Based on the agreement,all payments          be made by the end of the month.

may

can

shall

will

考查情态动词。句意：根据协议，所有款项应在月底付清。shall用于法律，条款中表示必须要做的事。故选C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。

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。

---Shall I tell Jhon about it?

---No, you            . I've told him already.

needn't

wouldn't

mustn't

shouldn't

考查情态动词。句意：---要我告诉约翰这件事情吗？--不，不必了，我已经告诉他了。A.needn't不必；B. wouldn't不会；C. musn't禁止，不允许；D. shouldn't 不应该。根据“I've told him already”，可知这里是“不必要”。故选A项。

I can't tell you         way to the Wilson's because we don't have        Wilson here in the village.

a; /

the; a

a; the

the; /

考查冠词。句意：我无法告诉你去威尔逊的路，因为我们村没有一个叫威尔逊的人。the way to...去.....的路，这里是特指去威尔逊家的路，用定冠词the,排除A、C;第二空泛指一个叫威尔逊的人，应该

用不定冠词，a Wilson 一个叫威尔逊的人，排除D项。故选B项。

It was fortunate that Jack narrowly escaped             in a traffic accident last month.

killing

being killed

to be killed

 to kill

考查非谓语动词。句意：杰克上个月在交通事故中死里逃生，真是幸运。固定表达escape doing sth.逃离做某事。此处Jack与kill之间是被动关系，应该使用动名词的被动语态，用being killed。故选B项。