1. You _______ such a long essay; our teacher only asked for 200 words, and you have written 300!

A. mustn’t have written

B. couldn’t have written

C. needn’t have written

D. might not as well have written

2. _______ for aches, pains and fever, aspirin is now the subject of multiple investigations of its role in treating many more serious complaints.

A. Long used

B. Being used long

C. Having been long used

D. It has long been used

3. In no country _______ Britain, it has been said, can one experience four seasons in the course of a single day.

A. better than

B. more than

C. other than

D. rather than

4. We hope the measures to control prices, _______ are taken by the government, will succeed.

A. when

B. as

C. since

D. after

5. “What do you suggest I write about, then, to stand a chance next year?” “It isn’t so much _______ you write as the way you write it.”

A. what…that

B. what…which

C. what…how

D. which…that

【答案及解析】：

1. Cneedn’t have done sth.表示做了不必做的事，此句意为：“你真不必写这么长的文章，老师告诉我们只写200个词，可你写了300个词。”

2. AB、C选项之所以错，主要是由于long的位置不对，应为：B. Being long used…;C Having long been used…。句子前半部分是状语，故D也不对。由此可见A是惟一正确的选择。

3. Cother than 的意思相当于except，常用在否定词之后，如nobody other than…，nothing other than等。本句中与no在一起连用，意为“只有在英国……”。it has been said是插入语。

4. Bas是关系代词，引导非限定性定语从句， 其先行词是measures，相当于…as the measures which are taken by the government…，其他几个词都是连词，不能引导定语从句。

5. A句中的第一个空白处需要一个引导名词性从句的关系代词，在从句中做write 的宾语;第二个空白处要填一个修饰way的定语从句的关系代词，因此只能选A。注意: 先行词是way, 引导定语从句的关系代词一定不能用how, 可以用in which, 可以用that, 也可以省略不用。