When I was a little girl, I remember that when my dad was repairing something, every time he asked me to _______the hammer, just so we would have a time for a _______with each other. I _____saw my dad drinking or taking a night out, all he did after work was taking care of his family.
I grew up and left home for college and since then, my dad had been calling me every Sunday morning, no matter what. And when several ______later I bought a house, my dad was ____it by himself for three days in the 38°C summer heat. All he asked was to hold his paint brush and _______to him. But I was too ________in those days, I did not find any time for a conversation with my dad.
One Sunday morning we had a telephone talk as usual, I noticed that my dad had totally _______some things that we discussed ______. I was in a hurry, so our conversation was a bit ___. Few hours later that day came a call. My father was in a hospital with an aneurysm(动脉瘤). ________I bought a ticket for a flight and on my way I was thinking about all _______occasions(场合) to have a talk with my dad.
By the time I _______at the hospital, my father had passed away. Now it was he who did not have ______for a conversation with me. After his death I ______much more about him, and even more about myself. All he ever asked me was my time. And now he has all my attention every single day.
1.A. find B. hold C. pack D. select
2.A. conversation B. opinion C. debate D. bargain
3.A. ever B. just C. even D. never
4.A. weeks B. years C. hours D. days
5.A. building B. making C. fixing D. painting
6.A. face B. walk C. talk D. smile
7.A. busy B. lazy C. selfless D. lonely
8.A. recognized B. buried C. explored D. forgotten
9.A. soon B. lately C. personally D. briefly
10.A. short B. boring C. unbelievable D. sad
11.A. Exactly B. Gradually C. Immediately D. Finally
12.A. missed B. impressed C. suffering D. painful
13.A. pointed B. stared C. arrived D. called
14.A. words B. time C. permission D. benefit
15.A. worried B. concerned C. cared D. learned
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。将答案填写在答题纸的相应位置。
Rise After Falling
A father was worried about his son, 1.was sixteen years old but had no courage at all. So the father decided to call on a Buddhist monk(僧侣) to train his boy.
The Buddhist monk said to the boy’s father, “I insist that your son should 2.(leave) alone here. I’ll make him into a real man within three months. 3., you can’t come to see him during this period.”
Three months later, the boy’s father 4.(return). The Buddhist monk arranged a boxing match between the boy and an 5.(experience) boxer. Each time the fighter struck the boy, he fell down, 6.at once the boy stood up; and each time a heavy blow knocked him down, the boy stood up again. Several times later, the Buddhist monk asked, “ 7.do you think of your child?”
“What a shame!” the boy’s father said, “I never thought he would be so 8.(easy) knocked down. I needn’t have him stay here any longer!”
“I’m sorry that that’s all you see. Don’t you see that each time he 9.(fall) down, he stands up again instead of 10.(cry) ? That’s the kind of courage you wanted him to have.
假定你是李华，你的美国笔友David对你校开设的一些选修课（optional course）非常感兴趣，来信向你询问有关事宜。请根据以下内容提示给他写封回信。
1.选修课程包括：英语戏剧(English drama)，模型制作（model making）等；
2.每门课程的优点；
3.你希望增加的课程及理由。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头语已为你写好，不计入总词数
Dear David,
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Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
When I was a very young children, my father created a regular practice I remember well years late. Every time he arrived home at end of the day ,we'd greet her at the door. He would ask who we was and pretend not to knowing us. Then he and my mother would have had a drink while she prepared dinner and they would talk about his day and hers. While they chat, my father would lift my sister and me up to sit in the top of the fridge. It was both excited and frightening to be up there！My sister and I thought he was so cool for putting us there.
Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?
In 1969,the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River Cleveland, Ohio. It1.(be) unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so polluted that it2.(actual) caught fire and burned. Now, years later, this river is one of3.most outstanding（杰出的）examples of environmental cleanup.
But the river wasn’t changed in a few days4.even a few months. It took years of work 5.(reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is6.(clean) than ever.
Maybe you are facing an impossible situation. Maybe you leave a habit7.is driving your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don’t know how to control your credit card use. When you face such an impossible situation, don’t you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?
While there are8.(amaze) stories of instant transformation, for most of us the9.(change) are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just be 10.(patience).
I had never known a Christmas when we could ask for a special gift and actually expect to get it. The Great Depression (大萧条) of the 1930s really___ our farming community of Belleville, Michigan. Then came 1940; I was 7 years old and my brother, David, was 8. That year my father got a(n)___ job, and David and I were asked to choose the one ___we most wanted to get that year. I __ a teddy bear. David asked for a bicycle.
___, Christmas morning arrived. There under the tree, with a big red bow around his neck, was my teddy bear. David’s___ , however, was not there. I___ how my parents could make my wish come true but not my brother’s.
“I____something,” my father said, as he went into the other room. When he came back he was____a bicycle.
On David’s face was a look of both delight and____. The bike was secondhand, which David didn’t___ , but it was a girls’ bike. Boys did not ride girls’ bikes. Personally, I wouldn’t have ___if it had come with pink bows on it – it was still a bicycle.
David and I had been learning to ride on bicycles____from friends in the neighborhood. I was not as____a rider as he was, but I could____to get from point A to point B.
David was very____, letting me ride his new wheels often. He even____out a way to tie our Radio Flyer wagon to the bike so he could pull me and other kids up and down our road.
Now we could___ places that were once beyond convenient walking distance. That winter we took many long rides down the snowy back roads, with me on the handlebars or____behind in the wagon. That bicycle was the Christmas present and truly gave us an exciting new __.
1.A. defeated B. hurt C. advanced D. helped
2.A. well-paying B. hard C. interesting D. easy
3.A. toy B. Tool C. gift D. package
4.A. took B. held C. got D. chose
5.A. Luckily B. Finally C. Hopefully D. Certainly
6.A. bicycle B. bear C. tree D. bow
7.A. understood B. wondered C. realized D. noticed
8.A. forgot B. missed C. prepared D. found
9.A. riding B. removing C. pushing D. dragging
10.A. regret B. anger C. anxiety D. disappointment
11.A. mind B. expect C. like D. ignore
12.A. liked B. accepted C. cared D. reacted
13.A. lent B. borrowed C. sent D. bought
14.A. untrained B. shy C. awkward D. skillful
15.A. offer B. agree C. manage D. happen
16.A. kind B. careful C. polite D. busy
17.A. put B. helped C. picked D. figured
18.A. attack B. explore C. recognize D. protect
19.A. jumping B. hiding C. riding D. walking
20.A. comfort B. faith C. support D. freedom
