When Betty heard that Alice’s party moved to this coming Saturday night, she1.(feel) disappointed. That was the night she would watch Danny Green, the little boy who 2. (live) next door.

Betty told her mother about the problem. “Do you think the Greens can get someone3.to watch Danny?” her mother asked.

“I am not sure. All of the other 4. (kid) will be at the party. Besides, Danny knows I’m staying with him, and he’ll be disappointed if I don’t look after him,” Betty said. “Well, whatever you decided to do, make sure that it’s the 5.thing,” her mother said. Betty nodded, but she kept 6. (think) of the party and how much she wanted to go.

That night she asked Mrs Green 7.she might be able to find a different babysitter. Mrs Green 8. (look) a little surprised, but said she would try. In fact Betty felt awful for having asked. She 9.Mrs Green, “Hello, Mrs Green! This is Betty speaking.

Please forget about what I’ve told you. I’m happy to watch Danny.”

That evening, even though she missed Alice’s party, Betty 10. (enjoy) taking care of Danny. She knew she had made the right decision.

1.felt 2.lived 3.else 4.kids 5.right 6.thinking 7.if 8.looked 9.called 10.enjoyed 【解析】短文大意：贝蒂听说爱丽丝的派对在星期六晚上，她感到很失望。因为那天晚上，她要照看隔壁的小男孩丹尼·格林。她把这件事情告诉了她的妈妈，妈妈也尊重女儿自己的选择。贝蒂问格林...

People are _______ to _______ when they meet for the first time.

A. suppose; shake hand B. supposed; shake hands

C. supposed; shake hand D. suppose; shook hands

B 【解析】 句意：当人们第一次遇见的时候应该握手。be supposed to do 应该做某事； shake hands握手；故选B

When _______________ you supposed to _______________ the meeting yesterday?

A. were; had B. was; had

C. were; have D. was; have

C 【解析】 句意：昨天你应该什么时间开会？be supposed to do sth.是固定用法，表示“应该做某事”或“被期望做某事”。根据时间可知用一般过去时，因主语是you，所以用were，故选C。

We often _______ our friends’ homes without _______ them first.

A. drop by; call B. drop by; calling C. visit; call D. visits; calling

B 【解析】 句意：我们经常拜访朋友的家而不先打电话给他们。without为介词，因此后面用V-ing形式。故排除A/C。又因为主语为We是复数，谓语用动词原形。排除D。故选B。

（题文）It’s _______ to point at others with your chopsticks.

A. polite B. rude C. correct D. good

B 【解析】 句意：用筷子指着别人是不礼貌的。A. polite 礼貌的；B. rude无礼的；C. correct正确的； D. good好的。结合句意可知，用筷子指着别人是不礼貌的。故选B。

（题文）I think you should help him._______, he is your close friend.

A. All right B. After all C. At all D. In all

B 【解析】 句意：我认为你应该帮助他。毕竟，他是你的密友。A. All right 好吧；B. After all 毕竟； C. At all根本，简直；D. In all总共。结合句意可知B正确。

Try your best, Linda, It’s only difficult for you , you can do it well.

A. a bit of B. a bit C. a lot of D. a lot

B 【解析】 句意：尽你最大的努力，琳达，这对你来说虽然有点困难，但是你能做好。A. a bit of 一点，一星半点；修饰不可数名词。B. a bit只能修饰动词或形容词，表示有一点。C. a lot of修饰名词，表示许多。D. a lot很多, 十分, 只能修饰动词或形容词。根据单词only，说明有困难，但是不大。排除D。又因为difficult为形容词，只能用a bit修饰。故...

（题文）（2016贵州黔西南）Is there____ in today’s newspaper?

A. something important B. anything important C. important something D. important anything

B 【解析】 试题句意： 今天的报纸上有什么重要事情吗？不定代词something一些事情，通常用在肯定句中中，而anything常用在否定和疑问句中；它们被形容词修饰时，要放在形容词前面，故此题选B。

The twins sat in the sun, a story book together

A. to read B. reading C. to watch D. watching

B 【解析】 句意：双胞胎坐在阳光下一起读故事书。读书用read，而不用watch。排除C/D。这里用现在分词短语做伴随状语。故选B。

（题文）Don’t be late next time. You _________ earlier.

A. are supposed to come B. are supposed come

C. are supposed to coming D. suppose coming

A 【解析】 句意：下次别迟到了。你应该早点来。be supposed to do sth. 应该做某事，属于固定用法，相当于should。根据选项的结构，只有A正确。