Listen! The birds ________in the tree.

A. sang B. were singing C. sing D. are singing

D 【解析】 句意：聽！鳥兒在樹上唱歌。考查動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)辨析題。look和listen等用于提醒，后面句子多用現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)，即be+現(xiàn)在分詞結(jié)構(gòu)。the birds是復(fù)數(shù)人稱，系詞需用are；根據(jù)句意語境，可知選D。

________ the heavy snow, my family and I didn’t go picnicking last weekend.

A. Because B. With C. Through D. Because of

D 【解析】 句意：由于下大雪，我和我的家人上周末沒有去野餐�？疾檫B詞辨析題。本句前后是因果關(guān)系，需用because或because of連接。because后接從句，because of后接短語；根據(jù)句意結(jié)構(gòu)和語境，可知選D。

Katie asked many special questions ________ Lily through those rules.

A. of B. to C. with D. for

A 【解析】 句意：凱蒂就這些規(guī)則問了莉莉許多特別的問題�？疾閯�(dòng)詞短語辨析題。ask of要求…；ask to要求，不可接人；ask with用…(方式)問；ask for請求…，不接人。ask sth. of sb. 向某人詢問某事。根據(jù)句意結(jié)構(gòu)和語境，可知選A。

Usually, Steve ________up at six o’clock, but this morning, he ________up at seven thirty.

A. woke ; wakes B. wakes ; is waking C. is waking ; woke D. wakes ; woke

D 【解析】 句意：通常，史提夫六點(diǎn)醒來，但今天早上他七點(diǎn)半就醒了。考查動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)辨析題。usually用于一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，Steve是單數(shù)第三人稱，動(dòng)詞需用三單形式，前一空可排除AC兩項(xiàng)。根據(jù)句意語境，可知后一句需用一般過去時(shí)，動(dòng)詞需用過去式，故選D。

We couldn’t climb the mountains because it ________cats and dogs yesterday morning.

A. rains B. was raining C. didn’t rain D. rained

D 【解析】 句意：我們不能爬山因?yàn)樽蛱煸绯肯铝藘A盆大雨。考查動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)辨析題。yesterday morning昨天早上，用于一般過去時(shí)，可排除AB兩項(xiàng)。根據(jù)句意語境，可知是肯定式，故選D。

A: Why did you walk to school today? B: ______________________________

A. Good for you!

B. There’s something wrong with my car.

C. What do you think?

D. Because I get up late.

B 【解析】 句意：——你今天為什么走路上學(xué)？——我的車出了毛病�？疾槿粘＝浑H用語。A. Good for you!對你有好處。B. There’s something wrong with my car. 我的車出了毛病。C. What do you think? 你覺得呢？D. Because I get up late. 因?yàn)槲移鸫餐砹恕�why是問原因，AC不合句意，可排除。D項(xiàng)...

Choose the INCORRECT sentence.

A. How handsome you are!

B. What a pretty girl she is!

C. How smart girls!

D. What polite girls they are!

C 【解析】 題意：選擇錯(cuò)誤的句子�？疾楦袊@句。英語中感嘆句有兩種形式：1.what引導(dǎo)的感嘆句，其構(gòu)成：what+a/an+形容詞+可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)+主語+謂語!/ what +形容詞+可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)+主語+謂語!/ what +形容詞+不可數(shù)名詞+主語+謂語! 2. How引導(dǎo)的感嘆句，其構(gòu)成：how+形容詞/副詞+主語+謂語!C項(xiàng)smart girls聰明的女孩，girls是復(fù)數(shù)名詞，...

Dear Mom and Dad,

I’m having a good time in Taiwan. Last night, we went to KTV for the first time. ______ I wasn’t sure what to expect, I was kind of nervous.

I could not understand why people would find singing along to songs any fun. I enjoy ______along to the radio at home, but I could not understand why people would pay to sing in front of dozens of other people!

At the KTV place, we paid for our own room with a TV and two microphones. We looked through a large book with all the songs we could choose to sing. Most of the songs were in Chinese, so I couldn’t understand them, but ______some English songs that I knew. Once I started to sing, I had a lot of fun, and it was funny _____my friends sing. I can’t wait to go to KTV again!

Love,

Daniel

1.A. But B. Because C. After D. So

2.A. singing B. to sing C. sing D. sang

3.A. they are B. there are C. they were D. there were

4.A. to look B. looking C. to watch D. watching

1.B 2.A 3.D 4.C 【解析】 短文大意：本文是丹尼爾寫給爸媽的信，描述了他第一次去KTV唱歌的感受。 1.句意：因?yàn)槲也恢�道該期待什么，我有點(diǎn)緊張�？疾檫B詞辨析題。but表轉(zhuǎn)折；after表時(shí)間；because表原因（前果后因式）；so表因果（前因后果式）。本句前面是因，后面是果，根據(jù)句意語境，可知選B。 2.句意：我喜歡在家里聽收音機(jī)唱歌�？�...

Raising Money for Charity

Do you want to raise money for charity? Here are the stories of some different charities. They do work and raise money. Their money can help to build houses for homeless people. It’s pretty cool!

1.Do you know about Rent-A-Worker? This program started in Pennsylvania. College students volunteer to work. They do things like painting houses, washing cars, and moving things. They make money to help build houses for homeless people.

2.Making donations isn’t the only way to help charities. Some groups raise money another way. They ask famous artists to donate their work. Then, they auction the work. This means that the work doesn’t have a price tag. If you pay the most money, you can buy it.

3.Do you like sports? Some charity groups have sports events, like soccer or baseball. People pay money, and then they can join the charity. Sometimes, they ask their friends to pay money, too. The events are popular because they’re fun, and they raise money for charity.

1.What don’t Rent-A-Worker do for charity?

A. Do the shopping.

B. Paint houses.

C. Wash cars.

D. Move things.

2.Which of the following is not true?

A. Some groups ask famous artists to donate their work.

B. Some charity groups raise money by having sports events.

C. We can help people only by donating money.

D. Some people raise money to help homeless people build houses.

1.A 2.C 【解析】 短文大意：短文介紹了三種為慈善機(jī)構(gòu)募捐的方式。 1.題意：Rent-A-Worker不為慈善事業(yè)做什么？考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)They do things like painting houses, washing cars, and moving things.，可知不購物，故選A。 2.題意：下列哪一個(gè)不是正確的？考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。A. So...

We have painting class every Saturday morning. The class starts at exactly eleven o’clock in the morning. Joshua

would always enter class twenty minutes after it started. This made the teacher, Mrs. Beckham, very angry, so she decided to find out why he was taking an extra twenty minutes to get to class. Mrs. Beckham was very sneaky because she followed him one day. He walked towards the painting class, but just before he got there, he made a quick turn to another room. In that room he met a girl and gave her a kiss. Mrs. Beckham was very shocked, but she was more shocked when she saw the girl Joshua kissed was her daughter! She was so angry that she kicked him out of her painting class.

*sneaky鬼鬼祟祟的

1.Why did Mrs. Beckham follow Joshua?

A. To show him where the painting class is.

B. To make sure that he doesn’t get lost.

C. To find out why he was late.

D. To find out who dated her daughter.

2.Which of the following is true?

A. Joshua always met Mrs. Beckham’s daughter before class.

B. Joshua always gave Mrs. Beckham a kiss before calss.

C. Joshua always went to the painting class on time.

D. Mrs. Beckham was happy for her daughter.

1.C 2.A 【解析】 短文大意：這篇小故事講述了貝克漢姆老師跟蹤調(diào)查約書亞為什么老是上課遲到20分鐘，結(jié)果讓她很震驚：約書亞不僅和一個(gè)小女孩接吻，而且那個(gè)女孩竟然就是自己的女兒！一怒之下，貝克漢姆太太開除了約書亞。 1.題意：為什么貝克漢姆太太會(huì)跟著約書亞？考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)This made the teacher, Mrs. Beckham, very angry...