16. It does not alter the fact that he was the man ________ for the death of the little girl.

A. according      B. guilty      C. responsible      D. obliged

【答案】C

【解析】考查固定搭配。句意：这并不能改变事实，他就是那个要对小姑娘的死亡负责的人。responsible for... 为……负责;according to 根据，依据;guilty of 犯(某种罪或过失);be obliged to 对……很感激。

17. She tries her best to __________ the changes in fashion.

A. keep up with      B. put off      C. come up with      D. go by

【答案】A

【解析】考查动词短语辨析。句意：她竭尽所能紧跟潮流变迁。keep up with：赶上;put off：推迟;come up with：提出，如come up with a good plan：提出一个好方案;go by：遵照或依据某事物，如Don’t go by that old map别参照那张旧地图。

18. If you try to learn too many things at a time, you may get __________.

A. troubled      B. mistaken      C. confused      D. interfered

【答案】C

【解析】考查动词辨析。句意：如果你一次学太多东西，你也许会感到困惑。trouble：使烦恼;mistake：弄错，常用于短语mistake ... for ...(把……误当成)中;confuse：使困惑;interfere：干涉，干预，常用于短语 interfere with(妨碍)中，如 The noise interfered with his work.噪音干扰了他的工作。

19. We can __________ with people in most parts of the world by telephone.

A. communicate      B. tell      C. relate      D. connect

【答案】A

【解析】本题动词辨析。句意：我们可以使用手机和世上大多数人沟通。communicate：交流，常与with连用;tell：告诉;relate：叙述，如relate a story(讲述一个故事);connect：连接。

20. The book tells us about the author’s life __________ about his writings.

A. also      B. as much as      C. as well as      D. as well

【答案】C

【解析】本题考查表示并列的连接词。句意：这本书告诉我们作者的生平和她的作品。as well as可以连接两个并列成分(强调前者)，其他选项均不可。D项 as well与答案项接近，容易混淆，其含义为“也”，相当于also，一般位于句末。