C．takes over                                            D．looks over
答案　B　[句意：山上的房子俯瞰那个村庄。overlook在此表示“俯瞰”；overtake“赶上，(不愉快的事情)突然降临”；take over“接管”；look over“查看，检查”。]
6．He was not ______ to the club.
A．allowed                                                B．admitted
C．permitted                                             D．approved
答案　B　[句意：他不被准许加入俱乐部。admit在此意为“准许加入(俱乐部、组织)”，be admitted to/into sth准许加入……。allow和permit后可接sb to do sth，这两者在结构上与题干不符；approve sth“批准”，approve of sb/sth“赞成，同意”。]
7．For most Americans，their 18th birthday ______ the end of one part of their life and the beginning of another.
A．predicts B．tells C．marks D．signs
答案　C　[mark表示“标志”。句意：对于大多数美国人来说，18岁生日标志着他们人生一部分的结束，而同时是人生另一部分的开始。]
8．I'll never ______ you for what you have done to your parents.
A．regret B．forgive C．comfort D．relax
答案　B　[forgive sb for sth/doing sth意为“原谅某人做了某事”，符合语境。regret“感到遗憾，惋惜”；comfort“安慰”；relax“(使)放松，松懈”。]
9．I want to leave now；I can't ______ doing nothing useful here.
A．stand B．experience C．suffer D．last
答案　A　[句意：我现在想离开，我受不了在这里做没用的事。stand doing sth 意为“容忍、忍受做某事”，常用于疑问句和否定句中；experience“体验，经历”；suffer“遭受，经历，受痛苦，受损害”；last“持续”。]
10．The managing director was to ______ the accident.
A．be blamed for                                      B．be blamed on
C．blame for                                             D．blame on
答案　C　[blame意为“责备，谴责”，to blame作表语时常用主动形式表被动意义，介词for表示原因。blame常构成的结构为：blame sb for sth/doing sth “由于(做)某事而责备某人”；blame sth on /upon sb “将某事怪罪到某人头上”；sb be to blame (for sth/doing sth )“某人由于(做)某事而应受责备”。]
11．The boy sat there sad，______ by his friends.
A．feeling betrayed                                    B．to be betrayed
C．been betrayed                                      D．having betrayed
答案　A　[feeling betrayed意为“感觉受到了背叛；感到被出卖了”。现在分词短语在句中作伴随状语。]
12．The students listened carefully to the teacher with their eyes ______ on the blackboard.
A．to focus                                               B．focusing
C．being focused                                       D．focused
答案　D　[考查with复合结构，即with ＋n.＋分词。因为eyes与focus之间是动宾关系，所以要用focus的过去分词。]
13．How can you stand ______ in the public?
A．laughing at                                            B．to laugh at
C．being laughed at                                   D．to be laughed at
答案　C　[句意：你怎么能够忍受在公开场合被人嘲笑呢？stand作“忍受”解时，后面接动名词作宾语，因此排除B、D两项；此处，laugh at和you之间是动宾关系，因此要用被动语态。因此选C。]
14．______ be sent to work there?
A．Who do you suggest
B．Who do you suggest that should
C．Do you suggest that should
D．Do you suggest whom should
答案　A　[疑问形式的复合句中含有带疑问词的宾语从句时，要把疑问词提前，因此排除C、D两项；B项多了一个that，因为who便是宾语从句的引导词。所以答案是A，suggest后面省略了should。]
15．—Did you go to the party last night?
—Yes.But I'd rather ______.It was so ______.