sb. not to do sth.要求某人不要做某事。

　　4．The officer commanded that all the soldiers __(should)_start__(start) at dawn.

　　解析：command后面的that从句谓语动词要用虚拟语气，即"(should＋)do"形式。句意：军官命令所有士兵黎明时出发。

　　5．A straight road goes __straight__(straight) from the school to our village.

　　解析：考查straight的用法。句意：一条笔直的路直接从学校通向我们村子。straight既可用作形容词，也可用作副词。

　　6．-Tom, you are late again.

　　-Yes, that's __because__ my car broke down on the way.

　　解析：考查because引导的表语从句。句意：--汤姆，你又迟到了。--是的，那是因为我的车在中途抛锚了。because引导表语从句，表示原因。

　　7．He usually speaks __in__ dialect, so it is hard for everyone here to understand him.

　　解析：句意：他通常用方言说话，因此这里每一个人都很难理解他。

　　8．As I know, there is no __such__ car in this neighborhood.

　　解析：no such car相当于not such a car。

　　9．I don't like the way __that__he talks and laughs.

　　解析：句意：我不喜欢他说话的方式和笑的方式。the way"方式"做先行词，定语从句的引导词可用that，in which或者不填。

　　10．The great role science and technology play __in__ our daily life is seen everywhere.

　　解析：句意：科技在日常生活中所起的作用随处可见。play a role/part(in sth.)表示"(在......中)起......作用；扮演......的角色"。

　　11．What __a__ good command of English he has!

　　解析：考查command的用法。have a good command of是固定搭配，意思是"精通，能自由运用"。

　　12．The old pianist wouldn't listen to our repeated request that he__(should)_play__(play) in public again.

　　解析：考查request的名词用法。request作为名词时，其后的同位语从句、表语从句中都应使用虚拟语气，即用"should＋动词原形"(should可以省略)。例如：Our request is that the class meeting(should)be put off till tomorrow evening.我们请求把班会推迟到明天晚上。

　　Ⅳ.阅读理解

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　(2017·福建省龙岩四校第一学期半期考)

In southern China (not including Hong Kong and Macau), where both Standard Chinese and local dialects are spoken, well－educated Chinese are generally fluent in Standard Chinese, and