话题(八) 责任与理解
第一节 用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成句子(每空仅限1个单词)
1.The governments of different countries have made laws to protect wild animals.(danger)
2.I have never the decision to work in West China. (regret)
3.The boy up a piece of waste paper, and put it into the rubbish bag. (pick)
4.Thanks for your , but I'm so sorry I can't go.(invite)
5.Most drivers in our city are polite enough to let people walk the street first. (cross)
6.She was really about the impolite way her father treated her. (upset)
7.The young mother found her son's interest in math increased. (gradual)
8.The young girl offered her seat to an old lady on the bus. (crowd)
9.The new scientific made by the scientists have influenced us a lot.(discover)
10.You can lose weight by eating less and doing exercise. (much)
11.People in this city have lots of trees in the last few years.(plant)
12. —Your new skirt is beautiful, Lily.
—Thank you. Are you considering one for yourself? (buy)
13.To the of both sides, they solved the problem in a peaceful way. (satisfy)
14. What is the language in that country?(speak)
15. There are of sheep on the hill.(hundred)
第二节 阅读短文,根据首字母、音标及语境的提示在空白处填入适当的单词(1个单词);或根据汉语意思的提示,在空白处填入适当的短语,使短文语意连贯,意思完整。
Every time Daddy was free at home, having finished a whole day's 16. [?b?zn?s], he would 17.
(拿出) the green comb(梳子) from his wallet and say, “Good girl, help Daddy clean it, OK?”
That green comb was bought when he 18.m Mom. When I first got this job 19. (在……岁时) five, I was quite pleased to do that. I would happily get the comb 20. his hands and go to the washroom, turn the tap 21. and brush the comb carefully.
But this habit didn't last 22.l . Two years later, Dad started his own business which wasn't doing so well. And that was the very period when things started to 23.c . Dad didn't come home as early and much as he
24. (过去常常). Gradually Mom and I became mad with him for placing our family 25. the business. That's how an uncomfortable silence grew between us.
Several years later, Dad's business way had greatly improved. On my 28th birthday, Dad came home early. 26.
(像往常一样), I helped him carry his bags into his study. When I turned around to leave, he said, “Hey, would you help me clean my comb?” I was 27.s on hearing this and looked at him for a while, then took the comb and headed to the washroom.
I passed the clean comb 28. to Dad. He smiled at me and carefully placed his comb on his wallet. Every move he did was just like before. But I noticed something 29.d . Dad had aged. He had wrinkles(皱纹) 30.
(紧挨着) his eyes when he smiled, yet his smile was still as warm and kind as before, the smile of a father who just wanted a good life for his family.
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