If you work hard like this, you will           sooner or later.

give out

break up

break down

fall down

考查动词短语。句意：如果你继续这样辛苦工作的话，你迟早垮掉。A.give out分发 ；B.break up打碎；C.break down垮掉；D.fall down 跌倒。根据句意可知break down符合语境。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。

"Society" is a(n)              term;it may mean much or nothing.

autonomous

ambiguous

fragrant

fragile

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：“社会”是一个模棱两可的词；它可能意味着很多，也可能没有意义。autonmous 自治的；ambiguous模棱两可的；fragrant芳香的；fragile脆弱的。结合后文it may mean much or nothing可知，空格处填ambiguous模棱两可的。故选B项。

I drink a cup of coffee           ; but usually I take tea.

frequently

often

constantly

occasionally

考查副词词义辨析。句意：我偶尔喝一杯咖啡，但我通常喝茶。A. frequently频繁地；B.often经常地；C.constantly连续不断地；D.occasionally偶尔地。but 表转折关系；根据后半句的usually,前面用occasionally,与usually意思相对。故选D项。

The most important promises we must keep are          we make to ourselves.

ones

those

these

them

考查代词。句意：我们必须遵守的最重要的承诺就是我们对自己做出的承诺。A. ones泛指上文提到的可数名词复数；B. those特指上文提到的可数名词复数；C. these这些；D.them他们。分析句子可知，为we must 是定语从句，修饰The most important promises，是句子的主语；be动词后缺少表演，we make to ourselves是定语从句，修饰空格处。根据句意，此处指上文提到的promises,由定语从句修饰表示特指，故用 those。故选B项。

So difficult __________ it to work out the problem that I decided to ask Tom for advice.

 I did find 

did I find

 I have found  

have I found

句子使用的基本句式为so…that…结构。按英语语法，当该结构的so…置于句首时，其后的句子(主句)要用倒装语序，如：So loudly did he speak that even people in the next room could hear him. 他讲话声音那么大，隔壁屋里的人都听得见。

If you don't understand something, you may resrarch, study, and talk to other people          you figure it out.

because

though

until

since

考查连词。句意：如果遇到不懂的东西，你可以搜索、研究，和别人交流直到弄明白。A. 因为； B. 尽管；C.until直到；D.since自从，因为。根据句意可知，until符合语境。故选C项。