Ⅰ.单项填空
从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1．My friend Martin was very sick with a strange fever；________，he could neither eat nor sleep.
A．as a result B．after all
C．any way D．otherwise
【解析】 句子前后存在逻辑上的因果关系，as a result“因此”符合句意。
【答案】 A
2．Email，as well as telephones，______ __an importa nt part in daily communication.
A．is playing B．have played
C．are playing D．play
【解析】 as well as连接两个并列主语时，谓语动词由前面的主语来决定。
【答案】 A
3．Production________by 10% in April________the same month last year.
A．raised；compared with B．rose；compared to
C．was raised；comparing with D．was risen；comparing to
【解析】 raise为及物动词而rise为不及物动词，因此第一空应用was raised或rose；compared to与compared with可通用，用作状语，意为“与……比起来”。
【答案】 B
4．Don’t be too________about things you’re not supposed to know.
A．puzzled B．strange
C．curious D．astonished
