用形容词good，后句则需用副词well修饰实意动词play，表示其程度。 答案 B
20．Look！The boys ________ football on the playground. A．plays
B．play D．played
C．are playing
解析 动词的时态的用法。在句首出现look，listen等表示引起注意的词，动词用现在进行时，表示正在发生的动作。因此选C。 答案 C
21．His mother often helps him ________ his English so he does better ________
English than others. A．with；in C．in；with
B．on；in D．with；at
解析 help sb. with sth.意为“帮助某人做某事”；do well in意为“在某方面做的不错”。 答案 A
22．—Sam! Let's play tennis!
—That sounds good.________ I don't have a racket. A．And
B．But
C．So
D．Or
解析 本题是考查并列连词的。后者对前者的提议表示赞成，但继而说“我没有球拍”，不难体会其中的“转折意味”，所以选B。 答案 B
23．—Look！The man in black looks like Mr Brown.
—Oh. But that ________ be Mr Brown. He has gone to London. A．can't C．can
B．must D．mustn't
解析 本题主要考查情态动词表示推测。can't表推测时意为“肯定不??”，must表示“肯定是??”，can表示“可能”，mustn't一般不表示推测，常表示“千万不要”。题目答句中是想表示“Mr Brown已经去了伦敦，那个人肯定不是Mr Brown”，故选A。
答案 A
24．Jim with his parents ________ many places of the country since they came here. A．have visited C．had visited
B．visited D．has visited
解析 真正的主语是Jim，with his parents表示伴随，主语是单数。 答案 D
25．—Is that your English teacher, Mr. Smith?
—No，it isn't.It's Mr. Green, our math teacher. Mr. Green is ________ than Mr. Smith. A．tallest C．taller
B．more tall D．the tallest
解析 本题是对形容词比较级基本用法的考查，句中是把Mr. Green和Mr. Smith两个人进行比较，所以应选比较级形式taller。 答案 C
26．She said she had a problem with the work. But we are sure she can ________ it
soon. A．get on C．get up
B．get over D．get off
解析 句意：我们相信她一定很快就能克服那个难题。get on意为“上(车等)”，get over意为“克服”，get up意为“起床”，get off意为“下(车等)”。 答案 B
27．She told us she ________ about three hours finishing that picture last night. A．spent
B．took
C．cost
D．used
解析 句意：她告诉我们昨晚她用了大约三个小时的时间画完了那幅画。spend主语由“人”充当，常用于spend time or money doing sth.，take表“花费”时，常用于it takes sb. some time to do sth.；cost的主语常由“物”充当，用于sth. cost ab. some money; use的主语常由“人”充当，表示“人”“使用??”。 答案 A
28．I like the teacher ________ classes are very interesting and creative. A．which
B．who
C．what
D．whose
解析 定语从句中，当先行词是表示物的名词、名词词组或代词时，且关系词在句中充当定语时，用whose，后面直接接名词。本句句意“我喜欢上课有趣而且有活力的老师”。 答案 D
29．Could you tell us ________？ A．what's your English teacher's name B．where is your best friend from C．if she went to Beijing last month D．when shall we leave for Beijing
解析 充当宾语从句的句子，应用在连接词之后使用陈述语序，备选答案中A、B、D选项均为疑问语序。所以应选C项。 答案 C
30．—Excuse me, which is the way to the post office? —Sorry, I don't know .You can ask the policeman over there. —________ A．How lucky! B．It's a pity.
C．Thank you all the same. D．That's all right.
解析 交际用语。根据对话内容可知“尽管不知道，我同样也会谢谢您！”。 答案 C
三、完形填空(本题有15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
I work in a foreign company in my city. My company is big and I always have lots of work to do. However, no matter how __31__ I am every day, I won't forget one important thing. That is to __32__ my daughter Sally at her school gate on time. I hope that she can see a familiar __33__ as soon as she rushes out of her school. After we get home, Sally starts to __34__ her homework at once. After she finishes it, we go to the park in our neighborhood. There Sally __35__ with the other kids. I just wait for her. Every time I tell her that it's __36__ to go back home，Sally answers, “Five __37__ minutes, Dad！” I always smile and say “OK” to her.
“What a __38__ father you are! Your kid is so lucky to have a father like you！” Every time I hear such compliments(赞美的话)，I feel that being a father makes me really __39__．
In fact, I didn't use to __40__ lots of time with Sally. I hadn't changed __41__ Tom's son died in a traffic accident. Tom told me that he had never spent much time with his son, not even five minutes a day. I can never __42__ Tom's sadness. At that time I decided not to make the same __43__ as Tom had made. I think that when my daughter wants more time to play, I have more time to __44__ being with her.
Life is always changing.__45__ knows what will happen tomorrow. So, please give someone you love another five minutes today. 31．A.free
B．angry
C．happy
D．busy
解析 由前后句可知无论每天怎么的忙，我都要接女儿。故选D。 答案 D 32．A.save
B．meet
C．teach
D．give
解析 由句意可知作者每天去学校大门口按时接女儿。 答案 B 33．A.game
B．face
C．name
D．bag
解析 由句意作者的意思是使女儿看到一个熟悉的面孔。 答案 B 34．A.give up
B．look for D．look after
C．concentrate on
解析 根据句意，女儿回家应该是全神贯注的去做作业。 答案 C 35．A.plays
B．fights
C．agrees
D．compares
解析 play with“玩耍”。
答案 A 36．A.time
B．fun
C．work
D．way
解析 由句意应该是“是该回家的时候了”。 答案 A 37．A.many
B．more
C．most
D．much
解析 由句意可知女儿的意思是“再多玩5分钟”。 答案 B 38．A.strict
B．quiet
C．patient
D．outgoing
解析 由上文经常带孩子玩而且孩子要求再多玩会作者总是答应，可知作者是很有耐心的。故选C。 答案 C 39．A.sad
B．proud
C．bored
D．nervous
解析 由前句听到赞美的话，作者应该是感到自豪。故选B。 答案 B 40．A.miss
B．waste
C．spend
D．bring
解析 根据句意“我过去没有花费很多时间同女儿在一起”。 答案 C 41．A.after
B．since
C．until
D．before
解析 not...until...“直到??才??”。 答案 C 42．A.discover C．forget
B．realize D．remember
解析 由上文Tom的抱怨可知这里作者是不会忘记Tom的悲伤。 答案 C 43．A.mistake C．friend
B．chance D．idea
解析 因为儿子到死之前父亲都没能与他在一起度过一些时间，哪怕一天5分钟，所以父亲不想在女儿身上再犯一样的错误。故选A。 答案 A