7. ________, the pay isn’t attractive enough, though the job itself is quite interesting.

A. Generally speaking   B. On the contrary     C. In particular   D. To be honest

【解析】D。考查獨立結構to be honest的用法，其意為“說老實話”“老實說”。又如：To be honest, I just don’t like him. 說老實話，我就是不喜歡他。To be honest, I don’t think we have a chance of winning. 說實話，我認為我們沒有獲勝的可能。

8. ________ the project in time, the staff were working at weekends.

A. Competing            B. Having completed  C. To have completed D. To complete

【解析】D。不定式用于句首表示目的（即用作目的狀語）。又如：To avoid any delay please phone your order direct. 為免延誤，請直接打電話預訂。To gratify my curiosity, do tell me what it is. 為滿足我的好奇心, 你一定得告訴我那是什么。

9. ________, you need to give all you have and try your best.

A. Being a winner      B. To be a winner     C. Be a winner          D. Having been a winner

【解析】B。不定式用于句首表示目的（即用作目的狀語）。句意為：要想獲勝，你必面要傾其所有，全力以赴。

10. The children all turned ________the famous actress as she entered the classroom.

A. looked at              B. to look at              C. to looking at         D. look at

【解析】B。考查不定式用作目的狀語的用法——“轉頭”的目的是“為了看……”。句意為：當這位著名的女演員走進教室的時候，孩子們都轉過頭來看她。

11. Schools across China are expected to hire 50,000 college graduates this year as short-term teachers, almost three times the number hired last year, ________ reduce unemployment pressures.

A. help                     B. to have helped       C. to help                 D. having helped

【解析】C。考查不定式用作目的狀語，to help reduce unemployment pressures的意思是“為了減輕失業(yè)壓力”。全句意為：為了減輕失業(yè)壓力，中國的學校今年有望聘用50,000大學畢業(yè)生作為短期教師，差不多是去年聘用學生人數(shù)的三倍。

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