在英语越发普及的21世纪，英语成了大学生的必修课。为帮助大家掌握权威的英语知识，特提供以下资料：
1. Just as the soil is a part of the earth, ____the atmosphere.
A. as it is
B. so is
C. the same as
D. and so is
2. While driving along the treacherous road, ____.
A. my right rear tire blew out
B. my right rear tire had a blowout
C. I had a blowout on my right rear tire
D. I had my right rear tire blowout
3. Jean Wagner's most enduring contribution to the study of Afro?American poetry is his insistence that it ____ in a religious, as well as worldly, frame of reference.
A. is to be analyzed
B. has been analyzed
C. be analyzed
D. should have been analyzed
4. ____ there is little we can do to modify the wheather, we can at least know what kind of weather to expect.
A. Since
B. When
C. While
D. Unless
5. This organization brought Western artists together in the hope of making more of an impact on the art community ____any of them could individually and to promote Western art by women.
A. rather than
B. rather
C. than
D. other than 谜底：
1. B) 【句意】 正像土壤是地球的一部门，大气层也是。
【可贵】Just as...，so...为一固定结构，意为“正如…，…也…”。
2. C) 【句意】 当我在险峻的山路上驾车急驰时，车的右后胎爆了。
【可贵】 此句为一个带有时刻状语从句的主从复合句。在英语中，由while, when等指导的时刻状语从句，如不美观其主语与主句中的主语不异，从句中的主语可以省略，而只剩下分词短语。驾车的应该是人，所以只能从C)和D)选，而D)的意义不符，所以选C)。
3. C) 【句意】 杰恩?瓦格那对亚非诗歌最永恒的进献是他坚持认为，这类诗歌除用凡俗的参考框架，还应用宗教的参考框架进行研究。
【可贵】insistence是个从insist派生来的名词，二者后面分袂接同位语从句和宾语从句，句中皆应使用虚拟形式，即should+动词真相或动词真相。
4. C) 【句意】 尽管我们在改变天色方面力所不及，但我们至少知道天色未来的转变。
【可贵】while除暗示时刻外，还可暗示转折、让步，意为“尽管，虽然”。该句中其它选项不具备此意。
5. C) 【句意】 该组织把西部艺术家聚积在一路，但愿他们比任何小我都能更多地影响艺术界，并由妇女来促进西部艺术。
【可贵】 选项C)的than与句中的more形成正确搭配，意为“比…都…”，故为谜底。