Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context．
My speech pathology (病理学) practice used to be successful．But by last year, 1.people wanted to join in such practice. Icutmyownpayby20percent 2.I didn’t want to let any of my staff go. My husband3.to find a job, too.
We have114.in all．Although our oldest four are already on their own, we couldn’t live on anything less than what we were making．We’ve always been interested in food safety and in teaching the kids 5.their food comes from．We love fresh vegetables from small farms．6..
We began with two pigs．A local farmer suggested we get hens because there was a market for fresh eggs, so we got more animals. We were excited 7.also nervous. What if no one bought anything from our farm?
But people did buy. The farmer who sells eggs to his customers buys about 20 dozen a week from us. At farmers’ markets, we sell out our eggs completely, earning $250 to $500 in a day．I once spent $160 a week 8.food; now I spend just $ 40 to $50 a week．
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D．Fill in each blank with word or phrases that best fits the context．
Rosa Laevigata, the official name of Cherokee Rose, is the state flower of Georgia． 1,it is not native to Georgia, having been naturalized from China．However, Cherokee Rose is a wonderful rose with a good story 2its introduction．
The story started with the Trail of Tears in 1838. the mothers of the Cherokece were 3and crying so much, because they were unable to help their children survive the 4. The elders prayed for a sign that would lift the mothers’ spirits to give them 5. The next day a beautiful rose began to grow where each of the mothers’ tears 6. The rose is white for their 7, a gold center 8the gold taken from Cherokee lands, and seven leaves on each stem for the seven Cherokee clans (部落). The wild Cherokee Rose grows 9the route of the Trail of Tears into eastern Oklahoma today. Certainly, it is a 10tale, but there is more to the story. Thomas Affleck sold huge numbers of Rosa Laevigata to large homesteads and plantations, 11the rose as a fence. The Cherokee Rose naturalized successfully and is now a common sight blooming in the South during spring.
Cherokee Rose is often confused with Rosa Bracteata (Macartney Rose) which is 12in form, but is so easy to overspread that biologists place it in the category of pest．Macartney Rose flowers in summer, while the Cherokee Rose flowers in spring．
Cherokee Rose is a climber which blooms once a year, bearing large, white flowers, each with five petals (花瓣)．It is energetic, climbing upwards of 20 feet．
Make sure that you have plenty of room for this historic, yet non – native and thus thankfully, non – invasive rose．
(＊homestead: n. a house with the land and buildings around it, especially a farm
＊plantation : n. a large area of land, where crops such as coffee, sugar, rubber, etc. are grown)
1.A．However B．Thus C．So D．Occasionally
2.A．exhibiting B．surrounding C．telling D．drafting
3.A．prejudiced B．supreme C．sorrowful D．disturbing
4.A．trend B．voyage C．slavery D．journey
5.A．strength B．torture C．privilege D．fame
6.A．fell B．trembled C．floated D．stuck
7.A．crime B．trail C．debts D．tears
8.A．resists B．represents C．repeats D．shows
9.A．below B．in C．along D．under
10.A．abstract B．moving C．loving D．terrifying
11.A．constituting B．composing C．recommending D．reserving
12.A．similar B．familiar C．different D．interesting
If carefully, the experiment will be successful．
A．do B．does C．done D．doing
- Did you enjoy yourself at the party?
- Yes. I’ve never been to _____ one before.
A. a more excited B. the most excited C. a more exciting D. the most exciting
-I can smell something _____ in the kitchen. Can I call you back in a minute?
- OK.
A. burning B. burnt C. being burnt D. to be burnt
A middle-aged woman came ____to the bus stop, only ___ the bus had gone.
A. to run; to find B. and run; finding C. running; to find D. running; finding
