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。

---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。

If you work hard like this, you will           sooner or later.

give out

break up

break down

fall down

考查动词短语。句意：如果你继续这样辛苦工作的话，你迟早垮掉。A.give out分发 ；B.break up打碎；C.break down垮掉；D.fall down 跌倒。根据句意可知break down符合语境。故选C项。

They elected him          captain of the team for         second time.

the; a

a; the

a; a

/; a

考查冠词的用法。句意：他们再次选他当队长。职位，官衔前面不加冠词，a second time表示“又一次，再次”；the second time表示第二次（顺序）。故选D项。

--- I'm afraid I can't complete the marathon next week.

---              ! You have been practicing a lot.

No problem

Go ahead

Cheer up

Good luck

考查交际用语。句意：---恐怕我下周不能完成马拉松比赛。---振作起来！你一直一直在不断练习。A.No problem没问题；B. Go  ahead请干吧；请便吧；C.Cheer up高兴起来；振作起来；D. Good luck祝您好运。由下文可知说话人担心，完不成马拉松比赛，由“你一直不断练习”可推断表示鼓励“振作起来”。故选C项。

One of the man holds the view          the book said was right.

that

whether

what that 

that what

考查同位语从句及主语从句。句意：其中一个人认为这本书说的是对的。分析句子可知，the view后面接了一个同位语从句（     the book said was right.），从句句子成分齐全，应使用that 引导，连接词在从句中不做成分，无意义。在同位语从句中又有一个主语从句（     the book said），在主语从句中said 缺少宾语，应用what 引导，指代“......的（事情，东西）”。故选D项。

Like other animals, we are          until we know it is safe to relax.

on purpose

on fire

on guard

on duty

考查介词短语辨析。句意：像其他动物一样，我们在知道安全的时候才放松警惕。A.on purpose 故意；B. on fire着火；C.on guard 警惕；D.on duty值班。结合后文we know it is safe to relax，可知我们在知道安全的时候才放松警惕。故选C项。

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。

Jenny was very sad over the loss of  the photos she had shot in Canada,          this was a memory she especially treasured.

as

if

when

where

考查连词辨析。句意：珍妮对失去她在加拿大拍摄的照片感到非常悲伤，因为这是她特别珍视的记忆。as 引导原因状语从句，表示“由于”；if“如果”；when“当......什么时候”；where“在哪里”。根据句意，前后文是因果关系，故选A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。

The number of deaths from a powerful typhoon sweeping across China’s east coast          to 30 on Sunday.

raised

rose

aroused

arose

考查动词词义辨析。句意：周日，异常席卷中国东海岸的强台风造成的死亡人数上升到30人。A.raised提升，增加； B.rose 增加（原形是rise）C.aroused激起，引起；D.arose发生，出现。分析句子可知，这里要表达“人数增长到30”，而A,B选项中，raise是及物动词，后面直接接宾语，而rise为不及物动词，用“rise to”表示“增长到.....”。故选B项。