2023年上海统招专升本英语考试题库每日一练(4)

16. Virtue and vice are before you; ________ leads you to happiness, ________ to misery.

　　A. former; latter B. the former; the latter

　　C. a former; a latter D. the former; latter

　　【答案】B。解析：考查并列连词。句意：美德和罪恶在你面前;前者使你幸福，后者使你痛苦。the former..., the latter... 意为“(两者中)前者……，后者……”，结合语境及句意可知此处填the former; the latter。故选B。

　　17. She has fallen in love with Jack, ________ I find hard to imagine.

　　A. who B. that C. whom D. which

　　【答案】D。解析：考查定语从句。句意：她爱上了杰克，这使我很难想象。后半句为非限制性定语从句，它所修饰的对象是前半句所陈述的事实，而不是杰克其人，因此应由which来引导，但不能用that。故选D。

　　18. He lay in bed, listening to the rain ________ the window.

　　A. hitting B. defeating C. beating D. striking

　　【答案】C。解析：句意：他躺在床上，听着雨点敲打着窗户。hit打击;defeat打败;beat敲击，有规律的敲打;strike罢工，打动。故选C。

　　19. He ________ killed last night if he had taken part in the surprise attack on the night.

　　A. might be B. would be

　　C. might have been D. should have been

　　【答案】C。解析：考查情态动词表推测。句意：如果他参加了昨晚的突袭，他可能就被枪杀了。A项might be 表示较多的怀疑，可能性较小;B项would be强调过去的情况，只表示重复的活动;D项should have been 表示应该做而没有做;这三个选项都不符合句意。只有C项might have been (killed)结构用于推测过去的行为，表示“可能已经”，符合本句意思。故选C。

　　20. —What a heavy rain!

　　—So it is. I prefer ________ rather than _________ on such a rainy day.

　　A. to go out; stay at home B. to stay at home; go out

　　C. going out; stay at home D. staying at home; go out

　　【答案】B。解析：考查固定搭配。句意：——多么大的一场雨啊!——确实如此。在如此一个雨天，我宁愿待在家，也不愿意出去。prefer to do rather than do宁可做……而不做……，为固定用法。故选B。