---What is your first impression          our English teacher?

---He is patient but he is strict         us.

with; in 

to; with

of; with

of; at

考查固定短语。句意：---你对我们英语老师的第一印象是什么？---他很有耐心，但对我们很严厉。两句话中介词的宾语都是人，第一句要用impression of sb表示“对某人的印象”；第二句中则要“be strict with”表示对（某人）严格。故选C项。

I have no one        me. for I am a new comer here.

help

helping

to help

to have helped

考查非谓语动词的用法。句意：我没让人帮我，因为我是新来的。根据句意可知句子空格处非谓语动词作定语，用了have sb /sth to do的结构,意为“让某人做某事”。故选C项。

--- So you missed the meeting.

---           .I got there five minutes before it finished.

Not at all

Not exactly

Not especially

Not really

考查情景交际用语。句意：---你错过了开会。---我在会议结束前五分钟到达会场。可以看出答话者认为对方讲话不够确切。A. Not at all一点也不；不客气；B. Not exactly不确切   C.Not especially不是特别 D.Not really不是真的。故选B项。

—Have you watered the flowers?

I am

I’m going

I’m just going to

I will go

句意为：——你浇花了吗？——没有，不过我正打算浇。I’m just going to.相当于I’m just going to water the flowers。故选C。

           is reported in the newspaper, the epidemic situation is getting better now in China.

It

As

That

What

考查定语从句。句意：正如报纸上报道的那样，中国的疫情正在好转。分析句子结构可知，空格处引导一个非限制定语从句，先行词是整个主句内容，关系词在从句中做主语，表示“正如”，应用as引导，as 引导非限制性定语从句 ，位置比较灵活，可放在主句前。故选B项。

We played well, but I felt the team were            by one member, who didn’t try his best on the court.

let down

turned down

picked up

cheered up

考查动词短语辨析。句意：我们打得很好，但我觉得有一个队员在场上没有尽最大努力，让整个球队失望了。A. let down 使失望，放下；B. turned down 拒绝，调小；C. picked up捡起，接；D. cheered up使兴奋，振奋。结合句意可知，“有一个队员在场上没有尽最大努力”，所以“我们”感到失望。故选A项。

---Have you moved into        new office?

---No, the building is under          construction.

a; the

the; /

/; the

/; /

考查冠词。--你搬到新办公室了吗？--没有，大楼正在建设中。new office 谈话的双方都知道，所以是特指，需要用定冠词the,第二句under construction 指“正在建设中”，是固定搭配。故选B项。

We shouldn't take         for granted that we still have a lot of time before the Entrance Examination.

this

that

it

such

考查代词。句意：我们不应该想当然地认为在高考前我们还有很多时间。这里涉及了一个固定句型take it for granted that 认为.....是理所当然的，该句型中it 作形式宾语，真正的宾语是后面that引导的从句。故选C项。

--What is happening in that new area?

---New houses          over there.

are built

are building

have built

are being built

考查时态和语态。句意：在那个新区域里发生什么事情了？那儿建起来许多新的大楼。根据第一句时态is happening 可知，时态用现在进行时，故第二句也要用现在进行时，主语 houses与build 建立之间是被动关系，故用现在进行时的被动语态（am/is/are being done），此处为are being built，故选D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。

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。