7. ______ the help of my teacher, I caught up with the other students.

　　 A. Under　 B. In　 C. With　 D. On

6. English is widely used ______ travellers and business people all over the world.

　　 A. to　 B. for　 C. as　 D. by

5. ---What is a writing brush, do you know?

　　 ---It’s _______ writing and drawing.

　　 A. with　 B. to　 C. for　 D. by

4. Jack has studied Chinese in this school _______ the year of 2000.

　　 A. since　 B. in　 C. on　 D. by

3. She sent her friend a postcard _______ a birthday present.

　　 A. on　 B. as　 C. for　 D. of

2. Where’s Lily? We are all here _______ her.

　　 A. beside　 B. about　 C. except　 D. with

1. We traveled overnight to Paris and arrived _______ 5 o’clock ______ the morning.

　　 A. on; in　 B. at; in　 C. at; on　 D. in; on

4. (天津市中考试题)

　 John fell asleep ________ he was listening to the music.

　 A. after　 B. before　 C. while　 D. as soon as

　 答案：C。该题考查的是引导时间状语从句的常用从属连词的用法。本句的含义是“约翰在听音乐的时候睡着了。”表示在干某事时发生了某个事情” 通常用while。因此应选C。

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3. (吉林省中考试题)

　 ---I like riding fast. It’s very exciting.

　 ---Oh! You mustn’t do it like that, ________ it may have an accident.

　 A. and　 B. or　 C. so　 D. but

　 答案：B。该题考查的是并列连词的用法。答语的意思是“你不要那样做，否则会发生事故的。”在这四个并列连词中，只有or含有这样的意思，所以应选B。

2. (安徽省中考试题)

　 The boys felt sad as they lost ________ the girls in the talk show.

　 A. by　 B. in　 C. to　 D. on

　 答案：C。该题考查的是介词和动词的固定搭配。lose表示输给谁的时候用介词to。应选C。