According to Professor Johnson, we don't have to read the book if we don't want to, as it is              .

worthwhile

necessary

optional

serious

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：根据约翰逊教授的说法，如果我们不想读这本书，就不必读，因为它是可选择的。A. worthwhile值得的； B. necessary 必要的；C. optional 可选择的；D. serious 严肃的，认真的。根据“  we don't have to read the book if we don't want to”可知，这本书读不读都可以，由此可知它是“可选择的”。故选C项。

Perhaps they have experienced something similar and do not want you to           the same pain.

go over

go through

go around

go on

考查动词短语辨析。句意：也许他们有过类似的经历，不希望你经历同样的痛苦。A. go over复习，重温；B. go through经受，通过；C. go around 四处走动，流传；D. go on继续。根据the same pain可知，此处是“经历，经受”的意思。故选B项。

It is the ability to do the job ______ matters not where you come or what you are.

one

that

what

if

考查强调句。句意：是做这项工作的能力更重要而不是你从哪里来和你是谁。此句是强调句，基本结构是It is/was+被强调部分+that，此处强调the ability to do the job，故选B.

---What is Miss Gao’s favourite        ?

---She is always in pink. Don’t you know?

colour

book

 song

movie

考查名词词义辨析。句意：---高老师最喜欢的颜色是什么？---她总是穿着粉色的衣服，难道你不知道吗？A.colour颜色；B. book书； C. song歌曲 ；D.movie电影。根据She is always in pink.可知这里是在询问高老师最喜欢的颜色是什么。故选A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。

The salesman scolded the girl caught         and let her off.

to have stolen

to be stealing

to steal

stealing

考查非谓语动词。句意：这个销售员责备了被抓住正在偷东西的女孩，然后，让她走了。分析句子结构，caught是过去分词作定语，修饰前面的名词 the girl,"女孩"和"偷东西"之间是主动关系，用现在分词作宾语补足语，构成catch sb doing sth结构。意为抓住某人正在做某事。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。

Really? You        twice the price to buy the book!

paid

took

spent

cost

考查动词词义辨析。句意：真的吗？你付了2倍的价格买这本书！四个动词都有“花费”的意思，但用法不同。pay的主语通常是人，常用结构是 sb pay (money) for sth;take作“花费”时讲常用于固定句型 It takes/took sb (money/time)to do sth做某事花费某人（金钱/时间）；spend的主语通常是人 sb spend...on sth 或sb spend ...(in) doing sth;cost的主语通常是物，sth cost sb (money)意为“某物花了某人多少钱。本题主语是人，结合句意和后文to buy the book，空格处应填pay。故选A项。

          no bus,we had to walk home.

There was

There being

Because there being

It being

考查独立主格结构。句意：没有车，我不得不走路回家。根据句意，表示“存在”，要用there be 句型；分析句子可知，设空处应用非谓语动词，there be只有主动形式，故用现在分词；因为非谓语动词有自己独立的的主语no bus,所以此处是独立主格结构。故选B项。