56. They would regret for ________ a vote to a man of vision.
A. not giving B. giving not C. having not given D. not to give
【答案】A.
【解析】非謂語動詞。for為介詞,其后應接動名詞。regret for doing sth.意為“因做了某事而后悔”,其否定形式是在動名詞之前加not,故選A。
57. It is no use ________ over spilt milk.
A. crying B. to cry C. cry D. cries
【答案】A.
【解析】非謂語動詞。在“It is no use/good/help... + doing”結(jié)構中, It是形式主語,真正的主語是后面的動名詞短語。It is no good/use doing sth.意為“做某事沒有好處/用處”。故選A。
58. In the exam, the ________ you are, the ________ mistakes you will make.
A. carefully; little B. more careful; less
C. more carefully; fewest D. more careful; fewer
【答案】D.
【解析】比較級?!皌he +比較級…,the +比較級…”為固定用法,意為“越……,越……”。careful的比較級是more careful;mistake為可數(shù)名詞,所以應用few來修飾,其比較級是fewer,故選D。
59. It seemed only seconds ________ the big fire broke out.
A. when B. till C. after D. before
【答案】D.
【解析】詞義辨析。when:當……時;till:直到;after:在……之后;before:在……之前。根據(jù)句意“僅僅幾秒鐘大火就蔓延開了(爆發(fā))”可知,選D。
60. When father was young, he ________ from morning till night.
A. was made working B. was made work
C. made to work D. was made to work
【答案】D.
【解析】非謂語動詞。make sb. do sth.意為“使某人做某事”;改為被動時為:sb. be made to do sth.意為“某人被迫做某事”,不定式作主語補足語時,to不能省略。故選D。