专题十六 语法填空
A组 2015～2017模拟基础题
Passage 1 (2015·山东曲阜4月)
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。
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(hit) me and my bicycle. Even more upsetting was the fact
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the driver didn't stop afterward. Thankfully, I was not injured and my bicycle was damaged，
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still usable.
Even days after I reported the event to the police, they failed to
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(proper) solve this situation or even return my calls. Eventually, I decided
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(contact) University Student Legal Services for help about this matter. The small damage may not seem worth all
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trouble, but what if I had been seriously
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(injure)？Will anyone see punishment for breaking traffic laws and damaging my property?
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(accident) between bikes and cars occur far too often. A comprehensive study
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(report) that of the nearly 3，000 cyclist－motorist crashes that occurred between 2000 and 2010, －and－runs.
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means that cyclists must obey all the traffic rules, and also have the right to get damages in the accidents. I urge both cyclists and motorists to become familiar with their rights and duties when sharing the roads.
答案 1.hitting 2.that 3.but 4.properly 5.to contact
7.injured 8.accidents 9.reported 10.which
Passage 2 (2015·河北全真模拟)
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。
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(lie) under it every day. He would climb to the tree top, eat the apples, and take a nap in the shade. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play
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him.
In the
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(follow) years, the boy came and cut the branches to build a house, used the trunk on
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he used to climb to make a boat and then never showed up for a long time.
Finally, the boy returned.?Sorry, my boy，
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I don't have anything for you anymore. No more
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(apple) for you...” the tree said. “I don't have teeth
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(bite)，” the boy replied.“No more trunk for you to climb on.”“I am too old for that now，” the boy said. “I really can't give you anything... the only thing
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(leave) is my dying roots，” the tree said with tears. “I don't need much now，just a place to rest. I'm
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(tire) after all these years，” the boy replied.“Good! Old tree roots are
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best place to lean on and rest. Come, come, sit down with me and rest.” The boy sat down and the tree was glad，smiling with tears.
答案 1.lay 2.with 3.following 4.which 5.but7.to bite 8.left 9.tired 10.the
Passage 3 (2015·青岛二模)
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。
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(fly) to Australia to play in a weekend golf match. Their team won and they both received green jackets.
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their last night in Australia, they stayed up late drinking beer. They were still drunk in the morning，
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they drove their rented car to the airport. The road was empty. Suddenly, something jumped in front of the car. The driver couldn't stop in time and the car hit it.
The men got out of the car and found a large kangaroo
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(lie) on the road. The drunken men began to laugh and decided to take some
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(photo) with the “dead” kangaroo. One of the men decided to put the jacket on the kangaroo. So they dressed the poor kangaroo in a green jacket. Then they posed with it for some photos. Suddenly, something
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(amaze) happened. The kangaroo opened its eyes. It was not dead. But it was very
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(anger). The kangaroo hit the two men and knocked them out. Then it ran
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.In the kangaroo's new green jacket
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(be) the car keys，a passport，and the air tickets.
Later that day, a motorist phoned the police.“You're not going to believe this，” he said. “But a kangaroo in a green golf jacket is
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(run) along the road to the airport.” The police finally found out the whole story, and they punished the two drunken men.
答案 1.flew 2.On 3.but 4.lying 5.photos 8.away 9.were 10.running
Passage 4 (2015·山东济南模拟)
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。
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(character) in the world，greets us everywhere. Since she was born, she
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(gain) impressive popularity—she is
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international fashion queen.
2017 was the character's 40th birthday. Fans from around the world gathered
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(cheerful) to celebrate their love of Hello Kitty.
Hello Kitty was
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(design) as a character to attract pre－teenage girls. The designers could not
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(dream) that she would become such a
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(globe) star as she is today.
Helen McCarthy, an author and expert on Japanese cartoons，explained
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the character is so popular. “Because Hello Kitty is all about happiness and friendship and fun.Women and girls all over the world are happy
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(buy) into the image of the trusting，loving childhood represented by Hello Kitty.”
And the imaginary character does not only appeal
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females. There are also Hello Kitty products for boys and men，such as neckties and golf bags.
答案 1.characters 2.has gained 3.an 4.cheerfully 5.designed 6.have dreamed 7.global 8.why 9.to buy
Passage 5 (2015·济宁一模)
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。
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(choose) where and what to eat.
This trend is one reason why the fast food restaurant McDonald's has struggled financially.
McDonald's is one of the best－known
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(restaurant) in the U.S. and even around the world
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these days the company leaders are seeing numbers they probably do not like. In the last quarter of 2017, McDonald's income dropped by about $300 million. The January earnings report brought more bad news.
Worldwide sales dropped for the
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(eight) month in a row and even more than expected.
McDonald's is
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(work) hard to get their customers back.
In January，the company ran an advertisement during the Super Bowl.
The football game is the most watched TV event every year in the U.S. McDonald's has wanted
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(reach) those viewers.
Shake Shack is
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new kind of restaurant becoming popular in the U.S.
The restaurants are not “fast food”. They are known as “fast casual.”
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McDonald's is struggling to get their customers back, Shake Shack is doing well financially.
The New York－based burger chain had a very
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(success) IPO,
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its first day of trading, Shake Shack went from $21 a share to just under $46 a share.
“Shake Shack's a quality hamburger. It's fast food, but not ‘fast food’ food.” Being part of the “fast casual” trend has helped Shake Shack.
答案 1.choosing 2.restaurants 3.but 4.eighth6.to reach 7.a 8.As 9.successful 10.On
Passage 6 (2015·临沂期末)
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。
－cent sale to reduce inventory(存货). The boss agreed,
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great success. This inspired Woolworth
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(open) his own store and price the items at a nickel and a dime (角). He needed capital for such a venture
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he asked his boss to supply the capital for part interest in the store. His boss turned him
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directly.“The idea is too risky，” he told Woolworth.“
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are not enough items to sell for five and ten cents.”
Woolworth went ahead
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his boss' support.But he not only was
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(success) in his first store, but
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(eventual) owned a chain of F.W. Woolworth stores across the nation. Later, his former boss
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(hear) to remark，“As far as I can figure out, every word I used to turn Woolworth down
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(cost) me about a million dollars.”
答案 1.a 2.to open 3.so/and 4.down 5.There7.successful 8.eventually 9.was heard
Passage 7 (2017·郑州一模)
阅读下面材料在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
ago, there were a hundred thousand tigers in the wild. Today, there are barely 3.5 thousand. But the picture may not be so hopeless
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it seems.
The Indian government has recently announced that its tiger numbers
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(jump) by a third in the past four years. The government's report “The 2017 status of Tigers” says that there
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(be) now 2，226 of the endangered big cats in the country. That's over five hundred more than
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(record) four years ago.
This is significant in the
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(fortunate) of the Indian tiger, which not so long ago was threatened with extinction (灭绝) in India.
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there are still many things to do to ensure the Indian tiger has
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successful future”， said Belinda Wright of the Wild Life Protection Society of India.
India
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(believe) to be home to around seventy percent of all the world's tigers. In 2010, the thirteen countries where tigers are found all promised
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(double) their numbers of the big cats over twelve years. According to the Indian Environment Minister, however, India is the only country where tiger numbers are
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(actual) rising.
答案 1.as 2.have jumped 3.are 4.recorded 5.fortune 6.but 7.a 8.is believed 9.to double 10.actually
Passage 8 (2017·石家庄一中二模)
阅读下面材料在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
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(amaze) information resource. Students，teachers, and researchers use it as
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investigative tool. Journalists use it to find information for stories. Doctors use it to learn more about unfamiliar diseases and the
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(late) medical development. Ordinary people use it
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shopping, banking, bill－paying,
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countries and cultures. However, while there are many positive developments
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(associate) with the Internet, there are also certain fears and concerns. One concern relates to a lack of control over
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appears on the Internet. With television and radio there are editors to check the accuracy or appropriateness of the content of programs, and with television there are
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(restrict) on other aspects, for example, what kinds of programs can
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(broadcast) and at what time of the day. With the Internet, parents cannot check a published guide to determine what is suitable for their children
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(see).
答案 1.amazing 2.an 3.latest 4.for 5.other 6.associated 7.what 8.restrictions 9.be broadcast 10.to see
Passage 9 (2017·辽宁抚顺二中月考)
阅读下面材料在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
：HiI saw you on the 7 o'clock news last night.
Peter：Oh,
Alice：So tell us what happened?
：I
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(walk) alone on the beach when I heard someone
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(call)out for
help. I looked up and there on the headland
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(be) a little kid. He had climbed up the cliff and was stuck.
Alice：What did you do then?
：My first thought was
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(run) and get help
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(slip)a couple of times. I was beginning to think it wasn't a good idea to climb up there alone
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that I should have got help first. Then I reached the boy. However, I couldn't get him down. We were both stuck!
Alice：And then what did you do?
：I shouted for help. Pretty soon there came
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small crowd on the beach. One
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them called the Coast Rescue Service. About five minutes
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(late) there appeared a helicopter overhead,
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(rescue) at last.
答案 1.was walking 2.calling 3.was 4.to run 7.a 8.of 9.later 10.rescued
Passage 10 (2017·佛山质检)
阅读下面短文按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
lost on their long flights from one place to another?
Not long ago，experiments showed that birds rely
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the sun to guide them during daylight hours.But what about birds
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fly by night? Tests with artificial stars have proved that certain night－flying birds are －distance flights.
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(nature) sky.Yet
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showed an inborn ability to use the stars for guidance.The bird's cage
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(place) under an artificial star－filled sky.The bird tried to fly in the same direction as that 6
(take) by his outdoor cousins.Any change in the position of the make－
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change in the direction of his flight.
Scientists think that doves，when
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(fly) in daylight，use the sun for guidance.But the stars are apparently their principal means of navigation.What do they do
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the stars are hidden by clouds? Apparently，they find their way by such landmarks as mountain ranges，coastlines，and river courses.But when it's too dark to see these, the doves circle
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(help)，unable to get their positions.
答案 1.on 2.that/which 3.natural 4.it 5.was placed7.a 8.flying 9.when/if
Passage 11 (2017·珠海模拟)
The 2，298－kilometer Beijing－Guangzhou High－speed Railway
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(official) opened to passengers on December 26－speed rail route.The
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(design) speed of the track is 350 km/h, .The new route cuts the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou
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almost two thirds，from 22 hours to roughly eight hours.On December 1，2017，not long before the opening of the Beijing—Guangzhou High－speed Railway－speed Railway
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first highspeed line ever to cross land that lies frozen
for almost half a year，began operations，
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allows passengers to appreciate the view off the coast from Dalian in the morning，
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the winter snowscape of frosty Harbin in the afternoon.At present the total
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(long) of high－speed lines in China
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(reach)9ith four main lines
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(run) east－west and four north－south－speed train network is the world's largest.China plans to expand
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highspeed railway network to 50－sized cities.
答案 1.officially 2.designed 3.by 4.the 5.which 6.and 7.length 8.has reached 9.running 10.its
组 2015～2017模拟能力题
Passage 1 (2015·黑龙江双城二中月考)
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。
[When Sara came home from work，she found her mother in an anxious state.]
Sara：What's wrong,
You seem upset.
Mum：It's your
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(young) sister Jill. She should have been here an hour ago.
：Don't worry
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her! It's not all that late and she has
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(probable)not realized how late it is. I think she'll be here soon.
[Just then Sara's brother Peter came into the kitchen.]
Peter：What's up? Mum's on the phone and she seems as though she's going to cry.
：It's Jill.She should
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(reach) home by now and Mum's getting anxious.
：You needn't feel so anxious,
You know
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teenage girls are like. I'm sure she's all right.
Mum：I can't help but be concerned. I've just
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(ring) Lucy and she said Jill left her outside the cinema 10 minutes ago to get the bus home.
：Well
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the evenings. Perhaps she missed one and is waiting for another. Have you tried
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(phone) her on her mobile?
Mum：Yes. But there's no reply. That made me even more worried. I think something must have happened to Jill. Do you think we should call the police?
Sara：Calm down You'll make yourself ill. Perhaps she switched her mobile off in the cinema and forgot
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(switch) it back on again. Or it may need
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(charge).
答案 1.younger 2.about 3.probably 4.have reached
6.rung 7.in 8.phoning 9.to switch 10.to be charged
Passage 2 (2015·济宁二模)
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。
：Hither is fine today?
Dave：Yeah.And the air is also
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(clean) than ever before.
：En
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(pollute) these days.
Dave：That's true.Fewer and fewer people have
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(drive) cars to work since the government started the traffic control two months ago.
：But the control is going to end
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two weeks.What'll happen then？Are cars coming back to the road?
：That's true
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(drive) cars.
Rose：But it's worth the trouble.I believe clean air is
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most important thing.
：However
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(difficult) getting to work.
Rose：They can choose to take a bus
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the subway.And they can even ride a bicycle.There're many other ways to choose from
Dave：Some people think buses are too crowded and riding a bicycle seems very
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(tire).
：Anyway
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(trap) in a traffic jam under grey clouds and in dirty air.
答案 1.cleaner 2.polluted 3.driven 4.in 5.to drive
7.difficulty 8.or 9.tiring 10.trapped
Passage 3 (2015·河北邯郸)
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。
：Shall I phone
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tell your secretary you're not going to office today?
：Yes,
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(get) a headache，but hope to be back in a day or two. You had better
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(say) I'm staying in bed.
Wife：But you're not in bed. Do you want me to tell
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lie?
：Oh,
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(make) a false excuse.I really have a bad headache.
Wife：Then put the cigarette out. It's very
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(fool) of you to smoke when you've got a cold.
：You're quite right.
：Look,
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(boil) water. Do as I tell you now. I've put something in the water that'll do you a lot
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good. Wrap this cloth around your head and put your nose over the water. That's right. Breathe in
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(deep).It'll do you a lot of good. Now, another deep breath. Now breathe out. Slowly! Now breathe in again. Go on
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(do) that for five minutes while I go and make that phone call to the office.
答案 1.to/and 2.got 3.say 4.a 5.making 6.foolish8.of 9.deeply 10.doing
Passage 4 (2015·枣庄质检)
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。
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(be) a 6th grader. Because of that, the younger
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(kid) look up to me and my fellow classmates. This is the story about when I used my power
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(make) a kid feel empowered: One day, some of my friends and I were walking to our lunch period. We were a little late,
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the halls were empty.Then a little
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(disable) boy (he needed a walker to walk in kindergarten) came from the elevator with his guide. We were
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(teach) to let those kids go first, so while we waited，his guide told us he referred
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himself as “Fast Freddy” and then asked him to show us how fast he can go. “Fast Freddy” put a smile on his face and
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(go) as fast as possible. Without thinking, I said “he's so fast”， then as if by magic, that little boy's smile got wider and he went even
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(fast)! Next his guide gave me a thumbs－up and they went wherever they had to go,
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brightened someone's day. Three simple words!
答案 1.am 2.kids 3.to make 4.so/and 5.disabled
7.to 8.went 9.faster 10.that/which
Passage 5 (2015·青岛一模)
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。
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(recent) took the university entrance examination. Many people consider success on this test the first step toward a good life. South Korean students say they feel stressed from the pressure.
South Korean high school students spend years
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their study for the university entrance examination. The test is multiple choice，
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(mean) that the student may choose among several possible
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(answer) to a question.
A government study has found that South Korean children are
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least happy compared to children in 29 other developed countries. Many South Koreans owe this
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(unhappy) to the educational pressure.
South Korean President Park Geun－hye
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(promise)to reform her country's educational system twice by now. She urges the system
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(increase) creative thinking and reduce student pressure.
n her daughter. However, the fierce competition makes
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impossible for parents not to do so. For now,
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the parents can expect is that the pressure brings good results.
答案 1.recently 2.on 3.meaning 4.answers 5.the
7.has promised 8.to increase 9.it (that)
Passage 6 (2015·开封一模)
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。
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(type) who has always wanted to go on a time travel holiday. Last year she
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(decide) to design her own time tour. She wanted to take a space capsule to AD 3050. The representative from
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time travel company gave her the impression that the space capsule was easy
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(handle). He told her about its efficiency and safety. This increased her
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(motivate) to take the DIY (Do It Yourself) time tour. However, her trip was not the instant success she had expected. When she pressed the switch to begin the journey there was a flash
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the capsule's engine died. No matter how hard she tried, Aunt Betty was unable to restart the engine. It seemed that the capsule was far from being efficient and
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(rely). She wondered whether some parts of the capsule had been manufactured from second－hand materials.
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(obvious)it was quite unsafe for her to travel in,
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(visit) settlements far in the future，Aunt Betty had to be satisfied
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going to Hainan for her holiday!
答案 1.typist 2.decided 3.the 4.to handle 5.motivation7.reliable 8.Obviously 9.visiting
Passage 7 (2015·石家庄模拟)
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。
“Take my parents to travel” is
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new telecast, it's shown by reality stars, the theme touches me very much，
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I also like the stars.
I am watching the second set, and their story moves me to tears.The program group only
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(give) them a little travel expenses，so it was hard for them. Liping Lv's son secretly returned to buy the silver bracelet
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his mother, Ziqi Gao used the later living expenses to change a
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(good) hotel for his parents, Xiang Chen let his parents wear the lovers' clothes
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were bought by him.
During this period, tall and handsome Ziqi Gao dropped tears when
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(face) with the problems very much. In the words of Lin Cai, his heart is very rich, but can't express love for his parents.
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(clear) he would have wanted his parents to be at ease in the travel，but what's the end result through
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(communicate)？—his father said he would shut up.
(孝顺) is making parents happy in 24 hours every day
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you do it?
答案 1.a 2.and 3.gave 4.for 5.better 6.that/which8.Clearly 9.communication10.can
Passage 8 (2017·豫东十校联考)
阅读下面材料在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
First，reading books
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(be) fun. You can always keep yourself
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(interest) and help you to have an enjoyable time if you like reading. This is especially useful when the weather is bad. It is a
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(relax) hobby too.
Next，you can read a book anywhere：in a car, －room,
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you need is a book! Reading is a convenient hobby as it is easy to stop and then start again.
Another good reason for reading books is
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it is useful. If you read as a hobby you
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(get) better and better at it. This means that you will read faster and will become
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(good) at understanding what you read. As your reading improves, you will probably find your schoolwork becomes much easier. Many school subjects depend
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good reading and, as you read, you learn more and more.
Good readers are most likely to be good
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(writer), too. They are usually good at
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(spell) as well, and have more things to write about. Reading books is really a wonderful hobby.
答案 1.is 2.interested 3.relaxing 4.All/What 7.better 8.on 9.writers 10.spelling
Passage 9 (2017·山西大同摸底)
阅读下面材料在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
May I have your attention, please? Now I'd like to make a speech here. As we know, waste
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(become) a common scene on campus recently. Some pour the remains of a meal where there is still much
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(leave); others
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(simple) walk away after washing hands，leaving the water
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(run); students leave the classroom every day
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noticing whether fans are switched off. Has thrift (节俭),
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developed from our long history gone?
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so，find it back!
We don't have to take great pains to control waste, but action and a grateful heart are needed；thank the water that runs through our fingers,
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(short); thank the light we enjoy because in poor areas, children share
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dim lamp reading; thank all the paper we are able to use, for trees are cut down
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(satisfy) our needs; thank everything nature can offer and everything we can own.
Live and act, so the tradition of thrift will never fade.
答案 1.has become 2.left 3.simply 4.running6.that/which 7.If 8.shortage 9.a
Passage 10 (2017·东北三省四校联考)
阅读下面材料在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
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(set) about finding out
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the fire began. Forest fires are often caused by
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(break) glass or by cigarette ends which people carelessly throw away. Yesterday the
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(fireman) examined the ground but were not able to find any. They were also quite sure that a cigarette end didn't start the fire. However, several hours passed
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a fireman accidentally discovered the cause. He noticed the remains of a snake which was wound(蜿蜒；缠绕)around the electric wires of a 16－volt power line. In this way
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mystery. The
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(explain) was simple but very
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(usual). A bird had snatched up the snake from the ground and then
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(drop) it on to the wires. The snake then wound
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round the wires. When it did so，it sent sparks down to the ground and these immediately started a fire.
答案 1.have set 2.how 3.broken 4.firemen 5.before 6.the 7.explanation 8.unusual 9.dropped
Passage 11 (2017·广州六校模拟)
阅读下面短文按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
The water and the land are thought part of the earth surface.The air is usually thought a kind of blanket around the earth.But it is more than that.Maybe you have been in
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deep cave.Did you think about the air
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was in the cave？The land has some air
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(mix) in it.Air is even mixed
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the water in the sea.Some air is below the earth's surface as well as above
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.
Men once thought that there were four basic things from which everything else
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(make).They called these things earth，fire，air and water.
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man made more observations，they decided that fire was not an element.At last they concluded that land，air and water were not elements，either.
In fact，there are more than 100 elements
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which scientists believe all things are made.Though land，air and water are not elements，they are three main parts of
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(man)environment.You
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(know) more about them as you study the earth.
答案 1.a 2.that/which 3.mixed 4.with 5.it7.As 8.from 9.man's 10.will know
组 一年创新导向
Passage 1
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。
in August? It snows through the fall and winter.Then, in spring, when all that snow melts, water
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(fall)down the mountain sides. Streams(溪流)form and come together
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(form) rivers. Let's follow one of the rivers in Utah.
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(near)13，000 feet up in the mountains. It ends only 90 miles away,
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it will have dropped about 9，000 feet first! The most
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(surprise) thing about this river is where it ends.
If you look at a map, you will see that nearly all rivers
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(empty)into the sea. But not the water of the Bear River. This river flows
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the Great Salt Lake, the largest lake in the West. The rivers and streams
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flow into the lake bring with them about two million tons of salt each year. And no fresh water flows away from the lake. Instead, the summer sun evaporates(蒸发)the fresh water
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(leave)the salt behind. The lake water is so
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(salt) that you can't sink in it, no matter how hard you try.
答案 1.falls 2.to form 3.nearly 4.but 5.surprising
7.into 8.that/which 9.leaving 10.salty
Passage 2
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
About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City
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a woman and a young boy
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(sit) down at the next table. I couldn't help
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(overhear)parts of their conversation. At one point
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woman asked：“So, ？” And the boy,
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(late).”
This incident
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(stick)in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing. As far as I
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(remember), my friends and I didn't find out we were “depressed” until we were in high school. The evidence of a change in children
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(increase)steadily in recent years. Children don't seem childlike anymore. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults
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they used to. Whether this is good or bad is difficult
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(say), but it certainly is different. Childhood as it once was no longer exists, why?
答案 1.when 2.sat 3.overhearing 4.the 5.lately 6.stuck 7.can remember 8.has increased 9.than
Passage 3
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
Johnny Carson began his career in television in his
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(twenty). First he worked at local stations in Nebraska. Several years later, he
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(move)to Los Angles, California. It was The Tonight Show
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made Johnny Carson famous for thirty years. He became the
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popular star of American television. He
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(call) “the king of late night.” Critics said Americans from all parts of the country liked him and felt they knew him.
He did not take his fame
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(serious). For example, when asked
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he became a “star”， he answered：“I started in a gaseous(气体的)state and I cooled.” Carson's special skill was his sense of
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(humorous). Audiences laughed at his jokes he made at the beginning of his show. However,
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(hard)at the jokes that failed. He was the most powerful performer on television. Many
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(comedy)and singers became successful after appearing on “The Tonight Show”.
答案 1.twenties 2.moved 3.that 4.most 5.was called7.how 8.humor 9.harder 10.comedians
Passage 4
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。
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(spend) a long hard day at work, Mom placed a plate of bread jam and
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(extreme) burnt toast in front of my dad. I was waiting
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(see) if anyone noticed it. But while eating his toast, Dad just asked me
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my day was at school. I don't remember what I told him that night，
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I do remember I heard Mom apologizing to Dad for burning the toast. And I'll never forget what he said：“Honey,
Later that night, I
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(go) to kiss Daddy good night and asked him if he really liked his toast burned. He gave me
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big hug and said，“Your mamma put in a long hard day at work today，really
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(tire). And besides，a burnt toast never hurts anyone but cold words do！”
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(be) that learning to accept each other's faults is one of the most important
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(key)to creating a healthy, growing，and lasting relationship.
答案 1.spending 2.extremely 3.to see 4.how 5.but
7.a 8.tired 9.is 10.keys