—Why not John a toy car for his birthday ?

—Good idea! He is crazy about cars.

A. buy B. buying C. to buy D. buys

A 【解析】試題分析：Why not+動詞原形表示征求建議的語氣；句意：為什么不給John買一個玩具小汽車作為他的生日禮物那？結(jié)合句意，故選A

I want   it today.

A. send B. sends C. to send D. sending

C 【解析】句意：我今天想寄出去。這里want to do sth表示想去做某事；故答案選C。

--- How far is it from here to the hospital?

--- It's about   drive.

A. ten minute B. ten minutes C. ten minutes' D. ten minute's

C 【解析】句意：——從這里到醫(yī)院有多遠？——大約十分鐘的車程。結(jié)合語境可知填復數(shù)名詞的所有格，“十分鐘”ten minutes，以s結(jié)尾的名詞變所有格，只在詞尾加s即可；故答案選C。

The USA is the fourth largest country in the world in size after Russia, Canada and China. The population(人口) of the USA is the third largest in the world.

The Mississippi River is the longest river in America. It's over 6,000 kilometers long. The Mississippi River has been called the "Father of Waters" or "Old Man River". The most important lakes in the United States are the Great Lakes. They are Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. All of them are between Canada and the United States except(除了) Lake Michigan.

Let us talk about American education(教育). There are two kinds of schools in the United States: public schools and private schools. Most children go to public schools. Their parents do not have to pay for their education. If a child goes to a private school, his parents have to pay for their schooling. Children start school when they are five years old. Most students are eighteen years old when they leave secondary(中級) schools.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，完成表格。

Its size in the world is the fourth largest.	Its 1. in the world is the third largest.	The longest river in America has a length of 2..
Of the Great Lakes 3. isn't between Canada and the USA.	The kids in America can have free education in 4..	Children started school at the age of 5..

1.population 2.over 6,000 kilometers 3.Lake Michigan 4.public schools 5.five 【解析】美國是世界上面積第四大的國家，美國的人口是世界第三多，密西西比河是美國最長的河流。美國有五大湖，它們是蘇必利爾湖、密歇根湖、休倫湖、伊利湖和安大略湖。美國有兩種學校：公立學校和私立學校。孩子們五歲就開始上學了...

---John, someone in your class phoned you this morning.---Oh, who was _________?

A. he B. she C. it D. that

C 【解析】句意：——約翰，今天早上你班上有人給你打電話了�！�—哦，是誰呀？考查代詞辨析題。someone某人，不定代詞，下文提到可用it代替，不可用區(qū)別性別的he和she代替。根據(jù)句意和語境，可知選C。

The teacher said that he_____our homework,so he asked us to do it a second time.

A. is happy with B. is unhappy with C. was unhappy with D. was happy with

C 【解析】句意：老師說他對我們的作業(yè)不滿意，所以他讓我們重新做�？疾樾稳菰~短語辨析題。本句是結(jié)果狀語從句，主句中又含賓語從句，根據(jù)主句動詞形式said可知賓語從句需用過去時態(tài)，可排除AB選項。結(jié)合句意和語境he asked us to do it a second time，可知老師不滿意我們的作業(yè)，故選C。

Which language is spoken by _________ people in the world?

A. a large number B. the large number C. the large number of D. the largest number of

D 【解析】句意：世界上最多的人講哪種語言？考查形容詞短語辨析題。a large number和the large number僅一字之差，意思卻大不相同：前者表示“大量的”，相當于形容詞，與of連用；后者表示“大數(shù)”，是名詞。而the number of意思是“……的數(shù)量”，中心詞是number, 可用形容詞修飾。本句是說“世界上最多的人”，需用形容詞最高級，即the largest nu...

Who do you have____ the letter?

A. posted B. to post C. post D. posting

C 【解析】句意：你讓誰寄的這封信？考查動詞辨析題。have sb. do sth.讓某人做某事；本句還原成陳述句就是you have who（m）____ the letter.。根據(jù)句意結(jié)構(gòu)和語境，可知選C。

My robot caught a virus,so my flat was _____

A. in the mess B. in a mess C. in the messes D. in messes

B 【解析】句意：我的機器人感染了病毒，所以我的公寓亂七八糟�？疾榻樵~短語辨析題。mess混亂，骯臟。in a mess凌亂無序/亂糟糟，是固定短語；根據(jù)句意和語境，可知選B。

_____,we should learn how to respect others.

A. At first B. At all C. First of all D. After all

D 【解析】句意：畢竟，我們應(yīng)該學會尊重別人�？疾楦痹~短語辨析題。A. At first起初，一開始；B. At all根本；C. First of all首先；D. After all畢竟，歸根結(jié)底。根據(jù)句意和語境，可知ABC三項意思都與句意不合，故選D。