[牛刀小試3]

　　1. The reason ____ you failed, I think,  was ____ you had turned a deaf ear to your mother's advice.

　　A. that; because         B. why; because

　　C. why; that            D. for that; that

　　2. The English play ____ my students acted at the New Year's party was a great success. (2004 全國卷I)

　　A. for which             B. at which

　　C. in which              D. on which

　　3. When ____, the museum will be open to the public next year. (2002 上海春招)

　　A. completed             B. completing

　　C. being completed        D. to be completed

　　4. ____ the meeting himself gave them a great deal of encouragement. (2003 上海)

　　A. The president will attend

　　B. The president to attend

　　C. The president attend

　　D. The president's attending

　　5. I don't think ____ possible to master a foreign language without much memory work.  (NMET 1990)

　　A. this    B. that    C. its    D. it

　　    【交際速成】

　　1. Giving opinions and Making comments 詢問看法與作出評價

　　(2003北京西城)

　　-- How do you find the talk given by Mr．Smith? -- ____.

　　    A. Very well  B. Excited   C. Boring  D. Not at an

　　[答案與解析]C  本題考查對事物提出看法或作出評價的用語。A、B兩項詞法錯誤，若改為Very good或Exciting，就可回答提問了。D項不合語境。此句完整為：(It's) Boring.

　　【歸納】英語中詢問看法的用語有：

　　① How do you like / find...?

　　② What do you think of / about...?

　　③ What do you feel about...?

　　2. Describing sequences按次序描述事件發生的過程

　　Mother first did some washing and then did some cooking, ____ she had a rest.

　　    A. finally    B. in the end

　　    C. by the end    D. at last

　　[答案與解析] A   本題考查如何描述事情發生的順序。finally 用于在列舉一系列內容之后。要引出最后一項內容的場合；也可與at last互換，表示所盼望的事遲遲到來。in the end強調結果。有時可與口at last意義相同。

　　【歸納】英語中常見描述事件發生次序的用語有：

　　① First,.... Next,....Then.... Finally, ....例如:

　　  First, we went to Leshan. Next, we climbed Mount Emei. Then we played with some moneys. Finally, towards evening we were on the way back to Chengdu.

　　② What did you do next?

　　3. Thanks致謝

　　(2002北京)  -- It's been a wonderful evening, Thank you very much.  -- ____.

　　    A. My pleasure    B. I'm glad to hear that

　　    C. No, thanks     D. It's OK

　　[答案與解析]A  本題考查英語中如何表達感謝及應答。My pleasure是回答感謝的客套話。

　　【歸納】英語中表達感謝的用語有：

　　① Thank you (very much).

　　② Thanks a lot.

　　③ Thank you for your help.

　　④ It's very kind / nice of you.

　　⑤ Many thanks.

　　⑥ I appreciate your help.

　　⑦ I can never thank you enough.

　　⑧ I'm extremely grateful to you.

　　應答用語有：

　　① It's a pleasure.

　　② My pleasure.

　　③ That's OK / all right.

　　④ You're welcome.

　　⑤ Not at all.

　　⑥ Don't mention it.

　　⑦ No trouble at all (沒什么).

　　⑧ At your service (愿為你效勞).

　　⑨ Think nothing of it.