14.I’m _____ that he didn’t come.

A.astonished

B.astonishing

C.astonish

D.to astonish

参考答案：A

【解析】句意：我很惊讶他没有来。此题应该添一个形容词。astonished和astonishing都是由及物动词astonish而来：astonished意为“惊讶的”，一般修饰人；astonishing意为“令人惊讶的”，一般修饰物。

15.It is _____ me that he should be absent.

A.astonished at

B.astonishing to

C.surprised to

D.surprising at

参考答案：B

【解析】句意：他居然没来，我觉得这事很让人惊讶。astonishing由及物动词astonish而来，一般修饰物；加上介词to表示“对某人来说”。

16.He doesn’t spend much time _____ his homework.

A.in

B.do

C.on

D.to do

参考答案：C

【解析】句意：他花在作业上的时间不多。此题考查动词spend的用法。spend time on sth.和spendtime doing/ in doing sth.意为“花费时间做某事”。

17.She was _____ at your saying that.

A.interested

B.troubled

C.annoyed

D.anxious

参考答案：C

【解析】句意：她讨厌你那样说。annoy意为“使烦恼，使生气”；interest意为“使发生兴趣，引起兴趣”，be interested in sth.意为“对……感兴趣”；trouble意为“使紧张，使感不适”；anxious是形容词，意为“担忧的，焦虑的”，一般说be anxious for/ about sth.意为“为……而忧虑”。

18.The linguists’ main interest had been to _____ and describe languages.

A.analyze

B.express

C.command

D.comment

参考答案：A

【解析】句意：语言学家们的主要兴趣是分析和描述语言。analyze意为“分析，分解”；express意为“表达，表示”；command意为“命令，指挥”；comment意为“注释，评论”，常与on/ that连用。

19.All medicines should be kept out of _____ of children.

A.touch

B.reach

C.get

D.attain

参考答案：B

【解析】句意：所有的药品都应该放在儿童接触不到的地方。此题应该添一个名词，四个选项中的动词只有touch和reach可以作名词。touch意为“触摸，联系”；reach意为“可达到的距离，所能及的限度”。

20.There have been few novels by revolutionaries free of those faults _____ by Marx and Engels.

A.punished

B.blamed

C.criticized

D.scolded

参考答案：C

【解析】句意：革命者写的小说里，几乎每本都有马克思和恩格斯所批评过的错误。criticize意为“批评，评判”；punish意为“惩罚，处罚”；blame常出现在口语中，意为“谴责，归咎于”；scold意为“责骂，申斥”。

21.When she saw the clouds, she went back to the house to _____ her umbrella.

A.bring

B.fetch

C.take

D.carry

参考答案：B

【解析】句意：她看到了乌云，就回家拿了伞。fetch意为“取来，去并且取回”；bring意为“带来”，bring it over here意为“把它带来”；take意为“带去”；carry意为“携带”。