第7题: [单项选择]The work should be given to______ you think can finish it ahead of time. A. whom B. whomever C. whoever D. no matter who 参考答案:C 答案解析:[解析] 本题考查让步状语从句的用法。这里的空缺处既做 you think 的宾语,又做 can finish it 的主语,所以 whoever 最合适。
第13题: [单项选择]One characteristic of the rich classes of a declining society is their tendency to _____. A. take in the recently wealthy B. retreat within themselves. C. produce publications on manners. D. change the laws of etiquette 参考答案:B 答案解析:推理题。本文第一段指出16世纪的意大利和18世纪的法国正处于waning prosperity and increasing social unrest之中,说明社会正在没落(a declining