讲析：
2. “help sb. do sth.” 或 “help sb. to do sth.” 的意思是 “帮助某人干某事”。 如:
We often help the teacher clean the blackboard.
我们经常帮助老师擦黑板。
I help him learn English.
我帮助他学英语。
Help Lucy to find her cat, please.
请帮助露茜找猫。
10. stop doing 表示“停止干某事”；stop to do 表示“停下来做(另一件)事。例如：
He stopped smoking.
他停止(不再)吸烟。
He stopped to smoke.
他停下(手)来吸烟。
My son has stopped growing.
我的儿子不在长高了。
They stopped to have a rest.
他们停下来休息。
6. to wash 7. has stopped 8. is 9. is 10. talking
8. bigger, biggest; 9. thinner; thinnest 10. more athletic, most athletic;
5. taller, tallest 6. heavier, heaviest 7. younger, youngest;
Lofton (洛夫顿) is a little village not far from Manchester (曼彻斯特). Like many _1_ villages near towns or cities，it is clean and quiet. Not many families
_2_ there, so the people all know _3_ . Most of them are friendly and helpful.
4 their homes are in Lofton，many people have jobs in Manchester. Some work in the big factories. 5 work in shops or offices. Most of these people go to work by train. It usually takes them about 6 to get from Lofton to Manchester.
In the evening a lot of people like 7 TV. If they want to see a film or to listen to a concert (音乐会) , they 8 go to Manchester. There are no cinemas in Lofton.
Life in Lofton may not be so exciting as life in the _9_ cities, but it can be just as 10 as there. That is why people in Lofton love their little village.
1. A. any B. others C. the other D. other
2. A. lives B. have lived C. live D. lived
3. A. each another B. each other C. other one D. the other
4. A. Though B. But C. So D. Because
5. A. Little B. A little C. Few D.A few
6. A. a half hour B. half hour C. half an hour D. half a hour
7. A. to watching B. watching C. to be watched D. watch
8. A. have to B. had to C. need D. ought
9. A. more larger B. larger C. larger than other D. larger that
10. A. interested B. more interesting C. interesting D. more interested
9. Let’s________(try) our best _________(finish) the work in an hour.
8. Don’t _______(talk) now.
7. We________(visit) the Great Wall next week.