Inside the window hangs a         carved out of this piece of wood by the artist.

decoration

destination

departure

discipline

考查名词辨析。句意：窗户边上挂着一幅被艺术家由这块木头雕刻的装饰品。A. decoration装饰，装饰品；B. destination目标； C. departure 离开；D. discipline纪律。窗边应挂着装饰品。故选A项。

Dr.Rowan,           secretary resigned two weeks ago, has had to do all his own typing.

whose

of whom 

of which

which

考查定语从句。句意：罗文博士的秘书两周前辞职了，他只能自己打字。          secretary resigned two weeks ago是非限制性定语从句，修饰Dr.Rowan, 引导词在从句中作定语，表示“Dr.Rowan's”，表示“......的”，应用关系代词whose引导该从句。故选A项。

---It's burning hot today,isn't it?

---Yes,_____yesterday.

So was it

So it was

So it is

So is it

句意：“今天太热了，是不是？”“是呀，昨天也一样”。如果表示前面所说的肯定情况也适合于另一者，要用“so+助动词/情态动词/系动词+主语”。