The sunlight is white and blinding,           hard-edged shadows on the ground.

throwing

being thrown

to throw

to be thrown

考查非谓语动词。句意：阳光炽白炫目，在地上投下浓重的阴影。主语The sunlight和throw是主动关系，因此要用现在分词表主动，此处是现在分词短语作状语。故选A项。

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。

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。

---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。

Mary and her friend          a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help the homeless people at the Christmas party.

came up with

put up with

caught up with

kept up with

考查动词短语辨析。句意：玛丽和她的朋友想出了一个计划，在圣诞节聚会上，从我的公司聚集了四十几个人来帮助无家可归的人。A. came up with 提出；B. put up with 忍耐；C. caught up with追上，赶上；D.kept up with 跟上。下文“聚集人帮助无家可归的人”是想出的计划。故选A项。

I thought we'd be late for the concert,           we ended up getting there ahead of time.

but

or

so

for

考查连词。句意：我以为我们音乐会迟到了，但是我们提前到达了那里。but 但是；or 或者；so 因此；for因为；两个分句在意义上bu是转折关系，故用but。故选A项。

The student completed this experiment to make come true         Professor Joseph had said.

that

what

when

where

考查名词性从句。句意：为了使约瑟夫教授所说的成为现实，这个学生完成了这个实验。        Professor Joseph had said作make的宾语从句，该从句中，空格处在从句中作said的宾语，表示“......所说的话”，因此应用what 引导该从句。故选B项。

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。

It is six months         the online class started.

that

until

before

since

考查固定句型。句意：在线课程已经开始六个月了。A. that 那，那个；B. until直到..... 为止；C. before在.....之前；D. since自.....以来。分析句子可知，句中涉及固定句型“ It is +一段时间+since引导的时间状语从句”，意为“自从......以来已经有多长时间了”，since从句中用非延续性动词。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

We’ll make the final decision on our scheme. ______ you change your mind, please inform us as soon as possible.

Should

Were

Would

Had

考查虚拟语气的省略。句意：我们将对我们的计划做最后决定。如果你改变主意，请尽快通知我们。根据语境，此处用虚拟语气，表示与将来相反，从句用should+动词原形，省略if，should提前，陈述句是：If you should change your mind……。故选A。