1. The patient’s progress was very encouraging as he could __________ get out of the bed without help.
A. nearly
B. hardly
C. merely
D. barely

2. He was __________ to tell the truth even to his closest friend.
A. too much of a coward
B. too much the coward
C. a coward enough
D. enough of a coward

3. John is __________ hardworking than his sister, but he failed in the exam.
A. no less
B. no more
C. not more
D. not so

4. __________ in the United States, St.Louis has now become the 24th largest city.
A. Once the fourth biggest city
B. The fourth biggest city it was
C. Being the fourth biggest city
D. It was once the fourth biggest city

5. Especially important to many people __________.
A. there is legislation against pollution
B. is legislation against pollution
C. it is legislation against pollution
D. legislation against pollution is



1.[答案]A
[译文]病人情况的好转然人感到鼓舞，因为他不用人帮忙也能勉强下床了。
[答案解析]nearly（几乎）表示肯定意义；hardly（刚刚，几乎不）；barely（仅仅，几乎不）；merely（仅仅，只不过）一般不与can/could连用。

2.[答案]A
[译文]他胆子很小，不敢将事实告诉他最亲密的朋友。
[答案解析]too much of a….（非常的）后跟名词，too…to…是习惯用法，意为“太…以致不能…”。

3.[答案]A
[译文]约翰和他姐姐一样都很用功，但是他却没考及格。
[答案解析]no less than 表示前后两者都肯定，根据句中but后面的转折意思，说明应该用表示肯定的比较关系。no more than表示前后两者都否定，与题意不符。

4.[答案]A
[译文]圣路易斯曾经是美国的第四大城市，而现在排名第廿四位。
[答案解析]该题考查状语从句的省略现象。该句的时间状语从句的完整表达是：Once it was the fourth biggest city,……，根据省略规则，应该省略it was，因此选A。尽管B和D的语义完整，但是不符合“逗号不能连接并列句”的语法规则；C是现在分词短语作伴随状语的形式，但表达的语义（现在是第四大城市）与后半句矛盾，不符合要求。

5.[答案]B
[译文]反对污染的法律对很多人来说尤其重要。
[答案解析]本题考倒装句。本句将表语（Especially important to many people）提前，表示强调，而整个句子要全部倒装。