Unit 8   副 词

Ⅰ.单项填空

1．The new machine, as is reported in the local newspaper, will work twice as fast, v ________ greatly reducing costs.

　 A．thus             B．anyhow          C．yet            D．even

解析：thus“这样”，本句中后接现在分词在句中作结果状语。

答案：A

2．I actually prefer to stay up ________ at night, but not when I’m working the next day.

A．deeply       B．deep        C．lately      D．late

解析：late作副词，表“(具体意义的晚)”，stay up late指“熬夜很晚”。

答案：D

3．Intelligence doesn’t ________ mean success. You need to work hard as well.

A．honestly               B．formally

C．simply                D．necessarily

解析：necessarily用于否定句时，意为不一定，未必。

答案：D

4．I must be getting fat—I can ________ do my trousers up.

A．fairly      B．hardly     C．nearly     D．seldom

解析：hardly意为“几乎不”。

答案：B

5．We decided not to climb the mountains because it was raining ________.

A．badly      B．hardly     C．strongly    D．heavily

解析：heavily此处意为“密集地，稠密地”，rain heavily 指“下大雨”。

答案：D

6．The patient’s progress was encouraging, as he could ______ get out of bed without help.

A．nearly      B．only     C．hardly      D．badly