[解析]A。前一个get through为“打通电话”，后一个为“通过考试”。
12.The department store suddenly ____ , and it ____ for nearly half an hour .
A. was on fire ; caught fire B. caught fire ; was on fire
C. caught fire ; was put out D. was on fire ; put out
[解析]B。catch fire强调“着火”这一动作，be on fire表示火“着”的状态。
13.I called ____ her at home .
A. with the hope of finding B. in the hope to find
C. in the hope of finding D. in hopes to find
[解析]C。in the hope of为固定词组“怀着……的希望”。
14. Although he was not ____ tired , he didn\'t care ____ .
A. a little ; a little B. a bit ; a bit
C. a little ; a bit D. a bit ; a little
[解析]C。not a little “很，非常”；not a bit“一点也不”．
15.─Is Mr White out of danger ?
─No , ____ than before , I\'m afraid .
A. no better B. a little better C. not worse D. no worse
[解析]A。no better than = as bad as“和以前一样糟糕”。
16.─Can you attend the party tomorrow ,Tom ?
─I can when my headache ____ thoroughly .
A. will disappear B. is disappearing C.disappears D.will haved is appeared
[解析]C。句中的when相当于if , 常从句中动词用一般现在时代表将来时。
【妙文赏析】
This incident happened one morning outside Albert Schweitzer\'s hospital in the African jungle . A patient had gone fishing in another man\'s boat . The owner of the boat thought he should be given all the fish that were caught . Dr Schweitzer said to the boat owner:
“You are right because the other man ought to have asked permission to use your boat . But you are wrong because you are careless and lazy . You merely twisted(缠绕) the chain of your boat round a tree instead of fastening it with a lock . You are guilty(内疚) of laziness because you were asleep in your hut on this moonlight night instead of making use of the good opportunity for fishing . ”
He turned to the patient:“But you were in the wrong when you took the boat without asking the owner\'s permission . You were in the right because you were not so lazy as he was and you did not want to let the moonlight night go by without making some use of it . ”
Dr Schweitzer divided the catch among the fisherman , the boat owner , and the hospital .
1 . Schweitzer told the men that ____ .
A . each was partly right and partly wrong B . both men were completely right
C . both men were completely wrong D . one man was more guilty than the other
2 . The owner of the boat was wrong because ____ .
A . the boat did not really belong to him B . he should have locked his boat to the tree
C . he wasted a good fishing night D . both B and C
3 . The final judgement was that ____ .
A . all the fish should go to the patient B . all the fish should go to owner of the boat
C . all the fish should be destroyed D . everyone in the story should get a third of the fish
4 . Implied (暗示) but not stated:____ .
A . Both men were patients B . The natives trusted Dr Schweitzer