—Why not John a toy car for his birthday ?

—Good idea! He is crazy about cars.

A. buy B. buying C. to buy D. buys

A 【解析】试题分析：Why not+动词原形表示征求建议的语气；句意：为什么不给John买一个玩具小汽车作为他的生日礼物那？结合句意，故选A

I want   it today.

A. send B. sends C. to send D. sending

C 【解析】句意：我今天想寄出去。这里want to do sth表示想去做某事；故答案选C。

--- How far is it from here to the hospital?

--- It's about   drive.

A. ten minute B. ten minutes C. ten minutes' D. ten minute's

C 【解析】句意：——从这里到医院有多远？——大约十分钟的车程。结合语境可知填复数名词的所有格，“十分钟”ten minutes，以s结尾的名词变所有格，只在词尾加s即可；故答案选C。

The USA is the fourth largest country in the world in size after Russia, Canada and China. The population(人口) of the USA is the third largest in the world.

The Mississippi River is the longest river in America. It's over 6,000 kilometers long. The Mississippi River has been called the "Father of Waters" or "Old Man River". The most important lakes in the United States are the Great Lakes. They are Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. All of them are between Canada and the United States except(除了) Lake Michigan.

Let us talk about American education(教育). There are two kinds of schools in the United States: public schools and private schools. Most children go to public schools. Their parents do not have to pay for their education. If a child goes to a private school, his parents have to pay for their schooling. Children start school when they are five years old. Most students are eighteen years old when they leave secondary(中级) schools.

根据短文内容，完成表格。

Its size in the world is the fourth largest.	Its 1. in the world is the third largest.	The longest river in America has a length of 2..
Of the Great Lakes 3. isn't between Canada and the USA.	The kids in America can have free education in 4..	Children started school at the age of 5..

1.population 2.over 6,000 kilometers 3.Lake Michigan 4.public schools 5.five 【解析】美国是世界上面积第四大的国家，美国的人口是世界第三多，密西西比河是美国最长的河流。美国有五大湖，它们是苏必利尔湖、密歇根湖、休伦湖、伊利湖和安大略湖。美国有两种学校：公立学校和私立学校。孩子们五岁就开始上学了...

---John, someone in your class phoned you this morning.---Oh, who was _________?

A. he B. she C. it D. that

C 【解析】句意：——约翰，今天早上你班上有人给你打电话了。——哦，是谁呀？考查代词辨析题。someone某人，不定代词，下文提到可用it代替，不可用区别性别的he和she代替。根据句意和语境，可知选C。

The teacher said that he_____our homework,so he asked us to do it a second time.

A. is happy with B. is unhappy with C. was unhappy with D. was happy with

C 【解析】句意：老师说他对我们的作业不满意，所以他让我们重新做。考查形容词短语辨析题。本句是结果状语从句，主句中又含宾语从句，根据主句动词形式said可知宾语从句需用过去时态，可排除AB选项。结合句意和语境he asked us to do it a second time，可知老师不满意我们的作业，故选C。

Which language is spoken by _________ people in the world?

A. a large number B. the large number C. the large number of D. the largest number of

D 【解析】句意：世界上最多的人讲哪种语言？考查形容词短语辨析题。a large number和the large number仅一字之差，意思却大不相同：前者表示“大量的”，相当于形容词，与of连用；后者表示“大数”，是名词。而the number of意思是“……的数量”，中心词是number, 可用形容词修饰。本句是说“世界上最多的人”，需用形容词最高级，即the largest nu...

Who do you have____ the letter?

A. posted B. to post C. post D. posting

C 【解析】句意：你让谁寄的这封信？考查动词辨析题。have sb. do sth.让某人做某事；本句还原成陈述句就是you have who（m）____ the letter.。根据句意结构和语境，可知选C。

My robot caught a virus,so my flat was _____

A. in the mess B. in a mess C. in the messes D. in messes

B 【解析】句意：我的机器人感染了病毒，所以我的公寓乱七八糟。考查介词短语辨析题。mess混乱，肮脏。in a mess凌乱无序/乱糟糟，是固定短语；根据句意和语境，可知选B。

_____,we should learn how to respect others.

A. At first B. At all C. First of all D. After all

D 【解析】句意：毕竟，我们应该学会尊重别人。考查副词短语辨析题。A. At first起初，一开始；B. At all根本；C. First of all首先；D. After all毕竟，归根结底。根据句意和语境，可知ABC三项意思都与句意不合，故选D。