A. tried with B. sick of C. tired of D. both B and C

8.【答案】D

【分析】本题考查短语辨析。be sick of sth-be tired of"对......感到厌烦"；betired with"因......而感到疲劳"。故选D项。

9．It was raining hard, but none of us ________ working.

　　A. will stop B. would stop C. will be stopping D. has been stopping

9.【答案】B

【分析】本题考查动词时态。尽管（当时）天在下雨，我们谁都不愿意停止工作。因此正确答案为B项。

10．You may spend this amount of money on___________ is important to you.

　　A. no matte what B. something C. whatever D. anything

10.【答案】A

【分析】本题考查宾语从句。根据句子结构及句子意思可知，考查介词on后引导的宾语从句。选项A只可引导状语从句。选项whatever相当于anything that。选项D项anything缺少关系词that。.

11．Every evening after dinner，if not ______ from work，I will spend some time walking my dog.

　　A．being tired B．tiring C．tired D．to be tired

11.【答案】C

【分析】考查省略句式。在if引导的条件状语从句中，若从句还原应为if I am not tired from work，根据省略的原则，所以答案选C。

12．_______in the newspaper，I didn't notice what was happening.

　　A．Having buried B．Burying C．Buried D．To be buried

12.【答案】C

【分析】句意：由于专心看报，我没注意到发生了什么。buried in the newspaper为过去分词短语作状语。

13．There was once a town in this country where all life seemed to live in ______with its surroundings.

　　A．coincidence B．harmony C．uniform D．alliance

13.【答案】B

【分析】句意：这个国家曾有个小镇，在那里所有的生命都能与周围环境和谐共处。四个选项都含有"一致"的意思。coincidence意为"一致，巧合"，多指在时间空间等方面相同；harmony意为"和谐，融洽"，短语in harmony with＝in accordance with，意为"与......和谐一致"；uniform作名词时意为"制服，军服"；alliance意为"同盟，联合"，指各方面采取一致行动等。很显然B项正确。

14．There are some cases _____ this rule does not hold good.

　　A．that B．which C．when D．where

14.【答案】D

【分析】句意：在某些情况下，这条规则不适用。case为先行词时，如果定语从句中不缺少主干成分，要用where引导定语从句。

15．Police are now searching for a woman who is reported to _____ since the flood hit the area last Friday.

　　A．have been missing B．have got lost C．be missing D．get lost

15.【答案】A

【分析】句意：警方正搜寻一位女士，据报道，自从上周五洪水侵袭该地区后，她就失踪了。who is reported to...作a woman的定语。Sb.is reported to do sth.可改为：It is reported that sb.do/does/did sth.。根据since引导的时间状语从句可判断该空应填have been missing。由此可知A项正确。此外本题B项中的have got los