Question

解答英语（答案和解释）

9. Every time the father comes into his room, the boy pretends ______ earnestly.
A. reading B. to be reading C. to be read D. to have read
10. Before agriculture ________, people made their living by hunting wild animals and their life was _______ of nature.
A. came into being; at the mercy B. was born; in the mercy
C. began to exist; in danger D. appeared; with the mercy
11. When the inspecting team said there was nothing illegal in the management of the company, the manager breathed deeply _______.
A. with a relief B. at a relief C. in relief D. to his relief
12. It is not easy for musicians to _____ the ability to compose songs and music at the same time.
A. get B. form C. make D. describe
13. The little girl is not quite confident ______ her ability to go to a key university and she is very sensitive _____ anything concerned with it.
A. of; of B. in; to C. of; with D. about; about
14. They _____ on the little professor, but it led to his fierce criticism on us.
A. played a joke B. made fun C. had fun D. performed a joke
15. The picture in the advertisement showed an attractive actress playing _____, with her blouse hanging loosely to the floor.
A. a musical instrument B. a musical equipment
C. musical instruments D. musical instrument

Answer 1

9.B
解析：pretend to do.
此处的非谓语动词是read。因为从句中的every time 和由句意理解，此处表示现在进行，所以用to be reading.
A错在不能用doing形式，C错在read没有用ing形式，不能用被动回答，D错在此处不表示现在完成时。
10.A
前一个空格中，ACD均可，B错在be born表示出生，在此处意思不对。
后一个空格只能是at the mercy，意为任由...摆布/控制。C中的in danger无此用法。
11.C
固定用法，in relief表示松了一口气。无ABD的用法。
12.B
A的意思是得到,B的意思是形成，C的意思是做，D的意思是描述。
此处表示形成某种能力。
13.B
固定用法。be confident in sth.
固定用法。be sensitive to sth.
14.A
B的意思是玩得愉快，不符合句意，可排除。D无perform与joke搭配的用法，joke只能用play搭配。B的意思符合，但是无make fun on sb.的用法，只有A可以这样用。
15.A
一个人只能一次演奏一项乐器。所以C与D排除。
musical是形容词，表示音乐的，instrument 与musical搭配，表示乐器，而equipment表示器械，在此处无此搭配，且equipment不可数，不能用a修饰。