He used to __________ in a small village, but now he has been used to _________ in a big city.

A. live; living B. living; live C. live; live D. living; living

A 【解析】句意：他過去住在一個小村莊里面，但是現(xiàn)在他以及習(xí)慣了住在一個大城市里。live居住，動詞原形；living居住，是動名詞形式。第一個空前used to的意思是“過去常�！�，后面跟動詞原形；第二個空前是be used to習(xí)慣于...，后面跟動名詞形式。故選A。

— Look at the bird over there! It’s so beautiful!

— Wow! It’s a rare crane. It appears in this area.

A. always  B. usually  C. seldom  D. often

C 【解析】always一直，總是；usually通常；seldom很少，不常；often經(jīng)常。句意：看那邊的那只鳥。是那么漂亮�！�—喔，是一種罕見的鶴。它很少出現(xiàn)在這個地區(qū)。結(jié)合語境可知選C。

— Has Mike received his mother’s mail?

— Yes, he signed (簽收) for it _________ this morning.

A. in danger B. in fact C. in silence D. in person

D 【解析】句意：-Mike收到他媽媽的郵件了嗎？-是的，他今天早上親自簽收的。in danger處在危險中；in fact事實上，實際上；in silence沉默地；in person親自。根據(jù)句意可知，這里說Mike親自簽收了郵件，故選D。

— More and more people come to visit Jingzhou Ancient City.

-That’s true. It has become the _________ of Jingzhou.

A. pride B. effort C. decision D. influence

A 【解析】句意：-越來越多的人們來荊州古城參觀。-是的，它已經(jīng)變成了荊州的驕傲。pride驕傲；effort努力；decision決定；influence影響。根據(jù)句意More and more people come to visit Jingzhou Ancient City可知，古城是荊州的驕傲，故應(yīng)選A。

Jenny’s uncle is a scientist. She is proud ________ him.

A. from B. at C. in D. of

D 【解析】 試題分析：句意：珍妮的叔叔是一個科學(xué)家，她以他為驕傲。根據(jù)句意是珍妮為他叔叔驕傲，“以……為驕傲”是be proud of，所給選項中只有D是正確的，其他選項不符合要求，故選D。

I can’t go to the cinema with you because I have _________ homework to do.

A. much too B. too much C. too many D. many too

B 【解析】句意：我不能和你一起去看電影，因為我有太多的家庭作業(yè)要做。much too太，修飾形容詞；too much太多，修飾不可數(shù)名詞；too many太多，修飾可數(shù)名詞；many too形式錯誤�？蘸蟮膆omework是不可數(shù)名詞，根據(jù)句意可知應(yīng)選B。

—What ________ the number of the students in your school?

—About two thousand.A number of them ________ from the countryside.

A. is；are B. is；is C. are；is D. are；are

A 【解析】句意：-你們學(xué)校里學(xué)生的數(shù)目是多少？-大約兩千，很多學(xué)生來自農(nóng)村。is和are都是be動詞的形式，is用于主語是單數(shù)的時候，are用于主語是復(fù)數(shù)或是you的時候。第一句話的主語是the number of the students，指學(xué)生的數(shù)目，謂語動詞應(yīng)用單數(shù)；第二個空前a number of的意思是許多，謂語動詞用復(fù)數(shù)。故應(yīng)選A。

— Which hobby do you think _________ the most time?

-Practicing the piano.

A. takes up B. puts up C. gives up D. makes up

A 【解析】句意：-你認(rèn)為哪種業(yè)余愛好占據(jù)的時間最多？-練習(xí)鋼琴。takes up占據(jù)，第三人稱單數(shù)形式；puts up張貼；搭建；gives up放棄；makes up組成，編造。根據(jù)句中the most time可知，這里表示占據(jù)時間，故應(yīng)選A。

They didn’t know how to _________ the problem, so they asked the teacher for help.

A. worry about B. deal with C. think of D. care about

B 【解析】句意：他們不知道怎樣處理這個問題，因此他們向老師求助。worry about為某事?lián)�心；deal with處理；think of想起；care about關(guān)心。根據(jù)句意可知，這里是處理問題，故選B。

–Do you want to keep goldfish?

--No, it is _________difficult ________take care of them.

A. so; that B. not; enough to C. too; to D. such; that

C 【解析】句意：—你想養(yǎng)金魚嗎？ —不，照顧它們太難了。A. so; that如此，以至于，so+adj．／adv．+that…（so后跟形容詞或副詞）；C. too... to...結(jié)構(gòu)意為“太……以致不能……”，too后接形容詞或副詞；D. such; that如此，以至于，such（a／an）+n．+that…（such后跟名詞）；根據(jù)句意和句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知選C。