请从以下四个选项里挑出最符合句子意思的一个：
The professor’s dedication to ___ earned him the respect of both his colleagues and students.
A. teach
C. being taught
B. be taught
D. teaching
参考答案：D. teaching
解析：这一题的关键在于如何分析成分，即如何将主谓宾区分好，这样才有利于将选项中的干扰项剔除。在题里，The professor's dedication 是主语，earned是谓语，him是宾语，the respect of both his colleagues and students是补语。dedication to sth是一个固定搭配，即“致力于……”, 其中to是介词，后接名词。在这四个选项里，being taught 和teaching可视作是动名词。不过，从语义关系来看， professor是teaching的逻辑主语，而being taught则不合。
请从以下四个选项里选出符合句子意思的一项：
The public opinion was that the time was not ___ for the election of such a radical candidate as Mr. Jones.
A. practical
B. ripe
C. ready
D. reasonable
参考答案：B. ripe
解析：这题在做选项判断时，主要的意思在the time is ___for上，即语法层面是一个搭配。从意思上的理解来看，对于公众选如Jones这样的激进(radical)候选人的时机是什么呢?那么，先排除的是pratical 和reasonable，理由是这两个词的逻辑主语不会是time，而是election，即用it is not pratical/reasonable to elect。在ripe和ready之间，the time is ripe是一个固定搭配，即If you say the time is ripe, you mean that a suitable time has arrived for something to be done. 例如：He told reporters that he thought the time was ripe for a normalisation of relations./他告诉记者他认为是时候恢复两国间正常关系。对于ready for的用法，意思是“(物品)准备好的”，“(人)准备就绪的”，即If someone is ready, they are properly prepared for something. If something is ready, it has been properly prepared and is now able to be used. 例如：The cocaine was ready for distribution. /那些可卡因已经准备好进行分销了。
请从以下四个选项中挑出最符合句子意思的一个：
The boy's _____ behavior made his parents uneasy. He rushed to open doors and bowed to everyone coming in, apologizing unnecessarily for any inconvenience that he might have caused.
A. oblivious
B. observant
C. obsequious
D. obsolescent
参考译文：C. obsequious
解析：这一题以四个字形相似的方式来干扰判断。对四个词的意思不是很了解，希望通过词缀法(ob-)来解题的同学来说，确实会是不小的难度。反之，如果对这四个选项词都很了解的话，就一点难度都没有了。对于这种有干扰选项的题目，要反其道而行之——先理解句子语义，再分析各个选项的意思，做出决定。句子的意思是小男孩有一种让家长难堪的行为举止——有人来了，主动开门，并鞠躬致敬，并会对他的任何让人会感觉不便的行为表示道歉。那么这是一种什么行为呢?句子里有一个关键词可以作为解题的引子，就是unnecessarily, 不必要的。那么，这四个选项中，有那个词是与之相似或相呢? obsequious的意思是“奉承拍马的，卑躬屈膝的; 谄媚的;” 即If you describe someone as obsequious, you are criticizing them because they are too eager to help or agree with someone more important than them. 例如：Barrow was positively obsequious to me until he learnt that I too was the son of a labouring man. /巴罗竭力讨好我，直到得知我也是工人家庭出身。
请从以下四个选项里找出符合句子意思的一个选项：
The day's work __, Mary and Carl are playing cards.
A. are done
B. done
C. should have left
D. could have left
参考答案：B. done
解析：这一题看上去似乎不合语法，前半句是一个名词词组，后半句是一个主谓宾结构，那么空格里是什么词，才能让这个句子符合语法规则呢?在英文句子里，有一种成份，叫做“独立主格”以短语形式存在，但与全句的逻辑主语存在某种关系。在本题里，the day's work与Mary and Carl 是什么关系呢?很明显是Mary and Carl do the day's work。那么，用被动语态句式的话，就是The day's work is done by Mary and Carl. 于是乎，前半个句子就应该是Since/As the day's work has been done by Mary and Carl, and Mary and Carl are playing cards. 如此的话，这一句很明显是啰嗦和冗长的。出于简洁之要，前半句缩写成The day's work done, Mary and Carl are laying the cards。
