______ Sandy couldn’t see his face, she could tell by his voice that he was young.

A. If B. Unless C. Because D. Though

D 【解析】句意：虽然桑迪看不见他的脸，但从他的声音中可以辨别出他还年轻。A. If连词，如果或是否，引导条件状语从句或宾语从句；B. Unless除非，引导条件状语从句；C. Because 连词，因为，引导原因状语从句；D. Though连词，尽管、虽然，引导让步状语从句。根据语义可知，“看不见脸”与“能辨别”主从句之间是“让步关系”，所以选择表示让步关系的连词。故选：D。

He has devoted all his life ______ children. He does his job very well.

A. to educate B. to educating C. to education D. for educating

B 【解析】句意：他一生致力于教育孩子。他的工作做得很好。educate动词，教育。根据固定搭配devoted...to...(致力于..., 把...奉献给...)，其中to为介词，所以使用动名词educating。故选：B。

She _______ for 15 years, yet she still doesn’t know what kind of man she _______.

A. has been married; has married with

B. has got married; married to

C. has been married; married

D. has married; has married to

C 【解析】 试题分析：句意：她结婚十五年了，然而她仍然不知道她嫁的是什么样的男人。for 15 years表示一段时间，常与现在完成时连用，要求用延续性动词或形容词，而be married为已婚的，表示状态，嫁给某人为marry sb.过去时为married sb.故选C。

Nowadays, the price of the houses in China is much ______. The government is trying to have a good control of it.

A. more expensive B. higher C. cheaper D. lower

B 【解析】句意：如今，中国房价高得很多。政府正试图对它进行一个很好的控制。A. more expensive更贵；B. higher更高；C. cheaper更便宜；D. lower更低。四个选项皆为形容词的比较级。本题说的是“房价”，price可以用high与low修饰，不能用“贵贱expensive与cheap”来说明，所以排除选项A.C，政府调控“过高”的房价。故选：B。 ...

---- I went from a school desk to a ship in my teens.

---- ______days would you be at sea? Homesick?

A. How long B. How soon C. How much D. How many

D 【解析】句意：--十几岁的时候，我从学校到了船上生活．--你会在海上呆多少天？想家吗？How long多久或多长，询问一段时间或事物的长度；How many多少，提问可数名词复数；How much多少，提问不可数名词或物品的价格；How soon多久，多快，询问将来的时间短语。根据题干I went from a school desk to a ship in my teens．Home...

It is better to travel 10，000 miles than to read 10，000 books， so it’s important to have real ________ with languages， cultures and societies.

A. communication B. experience C. knowledge D. influence

B 【解析】试题分析：句意：读万卷书不如行万里路。所以在语言文化社会方面有真实的经历是重要的。A.奉献；B.经历；C.知识；D.影响，故答案选B。

--- I didn’t expect to see you studying in the library so early in the morning.

--- _______ , huh?

A. Every dog has its day

B. Many hands make light work

C. The early bird catches the worm

D. Burn the candle at both ends

C 【解析】试题分析：句意：-我没有想到看见你这么早在图书馆里学习。-早起的鸟儿有虫吃，对吧？A 选项的意思是人人都有得意日；B选项的意思是团结起来力量大；C选项意为早起的鸟儿有虫吃；D选项的意思是不顾身体的劳累。根据对话的意思可知应选C。

----Do you often talk with people from English-speaking countries?

----Sadly , I ______ ever speak to English people.

A. usually B. always C. never D. hardly

D 【解析】句意：-你经常和说英语国家的人交谈吗？-可悲的是，我几乎从来没有和英国人说话。本题考察频率副词。A. usually副词，通常； B. always总是；C. never从不；D. hardly几乎不。根据前文Sadly可知，本句为否定含义，所以排除答案A.B。固定短语Hardly ever，几乎不，否定含义，所以排除C。故选：D。

----Shall we meet at the station at 9 a.m.?

----In fact we ______. The train ______until 11a.m.

A. needn’t; will leave B. needn’t; won’t leave

C. mustn’t; leaves D. mustn’t; doesn’t leave

B 【解析】句意：-我们上午9点在车站见面好吗？-事实上我们不需要。火车直到11点才离开。needn’t情态动词，不需要，没必要；mustn’t情态动词，不允许，语气强烈，本题含义只是“不需要”,并没有“禁止、不许”这样强烈的语义。not...until...，意为“直到...才...”，表示将来发生的事情，所以使用一般将来时态的否定形式won’t。故选：B。

______ little sheep they are! But they are ______lovely!

A. What; so B. What; such C. How; so D. How; such

A 【解析】句意：他们是多么小的羊啊！但它们是如此可爱！感叹句的基本结构：How＋形容词/副词＋主语＋谓语+其他! What+（ a/an）＋(形容词)＋名词＋主语+谓语+其他! How+句子！ 本题“you served us tonight”是“主语+谓语”部分；little sheep为名词词组；所以本句是由what来引导的感叹句。so副词，如此，修饰形容词lovely；such形容词...