--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。

It’s his brother ______ never been to Australia. You’d better take him with you.

that is

who is

that have 　

 who has

句意：就是他的弟弟从没去过澳大利亚。你最好带他和你去。根据句意及题干分析此题是考查强调句型，因为强调的是his brother，是人，所以用who引导是现在完成时态，故选D。

He          and wept when he heard the news.

took down

put down

turned down

broke down

考查动词短语辨析。句意：当他听到这个消息时，整个人都崩溃了并哭起来。A. took down  记下；B.put down记下；C.turned down调小，拒绝；D.broke down崩溃，坏掉。根据wept 可知此处应填"broke down"符合语境。故选D项。

---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。

What some people regard as a         is seen as a plus by many others.

duty

drawback

failure

faith

考查名词词义辨析。句意：一些人认为是一个缺点，而其他许多人则认为这是一个优点。A.duty责任；B.drawback缺点； C. failure 失败；D. faith信念。根据空后plus“优点”可知，空处需用drawback“缺点”与之对应。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。

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。

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。

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。

--- 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。

The information tells me that the way of education in Canada is quite different from          in China.

one

it

that 

those

考察代词。句意：这条信息告诉我们在加拿大的教育方式和在中国的教育方式很不一样。前后比较的是教育方式，用that 指代the+名词。A. one 是泛指一个，B.it 指的是同一个东西，D. those指代the +名词复数。故选C项。