( )2. Which of the following cities is not a capital city?
A. Copenhagen.
B. Beijing.
C. Sydney.
D. London.

2. C 【点拨】根据常识可知,悉尼不是首都。故选 C。

( )3.(2023·江苏南京玄武区期中)—I hear Gary went to ________ last week.
—Yes. He told me on WeChat that he was excited to see the Little Mermaid.
A. Japan
B. Italy
C. Denmark
D. America

3. C 【点拨】根据“he was excited to see the Little Mermaid”并结合常识可知,美人鱼铜像在丹麦。故选 C。

( )4. —Where is your brother?
—He with his friends ________ Shanghai. They will be back in a week.
A. have gone to
B. have been to
C. has been to
D. has gone to

4. D 【点拨】根据“They will be back in a week.”可知他们去了上海还没回来,使用 have/has gone to;因主语“He with his friends”遵循“就远原则”,助动词应使用 has。故选 D。

( )5. We are very ________ about the graduation ceremony next Saturday. We can’t wait to be there.
A. boring
B. bored
C. excited
D. exciting

5. C 【点拨】联系下一句“我们迫不及待地想要参加了”可知,此处指“我们对下周六的毕业典礼兴奋不已”。be excited about 表示“对……感到激动”。故选 C。

( )6. Betty kept silent at first but soon she ________ the other girls，chatting and laughing.
A. join
B. joined
C. take part in
D. took part in

6. B

( )7. Keep your eyes open，or you ________ the most exciting moment of the magic.
A. are missing
B. are going to miss
C. miss
D. missed

7. B 【点拨】句意:睁大眼睛,否则你会错过魔术中最激动人心的时刻。此题考查“祈使句+or+一般将来时态的陈述句”的结构,一般将来时态结构是 will(或 be going to)后跟动词原形。故选 B。

( )8. —Would you like to go to the cinema with me?
—________.
A. Yes，I do
B. That’s right
C. Yes，please
D. Yes，I’d like to

8. D 【点拨】“Would you like to do sth.?”的肯定答语是“Yes, I'd like/love to.”。故选 D。

四、阅读短文，在文中空白处填入1个适当的单词，或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
Today is the Duanwu Festival，__1__ the Dragon Boat Festival，one of __2__（important）festivals in China. Chinese people remember the great patriotic poet（爱国诗人）Qu Yuan by __3__（row）dragon boats and making zongzi on this day.
My village is famous __4__ its great protection of __5__（tradition）cultures and we have the best dragon boat race team of the city. Every year，__6__（villager）raise our dragon boat from under the river about a month __7__ the festival. And then it is __8__（careful）cleaned and repainted. Our dragon boat is already 40 years old. Made of a special kind of wood，it is still strong enough __9__（last）for a long time.
This year，my __10__（old）brother is accepted into our dragon boat race team as its youngest member. He’s only 18，and I’m so proud of him.
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________
6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________

1. or 2. the most important 3. rowing 4. for 5. traditional 6. villagers 7. before 8. carefully 9. to last 10. elder