Mary and her friend          a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help the homeless people at the Christmas party.

came up with

put up with

caught up with

kept up with

考查动词短语辨析。句意：玛丽和她的朋友想出了一个计划，在圣诞节聚会上，从我的公司聚集了四十几个人来帮助无家可归的人。A. came up with 提出；B. put up with 忍耐；C. caught up with追上，赶上；D.kept up with 跟上。下文“聚集人帮助无家可归的人”是想出的计划。故选A项。

---what shall we do tonight then?

---              whatever you want.

Help yourself

No problem

It's a deal

It's up to you

考查交际用语。句意：---我们今晚做什么。---由你决定，你想干什么都行。根据空格后的 whatever you want，以及句意可知空格处填It's up to you由你定。故选D项。

— Is it my age ________the boss minds?
—I’m afraid so. He will consider ________ necessary to have an experienced assistant.

which；it

that；it

which；that

that；that

考查强调句型和it的用法。第一空that与it is构成强调句型。第二空it是一个形式宾语，真正的宾语是不定式to have an experienced assistant，选B。

I have no one        me. for I am a new comer here.

help

helping

to help

to have helped

考查非谓语动词的用法。句意：我没让人帮我，因为我是新来的。根据句意可知句子空格处非谓语动词作定语，用了have sb /sth to do的结构,意为“让某人做某事”。故选C项。

We cannot           the punctual arrival of trains in foggy weather.

get

help

guarantee

guess

考察动词词义辨析。句意：我们不能保证火车在雾天准时到达。A. get得到，获得；B. help 帮助；C. guarantee保证；D. guess猜测。根据句意可知，火车无法保证按时到达。故选C项。