Only when he returned ________ that the war had ended and the army had come back.

we tell

we told

did we tell

were we told

考查倒装句型。Only放在句首时，句子要用倒装语序；根据句意“我们被告知”可知，此处要用were we told。故答案选D。

_______ 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。

I would really appreciate       if you can make time in your schedules to attend my lecture today.

that

it

this

one

考查形式宾语。句意：如果你今天能从日程安排中抽出时间来听我的讲座的话，我将不胜感激。I would appreciate it if/when...如果/当...时，我将非常感激。it 做形式宾语。故选B项。

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。

I think it           that she should be knowledgeable about Music for her present job.

urgent

normal

essential

gifted

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我认为她对音乐的了解对她目前的工作是必要的。A. urgent紧急的；B. normal普通的；C. essential基本的、必要的；D. gifted有天赋的。根据句意以及后接宾语从句为

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。