Inside the window hangs a         carved out of this piece of wood by the artist.

decoration

destination

departure

discipline

考查名词辨析。句意：窗户边上挂着一幅被艺术家由这块木头雕刻的装饰品。A. decoration装饰，装饰品；B. destination目标； C. departure 离开；D. discipline纪律。窗边应挂着装饰品。故选A项。

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。

When            to someone,I usually say, "Pleased to meet you."

introduce

introduced

introducing

am introduced

考查过去分词和省略。句意：当我被介绍给别人时，我通常会说：“很高兴认识你”。根据句子结构可知，本句是when引导的时间状语从句，原句when I am introduced to someone,这里当从句主语与主句主语一致时，并且从句的谓语动词有be这时从句的主语与be同时省略，所以空格处introduced。故选B项。

Let's learn to use the problem we are facing         a stepping-stone to future success.

to

for

as

by

考查介词词义辨析。句意：让我们学会把我们所面对的问题作为通向未来成功的手段来利用。A.to朝，对 ；B.for 为了，对于；C.as 作为；D.by通过，凭借。根据句意可知，此处“作为”符合语境。故选C项。

It is said that railway station is now         large as What it was.

as twice

twice as

twice much

much twice

考查倍数表达法。句意：据说火车站现在是原来的两倍大。倍数的基本结构一般为“A+倍数+as+形容词或副词的原级+as+B”，表示“A正好是B的多少倍”。联系下文large as，此处用twice as large as 表示“是.....的两倍大”。故选B项。

As a matter of fact,           beauty of           nature there made an excellent impression on me.

a; the; /

a; the; the

the; the; /

a; /; the

考察冠词。句意：事实上，那里的自然之美给我留下了极好的印象。as a matter of fact “ 事实上”，为固定短语。第二个空表示特指，用定冠词the。Nature表示“大自然，自然界”时，前面一般不加冠词。故选A项。

Only then_______ how much damage had been caused.

she realized

she had realized

had she realized

did she realize

“only＋状语”位于句首，整个句子用不完全倒装．此外，由then可确定用过去时态．

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