Directions: Complete the following passage by using ONE word that best fits the context.
Dear boys and girls,
It’s a great honor to speak here .I’m really sorry that it will be only ten days 1. you graduate from our school .I have always been feeling honored to have been your English teacher in the2. three years, during 3. I have been greatly impressed by your 4. qualities such as honesty ,diligence, cleverness, unselfishness ,co-operation and so on. 5. in my teaching career have I met such wonderful students as you .
The possibility of enhancing one’s knowledge is limitless .Graduation6. marks a stage of one’s education .Unceasing asking 7. knowledge will unceasingly escalate us to ever higher and higher attainments.
I do believe that your efforts will eventually pay off . I, as well as your other teachers ,am praying that every one of you will be admitted to 8. ideal college.
Love from
Your English teacher
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 a word or phrase that best fits the context.
One evening after dinner, Mr. And Mrs.Bond called a family meeting. " We've had to make a _______decison," Mr. Bond announced. " You see, your mother has been offered a post as co-director of a TV station in Chicago. However, the station is not here. After thinking long and hard about it, we've ________ that the right decision is to move to Chicago."
Marc looked ________, while his sister Rachel breathlessly started asking when they'd be moving. " It's surprising but exciting!" she said. Marc simply said, " I can't leave my _______. I'd rather stay here and live with Tommy Lyons!"
The Bonds hoped that by the time they moved to Chicago in August, Marc would grow more ________ the idea of leaving. However, he showed no signs of accepting the decision, refusing to __________ his belongings.
_______ the morning of their move, Marc was nowhere to be found. His parents called Tommy Lyons' house, but Mrs. Lyons said she hadn't seen Marc. Mrs. Bond became increasingly anxious while her husband felt angry with their son for behaving so ________.
What they didn't know was that Marc had started to walk over to Tommy's house with a faint idea of hiding in Lyons' attic(阁楼) for a few days. But as he walked along, all the _______ landscape of his neighbourhood _________ him of the things he and his family had done together: the green fence he and his mother had painted; the trees he and his sister used to climb while playing hide- and- seek; the park where he and his father often took walks together. How much would these mean without his family, who made them special in the first place? Marc didn't take the _____ to answer that question but instead, he hurried back to his house, ______ if there were any boxes the right size to hold his record collection.
1.A. different B. quick C. wise D. final
2.A. known B. recognized C. concluded D. insisted
3.A. shocked B. puzzled C. disappointed D. excited
4.A. classmates B. friends C. neighbours D. parents
5.A. delighted at B. pleased with C. accustomed to D. worried about
6.A. pack B. abandon C. tie D. pile
7.A. Before B. In C. On D. During
8.A. rudely B. irregularly C. irresponsibly D. naughtily
9.A. beautiful B. familiar C. splendid D. modern
10.A. recalled B. convinced C. warned D. reminded
11.A. time B. courage C. strength D. patience
12.A. looking B. wondering C. asking D. expecting
The next thing he saw was smoke from behind the house.
A.rose B. rising C. to rise D. risen
We have been told that under no circumstances ___ the telephone in the office for personal affairs.
A. may we use B. we may use C. we could use D. did we answer
You’ll start having positive results you replace negative thoughts with positive ones .
A．since B．unless C．until D．once
You’d better not phone me tomorrow evening; I ____ an important meeting then.
A. will have B. would have C. will be having D. will have had
