There are 24 solar terms in a year. Grain Rain often starts in Apirl,the           month of the year.

Third

fourth

fifth

sixth

考查数词。句意：一年有24个节气。谷雨通常在一年中的四月开始。空格前有定冠词the,与可数名词单数month，要用序数词。根据

Grain Rain often starts in Apirl，可知四月份是一年之中的第四个月，要用序数词fourth。故选B项。

Mary never does any reading in the evening, ______.

so does John 

John does too

John does not to

neither does John

主句用never，后面的倒装句相应的用nor或者neither，用完全倒装形式表示后者与前者情况相似。

         Jixi today is more beautiful now. Mr.Jakson said he would visit it         third time.

The; /

The; the

/; a

The; a

考查冠词。句意：今天的鸡西市更漂亮了。Jakson先生说他将又一次来到这里。第一空“鸡西市”应用定冠词；第二空“不定冠词a/an+序数词+名词” 强调在已知数量上在累加一个，且 third为辅音音素开头的单词，应用a。故选D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。

I think it           that she should be knowledgeable about Music for her present job.

urgent

normal

essential

gifted

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我认为她对音乐的了解对她目前的工作是必要的。A. urgent紧急的；B. normal普通的；C. essential基本的、必要的；D. gifted有天赋的。根据句意以及后接宾语从句为

The old rules have to be          because they only applied to the circumstances that existed when they were made a hundred years ago.

developed

established

observed

revised

考查动词的辨析。句意：老的规则需要被修改因为它们只适合一百年制定时的状况。A.develop发展；培养；B.establish建立；C.observe观察；D.revise修改，由because they only applied to 可知它只适用于以前，需要修改。故选D项。

used to

used to be

used to do

was used to

考查词组和省略式，used to do“过去常常’,be used to do “被用来做”，句意是：--你现在是志愿者吗？--不但我过去是，去年我为市运动会工作。可以排除D项，因为这是省略句，完整的是I used to be a volunteer。英语中如果不定式的部分是重复上文可以省略to后面的内容，但是如果to后面是be动词或助动词have，就不省略。选B。

Going on a trip into         space must be quite         exciting experience.

/; the 

/; an

the; the 

the; an

考查冠词。句意：太空旅行是令人兴奋的经历。第一空不填，space前面不加冠词，第二空后面的experience作“经历”时是可数名词，表示“一次令人兴奋的经历"。exciting首字母的发音为元音音素，因此应填an。故选B项。

I would really appreciate       if you can make time in your schedules to attend my lecture today.

that

it

this

one

考查形式宾语。句意：如果你今天能从日程安排中抽出时间来听我的讲座的话，我将不胜感激。I would appreciate it if/when...如果/当...时，我将非常感激。it 做形式宾语。故选B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。