Last night I had just gone to bed          an odd delivery man knocked on the window of my house.

as

before

when

while

考查状语从句引导词。句意：昨天晚上，我刚刚上床睡觉突然觉得一个奇怪的送货员敲我房子的窗户。固定搭配had  done sth when表示某人刚做完某事突然.....故选C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。

It's really           to know that there're only seven bones in giraffes' long necks.

amazingly

amazed

amazing

amazement

考查形容词辨析。句意：知道长颈鹿的长脖子上只有7块骨头，真是令人惊讶。分析句子结构可知，is是系动词，空格处需填形容词作表语。主语是It,指物，表示“令人惊讶的”，应填amazing。故选C项。

Look! There is         over there. Do you know him?

a 8-year-old boy

an 8-year-old boy

a 8-years old boy

an 8-years old boy

考查形容词和冠词。句意：看！那边有一个8岁的男孩。你认识他吗？空格处为复合形容词作定语，其基本构成形式是：数词+名词（单数）+形容词，并且要用连字符连接，排除C和D项；8发音以元音音素开头，需用不定冠词an修饰。故选B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。

How I wish every family         a large house with a beautiful garden!

has

will have

had

had had

考查虚拟语气。句意：我多么希望每个家庭都有一个带着美丽花园的大房子！此句是wish 引导的从句，从句要用虚拟语气，根据wish 可知是与现在事实相反，从句一般用过去时。故选c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。

With a lot of difficult problems           ,he feels like a cat on  hot bricks.

to settle

being settled

settling

settled

考查非谓语动词。句意： 因为有一大堆难题要解决，他感觉像像热锅上的蚂蚁。本句with +名词+to do sth,动词不定式表示的动作尚未发生或当时看来尚未发生。本句表示“因为有一大堆难题要解决”。故选A项。

Great amounts of water            poured into the river from the factories two years ago.

was

were

has been

have been

考查时态和主谓一致。句意：两年前，工厂将大量废水排入河中。根据two years ago 可知，句子使用一般过去时。....amounts of修饰不可数名词作主语时，谓语动词用复数形式，即谓语动词与amounts保持数的一致。故选B项。

never I have read

never have I read

ever I have read

ever have I read

Don't forget            the letter for me when you pass  by the post office.

post

to post

posted

posting

考查不定式作宾语。句意：你经过邮局时别忘了替我寄这封信。forget to do sth忘记要做某事；forget doing sth 忘记做过某事。根据句意表示事情已经发生。故选B项。