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。

When it comes to modern communication, network safety is always a major          . 

concern

advantage

opportunity

solution

考查名词辨析。句意：当涉及现代通信，网络安全一直是一个主要令人担忧的问题。A. concern关心，令人担忧的事实或情况；B. advantage 优势；C. opportunity 机会；D.solution解决方案。网络安全一直是现代通信的个主要令人担忧的问题。故选A项。

Tom wanted to play football with his friends in the street，but his father told him ________.

not to

not to do

not do it

do not to

考查动词不定式的省略。完整的形式应该是…，but his father told him not to play football with his friends in the street.为避免重复，常省去不定式动词，保留不定式符号to，故选A。

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。

He punished the children          their carelessness         making them pay for the damage.

by; for

with; by

for; by

about; with

考查介词。句意：他因为孩子们的粗心惩罚他们赔偿损失。根据句意可知：“their carelessness"表示他们被惩罚的原因，需用介词for表原因。"making them pay for the damage"表示他们被惩罚的方式，需用介词by表方式。故选C项。

It was along the Mississippi River _________ Mark Twain spent much of his childhood.

how

which

that

where

此处构成It was...that...强调句式，句中强调了介词短语along the Mississippi River。故选C。

---Miss Yuan，you promised！

---Well，______.But it was you broke your word first.

so was I

so did I

so I was

so I did

考查强调句。句意：袁女士，你承诺过的！噢，我确实如此。但是是你先失言的。A和B是一类回答，C和D是一类回答。当别人说他自己怎么样，而你有跟他同样的情况时，用AB这样的形式回答。当别人说你怎么样，而你自己也确实是他说的那样时，用CD回答。至于用be动词还是do要根据具体语句定，谓语是be时就用be的相应形式，谓语是实意动词时就用do的相应形式。根据句意，故选D。

Wouldn’t it be         wonderful world if we lived in         harmony with nature?

a; /

the; /

a; the

the; the

考查冠词和短语。句意：如果我们与自然和谐相处，这不是一个美好的世界吗？第一个空中，world表示泛指，应用不定冠词且wonderful发音为以辅音音素开头的单词，故应用a;第二空短语in harmony with表示“与....和谐”，中间不加冠词。故选A项。

Every evening after dinner, if not ________ from work, I will spend some time walking my dog.

being tired

tiring

tired

to be tired

考查省略句。当状语从句的主语和主句主语一致，且状语从句中有be动词的时候，可以把状语从句的主语和be动词一起省略，本题if后面省略了I am，句意：每天晚上吃完晚饭以后，如果不是很累，我就会花点时间来遛狗。故C正确。