30. Whenever he was asked why he was late for class, he would answer carelessly, always _______ the same thing. (2006江蘇卷)

A. saying              B. said                   C. to say                D. having said

【答案】A。

【考點(diǎn)】考查非謂語動(dòng)詞。

【解析】用現(xiàn)在分詞表示補(bǔ)充說明——對(duì)answer carelessly的補(bǔ)充說明。

31. _______ environmental damage is done, it takes many years for the ecosystem (2006生態(tài)系統(tǒng)) to recover. (2006江蘇卷)

A. Even if             B. If only                C. While                D. Once

【答案】D。

【考點(diǎn)】考查狀語從句。

【解析】比較四個(gè)選項(xiàng)，只有D填入空格意思最通順。once意為“一旦”，又如：Once you began you couldn’t stop. 你一旦開始就停不下來了。Once you let him start talking, there was no stopping him. 一旦讓他開始講話，就沒法止住他。

32. — There is a story here in the paper about a 110-year-old man.

— My goodness! I can’t imagine _______ that old. (2006江蘇卷)

A. to be                 B. to have been   C. being                D. having been

【答案】C。

【考點(diǎn)】考查非謂語動(dòng)詞用法。

【解析】動(dòng)詞imagine后接動(dòng)詞時(shí)要用動(dòng)名詞，不用不定式，故可排除A和B; 另外，由于此處談的是現(xiàn)在的情況，即現(xiàn)在有110歲，故用一般式，不用完成式。

33. I wish you’d do _______ talking and some more work. Thus things will become better. (2006江蘇卷)

A. a bit less          B. any less            C. much more      D. a little more

【答案】A。

【考點(diǎn)】考查形容詞與副詞用法。

【解析】根據(jù)句意可知，空格處應(yīng)填一個(gè)與some more意思相反的詞組，故答案只能選A。

34. A poet and artist _______ coming to speak to us about Chinese literature and painting tomorrow afternoon. (2006江蘇卷)

A. is                       B. are                     C. was                   D. were

【答案】A。

【考點(diǎn)】考查動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)和主謂一致。

【解析】根據(jù)句中的tomorrow afternoon可排除C和D；又因?yàn)?/FONT>a poet and artist只用了一個(gè)冠詞，說明指的是一個(gè)人，即“一位詩人兼藝術(shù)家”，故其后謂語動(dòng)詞要用單數(shù)，即答案選A。句意為：一位詩人兼藝術(shù)家明天下午要來給我們講中國(guó)文學(xué)和繪畫。