Jenny was very sad over the loss of  the photos she had shot in Canada,          this was a memory she especially treasured.

as

if

when

where

考查连词辨析。句意：珍妮对失去她在加拿大拍摄的照片感到非常悲伤，因为这是她特别珍视的记忆。as 引导原因状语从句，表示“由于”；if“如果”；when“当......什么时候”；where“在哪里”。根据句意，前后文是因果关系，故选A项。

Writing out all the invitations by hand was more time-consuing than we             .

will except

are  excepting

except

had excepted

考查时态。句意：手工写下所有的邀请函要比我们预料的花去更多的时间。根据句意可知我们预料是在实际上写之前发生的，而本句中实际写花去的时间使用了过去时was，所以expect用过去完成时。故D项正确。

There's no simple solution          this problem.

of

for

to 

about

考查介词。句意：这个问题没有什么简单的解决方法。此处是短语“

the solution to....的解决方法”，应用介词to。故选C项。

With a lot of difficult problems           ,he feels like a cat on  hot bricks.

to settle

being settled

settling

settled

考查非谓语动词。句意： 因为有一大堆难题要解决，他感觉像像热锅上的蚂蚁。本句with +名词+to do sth,动词不定式表示的动作尚未发生或当时看来尚未发生。本句表示“因为有一大堆难题要解决”。故选A项。

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。

— Father, you promised!

—Well,____．But it was you who didn't keep your word first．

so was I 

so did I 

so I was 

so I did

考查部分倒装“So + be/情态动词/助动词 + 主语”与表强调的“So + 主语 + be/情态动词/助动词”区别。根据语境“you promised（你许诺过）”和答语“But it was …”可知爸爸回答“我的确许诺过”，且promised是过去时，所以表强调要用助动词did,故选D。句意：——爸爸，你许诺过。——好啦，我的确许诺过。但是是你先没有遵守诺言。

The small car can't         a large family inside.

suit

press

collect

fit

考查动词词义辨析。句意：这辆小汽车装不下一大家子人。A.suit 相配，合身；B.press压；C.collect 收集；D. fit合适；容纳。suit表示尺寸和大小方面适合；此处表示小汽车容纳不下一大家子人。故选D项。