1. It was not long before Skinners, the famous behaviorist, realized the limitations of his psychological research than another psychologist came with his forceful arguments against Skinners theory.
A. realized…when
B. had realized.….when
C. was realizing….then
D. would realize...as
2. All in all, it is now beyond doubt that in size and scope the rapid global spread of the habit to wear jeans, however it may be explained, is an accident without precedent in the history of human attire.
A. of wearing.…incident
B. wearing….event
C. of wearing...event
D. to be wearing...incident
3. I do not advocate building the park near a jetport, which might make people to suffer from defective hearing.
A. make people suffering from defective bearing
B. make people suffer from defective hearing
C. make people suffer defective hearing
D. make people to suffer defective hearing
4. Researchers all over the world have been seeking for determining how early infancy conceptual thinking is possible.
A. have been seeking about determining
B. have been seeking to determine about
C. have been seeking to determine
D. have sought to determine
5. No adults would like to admit that they are weaker than children to solve sticky and puzzling problems.
A. to solve about
B. solve
C. in solving about
D. in solving
6. Aiming to retrieve the Mars rover Opportunity, engineers are imitating Mars surface conditions in a testing laboratory.
A. copying
B. mocking
C. simulating
D. pretending
7. The human beings have polluted the environment seriously. It is time the United Nations must take some measures.
A. take
B. taking
C. to take
D. took
8. The book provides tips for Westerners who work in Japanese firms: get together outside the office, find a mentor for support and refrain for practicing Japanese with colleagues on the job.
A. of
B. to
C. off
D. from
参考解析：
1.【答案】B. 当另一位心理学家提出反对斯金纳理论的有力论据之后不久，著名的行为主义者斯金纳意识到了自己心理学研究的局限性。在表示过去发生某事或“刚刚……就……”的时间状语从句中，常用when来连接;在it was not long before…when….句式中，从句用过去时，主句用过去完成时。
2.【答案】C. “穿……的习惯”应用the habit of wearing…;incident和event都表示“事件”但incident常用来表示一个不平常、重要的或激烈的事件;而event常用来表示某事的发生是有趣、令人振奋、或不平常、重要的。例:A spokesman said it was an isolated incident.发言人说这只是一个孤立的事件。One of the most important events in the history of mankind，人类历史上最重要的事件之一。
3.【答案】B. make 名词 do使……做……(含有强制的意思)，例:She made her children wash their hands before eating.她让孩子们吃东西前洗手。而本句表示的是:使人们听力受损:另表示:遭受损害，受……之苦的动词suffer后跟副词from。
4.【答案】C. 因为这一研究始于过去，且仍在延续，所以用过去完成进行时;seek for/after搜寻，寻找，追求;seek to do 尝试……，试图……。Determine后面无需加介词about。
5.【答案】D. be weak at/in sth.或be weak in doing sth.表示:……较弱，不擅长……;或不擅长做某事。
6.【答案】C. A. copying复制，复印; B. mocking嘲笑，骗，挫败，嘲弄; C. simulating模拟，模仿，假装，冒充:D. pretending假装，装扮，(作为借口或理由)伪称。题意：工程师们正在一个测试实验室模拟火星表面状况，以找回火星探测器机遇者号（Opportunity）。
7.【答案】D. It is(about/high)time that…句型用虚拟语气，其谓语部分用一般过去时。
8.【答案】D. refrain(与from连用)抑制，自制，避免;例:to refrain from smoking戒烟:本句意为:这本书为在日本公司工作的西方人提供了些提示:在办公室外聚会，(遇到问题)找顾问帮忙，还有要避免在工作场合练习日语。
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