例3Pan Dongzi
_______ fire ______ the houses of the landlord.
A．set…onB．set the…to
C．set…toD．set the…on
点拨
答案：C。放火烧……有两种说法：一是set
fire to…，一是set sth.
on fire, fire前没有冠词，因此答案为C。
例4Though I’m ______ than him, I can’t jump
as ______ as he.
A．tall, higherB．high, tallerC．higher, highD．taller, high
点拨
答案：D。要做好本题，首先要弄清本题的两个“高”，这也正是本题考查的要点。作为high是指高出地面或其它物体，超出普通标准，其反意词为low，例如：This table
is 1.5-metre high. It is higher than that one.（这张桌子高一米半，比那张桌子高。）A one-hundred-metre hill isn’t high.（一百米高的山不算高。）而tall通常指人或动物的高，含有“高而且长”的意思，其反义词short。例如：My elder brother
is six feet tall. He is taller than I.（我哥哥六英尺高，他比我高。）There is a tall tree in the yard.（院子里有棵高树。）根据本题，第一句指人的高度，第二句是高出地面的具体高度，因此答案为D。
例5We go to see a film
_______.
A．every three weeksB．every third weeks
C．three each weekD．third every week
点拨
答案：A。本题考查“每隔……”的用法，其结构为“every + 数词＋名词复数”，根据这一搭配，答案就可选A。另外，还要注意，有时呆能every three days就等于every other two days.
例6He ________ 100-metre-dash. I’m sure he
will win.
A．has sat forB．has gone in for
C．has attendedD．has been present at
点拨
答案：B。答案A为参加考试，答案C为会议的参加，答案D表示已经参加了，和后面的一般将来时不符。
例7More students than every before _____
their history examination this year.
A．joinB．go in forC．have sat forD．went in for
点拨
答案：C。从题的意思来看，一是谓语该用现在完成时，二是对考试的参加。
例8Lincoln _______ politics and was
strongly against slavery.
A．took active part inB．took an active part in
C．joinedD．attended
点拨
答案：B。A没有冠词，C、D不搭配。
例9—Shall we go skating or stay at home?
—Which _________ do yourself?
A．do you ratherB．would you rather
C．do you preferD．would you better
点拨
答案：B。其它形式不对。
例10The Olympic games _______ in 776 BC did
not include women players until 1912.
A．first playedB．to be first played
C．first playingD．to be first playing
点拨
答案：A。（1）过去分词作定语与修饰词之间是动宾关系，且过去分词表示的动作已经完成。（2）现在分词作定语表示现在正在发生的动作，被修饰词和它是主谓关系。（3）不定式作定语，表示将要发生的动作，因此答案为A，实际上first played in 776 BC等于which was first played in 776 BC.
例11—Do you think the Star will beat the Bulls?
—Yes. They have better players, so I _______ them to win.
A．hopeB．preferC．expectD．want
点拨
答案：C。该句意思为“你认为明星队会打败公牛队吗？”“会的，明星队有较好的队员，所以我预料他们会赢”。做这个题的一个关键句“They have better players”就提示该空应填入一个客观预料而非主观希望的一个动词。B、D虽语法结构正确，但强调主观愿望；A语法结构不对，且强调主观愿望，因此答案为C。
例12They are busy _____ the English party.
A．preparingB．preparing for
C．to prepareD．to prepare for
点拨
答案：B。本题主要是考查prepare的用法，它常用的搭配有：prepare sth. = get sth.
ready，“把某事准备好”，指主观直接参与做某事；prepare for sth. = get ready for sth. = make preparation for sth.“为某事做准备”，指主语为某事做准备工作，for表目的。be prepared for sth. = be ready
for sth.“为……做好了准备”，表状态，接名词或代词；be prepared to do sth. = be ready to do sth.“准备为做……”，表状态；prepare to do，表主语“准备去做某事”；prepare oneself for
sth.“准备好做……”，oneself要和主语取得一致。本题句意为“他们正忙着为开英语晚会做准备呢。”根据上述词组的区别，B项为最佳答案，C、D语法错误，busy后要接doing结构，A项与句意不符。
例13I’ll ______ about seven o’clock.
A．give a call for youB．call you up
C．ring up youD．phone up you
点拨
答案：B。本题考查“打电话”之意的动词搭配用法。英语中打电话的说法有好几种，请注意区别：
phone sb. =
telephone sb.（及物动词）
phone to sb. =
telephone to sb.（不及物）
give sb. a call
= give sb. a ring.（这儿的call和ring都是名词，可互换，也可说成give a call to sb. =
give a ring to sb.）
例14The students _____ many parties with
their foreign teachers.
A．took placeB．happenedC．heldD．were held
点拨
答案：C。本题主要考查“发生，举行”之意动词的用法和区别。
动词happen, take place和hold都表示“发生、举行”之意，其区别是：
happen表偶然性或没料到的事情的发生，是不及物动词，它没有被动语态，事物作其主语，只有用词组happen to do时才用人作主语。take place常常表必然性的或安排、计划好的事情的发生，是不及物动词，没有被动语态，只用事物作主语。Hold为“举行、举办、召开”之意，及物动词，举行比较正式的会议一般用此词，它的主语是人，若主语是会议则必须用被动语态。
