() 1.—Has your father passed the driving test?
—Yes. ______ my father ______ my mother has.

A.Neither; nor
B.Either; or
C.Both; and
D.Not only; but also

D

问句询问父亲是否通过驾照考试，答句前半句为肯定回答"Yes"。选项A"Neither; nor"表示两者都不，与"Yes"矛盾；选项B"Either; or"表示两者其一，而答句谓语动词为"has"（第三人称单数），若用"Either...or..."，谓语动词应遵循就近原则，靠近"my mother"，用"has"语法正确，但结合语境，"Yes"更倾向于两者都通过；选项C"Both; and"表示两者都，后接谓语动词应用复数形式"have"，而答句中是"has"，故排除；选项D"Not only; but also"表示不仅……而且……，谓语动词遵循就近原则，靠近"my mother"，用"has"符合语法，且"Not only my father but also my mother has"表示父母都通过了，与"Yes"呼应。综上，正确答案为D。

() 2.Tom and Simon are both my good friends. Who do you think is ______ of the two?
A.outgoing
B.the more outgoing
C.more outgoing
D.the most outgoing

B

首先，题目中提到了Tom和Simon是“two”，即两个人，这是一个明确的比较范围。在英语中，当我们要在两个人或物之间进行比较时，通常使用比较级。选项A是原级，不符合题意；选项D是最高级，用于三者或三者以上的比较，也不符合题意。接下来，我们需要在B和C之间选择。由于题目中提到了“of the two”，即在这两个人中，这是一个特定的比较范围，所以我们需要使用定冠词“the”来特指这个范围中的更外向的那一个。因此，选项C“more outgoing”虽然表示了比较级，但缺少了定冠词“the”，所以不符合题意。而选项B“the more outgoing”既表示了比较级，又使用了定冠词“the”，符合题意。

() 3.Mr Wu is really a patient teacher. He spends as much time as he can ______ grammar rules for us.
A.repeating
B.to repeat
C.repeated
D.repeat

A

"spend time (in) doing sth"为固定搭配，意为“花费时间做某事”，其中in可省略。as much time as he can为spends的宾语，其后应用动名词形式。A选项repeating为动名词，符合语法规则。

() 4.More attention should be paid ______ our education.
A.to develop
B.to developing
C.for developing
D.for develop

B

pay attention to doing sth.为固定搭配，意为“注意做某事”。此句为被动语态，“More attention should be paid”后需接to，to为介词，后接动名词developing。故正确答案为B。

() 5.The kind teacher devoted all her time she had ______ her students.
A.help
B.to help
C.helping
D.to helping

D

“devote...to...”为固定搭配，意为“致力于……”，其中“to”为介词，后接动词时需用动名词形式。“she had”为定语从句修饰“time”，不影响“devote...to...”的固定搭配。因此此处应填“to helping”。

() 6.—What else should we pay attention to ______ building the bridge?
—The change of the weather, I think.
A.finish
B.finished
C.to finish
D.finishing

D

pay attention to中的to为介词，后接动词时需用动名词形式。此处“building the bridge”是介词to的宾语，what else作pay attention to的宾语，句子结构为“pay attention to sth. doing sth.”，空格处应填finishing。

() 7.Did you think ______ to be a host at a charity show?
A.it's exciting
B.it's excited
C.it exciting
D.it excited

C

think it + adj. + to do sth. 为固定结构，it作形式宾语，真正宾语是不定式短语。exciting修饰事物，excited修饰人，此处修饰“to be a host”这件事，用exciting。主句Did是过去时，A选项it's为一般现在时，时态不符，C选项符合结构及时态要求。

() 8.The visitor told a very ______ story about what he did for a ______ in Africa.
A.alive; live
B.lively; life
C.living; living
D.lively; living

D

首先分析选项中的单词，alive意为“活着的”，是形容词，通常作表语；live意为“活的；现场直播的”，可作形容词或动词；lively意为“生动的”，是形容词，可修饰名词；living作形容词时意为“活的；在使用的”，作名词时意为“生计；生活方式”。第一个空需要修饰名词story，应用形容词lively，表示“生动的故事”；第二个空前有不定冠词a，且根据句意可知此处表示“谋生”，应用短语make a living中的living。因此，正确答案是D。

三、信息还原
阅读下面的短文,从其后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,有两项是多余的。
Is your glass of milk half-full or half-empty? This saying is often used to test whether people are positive(积极的) or negative. 1 If a man is half-empty, he is negative and always thinks about the bad things in life. 2 Research shows that positive thinkers will experience less stress when faced with challenges. Thinking positively can make people happier and more successful. This is because positive thinkers believe their goals are achievable and within reaching. 3 Everybody worries from time to time. 4 It's like a fire alarm that keeps us safe. If you never worry about how things would turn out, you won't find risks around you. The trouble is that sometimes it goes off when there isn't huge danger to face. When this happens, you will feel hopeless. Positive thinking is usually shaped by our genes(基因). 5 Research has shown that it can be gotten by practising every day and focusing on the good in every situation.
A. Positive thinking often starts with self-talk.
B. So, they are encouraged to work towards them.
C. There are many advantages of positive thinking.
D. However, everyone can learn to think positively.
E. Worrying happens when our brain warns us that there may be risks.
F. If a man is positive about everything, he's a half-full person.
G. It's impossible for a person to be always positive.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

1. F
2. C
3. B
4. E
5. D