语法填空100道题——巧记3500词（上）(8)

这篇文章很值得一读，但不值得翻译，一名外语研究者如是说。
36. Not until his mother reminded him of tomorrow’s dictation contest was he aware that he had scarcely recited the words or had any vocabulary drills.
直到他母亲提醒他明天的听写考试，她才意识到他几乎还没背单词做练习。
37. Everybody in the class except the twins thinks that the composition can get a high mark except for some spelling and grammatical mistakes.
班里除了这对双胞胎都认为这篇作文除了一些拼写和语法错误之外，可以获得高分。
38. On hearing the girl struck (strike) by a truck had been sent to hospital by ambulance, many people volunteered to donate blood and left the message that the driver should be arrested ( arrest) as soon as possible.
当得知被卡车撞倒的女孩由救护车送往了医院，许多人自发地献血并留言表示肇事司机应该尽早被缉拿归案。
39. The football team got there ahead of schedule so as to get familiar with the awful weather and food as soon as possible.
足球队提前到达那里以便尽快熟悉那里糟糕的天气和食物。
40. A number of audience were (be) present in the registration center in the morning, the number of whom was (be) 300; nevertheless, the host had forgotten to arrange(arrange) temporary accommodations.