答案　D

解析　句意为：--据说，由于董事会大部分人反对，这个项目的计划没有通过。--噢，那太可惜了！be reduced to沦落到；be submitted to提交给；be committed to致力于，承诺；be opposed to反对。故选D。

5.John was dismissed last week because of his attitude towards his job.

A.informal B.casual

C.determined D.earnest

答案　B

解析　句意为：约翰上周被解雇是因为他对工作漫不经心的态度。casual随便的；informal非正式的；determined坚定的；earnest认真的。

6.-In no circumstances you are a Senior Three student.

-My teacher has told me thousands of times.Anything fresh?

A.you should forget

B.forget you

C.should you forget

D.shouldn't you forget

答案　C

解析　句意为：--你绝不应该忘记你是一名高三的学生。--我的老师已经对我说过几千次了。有什么新鲜的吗？in no circumstances意为"绝不"，是否定结构的短语，当其位于句首时，句子要倒装。

7.I don't like any humour in this serious speech because I can't think of any circumstances this would be beneficial or useful.

A.which B.whether

C.where D.as

答案　C

解析　句意为：我不喜欢这种严肃的演讲中的任何幽默，因为我想不到任何它有用的情形。先行词circumstances(情况)，表示抽象的地点概念；定语从句中不缺成分，故选关系副词where。

8.After many trials and failures，the farmer built a home-made plane that successfully got off the ground.

A.especially B.automatically

C.essentially D.eventually

答案　D