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。

We cannot           the punctual arrival of trains in foggy weather.

get

help

guarantee

guess

考察动词词义辨析。句意：我们不能保证火车在雾天准时到达。A. get得到，获得；B. help 帮助；C. guarantee保证；D. guess猜测。根据句意可知，火车无法保证按时到达。故选C项。

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。

Based on the agreement,all payments          be made by the end of the month.

may

can

shall

will

考查情态动词。句意：根据协议，所有款项应在月底付清。shall用于法律，条款中表示必须要做的事。故选C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。

---what shall we do tonight then?

---              whatever you want.

Help yourself

No problem

It's a deal

It's up to you

考查交际用语。句意：---我们今晚做什么。---由你决定，你想干什么都行。根据空格后的 whatever you want，以及句意可知空格处填It's up to you由你定。故选D项。

it was at 10 pm yesterday______he came home from work.

that

when

which

what

考查强调句。句意：昨天晚上10点他下班回家。考查it+be+强调部分+that+句子，选A。

Tom looks so pale today. He ______ ill.

must be

had to be

should be

shall be

[翻译]汤姆看起来脸色不好，他一定生病了。[解析] A 试题解析：情态动词must表示推测。题目中表示肯定的推测。

People           about what our future will look like for thousands of years.

have been wondering

wonder

wondered

will wonder

考查动词时态。句意：数千年以来人们一直想知道我们未来是什么样子。根据时间状语 for thousands of years可知，描述从过去开始一直持续到现在的动作，用现在完成进行时。故选A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。

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。

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。