语法填空

閱读下面材料，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

As a child， I was 1 （real） afraid of the dark and of getting 2 （lose）. These fears were real and caused me some uncomfortable moments. Maybe it was the strange way things looked and 3 （sound） at night that scared me so much. Out of the corner of my eye， I saw the curtains （窗帘） seem to move without wind. 4 very low sound in the floor would seem a hundred times 5 （loud） than in the day. My imagination （想象） would run wild， and my heart would beat fast. Another fear was 6 I would get lost， especially on the way home 7 school. Every morning I got on the school bus. That was no problem. After school， though， when all the buses were lined up along the street， I was afraid that I would get in the wrong one and 8 （take） to some strange places. On school or family trips， I wouldn’t let the leaders out of my sight. Perhaps one of the 9 （bad） fears of all I had as a child was not being liked or accepted by others. Being popular was 10 （importance） to me then， and the fear of not being liked was a serious one.

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B

Sixteen years ago， a boy gave me a gift， a smile. It was the early autumn of my first year at a new middle school. No one 1 （know） me. I was very lonely， and afraid of

2 （speak） to anyone. Every time I heard the other

3 （student） talking and laughing， I felt heart-broken. I couldn’t talk with anyone about my problems. Then one day， when my classmates were talking 4 （happy）， I was sitting at my desk unhappily 5 usual. At that moment， a boy came in. I didn’t know him. He passed by me and then turned back. He looked at me with a smile. Suddenly， I felt the touch of something bright and 6 （friend）. It made me feel happy and warm.

That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and made friends with them. Gradually I became

7 （close） to my classmates than before. The boy with the lucky smile 8 （become） my best friend ever since. One day I asked him 9 he had smiled， but he couldn’t remember it！

I believe that the world is what you think. If you think

10 is lonely， you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

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C

We high school students do have some growing pains， but we can get rid of them 1 （correct） and wisely. First， some of us are upset 2 our body styles and looks. It’s unnecessary and it’s not important at all. We needn’t care about it. It is one’s inner beauty 3 matters. Second， we sometimes seem to be misunderstood by our teachers， parents and classmates. 4 （face） with this， we can find a proper time 5 （have） a heart-to-heart talk with them，

6 （try） to remove the misunderstanding. Some of us have fewer friends. I think being open-minded and 7

（friendly） will do you good. Third， we may fall behind others， which makes us stressed. Actually we can encourage

8 （we） to work efficiently， full of 9 （determine）. At last， some of us don’t have much pocket money， so they feel unhappy. Isn’t it strange？ So long as we have some， that’s enough. And we can learn 10 to spend money.

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D

It was strange getting on a plane after 1 （be） on a boat for five days. We’re now in Shanghai. We traveled on

the 2 （fast） train in the world. It goes 420 kilometers an hour！ My feet felt 3 （real） shaky when I got off. Shanghai is really 4 （excite） and has fantastic shops. We

5 （find） an Internet café， and it was nice 6 （send） emails home. Even the Internet cafés are different in China

7 those in England. They are much bigger and there are so many young people. My computer was all in Chinese

8 I couldn’t understand anything. Just then a young girl，

9 （sit） next to me， realized and helped me put it

10 English. I wish I could understand Chinese， and I think I should learn it back in England.

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E

Try reading the following sentences 1 fast as you can： “She sells seashells（貝壳） by the seashore（海边）. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she sells shells on the seashore， I’m sure she sells seashore shells.”

Not very easy， was it？ What you’ve just read 2 （call） a tongue twister （绕口令）. It is 3 exercise made up of sounds that are hard to pronounce in order to help people pronounce words 4 （fast） and more correctly. Try the next example： “Peter Piper picked a peck （配克） of pickled peppers （腌辣椒）. Did Peter Piper 5 （pick） a peck of pickled peppers？ If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers， where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked？”

Tongue twisters usually do not have much 6 （mean）. They are just used to improve people’s ability to pronounce words. Although they may be very difficult， these exercises are very 7 （importance） to people who are trying to speak English correctly. This is 8 tongue twisters help people tell the differences between similar sounds.

So if you wish 9 （pronounce） words more smoothly， you’d better try picking out some tongue twisters and 10 （practice） them.

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F

When I’m growing up， I don’t hear “I love you” from my father. If your father never says them 1 you when you are a child， it’ll get harder and harder for him to say those words as he gets 2 （old）. I can’t remember when I last 3 （say） those words to him， either.

I decided 4 （make） the first move. In the next phone conversation I said， “Dad … I love you！” There was a silence at the other end and Dad was 5 （surprise） to answer， “Well， the same back to you！”

“Dad， I know you love me； you will say what you want to say，” I cried.

Fifteen 6 （minute） later my mother called and asked nervously， “Paul， 7 （be） everything OK？” A few weeks later， my father said on the phone， “Paul， I love you.” I was at work 8 the tears were running in my eyes as I

9 （final） “heard” the love. As we both sat there in tears we knew that this special moment took our relationship to

10 new way.

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