8. Usually passengers are required to arrive at _____ one hour before ______ takes off.

　　　 A. airport; aircrafts　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. the airport, aircraft

　　　 C. an airport, a aircraft　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. the airport, the aircraft

7. Our older generation used to advise us not to build ____ in the air, but that’s not realistic at all.

A. attics　　　　　　　　　　　 B. castles　　　　　　　　　　　 C. building　　　　　　　　　 D. rostrums

6. We haven't seen each other for _______, though we are in the same city.

A. eras　　 　　　　　　　　 B. millennium 　　　　　　 C. epoch　　　　 　　　　 D. ages

5. Honest ________, though unpleasant to the ear, induces good conducts. (prov.)

A. advices　　　　　　　　　　 B. proposal　　　　　　　　　 C. advice　　　　　　　　　　　 D. suggestions

4. He is one of her many _______.

A. admiration　 　　 　　　 B. admirer　　　 　　　　 C. admirers　　　 　　　 D. admirations

3. To tell you the truth, ______, not words are what we need.

A. actions　　　　　　　 　　　 B. deeds　　　　　　　　　　　 C. behavior　　　　　　　　　 D. acts

2. The Xi’an _____ happened on December 12, 1936 in Chinese modern history.

A. Incident　 　　　　　　　　 B. Accident　　 　　　　　　 C. Event　　　 　　　　　 D. Affair

1. He is such a man of many ______ that all of us respect him.

　 　 A. ability　　 　　　　　　　 B. abilities　　 　　　　　 C. competence　 　　　　 D. talent

4. of +名詞的’s所有格形式或名詞性物主代詞稱為雙重所有格. 在表示所屬物的名詞前有冠詞, 數(shù)詞,不定代詞或指示代詞(如a, two, some, any, such, no, a few, this, that, these, those等)時(shí), 常用雙重所有格表示所屬關(guān)系, 如: a friend of my father’s =one of my father’s friends, two brothers of his, some inventions of Edison’s, these poems of Li Bai’s, a few classmates of Xiao Ming’s, any friend of Tom’s, some houses of my grandfather’s.

關(guān)于雙重所有格還需注意以下幾點(diǎn):

　　 ①.在雙重所有格中, of前面的名詞不和the連用, 如不能說(shuō): 　the new dress of Susan’s. 但若有定語(yǔ)從句在后, 則可以用the, 如可以說(shuō): the friends of my father’s who is going abroad

②.在雙重所有格中, 作of賓語(yǔ)的名詞必須是人, 而且是特指

3.指有生命的名詞也可以用of詞組表示所有格, 常用于以下情況之下:

　　 ①.名詞較長(zhǎng)時(shí), 如: the story of doctor Bethune, the works of Marx, Engels and Lenin

　 �、�.名詞的定語(yǔ)較長(zhǎng), 如: the son of the man who you just talked to, the name of the boy standing there