It rained continuously for about 3 hours on the way, completely _____ his appointment with the interviewer.
A. ruined B. ruining
C. to ruin D. ruins
_____ people food, housing and jobs is what a government should first consider after a natural disaster happens.
A. Offered B. Offering
C.Offer D.Being offered
The news came as no surprise to me. I _____ for some time that the factory was going to shut down.
A. knew B. had known
C. have known D. know
假设你是李华，作为选派的交流学生在美国某中学学习了一年，寄住在Mr. Brown家里，刚回到国内。回国后你发现自己的一本英语词典遗忘在他家，因此给他写一封信，请他帮助寄回词典。信的主要内容如下：
1．感谢在美国期间他所提供的帮助。
2．一本英语词典被忘记带回。
3．词典是美国老师送的，非常珍贵。
4．词典很可能丢在卧室的书架上。
5．邮资自己付。
注意：1.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
2．参考词汇：邮资—postage
Everyone in our village likes my father, so he has a sense of humor. On other words, he can make others laugh easy and people feel happy to be around him. I admire him very much and dream of that some day I will be as humorous as him. I even asked him how have a good sense of humor, but what she replied disappointed me. “Not someone can be humorous, because those who is humorous are usually born to be humorous,” he said. However, later, he adds, “But you can be humorous too if you know a lot of joke.” That’s why now I’m reading a book of jokes.
A young man, while traveling through a desert, came across a spring of clear water. _1.___water was sweet. He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder__2.__had been his teacher. After a four-day journey, the young man__3.__ ( present ) the water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink, smiled _4._ ( warm ), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water. The young man went home_5.__a happy heart.
After the student left, the teacher let__6._student taste the water. He spit it out, __7.__ (say) it was awful. Apparently, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher, "Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend to like_8.__?" The teacher replied," You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of kindness and love. Nothing could be__9.__ (sweet). "We understand this lesson best__10.__we receive gifts of love from children. Whether it is a cheap pipe or a diamond necklace, the proper response is appreciation. We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.
