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。

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

Writing out all the invitations by hand was more time-consuing than we             .

will except

are  excepting

except

had excepted

考查时态。句意：手工写下所有的邀请函要比我们预料的花去更多的时间。根据句意可知我们预料是在实际上写之前发生的，而本句中实际写花去的时间使用了过去时was，所以expect用过去完成时。故D项正确。

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。

---It's burning hot today,isn't it?

---Yes,_____yesterday.

So was it

So it was

So it is

So is it

句意：“今天太热了，是不是？”“是呀，昨天也一样”。如果表示前面所说的肯定情况也适合于另一者，要用“so+助动词/情态动词/系动词+主语”。

We played well, but I felt the team were            by one member, who didn’t try his best on the court.

let down

turned down

picked up

cheered up

考查动词短语辨析。句意：我们打得很好，但我觉得有一个队员在场上没有尽最大努力，让整个球队失望了。A. let down 使失望，放下；B. turned down 拒绝，调小；C. picked up捡起，接；D. cheered up使兴奋，振奋。结合句意可知，“有一个队员在场上没有尽最大努力”，所以“我们”感到失望。故选A项。

never I have read

never have I read

ever I have read

ever have I read

---Have you moved into        new office?

---No, the building is under          construction.

a; the

the; /

/; the

/; /

考查冠词。--你搬到新办公室了吗？--没有，大楼正在建设中。new office 谈话的双方都知道，所以是特指，需要用定冠词the,第二句under construction 指“正在建设中”，是固定搭配。故选B项。