There are 24 solar terms in a year. Grain Rain often starts in Apirl,the           month of the year.

Third

fourth

fifth

sixth

考查数词。句意：一年有24个节气。谷雨通常在一年中的四月开始。空格前有定冠词the,与可数名词单数month，要用序数词。根据

Grain Rain often starts in Apirl，可知四月份是一年之中的第四个月，要用序数词fourth。故选B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。

---Where is Class       ?

---It’s on the       floor.

Six; third

Sixth; third

Six; three

Sixth; three

考查数词辨析。句意：----六班在哪里？---在三楼。英语中表达序号时，如果用基数词表示：名词+基数词，如六班，Class Six;如果用序数词表示：the+序数词+名词，如三楼，即the third floor。故选A项。

I think it           that she should be knowledgeable about Music for her present job.

urgent

normal

essential

gifted

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我认为她对音乐的了解对她目前的工作是必要的。A. urgent紧急的；B. normal普通的；C. essential基本的、必要的；D. gifted有天赋的。根据句意以及后接宾语从句为

He punished the children          their carelessness         making them pay for the damage.

by; for

with; by

for; by

about; with

考查介词。句意：他因为孩子们的粗心惩罚他们赔偿损失。根据句意可知：“their carelessness"表示他们被惩罚的原因，需用介词for表原因。"making them pay for the damage"表示他们被惩罚的方式，需用介词by表方式。故选C项。

It has been warned that        to the surroundings with people infected by Covid-19 without any

protection can lead to severe result.

being exposed

exposed

having exposed

to expose

考查非谓语动词。句意：有人警告称，在没有任何保护措施的情况下，暴露在有感染 Covid-19的人环境中会导致严重的结果。分析句子结构可知expose在句中应用非谓语动词形式，表示“暴露”短语为be exposed to,且从句中缺少主语，expose 与主语people是被动关系，故应用动名词的被动式作主语。故选A项。

It was not until 1920 ___ regular radio broadcasts began.

when

which

that

since

此题考查强调句。句意为：直到1920年，常规的电台才开始。这句话把it is/was和that去掉后，仍是完整的一句话，因此我们可以知道这是一个强调句，而且是对not...until“直到...才”的强调。结构是：it is/was+not until+其他成分。故选:C.

One of the man holds the view          the book said was right.

that

whether

what that 

that what

考查同位语从句及主语从句。句意：其中一个人认为这本书说的是对的。分析句子可知，the view后面接了一个同位语从句（     the book said was right.），从句句子成分齐全，应使用that 引导，连接词在从句中不做成分，无意义。在同位语从句中又有一个主语从句（     the book said），在主语从句中said 缺少宾语，应用what 引导，指代“......的（事情，东西）”。故选D项。

Last night I had just gone to bed          an odd delivery man knocked on the window of my house.

as

before

when

while

考查状语从句引导词。句意：昨天晚上，我刚刚上床睡觉突然觉得一个奇怪的送货员敲我房子的窗户。固定搭配had  done sth when表示某人刚做完某事突然.....故选C项。

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。