1.Hurry up, kids! The school bus is coming. We have ______ time left.

A few

B a few

C little

D a little

解析：选C。C 考查代词。句意：赶快，孩子们。校车就要来了，我们没有多少时间了。few修饰可数名词，little修饰不可数名词。time是不可数名词，可知选择little。根据题意“Hurry up”可知 “几乎没时间”，故选C。

2.Sarah, you’d better drink more water after ______ for such a long time.

A run

B runs

C to run

D running

解析：选D。D 考查动词形式。句意：Sarah你应该在跑了很长一段时间后多喝一些水。after为介词，后接动词-ing做宾语，故选D。

3.Emma looked after her pet dog ______ of all her friends.

A careful

B most careful

C more carefully

D the most carefully

解析：选D。D 考查形容词的比较级与最高级。句意：Emma是她朋友中照顾宠物狗最仔细的。根据后文 “of all her friends”可知用最高级，最高级前面要加the，故选D。

4.The weather forecast says that ______ another storm tomorrow.

A there will have

B there will be

C there has

D there has been

解析：选B。B 考查there be句型。句意：天气预报说明天将又有一场风暴。there be句型不与have、has连用，排除A、C。根据时间状语tomorrow可知，用一般将来时，故选B。

5.The stories ______ were written by Mark Twain are often humorous.

A that

B those

C who

D what

解析：选A。A 考查定语从句。句意：马克吐温写的小说很幽默。先行词是the stories，先行词在从句中充当主语，关系代词选择which与that。故选A。

6.Miss Brown, we ______ cleaning our classroom. Can we go home now?

A finish

B finishing

C are finished

D have finished

解析：选D。D 考查时态。句意：“我们已经打扫完教室。我们现在可以回家了吗？”本题强调打扫完教室对现在造成的影响，故选D。

7.The boy looked ______ because he didn’t pass his maths exam.

A sad

B sadness

C saddest

D sadly

解析：选A。A 考查形容词。句意：这个男孩看起来很伤心，因为他没有通过数学考试。动词looked是感官系动词，后跟形容词，意为“看起来伤心”，故选A。

8.Many houses ______ by the earthquake and thousands of people were left homeless.

A damaged

B were damaged

C were damaging

D are damaged

解析：选B。B 考查被动语态。句意：很多房子在地震中被损坏了，很多人无家可归。根据house和damage是被动关系，所以用被动语态。另外，句中的were说明本句是一般过去时态，故选B。

9.— ______will the invitations be sent to our guests? — In three days.

A How often

B How soon

C How long

D How far

解析：选B。B 考查特殊疑问词。句意：要过多久，这个邀请将会被送到我们客人那里？A how often “多经常”，表频率； B how soon “多久之后”； C how long “多长时间”故选B。

10.Could you tell me ______ a moment ago?

A what were they talking about

B what are they talking about

C what they were talking about

D what they are talking about

解析：选C。C 考查宾语从句。句意：你能告诉我，他们刚才在讨论什么吗？宾语从句常用陈述语序，根据ago，从句动作发生在过去，用一般过去时。故选C。