()4. It's difficult to live in a foreign country, ______ if you can't understand the language there.
A.exactly
B.naturally
C.usually
D.especially

D

句意为“在外国生活很难，______如果你不懂那里的语言”。A.exactly意为“确切地”；B.naturally意为“自然地”；C.usually意为“通常”；D.especially意为“尤其”。根据语境，后半句是对前半句“难”的进一步强调，“especially”符合语境，表示“尤其”不懂语言时更难。

()5. He ______ in Shanghai when he was young.
A.used to live
B.is used to live
C.is used to living
D.used to living

A

首先分析各选项含义，B选项“is used to live”结构错误，常用“be used to do sth.”表示“被用来做某事”，不符合此处语境；C选项“is used to living”表示“习惯于做某事”，强调现在的状态，而题干中“when he was young”表明是过去的情况，不符合；D选项“used to living”结构错误，“used to do sth.”表示“过去常常做某事”，后面应接动词原形。A选项“used to live”符合“used to do sth.”的结构，意思是“过去住在”，符合题干中描述过去在上海居住的语境。

()6. This table ______ too much room, so you had better move it away.
A.takes off
B.takes on
C.takes in
D.takes up

D

本题考查动词短语辨析。选项A“takes off”意为“脱下，起飞”；选项B“takes on”意为“承担，呈现”；选项C“takes in”意为“吸收，领会”；选项D“takes up”意为“占据（时间，地方）”。根据题干“This table ______ too much room, so you had better move it away.”可知，桌子占据了太多空间，所以需要移开，因此选项D“takes up”符合题意。

()7. I'm so ______ after the long and ______ journey.
A.tiring； tired
B.tiring； tiring
C.tired； tiring
D.tired； tired

C

此题考查形容词-ed形式和-ing形式的区别。-ed形式的形容词通常用于描述人的感受，而-ing形式的形容词则用于描述事物的性质或特征。第一个空描述“我”的感受，故用-ed形式“tired”；第二个空描述“journey”的性质，故用-ing形式“tiring”。

()8. Nantong lies ______ the north-east of Suzhou and ______ the south-east of Jiangsu.
A.in； to
B.on； in
C.to； in
D.to； on

C

表示两地位置关系时，"in"指在范围内，"to"指范围外且不接壤，"on"指范围外但接壤。南通和苏州是江苏省内两个不同城市，南通在苏州东北部，两者不接壤，用"to"；南通位于江苏省东南部，在省内，用"in"。

()9. On top of the hill ______ an ancient tower with a history of more than 1,000 years.
A.lived
B.ran
C.came
D.stood

D

本题主要考查动词的词义辨析及语境理解。题干大意是“山顶上_____一座有一千多年历史的古塔。”选项A，lived通常表示居住，但人类是居住的主体，而古塔不能居住，所以该选项不符合语境。选项B，ran表示跑或移动，古塔是静止的建筑，不能跑或移动，所以该选项也不符合语境。选项C，came表示来或到达，但古塔是已经存在的建筑，不是新到来的，所以该选项也不合适。选项D，stood表示站立或位于某处，可以形象地描述古塔矗立在山顶上的情景，符合语境。

()10. Tony gets up ______ early ______ he can be the first to get to his classroom.
A.so； that
B.such； that
C.too； to
D.enough； to

A

首先分析选项C和D，"too...to..."结构表示“太……而不能……”，“enough...to...”结构表示“足够……可以……”，这两个结构后通常跟动词原形，而题干中第二个空格后是一个句子，所以C和D选项不符合语法规则，应排除。接着分析选项B，"such...that..."结构中，such后应跟名词短语，而题干中第一个空格后是副词early，不是名词短语，所以B选项也不符合语法规则，应排除。最后分析选项A，"so...that..."结构表示“如此……以至于……”，so后跟形容词或副词，that后跟从句，符合题干语法和语义要求。

( )1. What problem does Tuvalu face?
A. Rising sea levels.
B. A dropping population.
C. The low levels of high tide.
D. There is not enough water to use.
( )2. To deal with the problem, Tuvalu plans to ______.
A. break the country into several parts
B. fight against climate change
C. move the country to another island
D. build a digital country online
( )3. What do we know about Tuvalu in the metaverse?
A. People can find the same buildings as they are now.
B. The "new" Tuvalu is larger than the real one.
C. It has no records of culture or history.
D. People of the "new" Tuvalu have no identity.
( )4. What is Li Zuxi's opinion about the news?
A. The metaverse world is safe.
B. He fully supports the rebuilding of Tuvalu.
C. He calls for more countries to enter the metaverse.
D. It's hard to manage a digital country.
( )5. What can we learn from the story?
A. The metaverse is replacing the real world.
B. The metaverse can help to protect culture.
C. Climate change happens more quickly than ever.
D. The metaverse has a bright future.

1. A
2. D
3. A
4. D
5. B