() 1. I was so tired that I could ______ walk any farther.
A.nearly
B.hardly
C.really
D.mostly

B

前半句“I was so tired”表明“我很累”，后半句“walk any farther”意为“再走远一点”。根据逻辑，累到不能再走，应用否定意义的副词。选项中“hardly”表示“几乎不”，符合语境。A.nearly（几乎）、C.really（真地）、D.mostly（主要地）均不符合。

() 2. I can finish the work if I ______ another two days.
A.offer
B.will offer
C.am offered
D.will be offered

C

if引导的条件状语从句遵循“主将从现”原则，主句用情态动词can表将来含义，从句用一般现在时；主语I与offer是被动关系，应用一般现在时的被动语态am offered。

() 3. It's raining ______ outside, so the Smiths can ______ hear the sound of TV.
A.hard; hard
B.hardly; hard
C.hard; hardly
D.hardly; hardly

C

首先分析第一个空，描述雨下得大，应该使用副词“hard”，表示“猛烈地”。接着分析第二个空，根据句意“所以史密斯一家几乎听不到电视的声音”，这里需要一个表示“几乎不”的词，即“hardly”。综合两个空，第一个空填“hard”，第二个空填“hardly”。

() 4. —It's necessary for students not to late. It's bad for your health.
—OK. I will go to bed early.

A.stay out
B.stay up
C.give up
D.put out

B

首先分析各个选项的含义。A选项“stay out”意为“待在外面；不回家”；B选项“stay up”意为“熬夜”；C选项“give up”意为“放弃”；D选项“put out”意为“扑灭；伸出”。根据答语“I will go to bed early.”（我会早点睡觉）可知，上文说的是熬夜太晚对身体不好，所以应该用“stay up”。

() 5. She has already typed in the website, but she doesn't know ______ next.
A.what to do it
B.how to do
C.what to do
D.how she should do

C

本题主要考查“疑问词+不定式”结构及宾语从句的简化。选项A中“what to do it”表达重复，“what”在“疑问词+不定式”结构中本身可作“do”的宾语，不需要再加“it”，所以A错误；选项B“how to do”中“how”是副词，不能直接作“do”的宾语，缺少宾语成分，表达不完整，所以B错误；选项C“what to do”，“what”可作“do”的宾语，“疑问词+不定式”结构在句中可作宾语，符合语法规则；选项D“how she should do”中“how”是副词，不能直接作“do”的宾语，缺少宾语，若要完整表达应该是“how she should do it”，所以D错误。

() 6. Nick was too excited to fall ______ after he heard of the news, so he was still ______ till 12 last night.
A.awake; asleep
B.sleepy; awake
C.asleep; awake
D.awake; sleep

C

本题主要考查形容词辨析及固定搭配。首先，“too...to...”结构表示“太……以至于不能……”，根据“Nick was too excited to fall...”可知，此处表达的是Nick太兴奋以至于不能入睡，fall asleep是固定短语，意为“入睡”，所以第一个空应填asleep。其次，根据“so he was still...till 12 last night”可知，此处表达的是他昨晚直到12点还醒着，awake是形容词，意为“醒着的”，符合语境。而sleepy是形容词，意为“困倦的”，asleep是形容词，意为“睡着的”，sleep是动词或名词，意为“睡觉”或“睡眠”，均不符合语境。

三、完形填空
Mary and I rode the train 300 miles to Spokane every summer and Christmas vacation. Then we took a taxi and a bus. We would hop out at the Moon Lake post office, where Grandad and Grandma ______1 us with smiling faces.
Christmases were always ______2 at Moon Lake, with snow piled deep. Grandad would ride the horse Jenny and we'd walk up the hill into the forest behind their house. We'd search the pine trees(松树) looking for that ______3 one to honour as our Christmas tree. The search always included excited chat, for all three of us had to ______4 that we'd found the perfect tree before Grandad would swing his axe(斧). Grandad would ______5 the cut tree to Jenny and drag(拖) it back to the house.
Grandad passed away when my sister and I were grown. Only then did Grandma ______6 his secret: he'd plant a tree early each spring, then shape it through summer and autumn so it would be ready for our big day in December. As Mary and I raced through the trees searching for the perfect tree, he would cleverly ______7 us towards its location(位置), without actually pointing it out.
As Grandma told us this story, we ______8 that was why she always had that extra happiness in her eyes when we came rushing in the door, full of ______9 about how this year we'd found the best Christmas tree ever.
Of all the Christmas presents we ever received, none has been more special than the memory of Grandad's ______10 gift.
() 1. A. praised
B. watched
C. met
D. visited
() 2. A. warm
B. different
C. simple
D. white
() 3. A. straightest
B. interesting
C. special
D. tallest
() 4. A. agree
B. explain
C. understand
D. promise
() 5. A. pass
B. give
C. tie
D. show
() 6. A. know
B. share
C. keep
D. make
() 7. A. force
B. lead
C. drive
D. follow
() 8. A. realized
B. argued
C. admired
D. imagined
() 9. A. worries
B. doubt
C. excitement
D. surprise
()10. A. funny
B. secret
C. expensive
D. practical

1. C
2. D
3. A
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. B
8. A
9. C
10. B

1. 此题考查动词的辨析。根据上下文，玛丽和我乘火车、出租车和公共汽车到达Moon Lake的邮局，爷爷奶奶会在那里“迎接”我们。选项中，met（迎接）符合语境。
2. 此题考查形容词的辨析。根据下文“with snow piled deep”可知，Moon Lake的圣诞节总是被厚厚的雪覆盖，因此是“白色的”。选项中，white（白色的）符合语境。
3. 此题考查形容词的辨析。根据常识和语境，我们在松树中寻找最“直的”一棵作为圣诞树。选项中，straightest（最直的）符合语境。
4. 此题考查动词的辨析。在爷爷挥斧砍树之前，我们三个人都得“同意”找到了完美的树。选项中，agree（同意）符合语境。
5. 此题考查动词的辨析。爷爷会把砍下的树“绑”在Jenny身上，然后拖回房子。选项中，tie（绑）符合语境。
6. 此题考查动词的辨析。根据下文，奶奶“分享”了爷爷的秘密。选项中，share（分享）符合语境。
7. 此题考查动词的辨析。爷爷会巧妙地“引导”我们找到他提前准备好的树的位置，而不是直接指出来。选项中，lead（引导）符合语境。
8. 此题考查动词的辨析。当奶奶告诉我们这个故事时，我们“意识到”了为什么她眼里总是有额外的幸福。选项中，realized（意识到）符合语境。
9. 此题考查名词的辨析。根据语境，我们兴奋地冲进家门，讲述我们如何找到了最好的圣诞树。选项中，excitement（兴奋）符合语境。
10. 此题考查形容词的辨析。根据上文，爷爷为我们提前准备圣诞树的秘密是他特别的“礼物”。选项中，secret（秘密的）符合语境。