Ⅰ.语法单句填空
1.—I haven't got the reference book yet，but I'll have a test on the subject next month.
—Don't worry.You________have it by Friday.
答案：shall 句意：——我没得到参考书，可我下个月要参加这个科目的考试。——别着急，到星期五你一定会得到它。本题考查情态动词的用法。shall可以表示承诺、决心、命令或指示，意思是“必须，一定，应该”。
2.His favorite food is fried snacks and soft drinks. ________ is no surprise that losing weight is just his dream.
答案：It 句意为：他最喜爱的食物是油炸小吃和不含酒精的饮料，毫不奇怪减肥对他来说只是个梦。it在这里作形式主语。“that losing weight is just his dream”是真正的主语。
3.(2012·新课标卷改编)It is by no means clear ________ the president can do to end the strike.
答案：what 句意为：总统能做什么来结束罢工，这点完全不清楚。本句中的it是形式主语，真正的主语是从句what the president can do to end the strike。在从句中，what作do的宾语。
4.________ I'm willing to help you out of trouble, you know, I don't have much time available.
答案：While 考查并列连词。分析句子结构可知，整个句子为含有状语从句的复合句，且表示的是一种让步关系，选项中只有while可以用来引导让步状语从句，意为“尽管”。
5.(2012·四川卷改编)At school, some students are active ________ some are shy, yet they can be good friends with one another.
答案：while 考查并列连词。句意为：在学校，有的学生很活跃而有的很腼腆，但他们能成为好朋友。while在此作并列连词，意为“而，却”，表示对比。
6.You never know where happiness will turn ________next, so grasp every chance around you.
答案：up 句意：你绝不会知道接下来幸福会在哪里出现，所以抓住现在所有的机会。由句意可知，填up，turn up意为“出现”。
7.— Where did you get robbed of your handbag, Madam?
—It was at the stop ________ I usually wait for my bus for work.
答案：where 考查定语从句。句意：——女士，你是在哪里被抢了包?——是在我平时等公交的那个公交站台(我的包被抢了)。由句意可知，此处是定语从句，先行词是shop，从句部分缺少地点状语，所以选where。
8.As the road to the airport is under reconstruction, we'd better set ________ early to avoid the traffic jam.
答案：off set off动身，出发。
9.________ is surprising that there are so many Chinese restaurants in Toronto.
答案：It 考查主语从句。句意：令人吃惊的是，在多伦多有这么多中国饭店。“It is surprising that”是主语从句，it作形式主语。
10.Either the judge or the lawyers ________ wrong on the case at that moment.
答案：were 句意：那时，在这件案子上，不是法官错了，就是律师们错了。并列主语由either...or...，neither...nor...等连接，谓语应与or后面的主语保持一致，根据题干中or后的the lawyers可知用复数，又根据at that moment可知用一般过去时。
.阅读理解
(2014·合肥市第一次质检)
This message is to inform all the children that Santa's post office in Himmelpfort, Germany, is open to receive your holiday wishes. That means you can mail your letters to Santa about 6 weeks sooner than that last year. Santa knows you've been good and wants to make sure he and his helpers receive your wish list earlier.
Eight post offices are organized across Germany to answer all letters children send. This year they plan to receive over 250,000 letters. Though the letters fly from over 80 different countries, Santa and his helpers can understand and make sure to answer all the letters.
In 1984, two children from Berlin sent their wish lists to Himmelpfort after spending vacation there. Their letters were answered by postal employees and later Himmelpfort increased its helpers to meet the needs of increased mail traffic. Year after year, Santa and his crew use an ecofriendly powered vehicle to collect the thousands of letters he receives from young boys and girls. The great news for this year is that if you come to the beautiful town of Himmelpfort, you can drop off your letter and visit Santa in person, from Tuesdays to Thursdays until Christmas Eve.
Santa does not currently have an email, Twitter or a Facebook account. He believes in oldfashioned communication. So get out your paper and write your wish list. Just make sure your letter is clear so you can receive an official response, send your letters to：
Santa
Christmas Post Office
Himmelpfort, Germany 16798
文章大意：想写信给圣诞老人的孩子请阅读本文。
1.This year Santa and his helpers ________.
A.are eager to receive more wishes
B.keep traveling around 80 countries
C.are able to receive kids' letters earlier
D.answer most of the letters from kids
答案：C 推理判断题。由第一段第二句话“That means you can mail your letters to Santa about 6 weeks sooner than that last year.”可推知，今年圣诞老人和他的助手可以提前6周接收孩子的信函。
2.From the 3rd paragraph, we know that ________.
A.post offices send kids all the presents they ask for
B.children from Berlin like spending holidays in Himmelpfort
C.Santa uses a powered vehicle because of the heavy mail traffic
D.children can visit Santa in the flesh before Christmas Eve this year
答案：D 推理判断题。由第三段最后一句话“The great news for this year is that if you come to the beautiful town of Himmelpfort, you can drop off your letter and visit Santa in person, from Tuesdays to Thursdays until Christmas Eve.”可推知，今年圣诞节前夕，孩子们可以亲自来拜访圣诞老人。
3.Santa doesn't have social communications online probably because he ________.
A.is not sure about the online security
B.trusts traditional ways of communication
C.prefers official and formal letters
D.thinks written letters are clearer than emails
答案：B 细节理解题。由第四段第二句话“He believes in oldfashioned communication.”可知，圣诞老人没有网上交流平台是因为他信任传统的交流方式。
4.This text is intended for ________.
A.tourists coming to Himmelpfort
B.teenagers preferring writing letters
C.parents preparing for Christmas
D.children planning to write to Santa
答案：D 推理判断题。由第一段第一句话“This message is to inform all the children that Santa's post office in Himmelpfort, Germany, is open to receive your holiday wishes.”可推知，这篇文章是写给全体想写信给圣诞老人的孩子的。
