽宁卷)

A. Don’t be late next time                 B. You should be blamed

C. It doesn’t matter, I’m also late      D. Never mind. Come and sit down

【答案】D。

【考点】考查交际口语用法。

【解析】四个选项中只用D对于道歉的回答是比较礼貌的。

34. I grew up in Africa, _______ at least I should say that I spent much of the first ten years of my life there. (2006辽宁卷)

A. and                   B. or                       C. so                      D. but

【答案】B。

【考点】考查并列连词的用法。

【解析】or在此表示对前面所述情况的解释或补充说明。句意为：我是在非洲长大的，或者至少可以说我人生头10年的大部分时间是在那儿度过的。又如：It’s not difficult to get money for research or at least it’s not always difficult. 争取到研究资金并不难，起码不总是那么难。

35. It was after he got what he had desired _______ he realized it was not so important. (2006辽宁卷)

A. that                   B. when                 C. since                 D. as

【答案】A(//www.julie-photo.com/)。

【考点】考查强调句式。

【解析】考查“it be+被强调成分+that…”这一强调句式，句中的被强调成分为after he got what he had desired。