Knowledge and learning are important if we want to be successful, but they may also __________ our thinking.

direct limit

解析：试题分析：考查动词辨析。句意：如果我们想要成功的话，知识和学习都很重要，但它们也可能限制我们的思维。direct指示, 指引，导演（戏剧或电影）；指挥（管弦乐队）；limit限制；根据句中but的转折，选B

It took me quite a while to ______ how to solve this problem.

figure out stand out

解析：解析试题分析：考查短语辨析。四个选项的含义分别是：A. figure out计算出；B. stand out杰出；句意：花了我很大一会儿才想出怎么来解决这个题目。故A正确。

‘—How long do you sleep every night? —______．

Later than 11:00 Less than eight hours

解析：解析试题分析：句意：-你每天夜里睡多长时间？ -不到八小时。Later than 11:00比11点晚；Less than eight hours不到八小时。根据问句中How long可知该选Ｂ。

’- The little girl is a talented pianist. - Everyone in her family is musical. __________.

It’s a nightmare It’s just in their blood.

解析：解析试题分析：考查句子意思，It’s a nightmare意思“是个噩梦”，It’s just in their blood意思“这是遗传的”，

‘----- Foreign trade has been developing very fast in Guangdong. ------Yes, Guangdong is China’s largest province ______ foreign trade volume.

in term of in spite of

解析：解析试题分析：考查介词短语辨析。A就…而言；B尽管，不关；句意：—在广东省外贸一直在迅速发展。—是的，就外贸额度来说，广东省是中国最大的省了。根据句意可知A项“就…而言”符合上下文串联。

’-I think everyone can do something to make a difference to the Earth. -_______. If we work together, we can make the world a better place.

Many hands make light work No pain, no gain

解析：解析试题分析：句意：—我认为每个人都可以做些什么来为地球做出改变。—人多活儿轻.如果我们齐心协力，我们可以让世界变得更好了。A. Many hands make light work 人多活儿轻；B. No pain, no gain不劳无获；根据句意及选项意思，故选A。

A big earthquake hit Ludian in Yunnan, ________ many deaths and injuries and a big loss of property.

causing having caused

解析：解析试题分析：考查非谓语动词。句意：云南鲁甸发生地震，导致很多人伤亡和财产损失。A.causing表示伴随状语， 用来说明地震所造成的后果，故选Ａ项。 考点 : 考查非谓语动词

What’s your favorite sports? ----- ________A．Playing tennis B．Animal World

Playing tennis Animal World

解析：解析试题分析：句意：-你最喜爱的运动是什么？-打网球。Playing tennis 打网球；Animal World 动物世界；Rice and carrots 米饭和胡萝卜；Math and history数学和历史。根据句意可知，这里问的是最喜爱的运动，故应该选A

I strongly suggest the person ________ out and explain all that has happened.

referred to was referred to stand

解析：解析试题分析：句意：我强烈要求被提及的那个人站出来解释所发生的一切。suggest后面是虚拟语气，谓语动词用should+动词原形，should可以省略，用stand，“提及”refer to 做the person的后置定语，用过去分词表示被动 。故选A。

Have you finished your experiment report, Jane? -Oh, my God. I’ve _______ forgotten all about that.

entirely freely

解析：解析试题分析:考查副词辨析,A. entirely完全地Ｂ. freely自由地,句子意思“哦,我的上帝,我已经完全忘记这个事情了”

Wind is now the world’s fastest growing ________ of power.

source sense

解析：解析试题分析：句意：风现在是世界上增长最快的电力资源。source 资源；sense感觉、意识；结合语境可知选A。

In an interview, don’t say anything negative about your employer---it gives a bad______.

experience impression

解析：解析试题分析：名词辨析。A经历，经验；B印象；经验：在面试里，不要说一些对你的老板不好的事情，这会留下不好的印象的。根据句意说明B正确。 考点：考查名词词义辨析

Xiamen—Shenzhen High Speed Railway opened to traffic on Dec.28 last year, _______ the two of China’s economic zones.

linking having linked

解析： 解析：考查非谓语动词。句意：厦门-深圳高铁在去年十二月二十八号开通，连接了中国的两个经济区。Xiamen—Shenzhen High Speed Railway与link之间是主谓关系，应该用现在分词表示伴随状况，且两个动作是同时发生，不存在先后关系，排除D。故选B。

I was nearly exhausted from preparing my experiment report last night so I took a hot bath to myself.

Transform refresh

解析：解析试题分析：动词词义辨析。A使…守规矩；表现；B使…恢复；使…振作；使…焕然一新；句意：昨天晚上因为修改实验报告，我真是累死了。所以我要洗个热水澡让自己恢复过来。根据句意说明B正确。

________ in a top-level university abroad is what many students wish for.

Educated Being educated

解析：解析试题分析：考查动名词做主语，句意：在国外的顶尖大学受教育是很多学生希望的。因为students和educate是被动关系，用动名词被动形式Being educated做主语；Educated 是过去分词，可以做状语，但不可以做主语； To educate是不定式做主语；但是没有被动含义，Educating是动名词的主动形式，没有表达出被动的意义，故B正确

It’s _________ for us to finish such a difficult program. We have to say sorry to them.

possible impossible

解析：解析试题分析：句意：对于我们完成这个计划是不可能的。我们必须对他们说抱歉了。分析选项：possible可能的；impossible不可能的；联系下文，说抱歉了，因此是不可能完成任务，因此明确选择不可能的。故选 B

.'----- Foreign trade has been developing very fast in Guangdong. ------Yes, Guangdong is China’s largest province ______ foreign trade volume.

in term of impossible

解析：解析试题分析：考查介词短语辨析。A就…而言；B尽管，不关；句意：—在广东省外贸一直在迅速发展。—是的，就外贸额度来说，广东省是中国最大的省了。根据句意可知A项“就…而言”符合上下文串联。

I would have gone to my cousin’s birthday party last night, but I was not .

availabl accessible

解析：解析试题分析：考查形容词辨析。句意：我昨晚本来是要参加表弟的生日晚会的，但是我当时很忙，没有空去。A可获得的，有空的，可用的；B易接近的，可理解的，易懂的，易相处的，易获得的；根据句意可知，“我”昨晚没有空，故选A。

He became famous for his novels.

rich well-known

解析：解析试题分析：句意：他因为他的小说而出名了。A 富裕；B著名的；become famous for sth因为某事而出名；故选B。

Because Sarah has always saved __________, she is now able to afford a big house.

what little she earns how little she earns

解析：解析试题分析：考查名词性从句。what little 中little 为代词， 可做earn 的宾语。而 how little 中little 是副词修饰 earn 而不是做earn 的宾语， 而该题的空白处saved 后缺少一个宾语。句意：因为Sarah一直保存她挣得很少的钱，她现在能够付得起一套大房子。故A正确。