Exercise Forty

　　1. ______________(很少有人不抱怨工作單調乏味)，but they will feel more bored if they do not work.

　　2. Henry has prepared a party for his girlfriend，______________(結果卻被告之她到時候不能來了).

　　3. The chief reason for the population growth is ______________(與其說是出生率的上升，還不如說是死亡率的下降).

　　4. True friendship foresees the needs of others ______________(而不是聲明自己的需求).

　　5. Although I liked the appearance of the house，_____________(真正讓我決定買下它的)was the beautiful view through the window.

　　1. Few people do not complain about the tedium of their jobs

　　解析：本題考查對形容詞few和動詞短語complain about的掌握。few作形容詞時意為"很少的，少數的"，用來修飾可數名詞復數，表示少得幾乎沒有。complain (to sb.) about sth.意為"(向某人)抱怨某事"。tedium"沉悶，單調乏味"，為不可數名詞。

　　2. only to be told that she couldn't come by then

　　解析：本題考查對"only+不定式"結構的掌握。"only+不定式"結構相當于一個結果狀語，意為"結果卻..."，表示事情的發展令人不快或與預料相反。"被告之..."表明不定式要用被動式(to be told)。that賓語從句作動詞told的賓語，從句的時態應與主句一致(couldn't)。by then在此處指"到將來的某個時候"。

　　3. not so much a rise in birth rates as a fall in death rates或more a fall in death rates than a rise in birth rates

　　解析：本題考查對能夠表達"與其說是......，不如說是......"的結構及含義的掌握。"not so much...as..."和"more...than..."都可以表示"與其說是......，不如說是......"。

　　4. rather than proclaims one's own

　　解析：本題考查對rather than的用法。rather than可以用來連接并列成分，表示"而不是"的含義。

　　5. what really made me decide to buy it

　　解析：本題考查對what引導的主語從句的掌握。根據句子結構，前半句是Although引導的讓步狀語從句，而主句中只有系表結構，缺少主語，故需要翻譯的部分應該是一個主語從句。what和that都可以引導主語從句，但that只起引導作用，不在從句中充當成分，而what可以在從句中充當主語、賓語或表語，故本句只能使用what。