I bought a jasmine(茉莉花) plant for my office. When I bought it, I __________(tell) it would bloom(开花) and the sweet smell ________(fill) my office. I had the plant for two months, and every day I looked at it, but there__________( be not) any flowers or pleasant smell. I was not happy, so I gave the plant to my friend Linda.
One day, another friend Mary called and ________( invite) me to her office. When I walked in, her jasmine flowers surprised me. I reached out ___________(touch) the flowers. Mary cut some and gave them to me. I couldn't help smelling them. Surrounded by the sweet smell of only a handful of these flowers, I suddenly ________(understand) something.
Mary bought her plant the same time I did. It took a year for her jasmine___________(bloom). I was so impatient for mine to bloom; regretfully, I gave it away.
In a way my life is like the jasmine plant. I need _______(be) patient and let things happen.
Last Sunday Linda told me that she _________(go) abroad the next week. Before she left, she returned the plant to me. This time I am going to wait. I _____________(learn) that when we want something in our life, we have to be patient. I am slowly learning to have that patience to wait for my jasmine to bloom.
动词填空用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空,并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。(本大题共8分,每小题1分) She wonders whether he ____________ (accept) the plan or refused it so far. He doesn’t know what he should pay attention to ____________ (reduce) the pollution. Peter said that he ____________ (return) home before 6 o’clock, but he didn’t. Mr. Green devoted all his effort to ____________ (educate) students. Not only the students but also their teacher ____________ (know) about the four people. My brother fell while he ____________ (ride) his bicycle and hurt himself. ---Excuse me. When can we play football at the field?
---Not until it ____________ (repair) the day after tomorrow. ---I can’t believe you’ve sold me such a terrible camera. I want my money back.
--- I ___________ (listen), madam. Can you just slow down and tell me what’s wrong?
词汇运用(本大题共8分,每小题1分)
(A) 根据句意,在答题卡标有题号的横线上,写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。 His advice to me was an ________. (命令) ________(比较)with the size of the whole earth, the biggest country doesn’t seem big at all. The robot caught a virus and no longer worked ______ (正常地) The ______(引力) on Mars is only about three-eighths of that on the earth.
(B) 根据句意和汉语注释,在答题卡标有题号的横线上,写出单词的正确形式。 Edison, a famous inventor, made many useful ________. ( invent) His hard work brings him a lot of ________ ( disadvantage) in his study. People would have to wear boots that are specially designed to prevent them from _______ (float) off into space. You can see the __________ ( happy) on her face because she can't find her lovely dog.
根据句意,写出所给单词的适当形式 The girl was sad. She could not make ____________ (she) understood. Seven _____________ (twelve) of the students have taken part in the tree-planting activity since Monday. From the _____________ (sad) on her face, we can guess something bad has happened to her. The blue coat which is hanging on the wall must be one of the _____________ (direct) here.
根据句意和汉语注释,写出单词的正确形式 The man is dead, but his ____________ (精神) lives on. The doctor advised me to get up and sleep at a ____________ (固定的) time, but I found it very hard. He is the _____________ (严格的) teacher I have ever met. But I like him a lot. At that time there was a major land bridge ____________ (连接) Britain to mainland Europe.