I used to be ashamed of my grandma. I know that's a ____16____ thing to say, but it was true until today, so I have to____17___ it.
The____18____ started when my friend Katy found Grandma's false teeth floating in a glass on the bathroom sink. I was so used to seeing them that I____19____ took notice of them. But Katy shouted, laughing and____20____ to talk to them. I had to get down on my knees and____21____ her to shut up so my grandma wouldn't____22____ and get hurt.
After that happened, I____23____ there were a million things about Grandma that were embarrassing(令人窘迫).
Once she took Jill and me out to Burger King. ____24____ ordering our hamburgers well-done, she told the person behind the counter, "They'll have two Whoppers (巨无霸) well-to-do. " Jill burst out laughing, but I almost____25____.
After a while, I started wishing I could____26____ Grandma in a closet. I even complained to my parents. Both my parents said I had to be careful not to make Grandma feel____27____ in our home.
Then last Wednesday, something happened that____28____ everything completely. My teacher told us to help find interesting old people and____29____ them about their____30____ for a big Oral History project. I was trying to think of someone when Angie pushed me gently.
"Volunteer your grandmother," she whispered. "She's____31____ and rich in experience."
That was the last thing I ever thought Angie would say about my grandma.
This is how I ended up on____32____ today interviewing my own grandmother before the whole school assembly (集合). All my friends and teachers were listening to her____33____ she was a great heroine. I was____34____ of my grandma and hoped she would____35____ know that I had been ashamed of her.
1.A. funny B. common C. terrible D. clear
2.A. admit B. receive C. refuse D. show
3.A. quarrel B. accident C. trouble D. adventure
4.A. already B. always C. simply D. hardly
5.A. enjoying B. pretending C. imagining D. continuing
6.A. warn B. demand C. advise D. beg
7.A. mind B. hear C. see D. fall
8.A. expected B. declared C. realized D. doubted
9.A. Because of B. Except for C. Such as D. Instead of
10.A. died B. cheered C. disappeared D. suffered
11.A. meet B. avoid C. arrange D. hide
12.A. independent B. inconvenient C. unwelcome D. unfamiliar
13.A. changed B. finished C. stopped D. Prepared
14.A. interview B. report C. tell D. write
15.A. news B. lives C. advantages D. achievements
16.A. free B. popular C. interesting D. embarrassing
17.A. show B. stage C. duty D. time
18.A. and then B. even if C. so that D. as if
19.A. sure B. proud C. ashamed D. afraid
20.A. never B. even C. still D. once
The country has________ too many wars.
A. packed up B. made sense C. gone by D. gone through
--- Please________ all the numbers and tell me the result.
---Those numbers________ 10,000.
A. add to ,add up B. add up, add up to
C. add up , add to D. add up to, add to
When we visited Zhou Zhuang again ten years later, we found it changed so much that we could hardly ________ it.
A. request B. recognize C. swap D. realize
While________ along the road, Mr. Smith met an old friend of his.
A. walked B. he is walking C. walking D. is walking
It was with the help of the local guide________ the mountain climber was rescued.
A. how B. who C. when D. that