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。

---What language is that guy speaking？I can hardly catch a single word!

---_________He’s from India,so I guess it is Hindi.

Neither I can

Neither can I

So I can

So can I

so can I 表示 我也是这样，前一个分句是肯定句的时候用，前后主语不指同一个人； neither can I 我也不…，前一个分句是否定句的时候用，so I can主要用于加强语气，其意为"的确如此、确实如此"前后句的主语指的是同一个人或物．根据"I can hardly catch a single word!"可知回答为否定语气。

Perhaps they have experienced something similar and do not want you to           the same pain.

go over

go through

go around

go on

考查动词短语辨析。句意：也许他们有过类似的经历，不希望你经历同样的痛苦。A. go over复习，重温；B. go through经受，通过；C. go around 四处走动，流传；D. go on继续。根据the same pain可知，此处是“经历，经受”的意思。故选B项。

I thought we'd be late for the concert,           we ended up getting there ahead of time.

but

or

so

for

考查连词。句意：我以为我们音乐会迟到了，但是我们提前到达了那里。but 但是；or 或者；so 因此；for因为；两个分句在意义上bu是转折关系，故用but。故选A项。

Which of the following does not contain the sound [ae]?

grade

glad

bad

land

考查语音。句意：下面哪个不包含这个发音[ae]? grade的发音是[greId]; glad的发音是[glaed]; bad的发音是[baed]; land的发音是[laend]。故选A项。

If you want to catch the first bus you'd better         for the bus station immediately.

set up

set about

set down

set off

考查动词短语辨析。句意：如果你想赶上第一班公交车，你最好马上动身去车站。A. set up建立；B. set about开始做.....;C. set down 记下；D. set off 出发，动身。结合上文If you want to catch the first bus you'd better可知此处指“动身，出发”，应用set off。故选D项。

There                   in the world              China is a great country with a long history and rich culture.

are no doubt; that 

are not doubts; if

is no doubt; that

is not doubt; if

考查固定句型和同位语从句。句意：毫无疑问，中国是世界上有着悠久历史，丰富文化的一个大国。分析句子可知，这个句型为 there is no doubt that 引导，表示“毫无疑问......”.本句为that that 引导的同位语从句，句意和句子结构完整。故选C项。