24. A)【句意】新年除夕，人民广场将举行焰火表演。?
【难点】display意为“展示性表演”;performance意为“文艺演出;表演”;show意为“展览;展览会”;exhibition也是“展览会”，属销售性质。?
25. A)【句意】在新西兰，啤酒和白酒的消费量很大。?
【难点】consumption意为“消费量”;use意为“使用，用途”;drink意为“饮料”;absorption意为“吸收
三：1. The bank is reported in the local newspaper ?____? in broad daylight yesterday.?
A. to be robbed B. robbed?
C. to have been robbed D. having been robbed?
2. ?____? before, his first performance for the amateur dramatic group was a success.?
A. Though having never acted?
B. As he had never acted?
C. Despite he had never acted?
D. In spite of his never having acted?
3. By the middle of the 21st century, the vast majority of the world’s population ?____? in cities rather than in the country.?
A. are living B. will be living ?
C. have lived D. will have lived?
4. Mr. Milton prefers to resign ?____? part in such dishonest business deals.?
A. than take B. than to take?
C. rather than take D. rather than to take?
5. No one would have time to read or listen to an account of everything ?____? going on in the world.?
A. it is B.as is C.there is D.what is?
6. There is a real possibility that these animals could be frightened, ?______? a sudden loud noise.?
A. being there B.should there be?
C.there was D. there have been
7. Bit by bit , a child makes the necessary changes to make his language ?____?.?
A. as other people B.as other people’s?
C.like other people D.like other people’s?
8.Clothing made of plastic fibres has certain advantages over ?____?made of natural fibres like cotton, wool, or silk.?
A. one B.the one C.that D.what?
9.The treasury issued an order stating that ?____? land purchased from the government had to be paid for in gold and silver.?
A. henceforth B.moreover C. whereby D.however?
10.The students expected there ?____? more reviewing classes before the final exams.?
A. is B.being C. have been D.to be?
11. It was during summer breaks that we first taste the satisfaction work that ?____? into hard currency.?
A. translates B. transfers?
C. transplants D. transmits?
12.In some cases, your instructor may tell you the topics ?____?or may give you a choice of topics to write about.?
A. in advance B. ahead of C. above all D. right away
13.It was the driver’s ?____? that caused him to step on the gas instead of the brake after his car went over the curb.?
A. fraud B. alarm C. terror D. panic?
14.Danny left this ?____? message on my answering machine:
“I must see you. Meet me at twelve o’clock.” Did he mean noon or midnight??
A. ambiguous B.responsible?
C. implicit D. thoughtful?
15.We looked for a table to sit down, but they were all ?____?.?
A.reserved for B. engaged in?
C. used up D. taken up?
16.She will have to find somewhere else to work, for she can’t ?____? this loud noise any longer.?
A. come up with B. catch up with?
C. keep up with D. put up with?
17.Tom ?____? his new job with confidence.?
A. set out B. set off C. set up D. set about?
18.The truck driver was fined for exceeding the speed ?____?.?
A. range B. limit C. rule D. regulation?
19.The crippled Jack proudly walked with a ?____? to the platform to join the children.?
A. jump B. limp C. hop D. jog?
20.He cannot ?____? a car, for he does not earn much money.?
A. obtain B. afford C. donate D. consume?
21.The message is clear: Just as tea and banana cant’t go together, ?______ should the son of a low class family expect to marry the daughter of a nobleman.?
A. either B.not C. neither D. nor?
22.Though ?____? rich, she was better off than at any other period in her life.?
A. by means of B. within her means?
C. by all means D. by no means?
23.It is a(n) ?____? attitude to take towards life.?
A. absurd B. silly C. stupid D. authentic
24.Every year, one student in our high school wins a scholarship that ?____? one year of college.
A. improves B. subsidizes C. obliges D. inflicts?
25.He wrote the book in ?____? with his wife.?
A. proportion B. installment?
C. correspondence D. collaboration 答案详解：