Question

请教几道英语题，谢谢

1.sam is determined to get a seat for the concert___it means standing in a queue all noght
a.as if b. even if c. provided d. whatever
2. The millions of calculations involved, had they been done by hand, _______all practical value by the time they were finished.
A.
had lost
B. would have lost
C. would lose
D. should have lost
3. The older New England villages have changed relatively little _______ a gas station or two in recent decades.
A.
except for
B. in addition to
C. except
D. besides
4. I'd rather have a room of my own, however small it is, than _______ a room with someone else.

A. share
B. to share
C. sharing
D. to have shared
5.The bank is reported in the local newspaper _______ in broad daylight yesterday.

A. being robbed
B. having been robbed
C. to have been robbed
D. robbed

Answer 1

1.B even if尽管 尽管要排一整晚的队 Sam还是决定买这场音乐会的票
2.B had they been done by hand这句是if的虚拟语气的缩略形式 原句应锋升该是袭尘if they had been done by hand 我们再将整个句子的语序调整银禅老之后应该是这样The millions of calculations involved would have lost all practical value by the time they were finished if they had been done by hand.如果这数百万的运算都靠手工完成，那它完成的时候就会失去实际价值。根据they were finished知道是对过去的虚拟，所以主句要用would/could/should+have done的形式
3.A 最近几十年来除了一两个加油站之外，这个古老的新英格兰村庄几乎没怎么改变
4.A rather do than do 情愿做什么也不愿做什么
5.C be reported/said/thought to 据报道/据说/被认为是