________ pencil is this, Tom’s or Henry's?

A. What

B. When

C. Who

D. Whose

D 【解析】句意：这是谁的铅笔，汤姆的还是亨利的？本题考查特殊疑问词。A. What什么；B. When什么时候；C. Who谁；D. Whose谁的。根据后面的Tom’s or Henry's?“汤姆的还是亨利的？”可知前面是问“这是谁的铅笔”，结合选项，可知Whose符合题意，故答案选D。

-- What are people supposed to do when they meet for the first time in the US?

-- __________

A. They’re supposed to kiss each other.

B. They’re supposed to bow.

C. They’re expected to shake hands.

D. They’re expected to hug.

C 【解析】句意：在美国初次见面时，人们应该做什么？——他们应该握手。本题主要考查情景交际。A. They’re supposed to kiss each other.他们应该互相亲吻；B. They’re supposed to bow.他们应该鞠躬；C. They’re expected to shake hands.他们应该握手；D. They’re expected to hug....

Never put off ________ tomorrow what you can do today.

A. until

B. before

C. when

D. as

A 【解析】句意：今天的事情不要推迟到明天去做。本题考查连词。A. until直到；B. before在…之前；C. when当…时候；D. as因为。这是一句谚语，用的是祈使句，并且以never开头，语气很强；put off意思是“推迟”，根据句意“今天的事情不要推迟到明天去做”可知A选项符合题意，故答案选A。

What lovely flowers! Could you please tell me _______ ?

A. why did you get them

B. where you got them

C. when will you get them

D. how will you get them

B 【解析】句意：——多么美丽的花儿啊！你能告诉我你在哪儿买的的吗？根据Could you please tell me可知本题考查宾语从句，宾语从句的语序要用陈述语序，结合选项，可知A、C、D选项都不是陈述语序，所以排除，故答案选B。

-- I can’t find my English textbook.

-- Is it possible that you ________ it at home?

A. lost

B. saw

C. left

D. gave

C 【解析】句意：——我找不到我的英语课本了。——你可能把它忘在家里了吧？本题考查动词辨析。A. lost遗失；B. saw看见；C. left丢失、离开；D. gave给。根据题干Is it possible that you ________ it at home?可以推知，课本可能是忘在家里了，leave sth. at/in/on a place：把某物留在某地，句中“忘”的动作发生...

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。