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。

Writing out all the invitations by hand was more time-consuing than we             .

will except

are  excepting

except

had excepted

考查时态。句意：手工写下所有的邀请函要比我们预料的花去更多的时间。根据句意可知我们预料是在实际上写之前发生的，而本句中实际写花去的时间使用了过去时was，所以expect用过去完成时。故D项正确。

Small sailboats can easily turn over in the water ________.

if not managed carefully

if are not managed carefully

unless not managed carefully

unless are not managed carefully

______about wild plants that they decided to make a trip to Madagascar for further research.

So curious the couple was

So curious were the couple

How curious the couple were

The couple was such curious

Since this accident has nothing to do with him, he seems no way             .

to be blamed

to blame

blame for

to blame for

考查固定用法。句意：既然这次事故与他无关，他似乎也就无可指责了。短语sb to be blame“某人该受责备，某人应该负责”，为固定搭配，没有被动语态。故选B项。

---What language is that guy speaking？I can hardly catch a single word!

---_________He’s from India,so I guess it is Hindi.

Neither I can

Neither can I

So I can

So can I

so can I 表示 我也是这样，前一个分句是肯定句的时候用，前后主语不指同一个人； neither can I 我也不…，前一个分句是否定句的时候用，so I can主要用于加强语气，其意为"的确如此、确实如此"前后句的主语指的是同一个人或物．根据"I can hardly catch a single word!"可知回答为否定语气。

All we need          a piece of advice on how we can improve our time management.

are

is

were

was

考查be动词和时态。句意：我们需要的只是一条关于如何改进时间管理的建议。分析句子可知，说明一般情况应该用一般现在时，这句话的主语是All we need, 所以为主语从句，当主语从句作主语时，谓语动词用单数，所以用is。故选B项。

I found _____ convenient to shop online at home .

it’s 

that

it

that was

考查强调句。句意：我发现在家网购很方便。这里it指代后面的to shop online。其中的强调句式是：主语+find it +形容词+to do，意为主语发现做某事是...的，故选C。