1.(2010上海)__________ you may have, you should gather your courage to face the challenge. 
A. However a serious problem B. What a serious problem C. However serious a problem D. What serious a problem

答案:C
解析:本题考查状语从句。句意“无论你遇到多么大的困难,你都应该鼓起勇气去迎接挑战”,“连接副词 + 形容词 + 冠词+ 名词”是引导让步状语从句的正确形式,故选C。

2.(2010上海) __________ our manage objects to Tom’s joining the club, we shall accept him as a member. 
A. Until B. Unless C. If D. After

答案:B
解析:本题考查状语从句。句意“除非经理反对,否则我们将接受Tom加入俱乐部,成为会员”,连接词“unless”意为“除非,如果不”,故选B。

3.(2009上海) You can’t borrow books from the school library __________ you get your student card. 
A. before         B. if       C. while D. as

答案:A
解析:本题考查状语从句。句意“在没有拿到学生证前,你不能从图书馆里借书”,应选择连词before,故选A。

4. (2008上海) __________ well prepared you are, you still need a lot of luck in mountain climbing. 
A. However     B. Whatever     C. No matter     D. Although

答案:A
解析:本题考查状语从句。句意“无论你准备得多么充分,在爬山运动中仍需要很多运气”,应该选择however引导状语从句,同事修饰well,相当于no matter how,故选A。

5.(2008上海)— Are you ready for Spain?
— Yes. 1 want the girls to experience that __________ they are young. 
A. while     B. until     C. if     D. before

答案:A
解析:本题考查状语从句。句意“你准备去西班牙?”“对,我想让女孩们在年少时就能感受一下旅行”,故选A。

6.(2007上海) Small sailboats can easily turn over in the water __________ they are not managed carefully. 
A. though B. before C. until D. if

答案:D
解析:本题考查状语从句。句意“如果不是仔细地操作,小帆船很容易在水里倾覆”,从句表示条件,故选D。

7.(2007上海) Pop music is such an important part of society __________ it has even influenced our language. 
A. as B. that C. which D. where

答案:B
解析:本题考查状语从句。句意:“流行音乐是社会的一个重要部分,(以至于)已经影响到我们的语言”,其句子结构为“such … that”,that在此引导结构状语从句,故选B。

8.(2006上海)My parents were quarrelling about me __________ I could not quite tell why. 
A. since   B. though     C. if     D. until

答案:B
解析: 本题考查状语从句。句意“尽管我讲不清楚到底为了什么,但我知道父母为我而争吵”,从句表示让步,故选B。

9.(2009全国II)All the dishes in this menu, __________ otherwise stated, will serve two to three people.
A. as B. if C. though D. unless

答案:D
解析:句意“这个菜单上所有的菜,除非有特别说明,会满足两到三个人的需要”。
本题中unless后省略了主语和be动词。

10.(2009北京)You may use the room as you like __________ you clean it up afterwards.
A. so far as B. so long as C. in case D. even if

答案:B
解析:句意“你可以随便使用这个房间,只要你用过之后打扫干净”。so far as就……而言;so long as=as long as表示唯一条件“只要”;in case以防万一;even if即使,尽管。