Section A (10%)
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
1. _________the city lies the famous beautiful mountain.
A. 40 miles southeast of B. To 40 miles southeast of
C. Southeast 40 miles to D. To southeast 40 miles of
【答案】A
【解析】
【分析】
【详解】考查副词和倒装句。句意：这座城市东南四十英里处坐落着那座著名而美丽的山。表示方位，“城市东南方向四十公里的地方”，用(to the)+方位词，数量概念放在介词短语或副词短语的前面，句子使用完全倒装。故选A。
【点睛】
2. I had wanted to help you last night but I couldn’t spare any time, for I ______ a composition which I have to hand in this morning.
A. wrote B. was writing C. had written D. have written
【答案】B
【解析】
【分析】
【详解】考查时态。句意：我昨晚本来想帮你的，但我不能抽出时间，因为我正在写一篇今天早上必须交的作文。 根据上文“I had wanted to help you last night but I couldn’t spare any time”可知，昨天晚上没空帮助你，结合下文的时间状语in this morning可知，表示过去某段时间一直在做的事情，故用过去进行时，故选B。
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