What some people regard as a         is seen as a plus by many others.

duty

drawback

failure

faith

考查名词词义辨析。句意：一些人认为是一个缺点，而其他许多人则认为这是一个优点。A.duty责任；B.drawback缺点； C. failure 失败；D. faith信念。根据空后plus“优点”可知，空处需用drawback“缺点”与之对应。故选B项。

---Who was calling you on the phone just now？

---_______.

That's him

It was Tom

This was someone

Maybe Jim's

考查强调句。句意---刚才谁在电话里面叫你？---他是汤姆。根据题意，答句为强调句。完整形式为it was Tom that call you on the phone just now.缩写形式为It was Tom，故选B。

        bothers me is that I can't keep my mind on the task, but on personal gains or losses.

What

It

That

One

考查主语从句连接词。句意：困扰我的是我不能专注于任务，而是专注于个人得失。此处为主语从句，从句中缺少主语，结合句意表示“困扰我的是”应用what。故选A项。

Great amounts of water            poured into the river from the factories two years ago.

was

were

has been

have been

考查时态和主谓一致。句意：两年前，工厂将大量废水排入河中。根据two years ago 可知，句子使用一般过去时。....amounts of修饰不可数名词作主语时，谓语动词用复数形式，即谓语动词与amounts保持数的一致。故选B项。

Perhaps they have experienced something similar and do not want you to           the same pain.

go over

go through

go around

go on

考查动词短语辨析。句意：也许他们有过类似的经历，不希望你经历同样的痛苦。A. go over复习，重温；B. go through经受，通过；C. go around 四处走动，流传；D. go on继续。根据the same pain可知，此处是“经历，经受”的意思。故选B项。

Writing out all the invitations by hand was more time-consuing than we             .

will except

are  excepting

except

had excepted

考查时态。句意：手工写下所有的邀请函要比我们预料的花去更多的时间。根据句意可知我们预料是在实际上写之前发生的，而本句中实际写花去的时间使用了过去时was，所以expect用过去完成时。故D项正确。

Mary and her friend          a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help the homeless people at the Christmas party.

came up with

put up with

caught up with

kept up with

考查动词短语辨析。句意：玛丽和她的朋友想出了一个计划，在圣诞节聚会上，从我的公司聚集了四十几个人来帮助无家可归的人。A. came up with 提出；B. put up with 忍耐；C. caught up with追上，赶上；D.kept up with 跟上。下文“聚集人帮助无家可归的人”是想出的计划。故选A项。

_______ by keeping down costs will Power Data hold its advantage over other companies.

Only  

Just 

 Still  

Yet

考查倒装句式。句意：只有通过降低成本，Power Data才能比其它公司更有优势。A只有；B仅仅；C仍然；D然而。Only加副词、介词短语或时间状语，放句首时，用部分倒装。故选A。

The black teacher set a good example ____ all the rest of the group, _____ all peace-loving people.

to, who are

for, which was

to, which are

to, who were

[翻译]黑人教师给其他所有爱好和平的人树立了一个好榜样。[解析] D 解析：set an example to表示给某人树榜样，由此可以排除B;因先行词指人，故使用who引导非限定性定语从句，由此可以排除C; 根据时态的一致原则可知，此处应当使用一般过去时，故正确答案为D项。

Her father         a writer.

turned

grew

has turned

has become

考查系动词的区别。句意：她的父亲变成了一位作家。Turn，grow，become用作系动词均可表示“变化”，使用时要注意：become主要指一个人暂时性的身心变化或永久性的自然变化，另外还可用于指天气变化和社会的趋势；grow主要表示逐渐变化，强度变化过程；turn后接名词，往往表示意想不到的变化，名词前通常不加冠词。故选D项。