Mary: It’s eight o’clock now.Why did you get back so late today?
Alan: The buses were crowded during the rush hour that it took me a long time to get on a bus.And then my bus
(get) stuck in the traffic jam.
Mary: I’m sorry to hear that.
Alan: What buying a car now?
Mary: Do you really think necessary?
Alan: Yes, quite necessary.You see, every day I have to spend a long time (travel) on the road so that I can get to work on time.If I have a car, it will be much
(easy) for me.
Mary: You have a point there.But I don’t think we have enough money to buy a car yet.
Alan: not borrow some from the bank? We can pay back money every month.
Mary: But we still don’t have a parking space for parking a car if we have one.
Alan: We can just park it by the road most people do.
Mary: Oh, forget it! There are too many cars by the road and there’s no place for a new car now.
Alan: That’s really problem.
Mary: Anyhow, I suggest we (wait) some time until we have enough money for a car.
Alan: Well, we’ll have to.
语法填空(每小题1.5分，满分15分)
On Oct.6th, 2011, a piece of breaking news hit the world: Steve Jobs, the founder of the Apple Company, (pass) away after years of battle against pancreatic cancer.I as well as many people
(be) sad at the news.We saw him make miracles again and again, and we hoped that he would always give us a surprise.We enjoy using an iPod to listen to music and we like to play games with
iPad.We love to communicate with our friends by iPhone.
seemed that Jobs always understood
we really wanted.So he could devote himself to his career by creating the amazing products constantly.But now he quietly left,
(leave) us a great pity.
U.S.President Barack Obama called Jobs a visionary (lead) and one of the greatest U.S.innovators.He said in a statement, “Steve was brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and
(gift) enough to do it.”
Steve Job’s family said in a statement, “Steve died (peace) today surrounded by his family.We are grateful for the support and kindness of those
share our feelings for Steve.We know many of you will mourn with us, and we ask that you respect our privacy during our time of grief.
There’s no one reason why women return to school.Going back to school provides private and public benefits.College graduates, generally enjoy higher salaries, ___ (employ) more consistently, and work in nicer conditions.College-educated people vote more, give more to charity, and rely ___
__ (little) on government support.
Making the switch from ___ (support) to supporting oneself can be a challenge, __
__ often a necessary one.Financial __
__ (dependent) for women is key, says Nancy Schlossberg, professor at University of Maryland.“I think _
__ important for women to do some direct achievement, because chances are that women will live alone in later life, either divorced _
_ never married.”
To Schlossberg, education is critical in the long run.She says, “ You are going to do much better than before ____ you have a good education; you are going to be happier than before on condition that you have _
__ education that enables you to do what you have to do in life.The question is
__ you are ready at this time to go for it.
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。
If you put a buzzard（秃鹰） in a pen（围栏） six to eight feet square and (entire) open at the top, the bird, in spite of its ability to fly, will be a prisoner．The reason is
a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with
run of ten to twelve feet．Without space to run, it will not even attempt to fly,
remain a prisoner for life in a small prison with no top．
The ordinary bat, if (place) on the floor or flat ground, all it can do is to move slowly about helplessly and, no doubt, painfully, until it reaches some slight
(high) from which it can throw itself into the air. Then, at once, it takes off like a flash．
A bumblebee （大黄蜂）, if dropped into an open glass, will be there it dies, unless it is taken out．It never sees the means of escape at the top, but insists on
(try)to find some way out through the sides near the bottom．
many ways, there are lots of people like the buzzard, the bat and the bumblebee．They are struggling about with all their problems and frustrations, not
(realize) that the answer is right there above them．
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，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为1-10的相应位置上。
Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed. When a person does a certain thing again, he _______(drive) by an unseen force to do the same thing ____
_____ (repeat) ; then a habit is formed. Once __
___ habit is formed , it is difficult, and sometimes ____
_____ (possible) to get rid of .It is therefore very important that we should pay great attention to the formation of the habits.
Children often form bad habits, some of _______remain with them as long as they live.____
__(lazy),lying, stealing and so on are all easily formed bad habits. However, there are many ___
___ habits formed in early life that are of great help. Many successful men say much of their success has ___
___to do with certain habits in early life like early rising and honesty. We should keep away ____
___ all the bad habits and try to form such good habits_
____ will be good for ourselves and others.
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