A．because of B．in case of

C．as a result of D．regardless of

答案 D [考查介词短语。句意：他们装饰了期盼多年的公寓，没有考虑花费。regardless of“不管，不顾”符合句意。]

2．Readers can________quite well without knowing the exact meaning of each word of the sentence.

A．get over B．get in

C．get along D．get through

答案 C [句意：不知道句子中每个单词的确切含义，读者能理解得很好。get along表示“(谈及或问及某人)进展，进步”；get over“克服，恢复”；get in“到达，收割”；get through“打通，拨通(电话)”。 ]

3．The lecture，________ at 7：00 p．m. last night，was followed by an observation of the moon with telescopes.

A．being started B．starting

C．to start D．to be started

答案 B [本题考查非谓语动词。句意：报告于昨晚七点开始，报告之后便是用望远镜观察月球。题干中已出现谓语动词was followed，又没有连词的情况下，空格中要填的是非谓语形式，而且start用在不及物动词，和主语the lecture是主动关系，所以要用现在分词，相当一个定语从句：which started at 7：00 p．st night。being started为现在分词的被动式，做定语只能表示正在进行的动作或和谓语动词同时进行的行为。不定式作定语表将来，与语境不符。]

4．—Tom's still angry with me.

—You are ________.How dare you call him a liar！He's the last person________.

A．blamed；to be lying B．to be blamed；lying

C．to blame；to lie D．to blame；lies

答案 C [sb be to balme“某人对(过错，罪行)负责”；名词前有序数词the last/first，或the only，the very等词修饰时，该名词后接不定式作定语。]

5．I want to leave now；I can't ________doing nothing useful here.

A．stand B．experience

C．suffer D．last

答案 A [句意：我现在想离开，我受不了在这里做没用的事。stand doing sth意为“容忍、忍受做某事”，常用于疑问句和否定句中；experience“体验，经历”；suffer“遭受，经历，受痛苦，受损害”；last“持续”。]

6．The managing director was to ________the accident.