Listen! The birds ________in the tree.

A. sang B. were singing C. sing D. are singing

D 【解析】 句意：听！鸟儿在树上唱歌。考查动词时态辨析题。look和listen等用于提醒，后面句子多用现在进行时，即be+现在分词结构。the birds是复数人称，系词需用are；根据句意语境，可知选D。

________ the heavy snow, my family and I didn’t go picnicking last weekend.

A. Because B. With C. Through D. Because of

D 【解析】 句意：由于下大雪，我和我的家人上周末没有去野餐。考查连词辨析题。本句前后是因果关系，需用because或because of连接。because后接从句，because of后接短语；根据句意结构和语境，可知选D。

Katie asked many special questions ________ Lily through those rules.

A. of B. to C. with D. for

A 【解析】 句意：凯蒂就这些规则问了莉莉许多特别的问题。考查动词短语辨析题。ask of要求…；ask to要求，不可接人；ask with用…(方式)问；ask for请求…，不接人。ask sth. of sb. 向某人询问某事。根据句意结构和语境，可知选A。

Usually, Steve ________up at six o’clock, but this morning, he ________up at seven thirty.

A. woke ; wakes B. wakes ; is waking C. is waking ; woke D. wakes ; woke

D 【解析】 句意：通常，史提夫六点醒来，但今天早上他七点半就醒了。考查动词时态辨析题。usually用于一般现在时，Steve是单数第三人称，动词需用三单形式，前一空可排除AC两项。根据句意语境，可知后一句需用一般过去时，动词需用过去式，故选D。

We couldn’t climb the mountains because it ________cats and dogs yesterday morning.

A. rains B. was raining C. didn’t rain D. rained

D 【解析】 句意：我们不能爬山因为昨天早晨下了倾盆大雨。考查动词时态辨析题。yesterday morning昨天早上，用于一般过去时，可排除AB两项。根据句意语境，可知是肯定式，故选D。

A: Why did you walk to school today? B: ______________________________

A. Good for you!

B. There’s something wrong with my car.

C. What do you think?

D. Because I get up late.

B 【解析】 句意：——你今天为什么走路上学？——我的车出了毛病。考查日常交际用语。A. Good for you!对你有好处。B. There’s something wrong with my car. 我的车出了毛病。C. What do you think? 你觉得呢？D. Because I get up late. 因为我起床晚了。why是问原因，AC不合句意，可排除。D项...

Choose the INCORRECT sentence.

A. How handsome you are!

B. What a pretty girl she is!

C. How smart girls!

D. What polite girls they are!

C 【解析】 题意：选择错误的句子。考查感叹句。英语中感叹句有两种形式：1.what引导的感叹句，其构成：what+a/an+形容词+可数名词单数+主语+谓语!/ what +形容词+可数名词复数+主语+谓语!/ what +形容词+不可数名词+主语+谓语! 2. How引导的感叹句，其构成：how+形容词/副词+主语+谓语!C项smart girls聪明的女孩，girls是复数名词，...

Dear Mom and Dad,

I’m having a good time in Taiwan. Last night, we went to KTV for the first time. ______ I wasn’t sure what to expect, I was kind of nervous.

I could not understand why people would find singing along to songs any fun. I enjoy ______along to the radio at home, but I could not understand why people would pay to sing in front of dozens of other people!

At the KTV place, we paid for our own room with a TV and two microphones. We looked through a large book with all the songs we could choose to sing. Most of the songs were in Chinese, so I couldn’t understand them, but ______some English songs that I knew. Once I started to sing, I had a lot of fun, and it was funny _____my friends sing. I can’t wait to go to KTV again!

Love,

Daniel

1.A. But B. Because C. After D. So

2.A. singing B. to sing C. sing D. sang

3.A. they are B. there are C. they were D. there were

4.A. to look B. looking C. to watch D. watching

1.B 2.A 3.D 4.C 【解析】 短文大意：本文是丹尼尔写给爸妈的信，描述了他第一次去KTV唱歌的感受。 1.句意：因为我不知道该期待什么，我有点紧张。考查连词辨析题。but表转折；after表时间；because表原因（前果后因式）；so表因果（前因后果式）。本句前面是因，后面是果，根据句意语境，可知选B。 2.句意：我喜欢在家里听收音机唱歌。考...

Raising Money for Charity

Do you want to raise money for charity? Here are the stories of some different charities. They do work and raise money. Their money can help to build houses for homeless people. It’s pretty cool!

1.Do you know about Rent-A-Worker? This program started in Pennsylvania. College students volunteer to work. They do things like painting houses, washing cars, and moving things. They make money to help build houses for homeless people.

2.Making donations isn’t the only way to help charities. Some groups raise money another way. They ask famous artists to donate their work. Then, they auction the work. This means that the work doesn’t have a price tag. If you pay the most money, you can buy it.

3.Do you like sports? Some charity groups have sports events, like soccer or baseball. People pay money, and then they can join the charity. Sometimes, they ask their friends to pay money, too. The events are popular because they’re fun, and they raise money for charity.

1.What don’t Rent-A-Worker do for charity?

A. Do the shopping.

B. Paint houses.

C. Wash cars.

D. Move things.

2.Which of the following is not true?

A. Some groups ask famous artists to donate their work.

B. Some charity groups raise money by having sports events.

C. We can help people only by donating money.

D. Some people raise money to help homeless people build houses.

1.A 2.C 【解析】 短文大意：短文介绍了三种为慈善机构募捐的方式。 1.题意：Rent-A-Worker不为慈善事业做什么？考查细节理解题。根据They do things like painting houses, washing cars, and moving things.，可知不购物，故选A。 2.题意：下列哪一个不是正确的？考查细节理解题。A. So...

We have painting class every Saturday morning. The class starts at exactly eleven o’clock in the morning. Joshua

would always enter class twenty minutes after it started. This made the teacher, Mrs. Beckham, very angry, so she decided to find out why he was taking an extra twenty minutes to get to class. Mrs. Beckham was very sneaky because she followed him one day. He walked towards the painting class, but just before he got there, he made a quick turn to another room. In that room he met a girl and gave her a kiss. Mrs. Beckham was very shocked, but she was more shocked when she saw the girl Joshua kissed was her daughter! She was so angry that she kicked him out of her painting class.

*sneaky鬼鬼祟祟的

1.Why did Mrs. Beckham follow Joshua?

A. To show him where the painting class is.

B. To make sure that he doesn’t get lost.

C. To find out why he was late.

D. To find out who dated her daughter.

2.Which of the following is true?

A. Joshua always met Mrs. Beckham’s daughter before class.

B. Joshua always gave Mrs. Beckham a kiss before calss.

C. Joshua always went to the painting class on time.

D. Mrs. Beckham was happy for her daughter.

1.C 2.A 【解析】 短文大意：这篇小故事讲述了贝克汉姆老师跟踪调查约书亚为什么老是上课迟到20分钟，结果让她很震惊：约书亚不仅和一个小女孩接吻，而且那个女孩竟然就是自己的女儿！一怒之下，贝克汉姆太太开除了约书亚。 1.题意：为什么贝克汉姆太太会跟着约书亚？考查细节理解题。根据This made the teacher, Mrs. Beckham, very angry...