explain sth to sb= explain to sb sth

n. explanation

eg. 那位领导向公众解释了这项新政策。

The leader explained the new policy to the public.

The leader explained to the public the new policy.

【模拟试题】(答题时间：15分钟)

一、单项选择

1. ________ children were calling for their mothers.

A. Frighten   B. Frightening   C. Frightened    D. To frighten

2. ________ a company has a new breakfast cereal that it wants to well.

A. Suppose   B. If     C. With     D. As

3. He looked very _________ at the _________ scene.

A. frightened; frightening     B. frightening; frightened

C. frightened; frightened     D. frightening, frightening

4. _______ at the news, we all stood there, ________ nothing.

A. Surprised; said      B. Surprised; saying

C. Surprising; said      D. Surprising; saying

5. After lunch, he is always sitting by the window, ______ about his work for a long time.

A. thought   B. thinking   C. thinks    D. to think

6. The girl ran into the classroom, _______ by his father.

A. following   B. followed   C. to follow    D. follows

7. ________ will you ________ the student?

A. How; do with      B. What; deal with

C. What; do with      D. How; deal

8. —Do you think the Stars will beat the Bulls?

—Yes. They have better players, so I _______ them to win.

A. hope    B. prefer   C. expect    D. want

9. A great deal of attention has _________ the balance of nature.

A. paid to keeping      B. been paid to keeping

C. paid to keep      D. been paid to keep

10. Sorry, I can’t give you more reasons for what I do. Nothing else, I just like it. That _________ everything.

A. proves   B. means   C. explains    D. makes

【趣味故事】

A clever boy

There was a boy who worked in a market. A man came in and asked to buy half a head of lettuce(莴苣). The boy told him that they only sold whole heads of lettuce, but the man replied that he did no need a whole head, only half. The boy said he would ask his manager about the matter.

The boy walked into the back room and said, “There is a fool out there who wants to buy half a head of lettuce.” As he was finishing saying this he turned around to find the man standing right behind him, so he added, “ And this gentleman wants to buy the other half.”

试题答案】

一、1、C    2、A     3、A    4、B   5、B

6、B    7、C     8、C    9、B    10、C