If you had to choose the single most important ___________(discover) of the 20th century, you would have a real
_________ on your hands. In just 100 years, the world changed completely. Amazing discoveries were made in medicine, communications and transport, not to
____________ our knowledge of the world and space. Medical advances
________ from discovering the causes of diseases under microscopes to surgical procedures
____________(replace)
__________(disease) organs with
________ (donate) ones. Communications changed
______ the introduction of mobile phones and the way we _
_________(通信) went
________ writing letters to emailing. We started flying around the world and
____________（同时）, scientists figured
________ how to
______(劈开) the atom,
________（过去） thought to be the smallest particle of matter
______ the universe.
In the doorway of my home, I looked closely at my 23yearold son, Daniel. In a few hours he would be flying to France to ____ a different life. It was a transitional (过渡的) period in Daniel's life. I wanted to ____ him some words of significance. But nothing came from my lips, and this was not the ____ time I had let such moments pass.
When Daniel was five, I took him to the bus stop on his first day of kindergarten. He asked,"What is it going to be like, Dad? Can I do it?" Then he walked ____ the steps of the bus and disappeared inside. The bus drove away and I said nothing. A decade later, a similar ____ was played out. I drove him to college. As I started to leave, I tried to think of something to say to give him ____ and confidence as he started this new stage of life. Again, words ____ me.
Now, as I stood before him, I thought of those ____ opportunities. How many times have I let such moments ____? I don't find a quiet moment to tell him what he has ____ to me or what he might ____ to face in the years that followed. Maybe I thought it was not necessary to say anything.
What does it matter in the course of a lifetime if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of him? ____ as I stood before Daniel, I knew that it did matter. My father and I loved each other. Yet I always ____ never hearing him put his ____ into words. Now I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tighten. Why is it so ____ to tell a son something from the heart?
My mouth turned ____, and I knew I would be able to get out only a few words clearly. "Daniel," I said, "if I could have picked one, I would have picked you."That's all I could say. He hugged me. For a moment, the world ____, and there were just Daniel and me. He was saying something, but tears misted my eyes, and I couldn't understand what he was saying. All I was ____ of was the stubble (胡子茬) on his chin as his face pressed against mine. What I had said to Daniel was ____. It was nothing. And yet, it was ____.
A．experience B．undertake C．enjoy D．shape
A．show B．convey C．leave D．instruct
A．last B．first C．very D．next
A．How long B．How far C．How D．What
A．sign B．scene C．scenery D．sight
A．interest B．hope C．courage D．wisdom
A．failed B．discouraged C．struck D．disappointed
A．future B．embarrassing C．obvious D．lost
A．counted B．meant C．valued D．cared
A．think B．want C．expect D．wish
A．nothing but B．anything but C．only too D．more than
A．But B．And C．Instead D．Then
A．wondered B．regretted C．minded D．tried
A．views B．actions C．feelings D．attitudes
A．important B．essential C．hard D．complex
A．disappeared B．changed C．progressed D．advanced
A．sensitive B．convinced C．aware D．tired
A．into B．against C．on D．with
A．clumsy B．gentle C．absurd D．moving
A．none B．all C．anything D．everything
按照中文提示完成句子
________ two miners are still trapped in the mine.
已经得到证实，两名矿工仍然被困在井下。
Wolves often cover large areas to hunt, ________ 30 miles a day.(travel)
狼群的狩猎范围一般很大，每天要走多达30英里。
I will tell you a story ________.(terrified)
我将会给你讲一个你一定会害怕的故事。
It was ________ we wanted it to be the least wasteful.(broad)
这条路要修建的很宽，我们想尽量少浪费材料。
I’m sure ________ you.(pleased)
我确信你的老师会对你很满意的。
He made a promise _________.(wealthy)
他承诺当他富有的时候就回来。
What ________ when you went to America?(impress)
你去美国时给你留下印象最深的是什么？
News came ________ Harward University.(admit)
有消息传来，说我的同学被哈佛大学录取了。
Do you have any idea ________ from here to our school?(distance)
你知道从这里到我们学校有多远吗？
There is no doubt ________ two kinds of oils.(mixture)
毫无疑问，这种油是两种油的混合物。
It was not until _______ that _______ to prepare his lessons.
| A．did his father come in; the boy began |
| B．his father came in; the boy began |
| C．did his father come in; did the boy begin |
| D．his father came in; did the boy begin |
In the summer months the difference in temperature between the south and the north can be ________ twenty degrees!
| A．as much as |
| B．as hot as |
| C．as many as |
| D．as far as |
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