The number“23,456” can be read as " ______ ".

A. twenty-three thousand, four hundred and fifty-six

B. twenty-three thousand and four hundred fifty-six

C. two three thousand and four five six

D. two three thousand, four and five six

A 【解析】句意：数字23456可以读作二万三千四百五十六。首先，英语数字都是以1000为单位的，thousand(千)，million(百万)，billion(十亿)所以从右向左三位三位的用逗号断开。百位和十位之间用and相连，个位和十位之间加连字符。故答案选A。

After two years physical training he was ______ and healthier.

A. weaker

B. longer

C. stronger

D. shorter

C 【解析】句意：经过两年的体能训练，他变得更强壮、更健康。A. weaker更弱；B. longer更长；C. stronger更强壮；D. shorter更短。根据前面的After two years physical training“经过两年的体能训练”，可知应该是变得“强壮”，由连接词and可知空格处和后面的healthier是并列关系，所以也应用比较级形式，故答案选C。 ...

Our city is cleaner than it ________ be.

A. is used to

B. used to

C. uses to

D. is used

B 【解析】句意：我们的城市比过去干净多了。本题考查固定短语。A. is used to意为“习惯做某事”；B. used to意为“过去常常…”；C. uses to用法错误；D. is used用法错误。根据句意“我们的城市比过去干净多了”，故答案选B。

-- You look smart today!

-- __________

A. Not good.

B. That's OK.

C. What a shame!

D. Thank you.

D 【解析】句意：——你今天看起来真漂亮！——谢谢。本题考查情景交际。A. Not good.不好；B. That's OK.没关系；C. What a shame!太可惜了；D. Thank you.谢谢。根据英语的表达习惯，当别人夸奖我们的时候，我们应该向对方表示感谢，故答案选D。

I really like the family photo _________ we took on my grandpa's 80th birthday.

A. who

B. that

C. what

D. whose

B 【解析】句意：我真的很喜欢爷爷80岁生日时拍的全家福。本题考查定语从句。A. who指代人；B. that既可以指人又可以指物；C. what不能引导定语从句；D. whose指代某人/物的。根据题干可知本句中的先行词是photo，指物，所以B选项that符合题意，故答案选B。

-- All of my classmates have passed the PE test.

-- _______ exciting the news is!

A. How

B. What

C. What an

D. How an

A 【解析】句意：——我们所有的同学都通过了体育考试。——多么令人兴奋的消息啊！根据exciting the news is!可知本句考查感叹句，本句的中心词是exciting，它是一个形容词，根据How+形容词/副词+主语+谓语！可知用用 how 引导感叹句，故答案选A。

-- It's my turn to give a report. I feel so nervous.

-- Just _____. I bet you're the best.

A. give it up

B. go away

C. take it easy

D. have no idea

C 【解析】句意：——轮到我作报告了，我感到很紧张。——别紧张，我打赌你是最棒的。本题考查短语词组辨析。A. give it up放弃；B. go away离开；C. take it easy别紧张；D. have no idea不知道。结合上文句意“轮到我作报告了，我感到很紧张。”以及后面I bet you're the best.“我打赌你是最棒的”，可知，此处应该说“别紧张”，故答案选...

Which of the following words has a different stress pattern (重音) from the others？

A. daily

B. basket

C. country

D. fifteen

D 【解析】句意：下列哪一个单词的重音与其他的不同？A. daily音标发音为[?de?li]；B. basket音标发音为[?bɑ:sk?t]；C. country音标发音为[?k?ntri]；D. fifteen音标发音为[?f?f?ti:n]。比较四个词的音标可知，A、B、C三个单词的重音在同样的音节上，故答案选D。

Which part is the VERB of the following sentence "Tom rides his bike to school every day."?

A. "Tom"

B. "rides"

C. "his bike"

D. "every day"

B 【解析】句意：句子“汤姆每天骑自行车去上学”的动词是哪一部分？在原句"Tom rides his bike to school every day."中，Tom是主语，rides是谓语，his bike是宾语，to school是动词不定式表目的作状语，every day是时间状语。故答案选B。

One place that is very important in my life is my grandmothers house. She ______in a small

village in the south of the country. I go there every summer, to visit my grandmother, ____the city

and relax.

The village is just a group of white houses on a hillside with some shops, and it’s_____peaceful.

One reason why I like it is because it's a beautiful place. My grandmother has a lovely garden

and we always sit _____the trees, drinking sweet tea and chatting. It's so pleasant. But the main

reason why this place is so important to me is_____. She is so kind to me, and wonderful to talk to. Also, she’s a great cook and the meals she prepares are simple ______so fresh and. rich? No, no, I mean tasty. And she's always giving me eh. What do you call ____? -small plates of food during the day, so I always return home feeling calm and refreshed and_______!

I wouldn’t like _____there, though. I prefer living in the city. I’m a city person. I_______live in a small village where everybody knows each other. I’d rather live in a busy, exciting place. But I really love visiting the villages for holiday.

1.A. lived B. will live C. lives D. was living

2.A. get up B. get away from C. get to D .get ready for

3.A. really B. quietly C. only D. hardly

4.A. in B. over C. on D. under

5.A. local people B. my friend C. my grandmother D. the teacher

6.A. or B. and C. so D. but

7.A. him B. me C. them D. us

8.A. fat B. ugly C. big D. lazy

9.A. living B. to live C. loving D. to love

10.A. don't have to B. couldn't C. would D. should

1.C 2.B 3.A 4.D 5.C 6.D 7.C 8.A 9.B 10.B 【解析】文章大意：在我生命中有一个很重要的地方是我祖母居住的南方的一个小村庄。我每年夏天都远离城市去那里看望我的祖母。那里非常安静，我祖母有一个花园，我们总是坐在树下喝茶、聊天。我的祖母对我很好，而且她的厨艺很棒，她做的饭菜简单而且新鲜…很好吃。所以每次回家...