6. —John, this math problem is too difficult for me. I can't work it out anyway.
—You can ask Jackson for help. He's very . I'm sure he can do it.

A.brave
B.serious
C.polite
D.clever

6. D

【解析】
根据语境，上文提到数学题太难无法解答，建议找Jackson帮忙，说明Jackson具备解决难题的能力。分析选项：A. brave（勇敢的）；B. serious（严肃的）；C. polite（礼貌的）；D. clever（聪明的）。只有“clever”符合能解出难题的语境，故选D。
【答案】
D
【知识点】
形容词词义辨析
【点评】
本题考查在具体语境中对不同形容词词义的辨析与运用，需结合上下文语境判断合适的词汇。
【难度系数】
0.8

7. The two books are both about the world history. You can choose of them to read.

A.neither
B.either
C.all
D.none

7. B

【解析】
首先，题目中提到"two books"，选项C（all）和D（none）用于指代三者及以上的人或物，因此可先排除C、D。再结合句意“你可以选择________来读”，either表示“两者中的任意一个”，符合语境；neither表示“两者都不”，与题意不符。所以应选B。
【答案】
B
【知识点】
不定代词辨析
【点评】
本题考查不定代词的词义辨析，需结合代词的适用范围（两者/三者及以上）和语境来判断，侧重对基础代词用法的掌握，难度较低。
【难度系数】
0.8

Ⅱ. 选词填空(2024 山西中考)
请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，用方框中所给词的正确形式填空，使其通顺、连贯。方框中有两个词为多余项。
be ask wise only relax proud you that hide much learn quarter

“You must be Alex,” said a girl, offering her hand.
Surprised, Alex quickly put the folded paper behind his back.
The girl continued, “I'm Sophia. I 1. in Smart Start Group for a year. You're welcome.”
“Glad to meet you,” Alex tried to put himself at ease.
“Could you tell me a little 2. about yourself? What do you like to do? What would you love to do here?”
“I want 3. anything but math!” Alex replied.
“Well, I guess that's why you're here,” Sophia said with a laugh. “I used to hate math, too.”
Alex realized that Sophia was trying to make him feel 4. . “What made you start to like it?” he asked politely.
“Things in our life are all about math. Hey, may I have a look at what you 5. ? What is it?” she joked.
“It's nothing yet, but soon it will be,” Alex explained. Then, he folded and creased(压褶). “A crane!” he said, showing his work 6. .
“That's cool!” Sophia said, giving attention to the folds. “Do you mind if I take it apart?”
Alex showed that he didn't care. Sophia unfolded each step of the paper crane.
“Don't you see? What you have here is math, right in front of 7. !” Sophia spread the paper with her hands.
“Do your first fold,” she ordered, and Alex did what he 8. to do. “You began with a square, and created two rectangles. And you have a fraction(分数), too: one half! Fold it again... and now you have four 9. .” Sophia pointed to the top fold. “What fraction does this piece stand for?”
“One quarter?”
“Right! Get out some more paper, and let's do some geometry(几何).”
It would be a thing 10. was expected to happen if math study was going to be paper-folding, Alex thought. He hoped it could be a Smart Start.

Ⅱ.1. have been
2. more
3. to learn
4. relaxed
5. are hiding/hide
6. proudly
7. you
8. was asked
9. quarters
10. that

【解析】
1. 根据时间状语“for a year”，此处用现在完成时，主语为I，故填have been。
2. “a little”可修饰比较级，结合语境询问更多信息，much的比较级为more，故填more。
3. “want to do sth.”为固定搭配，结合语境表示想要学习，故填to learn。
4. “feel”后接形容词作表语，此处描述人的感受，用relax的形容词形式relaxed，故填relaxed。
5. 结合语境是询问对方正在藏的/藏的东西，可用现在进行时are hiding或一般现在时hide，故填are hiding/hide。
6. 此处修饰动词“showing”，用副词形式，proud的副词为proudly，故填proudly。
7. “in front of”后接宾格，结合语境用you，故填you。
8. 主语Alex和ask之间是被动关系，且动作发生在过去，用一般过去时的被动语态was asked，故填was asked。
9. “four”后接可数名词复数，quarter的复数为quarters，故填quarters。
10. 此处引导定语从句，先行词为“thing”，关系词用that，故填that。
【答案】
1. have been
2. more
3. to learn
4. relaxed
5. are hiding/hide
6. proudly
7. you
8. was asked
9. quarters
10. that
【知识点】
现在完成时用法、词性转换、定语从句引导词
【点评】
本题考查词汇的正确形式运用，结合语篇语境，综合考查时态、语态、词性转换、固定搭配等知识点，贴近生活场景，侧重对学生综合语言运用能力的考查。
【难度系数】
0.6