{1}_____of the land in that district_____covered with trees and grass. A. Two fifth; is B. Two fifth; are
C. Two fifths; is D. Two fifths; are
【记忆口诀】分子基数词，分母序数词，分子大于“1”，分母加“-s”，分母若是“2”和“4”，half, quarter可代替。又因为“land”是不可数名词，故选C。句意：那个地区五分之二的土地上覆盖着树和草。
{2} As I know, there is_____car in this neighborhood.
A. no such B. no a_____
C. not such D. no such a
【记忆口诀】用了because就不用so, 用了but就不用although/though，用了and的就不用if you，用了not any就不用no, little, hardly和few,本身已包含no。也就是说，no相当于not any。故选A , 也可用not any such代替。句意：就我所知，这附近没有任何一辆小汽车。
{3}_____in 1636, Harvard is one of the most famous universities in the United States.
A. Being founded B. It was founded
C. Founded D. Founding
{4} Though_____money, his parents managed to send him to university.
A. lacked B. lacking
C. lacking D. lacked in
{5}_____that she was going off to sleep, I asked if she’d like that little doll on her bed.
A. Seeing_____ B. to see
C. See_____ D. Seen
{6}_____in the fields on a March afternoon, he could feel the warmth of spring.
A. To walk B. Walking
C. Walked D. Having walked
【记忆口诀】“五看原则”：一看主语，二看关系，三看时态，四看语态，五看搭配。
第3题主语是“Harvard”，它和“found”构成 动宾关系，故选C。句意：创建于1636年，哈佛大学是美国最著名的大学之一。第4题的主语是“his parents”, 它和“lack”构成主谓关系，故选C。句意：尽管缺钱，他的父母还是设法送他去上大学。第5题主语是“I”, 它和“see”构成主谓关系，故选A。句意：看到她就要睡着了，我问她是否想要她床上那个小玩具。第6题主语是“he”，它和“walk”构成主谓关系，故选B。句意：在三月的一个下午，走在田野里，他感觉到了春天的温暖。
{7} I haven’t seen Ann for_____long that I’ve forgotten what she looks like.
A. such B. very
C. so D. too
{8} I don’t believe_____little animals can eat_____many insects.
A. such; such B. so; such
C. so; so D. such; so
{9} Can you believe that in_____a rich country there should be_____many poor people?
A. such; such B. such; so
C. so; so D. so; such
{10} He had_____little education that he couldn’t teach_____little children.
A. such; so B. so; such
C. such; such D. so; so
【记忆口诀】名前such, 形、副so, 多多少少（many, much, few, little）也用so, little属特殊，小用such, 少用so。
第7题“long”是形容词，故选C。句意：我这么久没见到安妮了，以至于我已经忘了她的样子。第8题第一空后“little”是“小”的意思，第二空后有“many”，故选D。句意：我不相信如此小的动物能吃这么多的昆虫。第9题第一空后“country”是名词，第二空后是“many”，故选B。句意：你能相信在如此富裕的一个国家竟会有那么多的穷人吗？第10题第一空后“little”是“少”的意思，第二空后“little”是“小”的意思，故选B。句意：他接受了如此少的教育，以至于这么小的孩子都教不了。
{11} When you finish reading the book, you will have better understanding of_____life.
A. a; the B. the; a
C. /; the D. a; /
{12} Mrs. Taylor has_____ 8-year-old daughter who has gift for painting――she has won two national prizes.
A. a; a B. an; the
C. an; a D. the; a
【记忆口诀】“八字口诀”：泛指，特指，固定搭配。
第一空是固定搭配：have a better understanding of，意思是“对……有更好的理解”，第二空后“life”意为“生活”，是抽象名词，在此是泛指概念，不用冠词，故选D。句意：当你看完这本书，你就会对生活有更好的理解。第12题“eight”第一个字母是元音因素，而且是泛指“一个”，故应用“an”,第二空是固定搭配：have a gift for表示“对……有天赋”故选C。句意：Taylor夫人有一个对画画有天赋的八岁女儿，她已经两次在全国比赛中获奖。
{13} We’ve been looking at houses but haven’t found_____we like yet.
A. one B. ones
C. it D. them
【记忆口诀】同名异物用one/ones, 同名同物it替。此题属“同名异物”，而且是单数，故选A。句意：我们一直在看房，但是还没找到一处喜欢的。
{14} ―Father, you promised!
―Well, . But it was you who didn’t keep your word first.
A. so was I B. so did I
C. so I was D. so I did
{15} ―My room gets very cold at night.
―_____ .
A. So is mine B. So mine is
C. So does mine D. So mine does
【记忆口诀】So I do 正常语序跟着so，表示“的确如此，是这样”的意思,前后主语要一样；So do I 倒装语序跟着so, 表示某某 “也一样”的意思，前后主语不一样；I do so, “do so” 不变放后头，表示“做了那件事”的意思，代替前言免重复。
第14题主语一致，都是“Father”，且时态是过去时，故选D。句意：――父亲，你答应过的!――喔，我确实答应过。但是，是你没有遵守诺言在先。第15题主语不一致，而且“get” 要借助助动词“does”，并且是一般现在时，故选C。句意：――我的房间在晚上变得很冷。――我的也一样。
{16} His parents didn’t allow him to go out. He had no choice but_____at home.
A. stay B. staying
C. to stay D. stayed
{17} There’s nothing to do but_____till he came back.
A. wait B. waiting
C. to wait Ｄ. waited
【记忆口诀】前有do后无to（注：此处do为实义动词）第16题空前无“to”,故选C。句意：他的父母不让他出去。除了待在家里，他没有选择。第17题空前有“do”,故选A。句意：除了等他回来，他无事可做。
（作者单位：云南省师宗县第二中学）