it was at 10 pm yesterday______he came home from work.

that

when

which

what

考查强调句。句意：昨天晚上10点他下班回家。考查it+be+强调部分+that+句子，选A。

Tom looks so pale today. He ______ ill.

must be

had to be

should be

shall be

[翻译]汤姆看起来脸色不好，他一定生病了。[解析] A 试题解析：情态动词must表示推测。题目中表示肯定的推测。

When Huawei P20 came out,         people couldn't wait to buy one in our town.

thousand

thousands

thousand of

thousands of

考查数词的用法。句意：当华为P20上市时，成千上万的人迫不及待的想在我们镇上买一台。thousnad意思是“千”，其前有具体数词修饰时，用其单数形式；当其前没有具体数词修饰时，用其复数形式，且与of 连用，thousands of“成千上万的”，这里没有具体数词修饰。故选D项。

---Have you moved into        new office?

---No, the building is under          construction.

a; the

the; /

/; the

/; /

考查冠词。--你搬到新办公室了吗？--没有，大楼正在建设中。new office 谈话的双方都知道，所以是特指，需要用定冠词the,第二句under construction 指“正在建设中”，是固定搭配。故选B项。

Don’t mention that at the beginning of the story, or it may             the  shocking end.

give out

give away

give up

give off

考查动词短语辨析。句意：不要在故事的开头提到它，否则会泄露令人震惊的结局。A. give out分发；B. give away泄露；C.give up 放弃；D. give off发出（光），根据“the shocking end”可知，此处表示“泄露”。故选B项。

Let's learn to use the problem we are facing         a stepping-stone to future success.

to

for

as

by

考查介词词义辨析。句意：让我们学会把我们所面对的问题作为通向未来成功的手段来利用。A.to朝，对 ；B.for 为了，对于；C.as 作为；D.by通过，凭借。根据句意可知，此处“作为”符合语境。故选C项。

never I have read

never have I read

ever I have read

ever have I read

Though ____ the dangers of smoking to their health, smokers still find it hard to give up smoking.

aware of

are aware of

be aware of

考查状语从句的省略：句意：虽然很多经常吸烟的人已经意识到抽烟对他们健康造成了很严重的后果，但是他们仍然发现很难戒烟。Though引导的让步状语从句是省略句，完整的句子是：though smokers are aware of the dangers of smoking to their health。当主从句的主语一致的时候，可以省略从句的主语和be动词，选B