历年(最近15年200余套)高考英语语法题详解（2005上海卷）

25. John became a football coach in Sealion Middle School _______ the beginning of March. (2005上海卷)

A. on                     B. for                      C. with                   D. at

【答案】D。

【考点】考查介词的用法。

【解析】表示“在……开始时”用at the beginning of。at the beginning of March的意思是“三月初”。又如：Departures are every other day from the beginning of August onwards. 从八月初开始，每隔一天出发一次。

26. No progress was made in the trade talk as neither side would accept the conditions of _______. (2005上海卷)

A. others               B. the other           C. either                D. another

【答案】B。

【考点】考查不定代词的用法。

【解析】由neither可知，谈话双方都不同意对方的条件，这个“对方”是特指的另一方，所以用the other。又如：He was holding the wheel with one hand and waving with the other one. 他用一只握住方向盘，另一只手挥手示意。

27. There _______ be any difficulty about passing the road test since you have practiced a lot in the driving school. (2005上海卷)

A. mustn’t             B. shan’t               C. shouldn’t          D. needn’t

【答案】C。

【考点】考查怀态动词的用法。

【解析】表示推断“大概”“按理应当”用should，此处There shouldn’t be…意为“大概不会有……”。句意为：既然你在驾校训练了那么多，通过路考应该没什么困难。又如：There shouldn’t be any doubt about it. 对此不应有什么怀疑。

28. At a rough estimate, Nigeria is _______ Great Britain. (2005上海卷)

A. three times the size as                 B. the size three times of

C. three times as the size of             D. three times the size of

【答案】D。

【考点】考查倍数的表示法。

【解析】表示倍数的词应放在the size of的前面。句意为：粗略估计，尼日利亚是英国的三倍。又如：The result is a brain three times the size of a human-sized ape. 结果是比与人身材相当的类人猿大脑大三倍的大脑。

29. There was a loud scream from the backstage immediately after the concert ended, _______? (2005上海卷)

A. wasn’t there    B. was there         C. didn’t it              D. did it

【答案】A。

【考点】考查反意疑问句的用法。

【解析】复合句的反意疑问句一般与主句一致，排除选项C和D；因there was是肯定的，所选疑问尾句要用否定的，排除选项B。句意为：音乐会一结束后台就发出了很大的尖叫声，是不是？

30. More than a dozen students in that school _______ abroad to study medicine last year. (2005上海卷)

A. sent                  B. were sent         C. had sent           D. had been sent

【答案】B。

【考点】考查动词的时态与语态。

【解析】因为students与send是被动关系，排除选项A和C；因last year常与一般过时连用，排除选项C。句意为：那所学校的十几名学生被派往国外学医。

31. Professor Smith, along with his assistants, _______ on the project day and night to meet the deadline. (2005上海卷)

A. work                 B. working            C. is working        D. are working

【答案】C。

【考点】考查动词时态的用法。

【解析】句子缺谓语，排除选项B；主语是Professor Smith，是第三人称单数，排除A和D。句意为：为了能完成按时完成项目，史密斯教授同他的助手们一起不分白天黑夜地工作。

32. He got well prepared for the job interview, for he couldn’t risk _______ the good opportunity. (2005上海卷)

A. to lose              B. losing                C. to be lost           D. being lost

【答案】B(ask.hxen.com/)。

【考点】考查非谓语动词的用法。

【解析】因为risk后要接动名词作宾语，故可排除A和C；又因为空格后跟有用作动词的宾语，故要用主动式，不用被动式，即答案选B。句意为：他为这次求职面试做好了充分的准备，因为他不能冒险失去这个好机会。