1. The government____ to approve the use of wide-spead surveillance when the Justice Department took objections.

　　A. is going

　　B. had been

　　C. was about

　　D. is coming

　　2.The policeman stopped him when he was driving home and __ him of speed.

　　A charged B accused C blamed D warned3. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are so excited today, for they bought____ yesterday.

　　A. many furnitures

　　B. so much furniture

　　C. many piece of furniture

　　D. a lot of furniture

　　4. Despite their good service provided, most inns are less expensive than hotels of____standards.

　　A. equivalent

　　B. likely

　　C. alike

　　D. uniform

　　5. The public opinion was that the time was not__ for the election of such a radical candidate as Mr. Jones.

　　A reasonable B ripe C ready D practical

　　答案与解析:

　　1. C

　　政府正打算同意采取广泛监督的手段时，却遭到了司法部的反对。

　　此题考查时态的运用。

　　少数几个前置词可带不定式作宾语，如about,but,except,save, than等后允许加不定式作宾语。be about+不定式表示“将来”的含义，因此C为正确选项。

　　2、B accuse of 指控某人犯……罪 He was accused of corruption.

　　charge with指控某人犯……罪 He was charged with negligence of duty.

　　blame sb for 因……埋怨，责怪 Movies have been blamed for the crime wave.

　　warn sb of 警告，告戒某人 He was warned

　　3. D

　　史密斯夫妇今天非常兴奋，因为他们昨天买了许多家具。

　　此题考查名词的单复数。

　　英语中有些名词只有单数，如furniture 前可用pieces of furniture,much furniture,a lot of furniture。因此D为正确选项。

　　4.A

　　尽管同样提供优质的服务，大多数酒馆要比同标准的旅馆的费用低。

　　此题考查形容词词义。

　　尽管equivalent 与 alike,uniform都有“相同”的意思，但是alike常在句中做表语，不做定语;equivalent则可做定语，意为“相等的，相当的”，最符合题意;而uniform强调的是“一致的，一样的”;likely意为“很可能的”，一般做表语。因此A为正确选项。

　　5、B

　　ripe引申为“时机成熟的，准备好的”I won’t tell her the news until the time is ripe for it.

　　ready for做好准备的 Are you ready for the journey?