解析 此题考查介词的辨析。句意为：经理提议提前开会日期。for在此表示“对于，至于，关于（某事物）”，另外常见的类似用法有：set/fix a date for sth.确定做某事的日期。 2.(07全国Ⅱ16)
Some people choose jobs for other reasons A.for
D.with 答案 C
解析 本题题意：如今一些人选择工作时，除了钱的原因还有其他原因。besides除了，包含除去的；except除了，不包含除去的。根据题意besides符合题意。 3.(07北京21)
This is a junior school. You should go to a senior school your age. A.for
D.to 答案 A
解析 for在此表示“适于，适合”。句意为：这是一所初级中学，你应该去一所适合你这个年龄段的女孩子的高级中学。 4.(07上海39)
he referred to in his article was unknown to the general reader.?
B.What
C.Whether
B.about
C.from
girls of
B.except
money these days.? C.besides
A.That
D.Where 答案 B
解析 what引导主语从句，又在从句中作referred to的宾语，其他选项无此用法。 5.(07上海40)
The traditional view is us do so.?A.when
D.that
we sleep because our brain is “programmed” to make
B.why
C.whether
答案 D
解析 that引导表语从句。从句中不缺少任何成分，又是指确定的内容。 6.(07天津4)
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fire，all exits must be kept clear.?
B.Instead of?
C.In case of
A.In place of
D.In spite of 答案 C
解析 句意为：万一发生火灾，所有的出口必须保持畅通无阻。A项为“代替”；B项为“而不是；代替”；C项为“万一；以防”；D项为“尽管”。 7.(07江西29)
He was told that it would be at least three more months and return to work.?A.when
D.that
B.before
he could recover
C.since
答案 B
解析 本题考查时间状语从句的引导词。由It+be+时间段+before从句“要过多久才??”可知，此处用before。句式“It is/has been+时间段+since从句”，表示“自从??以来已有??”。 8.(07湖南22)
the silence of the pauses，we could hear each other’s breathing and could
almost hear our own heartbeats.? A.In
B.For
C.Under
D.Between 答案 A
解析 句意为：在停顿的沉默中，我们能听到对方的呼吸，甚至能听到我们自己的心跳。Ａ项为“在??中”；Ｂ项为“因为，由于”；Ｃ项为“在??下面”；Ｄ项为“在??之间”。 9.(07湖南33)
Most birds find it safe to sleep in the trees，but or young chicks，they don’t use a nest.? A.why
D.where 答案 C
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they have eggs
B.how C.unless
解析 句意为：大多数的鸟觉得在树上睡觉安全，但是除非它们有蛋或幼雏，否则它们不会使用鸟巢。A、B、D三项均不合题意。 10.(07四川25)
Some students often listen to music A.between
D.during 答案 A
解析 between用于两者之间，也可指多个事物中的两者之间；among用于三者或三者以上。“课间”是指两节课之间，因此应用between。 11.(07福建32) Although ?
A.against
D.in 答案 A
解析 本题考查介词。against one’s opinion反对某人的见解;介词on不与opinion搭配;for one’s opinion同意某人的见解；in one’s opinion在某人看来。由句意“虽然反对我的见解，但老教授却没提出自己 的见解。”可知应选A项。 12.(07辽宁32)
We had to wait half an hour A.since
D.before 答案 B
解析 句意为：尽管我们已经预订了饭桌，但我们不得不等上半个小时。although尽管，引导让步状语从句。 13.(07山东28)
I have offered to paint the house A.in exchange for
D.in place of 答案 A
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classes to refresh themselves.?
C.over
B.among
my opinion，the old professor didn’t come up with his own.
B.on C.for
we had already booked a table.?
C.until
B.although
a week’s accommodation.?
C.by means of
B.with regard to?
解析 in exchange for作为交换；with regard to至于，关于; by means of通过??的方式；in place of代替。句意为：我提出愿意粉刷房子，条件是让我免费吃住一周。 14.(06湖南31)
I had just stepped out of the bathroom and was busy drying myself with a towel
I heard the steps.?
B.when
C.since
A.while
D.after 答案 B
解析 本题考查关联词的用法。句意为：我刚刚从浴室里出来，正在忙着用毛巾擦干身体，这时我听到了脚步声。此处when为并列连词，相当于just then，at that time，引导并列句。 15.(06湖南34)
With his work completed，the businessman stepped back to his seat，feeling pleased
he was a man of action.?
B.that
C.what
A.which
D.whether 答案 B
解析 本题考查宾语从句的用法。因从句he was a man of action为主系表结构，不缺少句子成分，且表达肯定意义，所以此处填连词that，that只起连接作用，不作句子成分。 16.(06山东23)
Engines are to machines A.as
D.which 答案 C
解析 本题句意为：发动机对于机器正如心脏对于动物一样。该句式是一个固定句型，其基本结构是“A is to B what C is to D”. 17.(06江西25)
The hurricane damaged many houses and business buildings; 20 deaths.? A.or else
hearts are to animals.?
C.what
B.that?
，it caused
B.therefore?
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C.after all
D.besides 答案 D
解析 or else否则，要不然；therefore因此；after all毕竟；besides此外，另外。由句意“飓风毁坏了很多住房和商店，此外还造成20人死亡”，可知答案为D。
18.(06江苏31)
environmental damage is done，it takes many years for the ecosystem
B.If only
（生态系统）to recover.?A.Even if
C.While 答案 D
D.Once
解析 本题考查状语从句引导词的用法。even if即使，即便，用于引导让步状语从句；if only要是??就好了，多用于感叹句，要用虚拟语气；while可引导时间状语从句；once一旦??引导条件状语从句。此题意为：一旦环境遭到破坏，生态系统就要花费很多年的时间才能得到恢复。 19.(06福建25)
— How long do you think it will be the moon??
— Perhaps two or three years.? A.when
B.until?
C.that
China sends a manned spaceship to
D.before 答案 D
解析 本题考查句型：It will be+一段时间+before...
20.(06湖南23)
A man cannot smile like a child，
a child smiles with his eyes，
while a man smiles with his lips alone.? A.so
D.for 答案 D
解析 本题考查连词的用法。因后一句是前一句的原因，因此D项正确。for为并列连词，其作用是补充说明。 21.(06湖南27)
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B.but C.and