_____the advantages of living on Mars_____those of living on Earth?

A. Are…as many as B. Are…as much as C. Is…as many as D. Is…as much as

A 【解析】句意：住在火星上的好处和住在地球的一样多吗？考查主谓一致。as many as和as much as都表示“和……一样多”，但much接不可数名词，many接复数名词。本句advantages和those都是复数意义，需用as many as进行比较，可排除BD选项。主语the advantages是复数形式，系词不可用is，根据句意和语境，可知选A。

The robot is made _____ just____a real person.

A. to look like B. look like C. to look as D. look as

A 【解析】句意：机器人造得看起来就像真人一样。考查动词形式和介词辨析题。“看起来像”look like，可排除CD两项。make sb. do让某人做某事，固定短语，但在被动语态中需还原不定式符号to。主语the robot是动词make的受动者，用的是被动语态，根据句意和语境，可知选A。

If the population goes on increasing,______in the future.

A. there will be no standing space B. there will be no standing spaces

C. there will have no standing space D. there will be no space standing

A 【解析】句意：如果人口继续增长，将来就没有站立的空间了。考查there be结构。there be结构表示“某地有某物”，强调的是“存在”，不是“拥有”，所以不和have混用，它的一般将来时结构为there will be，可排除C选项 。standing直立的，形容词，修饰名词；space空间，不可数名词，无复数形式。standing space直立空间，根据句意和语境，可知选A。 ...

The surface of Mars is ______like the surface of Earth than_____ planet in our solar system (太阳系)．

A. much； the other B. much； any other

C. more； the other D. more； any other

D 【解析】试题分析：根据题意可知用比较级；句意：火星的表面比起在我们的太阳系的其他的行星更像地球的表面，any other +名词的单数，表示任何其他的一个，故选D

I _____ my homework while my parents _____ TV last night.

A. did; have watched B. was doing; were watching

C. am doing; were watching D. would do; were watching

B 【解析】试题分析：句意：昨天晚上当我的父母在看电视时，我正在做作业。While后的从句只能用延续性动词，且强调主从句的两个动作同时发生。故选B。

H7N9 bird flu is a virus can make people die. We’d better stay away from birds at present.

A. who B. which

C. what D. whom

B 【解析】试题分析：句意：H7N8禽流感是一种能致人死亡的病毒，我们现在最好远离禽类。who 谁，指人；which 引导定语从句，指物；what不引导定语从句；whom引导定语从句时，先行词是人，并且在从句中做宾语。这个定语从句的先行词是a virus，指物，故应选B。

Can you tell me _________________ last night?

A. what was the matter outside B. what was matter outside

C. what the matter was outside D. what is wrong outside

C 【解析】句意：你能告诉我昨晚外面发生了什么事吗？考查宾语从句。本句是宾语从句，从句需用陈述语序，可排除ABC三项。根据last night昨晚，可知是一般过去时态，故选C。

---I’m really sorry to have broken your coffee cup.

---_____________.

A. Good idea. B. That’s all right. C. I don’t think so. D. You are welcome.

B 【解析】试题分析：句意：我真的抱歉打碎你的咖啡杯子。没关系。A.Good idea.好主意， B. That’s all right. 没关系， C.I don’t think so.我不这样认为，D.You are welcome不用谢。据句意故选B。

---Jane got an “A” in the physics maths. ---- .She works the hardest in our class.

A. Many hands make light work B. The grass is always greener on the other side

C. The early bird catches the worm D. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

C 【解析】句意：——简在物理数学方面得了个A。——早起的鸟儿有虫吃，她是我们班学习最努力的。考查谚语辨析题。A. Many hands make light work人多好办事；B. The grass is always greener on the other side这山望着那山高；C. The early bird catches the worm早起的鸟儿有虫吃D. Don’t ...

I moved to Chicago ten years ago. As I was new to the area, I had ______ friends and seldom went out to parties. But a month later, I was invited to a party and there I ______ an elderly couple.

The wife and I ______ for a long time. She told me how ______ she was about her husband who was ____ a heart operation. At that time I was working as a researcher in the same ______ where the husband would be going for his operation, ______ I told her to take down my phone number and call me to let me know when he was there.

She phoned a few weeks later as ______ and told me that her husband was admitted to the hospital and still waiting. I told her that I would go and check on him every day while I was at _____. I thought that if it was my dad, I would do the same, so I decided to give them some company(陪伴).

Weeks turned into months and it just became my ______ to see them and keep track of how things were going before, during and after the heart operation. Sometimes I’d bring a ______ for him to read, or some food that we would share together. As time went by, it seemed like I became part of the ______. Even after the husband returned from the hospital, we still often ______ each other on holidays.

Now, ten years later, I ______ my own family. Since our parents don’t live close by, this couple has become my son’s “local” grandparents. My wife and I often feel truly ______ to have this couple as our “local” parents! Sometimes family comes out of the most unexpected place.

1.A. few B. some C. several D. many

2.A. served B. loved C. met D. supported

3.A. searched B. fought C. worked D. talked

4.A. bored B. calm C. worried D. lucky

5.A. giving up B. waiting for C. paying for D. turning down

6.A. hotel B. hospital C. restaurant D. office

7.A. so B. but C. though D. since

8.A. required B. reviewed C. expected D. promised

9.A. work B. school C. home D. table

10.A. risk B. stress C. test D. habit

11.A. book B. picture C. computer D. tape

12.A. public B. family C. team D. group

13.A. missed B. followed C. knew D. visited

14.A. leave B. find C. have D. need

15.A. nervous B. curious C. thankful D. suitable

1.A 2.C 3.D 4.C 5.B 6.B 7.A 8.D 9.A 10.D 11.A 12.B 13.D 14.C 15.C 【解析】试题分析：作者十年前到芝加哥一家医院做研究员，遇到了一对老年夫妇。不久丈夫到医院做手术，受到作者几个月的悉心照顾。老人出院后，甚至作者结婚后，两家还经常互相拜访。这让他有...