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者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。
Julia：（chatting with her e-friends online）oh my god ! it must be so late. __________ are you. What time is it?
Mary: just after 2 am.
Julia: what’s wrong? Can’t you go to sleep?
Mary: no, actually I was waiting for you. I have .____________ important to tell you.
Julia: really? What is it?
Mary: I’ve had an offer ___________(work) for a company in your city.
Julia: I can’t believe it! Is it true? You are moving here?
Mary: I’m still hesitated___________ whether to accept the position. With the upcoming holiday I think it’s the perfect chance to visit the city and take a good look at the company before making the final decision.
______________ you have time I think we could get together in person.
Julia: just give me the dates and I .___________(make) sure I’m free. You know after all this chatting online， it will be great to meet you in real life. I look forward to
_________(see) you soon!
Mary: me too. But I think I am going to bed now. My head is getting heavy. Have _________ nice day there!
Julia: thanks. This is so_________(excite). Sleep tight and sweet dreams!
Mary: talk to you _________(late).
People can often see a talking parrot on a TV show, in a movie, or even in someone’s home. The parrot has learned (copy) sounds that people make. Dolphins, bats, and some apes also copy sounds. Now we can add elephants
this list of copycats (盲目的模仿者).
Dr. Joyce Poole is a zoologist, studies the sounds of elephants. While she was in Kenya, she would hear strange noises
(make) by Mlaika after sunset. Mlaika was
8-year-old African elephant
it lived near a highway.
Dr. Poole says that she couldn’t tell the difference between Mlaika’s call and the (distance) truck noise. Why did
copy the sounds of the trucks driving by? Animals that are able to copy sounds may enjoy
(practice) new sounds. When they are kept outside of their natural environment, they may copy unusual sounds.
So far Dr. Poole (spend) 18 years with two female Asian elephants. Asian elephants make sounds like birds to talk with one another.
Parrots, dolphins, humans, and elephants show that being a copycat is one way that animals and people make new friends and keep old ones.
On receiving my learner's permit a couple of months ago, I started driving lessons straight away. However, it wasn't until two days ago Dad finally allowed me to drive on the motorway. Our destination was Orewa,
seaside town.
That morning I made sure I had enough to drink and went to the toilet about three times we left. I thought l was totally prepared__
the journey, but nothing could have prepared me for my family's complaints.
“Relax! Don't hold the steering wheel so (tight)." called a nervous voice from the backseat.
"Speed up. 70km/h isn't fast enough. You are holding up the traffic," another voice ordered from the seat next to _(1).
How (annoy)! To content them ,I
(step) hard on the accelerator, and within a second, an angry voice began to yell again.
‘‘Stop! Slow down! Are you crazy? Did I tell you to go above l00km/h'?"
Finally I drove into the city, where the speed limit was only 50km/h.
My family seemed relieved and stopped__(tell) me what to do. On our way home, the journey was much
(easy) than before as everyone else fell fast asleep. So ,I just took my time and enjoyed the drive.
I had been sitting by myself in my usual compartment for at least ten minutes, waiting for the train ____ (start). Suddenly I heard someone shouting on the platform outside. A young girl was running towards the train. The man on duty put out his hand to stop her but she ran past__
__ and opened the door of my compartment. Then the whistle _
__ (blow) and the train started. “I nearly missed it, didn’t I?” the girl said. “How long does it __
__ to get to London?” “It depends on the engine driver” I said. “Some days it’s much slower than others.” “I’ll have to have my watch _
__ (mend), so as not to be late again tomorrow,” she said.
“It’s my first day at work with a new firm today and they told me that the man I’m going to work for is very strict. I haven’t met him yet so I don’t know what he is like, he sounds a bit _
_ (frighten).”
She talked about her new job ___ the way to London and before long, I realized that she was going to work for my firm. My secretary had just left so I must be her new boss. It was only fair to tell her. “Oh, dear,” she said. “__
__ a terrible mistake! I wish I had known”. “Never mind,” I said. “At least you’ll know when your train’s late, __
__ (I) will be, too.”
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。
Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, (destroy) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged
their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or roofs. One pe rson was killed,
several people seriously hurt and a number of other people slightly injured. Altogether over two hundred people were
(home) after the storm.
A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.
“I (eat) with my wife and children,” he said, “when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down
top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was
missing. I went back inside and found him, safe
very frightened.”
Mrs. Woo Mei Fong husband had just left for work said that she felt her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.
Soldiers helped to take people out of flooded area and the welfare department brought food, clothes and shelter.
语法填空(适用地区:河南、山西、河北、青海、西藏、黑龙江、吉林、宁夏、内蒙古、新疆、海南、云南、贵州、甘肃)
Wife: It’s Friday today. How do you want to spend the evening, darling?
Husband: Well, why not go (dance)? We haven’t done that
a long time.
Wife: Oh, to tell the truth, I don’t really feel like going dancing tonight. I had a hard day and I’m sort of tired. What’s more, I (suppose) to go rock climbing with my colleague Dorothy tomorrow morning.
Husband: Well, in that , we could go to the new movie Life of Pi by that world-famous director Ang Lee. I really like his work,
will stop showing the day after tomorrow.
Wife: Oh, we go to the movies much. Can’t we do something different for a
, honey?
Husband: Well, do you have any suggestions?
Wife: Let me see. How do you feel about asking some friends over to play cards?
Husband: It’s OK with me, we don’t have any beer or anything to eat at home.
Wife: Well, is better to call Juliet and ask her and that neighbor of
, David, to come over, and I’ll go to the store and buy some food and drinks.
Husband: OK. That’s a good idea.
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