31. When she heard the bad news,she ______ completely.
A. broke away
B. broke down
C. broke out
D. broke through
参考答案：B。
解析，broke down：指身体、精神等方面的崩溃。break away是“逃脱，脱身”的意思;break out是指“发生，爆发”;break through是“突破”。
32. The novel ended happily,and the young couple were married in the ______.
A. final
B. closing
C. end
D. conclusion
参考答案：C。解析，were married in the end：终成眷属。final,closing,conclusion不能构成这一意义上的短语。
33. The building ______ mostly undamaged after the earthquake,and only minor repairs were necessary.
A. covered
B. consisted
C. lasted
D. remained
参考答案：D。
解析，remained mostly undamaged：大部分没有遭到破坏。recover是恢复，使身体复原；ast，表示不及物时是“延续”的意思。
34. I saw a traffic ______ this morning.
A. event
B. accident
C. conflict
D. damage
参考答案：B。
解析，traffic accident：交通事故。不能选A，event是指事件：事变，在词语搭配方面不和traffic搭配。conflict是“冲突，战斗”;damage为“损害，毁坏”。
35. The desert was regarded as ______ for settlement.
A. uncertain
B. unable
C. unfit
D. unlike
参考答案：C。
解析，unfit for settlement：不适宜于居住。Uncertain是指“无常的;不确定的”的意思;unable是“不能的;无能为力的”。
36. Kindness is the most important ______ a man can have.
A. habit
B. property
C. quality
D. effect
参考答案：C。
解析，quality是品质，不能选B，property是“性质，性能”的意思，不能指一个人的品质。
37. John’s score on the test is the highest in class;he ______ last night.
A. must have studied
B. had studied
C. must study
D. studied
参考答案：A。解析，本句是对过去情况的推测，要求用must+完成式，故选择A选项。
38. ______ to the speaker for five minutes,he got up and left.
A. Listened
B. To listen
C. Listening
D. Having listened
参考答案：D。解析，全句的意思是“他听了五分钟讲话后就起身离去了。”现在分词完成式表示“在…之后”，所以选D。
39. He was very busy yesterday;otherwise he ______ to the meeting.
A. had come
B. would come
C. could come
D. would have come
参考答案：D。解析，otherwise是“如果事实不是这样”的意思，其后要用表示过去情况的虚拟式。
40. We are opposed to ______ without him.
A. have a party
B. we have a party
C. us have a party
D. having a party
参考答案：D。解析，考查固定介词短语的搭配，在(be)opposed to结构中，to是介词，所以这里要用动名词短语。
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