very specific dinner: Sunday roast. This is the British name for a traditional dinner on Sundays. Britons  2__ (eat) Sunday roasts for centuries. In the old days, people had to go to church on Sunday. Afterwards, people would be hungry. So families would get together to eat a big meal.

So what is this  3  (taste) dish made of? Sunday dinner usually has roast meat, usually chicken or beef, crispy roast potatoes,  4  (fresh) boiled vegetables, and finally Yorshire pudding. This is a pidding made of batter and is a staple of the Sunday roast.

What if you don’t have any of the ingredients(原料)  5  (make) the traditional dinner?  6  to worry. In Britain, there are special restaurants, called carveries,  7  you can eat a Sunday roast. The name “carvery” comes from the act of carving the meat into slices, before putting them on a plate.

   Besides the delicious food on the plate, this meal is a great time  8  families. This is the time of the week when parents and children will sit down and tell each other about their week at work or school.

   With many traditions  9  (fade) into the background, traditional Sunday dinners are as strong as ever. And I have the feeling  10  this traditional cuisine will be on British dinner tables for decades to come.

When you read a story in English, do you read it for the story 61       for the English? This is a question that is not so62       (fool) as it may seem, for I find that many students of English pay far more attention to the story 63       to the English. For instance, they care for how the mystery in the story64       (solve), but do not remember a single sentence in the story and cannot tell what preposition(介词) is used before a certain word in the speech of a certain character.  

Of course, if you want to know the 65      only, you need not bother about the language. But a student of English is different 66        a student of stories or what is called the general reader. As you may also have learned from the above, you ought to read not only very67__  (careful) but also aloud68      you learn the passage by heart and can recite it as if it were your own. On 69       hand, this will teach you many useful words and phrases; on the other hand, it70       (help) you to avoid many mistakes and faults in expression.

Jimmy:  Alice, how was your journey to the countryside?

Alice:   Wonderful. We   1   (enjoy) beautiful sights and food in the country.

Jimmy:  Food? Did you have   2   big dinner in the countryside? What have you had?

Alice:   It was not a big dinner at all,   3   there were a lot of foods which only can be eaten in the local place, such  4  some wild vegetables.

Jimmy:  Oh, I see. Did you do anything   5  ?

Alice:   Yes. We got   6   well with the villagers and sent pens and books we carried to the poor students.

Jimmy:  That is really great! I think they must study harder with your help.

Alice:   It is far from enough.   7   (actual), I felt a little sad as soon as I saw the joy on the children who got the pens and books.

Jimmy:  Why do you have this kind of feeling?

Alice:   As far as I am   8    (concern), these things are nothing for the children who live in our city.

Jimmy:  You are right. We can do more for the children living in that area.

Alice:   Yes. Many of us who went to the place   9   (plan) to give more help to the children.

Jimmy:  Can you tell me what you are going to do?

Alice:   We are going to buy a number of books and donate   10   to the local school.

Jimmy:  It is a good idea. I am entirely willing to join you.

Alice:   It’s very kind of you.

Peter: Good news. I contacted the Green Hotel Restaurant and they can fit us in. Their Christmas menu sounds great.

Joan: What is it?

Peter: French onion soup or fruit juice. Roast dinner sounds ordinary 61. ________ my friend said it was really 62________ (taste).

Joan: That’s OK.

Peter: Then 63 ________ dessert, there’s traditional Christmas pudding or apple pie, plus coffee.

Joan: Did you book it?

Peter: Well, I said I 64 ________ (check) with the staff first. They will hold the booking until next Wednesday anyway. And if we go ahead, they’d like

65 ________￡50 deposit (定金).

Joan: 50 is normal. That’s fine.

Peter: And they say with such large numbers we have to choose the menu

66 ________ advance.

Joan: That won’t be a problem. I’ll put up a notice with details of the restaurant and the menu. When did you say they wanted confirmation?

Peter: 67 ________ was the 4th of November.

Joan: 68 ________ do you think I should put up the notice? We must allow everybody 69 ________ (see) it.

Peter: On the cafe notice board.

Joan: Good idea. I will go and do that 70 ________ (immediate).