is a pity           you didn't attend the lecture last night. It was wonderful.

What; that

It; that

What; why

It; why

考查固定句型。句意：很遺憾，你昨晚沒去聽講座。那太美妙了。此處為句型“It is a pity that.....”，表示“遺憾的是....", It 作形式主語，that 引導主語從句是真正的主語，從句句意完整，成分齊全，that不做成分，僅起引導作用。故選B項。

They elected him          captain of the team for         second time.

the; a

a; the

a; a

/; a

考查冠詞的用法。句意：他們再次選他當隊長。職位，官銜前面不加冠詞，a second time表示“又一次，再次”；the second time表示第二次（順序）。故選D項。

---What is your first impression          our English teacher?

---He is patient but he is strict         us.

with; in 

to; with

of; with

of; at

考查固定短語。句意：---你對我們英語老師的第一印象是什么？---他很有耐心，但對我們很嚴厲。兩句話中介詞的賓語都是人，第一句要用impression of sb表示“對某人的印象”；第二句中則要“be strict with”表示對（某人）嚴格。故選C項。

— Father, you promised!

—Well,____．But it was you who didn't keep your word first．

so was I 

so did I 

so I was 

so I did

考查部分倒裝“So + be/情態(tài)動詞/助動詞 + 主語”與表強調的“So + 主語 + be/情態(tài)動詞/助動詞”區(qū)別。根據語境“you promised（你許諾過）”和答語“But it was …”可知爸爸回答“我的確許諾過”，且promised是過去時，所以表強調要用助動詞did,故選D。句意：——爸爸，你許諾過。——好啦，我的確許諾過。但是是你先沒有遵守諾言。

The wise parents can tell whether their children are telling the truth         they listen to their excuses to wrong deeds.

the first time

every time

for the first time

for every time

考查時間狀語從句。句意：每次聽孩子對錯誤行為的辯解，聰明的父母都能分辨出他們是否在說真話。此處引導時間狀語從句，表示“每一次” 應用every time。the first time表示“第一次”，與語境不符；for the first time作時間狀語，不可引導從句；沒有for every time 的表達方式。故選B項。

Dr.Rowan,           secretary resigned two weeks ago, has had to do all his own typing.

whose

of whom 

of which

which

考查定語從句。句意：羅文博士的秘書兩周前辭職了，他只能自己打字。          secretary resigned two weeks ago是非限制性定語從句，修飾Dr.Rowan, 引導詞在從句中作定語，表示“Dr.Rowan's”，表示“......的”，應用關系代詞whose引導該從句。故選A項。

Her father         a writer.

turned

grew

has turned

has become

考查系動詞的區(qū)別。句意：她的父親變成了一位作家。Turn，grow，become用作系動詞均可表示“變化”，使用時要注意：become主要指一個人暫時性的身心變化或永久性的自然變化，另外還可用于指天氣變化和社會的趨勢；grow主要表示逐漸變化，強度變化過程；turn后接名詞，往往表示意想不到的變化，名詞前通常不加冠詞。故選D項。

Mary and her friend          a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help the homeless people at the Christmas party.

came up with

put up with

caught up with

kept up with

考查動詞短語辨析。句意：瑪麗和她的朋友想出了一個計劃，在圣誕節(jié)聚會上，從我的公司聚集了四十幾個人來幫助無家可歸的人。A. came up with 提出；B. put up with 忍耐；C. caught up with追上，趕上；D.kept up with 跟上。下文“聚集人幫助無家可歸的人”是想出的計劃。故選A項。

Your       as a student will be excellent if you develop a habit of reflecting on how you learn.

operation

growth

performance

character

考查名詞辨析。句意：作為一名學生，如果你養(yǎng)成課后復習的好習慣，那么你的表現(xiàn)就會很優(yōu)異。A.operation 操作； B. growth生長；C. performance 表現(xiàn)；D.character性格。學生如果有課后復習的好習慣，會表現(xiàn)優(yōu)秀。故選C項。