22. — When do we need to pay the balance?

— __________ September 30. (2006北京卷)

A. In                                                      B. By

C. During                                             D. Within

【答案】B。

【考點(diǎn)】考查介詞辨析與用法。

【解析】by指“在……之前”“到……為止”，又如：He was very tired by the evening. 他到晚上已經(jīng)很累了。He has read about 40 pages of the book by now. 現(xiàn)在這本書他已讀了大約40頁。

23. She went to the bookstore and bought _______.  (2006北京卷)

A. dozen books   B. dozens books  C. dozen of books   D. dozens of books

【答案】D。

【考點(diǎn)】考查名詞修飾語的用法。

【解析】dozens of為習(xí)語，其意為“許多”“好幾十”，又如：l said it was a secret but she’s told dozens of people. 我說那是一個(gè)秘密，可她告訴了好幾十個(gè)人。

24. — Which driver was to blame?

— Why, _______! It was the child’s fault, clear and simple. He suddenly came out between two parked cars. (2006北京卷)

A. both                  B. each                  C. either                D. neither

【答案】D。

【考點(diǎn)】考查代詞用法。

【解析】由于是小孩的錯(cuò)，所以兩個(gè)司機(jī)都沒有責(zé)任。

25. — What’s the name?

— Khulaifi. _______ I spell that for you? (2006北京卷)

A. Shall                B. Would               C. Can                   D. Might

【答案】A。

【考點(diǎn)】考查情態(tài)動(dòng)詞用法。

【解析】Shall I…? 意為“要我……嗎？”，又如：Shall I help you? 要不要我?guī)湍愕拿?/FONT>? Do you want a bath at once, or shall I have mine first? 你馬上洗澡還是我先洗?