Is _______ three hours _______ the poor boy to come to school on foot?

it; that it takes

there; that it takes

there; when

it; that

考查强调句。强调句的结构为It’s + 强调部分 + that从句。本题强调时间状语three hours。句意：可怜的男孩步行到学校花了3个小时吗？故A正确。

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。

My little sister          me into buying this book.

wanted

advised

persuaded

told

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我的小妹妹说服我买了这本书。A. want想，想要；B.advised 建议；C. persuaded说服，劝服；D.told告诉。want  sb to do sth想要某人做某事；advise sb to do sth 建议某人做某事；persuade sb into doing sth 劝服某人做某事；tell sb to do sth告诉某人做某事。故选C项。

          is a pity           you didn't attend the lecture last night. It was wonderful.

What; that

It; that

What; why

It; why

考查固定句型。句意：很遗憾，你昨晚没去听讲座。那太美妙了。此处为句型“It is a pity that.....”，表示“遗憾的是....", It 作形式主语，that 引导主语从句是真正的主语，从句句意完整，成分齐全，that不做成分，仅起引导作用。故选B项。

Tom wanted to play football with his friends in the street，but his father told him ________.

not to

not to do

not do it

do not to

考查动词不定式的省略。完整的形式应该是…，but his father told him not to play football with his friends in the street.为避免重复，常省去不定式动词，保留不定式符号to，故选A。

Every evening after dinner, if not ________ from work, I will spend some time walking my dog.

being tired

tiring

tired

to be tired

考查省略句。当状语从句的主语和主句主语一致，且状语从句中有be动词的时候，可以把状语从句的主语和be动词一起省略，本题if后面省略了I am，句意：每天晚上吃完晚饭以后，如果不是很累，我就会花点时间来遛狗。故C正确。

_______ by keeping down costs will Power Data hold its advantage over other companies.

Only  

Just 

 Still  

Yet

考查倒装句式。句意：只有通过降低成本，Power Data才能比其它公司更有优势。A只有；B仅仅；C仍然；D然而。Only加副词、介词短语或时间状语，放句首时，用部分倒装。故选A。

It was last night ________ I saw the comet.

the time

when

that

which

强调句的结构是：It＋be＋强调部分＋that(who)＋主谓句。强调句的连词只有两个，that和who。当强调的部分是人，且为句子的主语时，才用“who”，其余用that。因此选C。