解题：首先hardly和barely为半否定词，意为“几乎不”，与前面的encouraging矛盾， 排除：其次merely为“仅仅”之意，不合题意，也被排除，故答案为nearly,表示“几乎 可以”。 7)This is an illness that can result in total blindness left untreated.(2000-42) A after B.if C.since D.unless 答案：B。 解题：after后跟句子或名词短语，排除，since表原因时跟句子，也被排除，unless为 fnot,填入后不合题意，因为表示“治疗”，if填入意为“不治疗”，合题意，表示“如果 不治疗，这种病可能导致失明”，故为答案。 8),he is ready to accept suggestions from different sources.(1997-46) A.Instead of his contributions B.For all his notable contributions C.His making notable contributions D.However his notable contributions 答案：B。 解题：填入B后意为“尽管他做出突出贡献，但还是乐于接受来自不同渠道的建议”， 合题意，为答案。Instead of表示“是.而不是.”不合题意，His making notable contributions为-ing分词短语应作主语或宾语或表语，不可为答案，而However his notable contributions应为However notable his contributions are,.也不可为答案。 9)David Singer,my friend's father. raised and educated in New York,lived and lectured in Africa most of his life.(1993-57) A who B.if C.while D.though 答案：从意义看， raised and educated in New York为让步状语，表示尽管长于 并受教育于纽约，但David Singer绝大部分时间住在非洲并在非洲讲学，故答案为though。 虽然while也可表示让步，但需跟句子，故不可为答案。 This document is produced by trial version of Print2Flash.Visit www.print2flash.com for more information