( ) 63. The population of the world in the 20th century became very much _________ than that in the 19th。

A. bigger B. larger C. greater D. more

解析：选B. 本题考查population人口大小的固定用法，即由larger修饰。根据连词than 不难选出B答案

( ) 64. – What’s the weather like tomorrow? -- The radio says it is going to be even ______。

A. bad B. worst C. badly D. worse

解析： 选D. even修饰比较级。而且根据语境应该是明天的天气比今天更加糟糕。

( ) 65. Though she talks ______, she has made ________ friends here。

A. a little, a few B. little, few C. little, a few D. few, a few

解析： 选C. 根据句意： 尽管她不太说话，但她在这里交了几个朋友。

( ) 66 . –My parents never stop going on about(唠叨) how I should study hard. ---______。

A. So my parents do B. Nor my parents C. Nor do my parents D. Neither my parents do

解析：选C. 此题考查倒装句，因为前面句中有否定词never, 故后面倒装句是no/meither+助动词+主语。

( ) 67. He never does his work _______ Mary。

A. as careful as B. so careful as C. as carefully as D. carefully as

解析：选C. 副词的同级比较，副词修饰动词，排除A, B. as…as…与。。。一样。

( ) 68. Many Chinese students think science subjects are ________ foreign languages。(兰州10)

A. more difficult as B. less difficult than C. much difficult than D. so difficult as

解析：选B. 此题可以采用排除法。选择A的话必须把more改为as或把as改为than; 如果选择C, 则应该把much改为more或在much后面加more; 选择D则需要把so改为as。

( ) 69. _________ music she is playing!(乌鲁木齐10)

A. What nice B. How nice C. What a nice D. How nice a

解析： 选A.。 music是不可数名词，构成what+形容词+不可数名词+主谓！

( ) 70. His work is better than __________. (乌鲁木齐10)

A. anyone B. anyone else C. anyone else’s D. anyone’s else

解析：选择C. 此题容易误选B. 比较级中，比较的对象应该前后一致。His work 应该与anyone else’s work相比较。

( ) 71. The nurse told the children the sun ______ in the east。

A. rises B. rose C. will rise D. has risen

解析：选择A. 此题容易误选B. 在宾语从句中，如果主句用一般过去时，则从句用相应的过去时态，但如果从句表示客观真理，则用一般现在时。

( ) 72. — Are you sure you have to? It’s been very late。

— I don’t know ______ I can do it if not now。

A.. where B. why C. when D. how

解析：选C. 根据语境：如果现在不做，我不知道何时可以做。

( ) 73. —Hello, Jack! Haven’t seen you for a long time!

—John! ________

A. How old are you? B. How are you? C. How’s that? D. How time flies!

解析：选D. 此题容易误选B. 根据语境选择D. 即时间过得真快！

( ) 74. I could not get through the door because there was a big stone ___________。

A. by the way B. on the way C. out of the way D. in the way

解析：选D. 此题学生容易误选B. by the way顺便说；on the way在路上；out of the way不挡道； in the way挡道，妨碍。根据句意：因为有块石头挡道，所以我不能通过门。

( ) 75. Can you lend me the book ___ the other day?(芜湖10)

A. that you talked B. you talked about it C. which you talked to D. you talked about

解析：选D. 此题考查定语从句的用法，学生容易误选A, B. 此题容易排除C. talk to的宾语是人而不是物，又由于talk是不及物动词，谈论某物是talk abot, 引导词that是talk about 的宾语，可以省略。

( ) 76 —You never told us why you were late for the meeting,____?

— _______. I think it is not necessary to explain。(呼和浩特2010)

you; No B. did you; No C. did you; Yes D. didn’t you; No

解析：选B. 此题较难，学生非常容易选错。 首先此题容易排除A, D. 因为句中有否定词never, 反义疑问句的原则是前否后肯。在反义疑问句回答中，如果事实是肯定的，就用肯定回答，反之，则用否定回答。根据下句：没有必要解释，说明“你”没有告诉我为什么你迟到了。