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。

All we need          a piece of advice on how we can improve our time management.

are

is

were

was

考查be动词和时态。句意：我们需要的只是一条关于如何改进时间管理的建议。分析句子可知，说明一般情况应该用一般现在时，这句话的主语是All we need, 所以为主语从句，当主语从句作主语时，谓语动词用单数，所以用is。故选B项。

She reading

She reads

To read

Reading

考查时态以及省略。句意：—Joan正在做什么？—在房间里看报纸。根据句意说明描述的是现在正在发生的事情，所以使用进行时的时态，是对what is Joan doing?的回答。回答完整应该是she is reading...，此处省略了she is，故D正确。

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。

You don't have to know the name of the author to find a book. You           find the book by the title.

must

need

can

would

考查情态动词辨析。句意：你不需要知道作者的名字就能找到一本书。你可以按书名找到这本书。A.must必须，一定；B.need 需要；C. can可能；可能；D.would愿意。根据句意可知，此处表示一种客观的可能性，应使用情态动词can。故选C项。

---Her father is very rich.

---          She wouldn't accept his help even if it were offered.

What for?

So what?

No doubt

No wonder

They elected him          captain of the team for         second time.

the; a

a; the

a; a

/; a

考查冠词的用法。句意：他们再次选他当队长。职位，官衔前面不加冠词，a second time表示“又一次，再次”；the second time表示第二次（顺序）。故选D项。

The law           equal rights for men and women.

permits

confirms

persevers

guarantees

考查动词辨析。句意：这个法律确保了男女权利平等。A.permit允许；B.confirm证实，证明；C.persever坚持；D.guarantee保证，担保。分析句意可知，空格处为动词做谓语，其主语为the law,为单数则谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。又因the law作用是保证公平。故选D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。

People           about what our future will look like for thousands of years.

have been wondering

wonder

wondered

will wonder

考查动词时态。句意：数千年以来人们一直想知道我们未来是什么样子。根据时间状语 for thousands of years可知，描述从过去开始一直持续到现在的动作，用现在完成进行时。故选A项。