1. I had to _____ the temptation to laugh at his foolish mistake.
A. conquer B. overtake C. overcome D. overdo
2. If I were you, I should leave that question _____.
A. alone B. about C. out D. off
3. He insisted that he _____ the best, so he insisted that he _____ the work all by himself.
A. be; do B. was; do C. be; did D. had been; had done
4. People lined up and entered the hall _____.
A. in turn B. by turns C. turning D. with turn
5. Over 200 people died _____ the air crash.
A. with regard to B. as a result of C. in the course of D. on the grounds of
6. They are _____ to prefer the better when the best in unattainable.
A. like B. will C. anxious D. willing
7. The police _____ the stolen jewellery and returned it to the owner.
A. searched B. hunted C. invented D. recovered
8. Let me know the time of your _____.
A. reach B. arrival C. come D. got
9. We tried _____ to persuade him to stay home, but at last he went to the construction site in spite of his bad illness.
A. vain B. in vain C. in fact D. in vanity
10. Even before quite a few people, she can’t _____ the courage to speak aloud.
A. gather B. collect C. assemble D. raise
11. He came to the meeting _____ his serous illness.
A. despite B. through
C. past D. despise
12. Nothing came out _____ all this talk.
A. against B. for
C. of D. with
13. I am not used _____ to like that.
A. to being spoken B. to speak
C. being spoken D. to speaking
14. To fetch water before breakfast seemed to me a rule _____.
A. to never break B. never to be broken
C. never to have broken D. never to be breaking
15. We shall have a whole holiday _____ my birthday.
A. in honor of B. in face of
C. in spite of D. in store for

1. I had to _____ the temptation to laugh at his foolish mistake.
A. conquer克服,征服,占取
B. overtake 赶上,突然来袭,压倒
C. overcome克服
D. overdo做得过分,过度,夸张
根据这个句子的翻译，应该选用“克服”的意思，即：我不得不克服嘲笑他愚蠢错误的诱惑。
所以答案应该在AC中选，而这也就涉及到辨析AC。A选项侧重一种“占有”，经常跟征服什么地方有关，C选项则是克服困难之类的东西，eg：overcome the difficulty.
选C

2. If I were you, I should leave that question _____.
A. alone B. about C. out D. off
选A
翻译：如果我是你的话，我会不去理会那个问题。
注意与leave有关的词组。
leave alone不理会
leave about乱丢，乱放
leave out遗漏，省略

3. He insisted that he _____ the best, so he insisted that he _____ the work all by himself.
A. be; do B. was; do C. be; did D. had been; had done
insist这个词是重点词，经常考到它的2个意思，一个是“坚持认为”，另一为“坚持要求”，其中后者要虚拟（就是that从句后面should do,should可省略）。
在此处，根据意思，可看出前空是“坚持认为”，后空为“坚持要求”，所以后面要用虚拟。
所以答案是B

4. People lined up and entered the hall _____.
A. in turn依次,轮流
B. by turns轮流,交替地
C. turning
D. with turn
人们排着队，依次进入礼堂。
选A
注意AB的区别，B侧重交替地。因为题干说了是排队，所以应该是依次，一个个地。


5. Over 200 people died _____ the air crash.
A. with regard to关于,至于
B. as a result of作为...的结果
C. in the course of 在...期间,在...过程中
D. on the grounds of由于，以...为理由
选B
有200多人死于飞机失事。

6. They are _____ to prefer the better when the best in unattainable.
A. like B. will C. anxious D. willing
be anxious to do渴望做
be willing to do愿意做
当最好的难达到时，他们愿意去选择较好的。

7. The police _____ the stolen jewellery and returned it to the owner.
A. searched搜寻 B. hunted狩猎，搜索 C. invented发明 D. recovered找回
警察找回了被偷的珠宝，并把它归还给了它的主人。D

8. Let me know the time of your _____.
A. reach B. arrival C. come D. got
B. arrival 让我知道你到达的时间。

9. We tried _____ to persuade him to stay home, but at last he went to the construction site in spite of his bad illness.
A. vain 形容词不可修饰tried
B. in vain徒劳地，枉费心机地
C. in fact事实上，不符合语境
D. in vanity
选B


10. Even before quite a few people, she can’t _____ the courage to speak aloud.
A. gather B. collect，比起A，更侧重对一些具体事物的收集，最常见的是“收集邮票啊书籍啊”什么的 C. assemble D. raise
选A
翻译：即使是在很少一部分人面前，她也不能鼓起勇气大声说话。

11. He came to the meeting _____ his serous illness.
A. despite B. through
C. past D. despise 轻视的意思，要注意和A的区别啊......做题时也不要太粗心的~
选A
他不顾自己严重的疾病去开会。

12. Nothing came out _____ all this talk.
A. against B. for
C. of D. with
选C
come out of是指：从...中出来，由...中产生
整句话的翻译就是：没什么东西从这次谈话中产生。

13. I am not used _____ to like that.
A. to being spoken B. to speak
C. being spoken D. to speaking
选A
be used to doing习惯做
be used to do 被用来做
used to do过去常常
这3个还是蛮重要的，所以要记牢~
这里已经有了be used to了，所以排除C先
而后根据意思，选出A
翻译：我并不习惯于被那样讲话。（翻起来有点别扭，将就点。）

14. To fetch water before breakfast seemed to me a rule _____.
A. to never break B. never to be broken
C. never to have broken D. never to be breaking
B
rule规则，惯例，是要被打破的，所以要用被动，只有B是被动语态

15. We shall have a whole holiday _____ my birthday.
A. in honor of 为纪念，为庆祝，和in memory of差不多
B. in face of 面对，面临
C. in spite of不管，不顾
D. in store for将发生什么，最常用的是what have in store for sb./sth.就是说在某人身上、某事上将发生什么

所以选A
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（小小地修改下，因为我忘记了几句话，好久没答题了啊~~~）

如果以上解释存在错误或还有不懂的，请告知，谢了。
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