If you want to catch the first bus you'd better         for the bus station immediately.

set up

set about

set down

set off

考查动词短语辨析。句意：如果你想赶上第一班公交车，你最好马上动身去车站。A. set up建立；B. set about开始做.....;C. set down 记下；D. set off 出发，动身。结合上文If you want to catch the first bus you'd better可知此处指“动身，出发”，应用set off。故选D项。

I thought we'd be late for the concert,           we ended up getting there ahead of time.

but

or

so

for

考查连词。句意：我以为我们音乐会迟到了，但是我们提前到达了那里。but 但是；or 或者；so 因此；for因为；两个分句在意义上bu是转折关系，故用but。故选A项。

---I think you are different now.

---Of course，times have changed and________.

so have I

so I have

neither have I

neither I have

肯定的陈述句后，跟so+主语+谓语，表示强调：确实…，其主语与前陈述句的主语相同；肯定的陈述句后，跟so+谓语+主语，表示…也…，其主语与前陈述句的主语不同．根据times have changed，可知对另一个"我"说时代也已经变了，用倒装句，本句是现在完成时，含有助动词have，主语为I，在这里还用助动词have完成，故选A．

The black teacher set a good example ____ all the rest of the group, _____ all peace-loving people.

to, who are

for, which was

to, which are

to, who were

[翻译]黑人教师给其他所有爱好和平的人树立了一个好榜样。[解析] D 解析：set an example to表示给某人树榜样，由此可以排除B;因先行词指人，故使用who引导非限定性定语从句，由此可以排除C; 根据时态的一致原则可知，此处应当使用一般过去时，故正确答案为D项。

never I have read

never have I read

ever I have read

ever have I read

Really? You        twice the price to buy the book!

paid

took

spent

cost

考查动词词义辨析。句意：真的吗？你付了2倍的价格买这本书！四个动词都有“花费”的意思，但用法不同。pay的主语通常是人，常用结构是 sb pay (money) for sth;take作“花费”时讲常用于固定句型 It takes/took sb (money/time)to do sth做某事花费某人（金钱/时间）；spend的主语通常是人 sb spend...on sth 或sb spend ...(in) doing sth;cost的主语通常是物，sth cost sb (money)意为“某物花了某人多少钱。本题主语是人，结合句意和后文to buy the book，空格处应填pay。故选A项。

The information tells me that the way of education in Canada is quite different from          in China.

one

it

that 

those

考察代词。句意：这条信息告诉我们在加拿大的教育方式和在中国的教育方式很不一样。前后比较的是教育方式，用that 指代the+名词。A. one 是泛指一个，B.it 指的是同一个东西，D. those指代the +名词复数。故选C项。

Though it is a          job, he  still devotes much time and energy to it.

poor-paying

poorly-paying

poorly-paid

poor-paid

考查构词法。本题中考查了复合形容词的构词法，“使用副词+过去分词” 构成新的形容词，如“newly-discovered”最新发现的；本句中“poorly-paid报酬极少的”。句意：尽管这是一份报酬极少的工作，但他仍然花了很多时间和精力做它。故选C项。