Is _______ three hours _______ the poor boy to come to school on foot?

it; that it takes

there; that it takes

there; when

it; that

考查强调句。强调句的结构为It’s + 强调部分 + that从句。本题强调时间状语three hours。句意：可怜的男孩步行到学校花了3个小时吗？故A正确。

---Who was calling you on the phone just now？

---_______.

That's him

It was Tom

This was someone

Maybe Jim's

考查强调句。句意---刚才谁在电话里面叫你？---他是汤姆。根据题意，答句为强调句。完整形式为it was Tom that call you on the phone just now.缩写形式为It was Tom，故选B。

While we may not be born with a nature talent, we can          for it with hard work.

break up

take up

bring up

make up

考查动词短语辨析。句意：虽然我们可能没有与生俱来的天赋，但我们可以通过努力工作来弥补。A. break up打碎；B.take up 拿起，开始从事；C.bring up提出；D. make up 弥补。根据上文we may not be born with a nature talent可知没有与生俱来的天赋，所以要通过努力工作来弥补。故选D项。

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。

True happiness does not            the possession of money, but the joy of achievement.

contribute to

lie in

result in 

add to

考查动词短语辨析。句意：真正的幸福不在于拥有钱，而在于成功的喜悦感。contribute to有助于；lie in 在于；result in 导致；add to增加。结合语境可知，此处指“真正的幸福不在于有多少钱”。故选B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。

As a matter of fact,           beauty of           nature there made an excellent impression on me.

a; the; /

a; the; the

the; the; /

a; /; the

考察冠词。句意：事实上，那里的自然之美给我留下了极好的印象。as a matter of fact “ 事实上”，为固定短语。第二个空表示特指，用定冠词the。Nature表示“大自然，自然界”时，前面一般不加冠词。故选A项。

Why don't you             ? Try to make it a win-win situation for you both.

compromise

object

salute

rate

考查动词词义辨析。句意：你为什么妥协呢？试着为你们双方创造

双赢的局面。A.compromise妥协；B.object反对；C.salute致敬；D.rate比率。由后文试着为你们双方创造双赢的局面，可知前面讲的是妥协。故选A项。

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。

          is a pity           you didn't attend the lecture last night. It was wonderful.

What; that

It; that

What; why

It; why

考查固定句型。句意：很遗憾，你昨晚没去听讲座。那太美妙了。此处为句型“It is a pity that.....”，表示“遗憾的是....", It 作形式主语，that 引导主语从句是真正的主语，从句句意完整，成分齐全，that不做成分，仅起引导作用。故选B项。