2003年全国中学生英语能力竞赛已顺利结束，并取得了圆满成功，为了让同学们更多地了解竞赛，尽早地投入到竞赛的氛围中，我们在“专家指导”栏目中为大家做2003年竞赛赛题分析（保留原题号），敬请关注！
I. 选择填空（Vocabulary and structure)
1. Maggie didn't borrow EITHER of the two books from the library. Here EITHER means __________ .
A.any B.one or the other C.both D.half
[解析]B。本题考查either这个生词在句中的意思。either指代“（两者中的）任何一个”，one or the other指“（两者中的）一个或另一个”。
2. His talk was nothing but milk and water.“Milk and water” here means __________ .
A.毫无意义 B.丰富多彩
C.血浓于水 D.例行公事
［解析］A。本题考查熟词新义。很明显，milk and water不能照字面直译。根据句意并结合该惯用语的表面意义（搀水的牛奶）适当发挥想象，可知它的真正意义（无味的谈话）。
5. —Would you have a picnic with us?
— __________ . Where shall we go?
A.Help yourself to some vegetables
B.That sounds GREat
C.I'm glad you loved it
D.It's time for dinner
[解析]B。情景对话切忌不合情景。从下句看，一方实际上已接受另一方的邀请。That sounds GREat.意为“这听起来挺不错的。”，这不是接受邀请的委婉说法吗？当然，它没有I'd love to.那么直接。
6. — __________ do you go hiking with Pat?
—Every Friday.
A.How many B.How far
C.How often D.How much
[解析]C。how often意为“隔多久一次”，常就often, usually, sometimes等频度副词以及every day, once a week等短语提问。
7. Miss Wang __________ home __________ all the students left.
A.don't go；until
B.didn't go；until
C.went；before D.goes；after
[解析]B。not...until...意为“直到……时才……”。因本题后句为过去时，因此，前面要用一般过去时的否定形式。
8. —Paula, you weren't here yesterday. Were you ill?
—Yes, Mr GREen. I was __________ ill.
A.a little B.a bit of
C.little D.a little of
[解析]A。a little和a bit修饰形容词、副词及其比较级时，可互换。修饰不可数名词时，可用a little或a bit of, 但不可用a bit。
10. __________ Chinese basketball star Yao Ming has finally realized(实现）his __________ in NBA.
A.×；playing's dream
B.An；dream of playing
C.The；dream of playing
D.A；play dream
[解析]C。这里用the是特指中国的篮球明星姚明；表示“某人做某事的梦想”用one's dream of doing sth.结构。
