21. She stood up and looked forward ________ what was going on outside.
A. seeing B. see C. to seeing D. saw
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意:她站起来,期待着外面发生的事情。分析句子可知,此处符合短语look forward to,意为“期待、盼望”,其中to是介词,其后接动词要用动名词形式。故选C项。
22. He worked very hard every day last month ________ he could get used to the life in senior high school.
A. so that B. now that C. other than D. rather than
【答案】A
【解析】
【分析】
【详解】考查状语从句。句意:上个月,为了适应高中生活,他每天都很努力。A. so that以便; B. now that既然; C. other than除了;D. rather than而不是。引导目的状语从句,表示“为了,以便”应用so that。故选A。
23. The two girls are so alike that strangers find ______ difficult to tell one from the other.
A. that B. one C. a D. it
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】考查代词的用法。句意:这两个女孩长得如此像,以致于陌生人觉得很难把她们区分开。本句中it用在find后作形式宾语,真正的宾语是后面的动词不定式短语to tell one from the other。that“那个”,特指上文提到不可数名词或者可数名词单数;one泛指上文提到的可数名词单数;a“一”等词均不能作形式宾语或形式主语。故选D。
24. It was for this reason ________ he decided to choose the task and finish it on his own.
A. why B. which C. so D. that
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】考查强调句。句意:正是因为这个原因,他决定选择这个任务,并独自完成它。去除it was和空处,剩下的部分可以构成完整的句子,可知此处为强调句“it be+被强调部分+that”,此处被强调部分为for this reason ,应用that。故选D。