____ under the tree was a charming girl aged about seventeen and eighteen.
A. Sat B. Sitting
C. To sit D. Sit
It was with the help of the local guide_________the mountain climber was rescued.
A. who B. that
C. when D. how
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
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 elder2. 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 girl. 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.
________preparations from now on, she would be able to finish the essay on Sunday.
A. Would she make B. If she make
C. Were she to make D. If she had made
Not until _________________ the better qualities in ourselves ____________ expect to find them in others.
A. have we developed; can we
B. we have developed; that can we
C. we have developed; can we
D. can we develop; that we will
Halfway through the chapter _______ I hadn’t taken anything in.
A. did I realize B. had I realized
C. I realized D. I would realize
