- Mum, I hear something terrible outside in the garden.

- Don't be afraid, baby. It is just the rain beating ______ the windows.

A. through B. against C. across D. above

B 【解析】句意：——妈妈，我在花园里听见外面一些可怕的东西。——宝贝，不要担心。那是雨点正在拍打着窗户。through通过，表示从中间穿过；against碰，撞；across表示从表面上穿过；above在……之上。此处表示雨点碰到窗户上，故用介词against，故选B。

Lucy once worked for a big company for two years and the paid job.

A. condition B. situation C. purpose D. experience

D 【解析】句意：露西曾经为了两年的经验和带薪工作，为一家大公司工作。condition条件；situation形势；purpose目的；experience经验。根据worked for a big company可知露西为大公司工作，应是为了获得工作经验，故选D。

Some teenagers don't know who ________ their own problems.

A. to talk about B. to talk to about C. will talk to about D. will to talk

B 【解析】句意：有些青少年不知道要和谁去讨论关于他们自己的问题。此处作为动词know的宾语，用疑问词+to do sth，talk to sb about sth“和某人讨论关于某事”，作为talk to 的宾语，故用动词不定式who to talk to表示“要和谁谈”，who will talk to谁将去交谈，此处表示青少年要和某人交谈，故用who to talk to，故选B。 ...

—Must we return the book to the library today?

—No, you ______ . You can ________ it for two weeks.

A. mustn't; keep B. mustn't; lend C. needn't; keep D. needn't; borrow

C 【解析】句意：——今天我们必须把这本书归还给图书馆吗？——不，你们不必。你们可以保存它两周。mustn't禁止；needn’t不必；keep保存，是延续性动词；lend借，是瞬间性动词；borrow借，是瞬间性动词。Must we...?“我们必须……吗？”肯定回答用Yes, you must.否定回答用No, you needn’t.或No, don’t have to.根据No可知此...

- Mary, I miss you so much. Where have you _______ ?

- I _________ a school in a mountain area for two years.

A. gone; have been to B. been; have been to

C. gone to; have been in D. been; have been in

D 【解析】句意：——玛丽，我非常想念你。你去哪里了？——我在山区的一所学校里待了两年。have gone to去了，表示去了，还没有回来；have been to去过，表示去了，已经回来了。have been in待在某个地方；根据Mary, I miss you so much.可知表示对方现在回来了，表示去了某地， 又回来了，故排除A、C两项。根据for two ye...

These old women are often seen ________ in the square at weekends.

A. dance B. to dance C. dancing D. danced

B 【解析】句意：在周末，这些老太太经常被看见在广场上跳舞。根据句意可知老太太在周末 被看见了跳舞，see sb do sth看见某人做了某事，其被动形式为sb is seen to do sth“某人被 看见做了某事”。此处是被动语态，故选B。

（题文）The UK has many places of interest, such as _______. You can see swans and other wild birds there.

A. the British Museum B. the Big Ben

C. Buckingham Palace D. the Lake District

D 【解析】句意：英国有很多名胜古迹，例如大湖区。你可以在那里看见天鹅和其他野生鸟类。the British Museum 大英博物馆；the Big Ben大本钟；Buckingham Palace白金汉宫； the Lake District大湖区。根据You can see swans and other wild birds there.可知在那里能看见天鹅和其他鸟类的地方，应是大湖...

Could you manage, if you don't mind,________ the work on time?

A. finishing B. finished C. finish D. to finish

D 【解析】句意：如果你不介意，你能设法按时完成工作吗？manage to do sth设法做某事，故用动词不定式to finish，故选D。

（题文）A couple of years _______ since we ______ last time.

A. have passed; have met B. have past; have met

C. has past; met D. has passed; met

D 【解析】句意：自从我们上次见面，几年已经过去了。since引导的时间状语从句，用一般过去时，主句用现在完成时，故排除A、B两项。past过去的，是形容词。pass通过，是动词。与has连用，故用过去分词passed，故选D。

She found _____ wrong ______ her to pick flowers in the park.

A. it is; of B. that; for C. it; of D. this; for

C 【解析】句意：她认为她在公园里采花是错的。根据句型find it wrong of sb to do sth“认为某人做某事是错的”，it是形式宾语，to do sth是真正宾语。故选C。