1. I consider Tom ______ the finest basketball player today.
A.to be
B.being
C.was
D.be
【精析】A
2.The new school building, ( ) by the end of 2018, can accommodate more than two thousand students.
A.being accomplished
B.having been accomplished
C.accomplished
D.to be accomplished
【翻译】这所新校舍将在2018年年底完工，能够容纳2000多名学生。
[考点]非谓语动词
【精析】D 因校舍在将来某个时间完工，所以应用动词的不定式形式来表示将来。故选D。
3. One’s life has value ( ) one brings value to the life of others.
A.as long as
B.no matter how
C.so that
D.except that
【翻译】只要一个人给其他人的生活带来了价值，他的生命就有价值。
[考点]状语从句
【精析】A as long as:只要;no matter how:无论如何;so that:以便;except that:除了。分析句子结构及句意可知，空处后面为条件状语从句。故选A。
4. Of more than three hundred people in the airplane that crashed last week, only five ( ) miraculously.
A.sustained B.endured C.survived D.maintained
【翻译】在上周失事的飞机上有300多人，其中只有5人奇迹般地幸存下来。
[考点]词义辨析
【精析】C sustain：维持,支撑;endure：忍耐，忍受;survive：存活;maintain：维持,维修。根据句意可知，选C。
5.The student is trying his best to ( ) his teacher of his honesty.
A.prove
B.convince
C.persuade
D.argue
【翻译】这个学生努力使老师相信他的诚实。
[考点]词义辨析
【精析】B prove：证明;convince常与of连用，构成convince sb. of sth.结构，表示“使某人相信某事”;persuade：说服，劝服，常用于persuade sb. to do/(into doing) sth.结构;argue：争辩。根据句意以及其后跟随的介词of可知，选B。