介  词

1. ______ his wife, his daughter also went to see him.

A. Beside        B. Besides

C. Except        D. Except for

答：B。beside在……旁； besides 除……外（还有）。句子also是重要的信息词。except除……外，except for除……外。except常表示排除在外和包括在内的是同类事物，而except for常指排除在外和包括在内的是不同类的事物。如：

We have classes every day except Sunday. 除了星期天，我们每天都上课。

All the sentences were well written except the last one.

所有的句子写得都好，除了矗后一句话。

His composition is good, except for some spelling mistakes.

2. He decided to visit the family _______ Friday night.

A. on    B. at      C.  in      D. over

答；A。表示在某年(月、季节)用介词in，表示在某日或某日的上(下)午，早(晚)用介词on，表示在某时(刻)用介词at。

3. He suddenly returned ________ a rainy night.

A.  in     B. at       C. on     D. during

答；C。表示在某日的上(下)午，早(晚)用介词。no注意比较in the mornmg (afternoon, evening) 在上(下)午，晚上，并非指特定的某臼的上 (下) 午，早(晚)。at night在夜里。试比较 on an afternoon (evening)。

4. Does John know any other foreign language _________ French?

A. except         B. but  

 C. besides        D. beside

答；C。any other是重要的信息问，故选C。besides除……外，还有。

5. The doctor will be free __________.

A.  10 minutes hater    B. after 10 minutes

C.  in 10 minutes       D. 10 minutes after

答：C。in和after均可表示在多长时间以后，in后常接时间的一段，常用于将来时，after后可接一段时间，也可按时间的一点，接时间的一段可用过去时，接时间的点可用将来时。如：

He will be back in two days.

He will be back after 4 o’clock.

He said he would be back in three weeks, but after two weeks he came back.

6. We offered him our congratulations ______ his passing the college entrance exams.

A. at      B. on    C. for     D. of

答，B。 congratulations 与on搭配．