（1） I am                (terrible)sorry about that.

（2） It is his positive attitude             life that makes me admire him.

（3）While        (recover) from his operation ,David developed an interest in paper-cutting.

（4）The restaurant             (base) on trust is working all right.

（5） We offer our            (congratulate ) to you on your passing the exam.

（6） Food             (transport) to the places since earthquakes happened there.

（7） They told us they           (prefer) to walk rather than ride bikes to school.

（8）The           (determine) look on her face suggested that he wouldn’t give up easily.

（9）Mary is an excellent photographer ,       pictures have appeared in many magazines.

（10） He has five children, two of           are doctors.

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Nowadays,   (1)  the development of IT, online shopping is becoming more and more  (2)  (popularity) than ever before. Those   (3)  stay at home can buy whatever they want. At the same time, it causes a series of   (4)  (problem). One of them is that people spend more money because they can be   (5)   (easy) attracted by the discount.

My wife is addicted to   (6)  ( shop) on the Internet. There are bags of things   (7)  (send) to our house by the delivery man every day. I have already reminded her   (8)  (think) twice before buying anything, but my wife ignored what I said and   (9)  (reply) confidently, “It can save me a lot of time to do housework. Besides,   (10)   convenient it is to prepare what I need.” Hearing her words, I was really speechless.

  In the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my __61__ (disappoint), it was the same score.

    Later that evening, I tearfully told Frank __62__ I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agreed that we knew our son much __63__ (good) than the IQ test. We decided that Michael's score must have been a mistake and we should treat him naturally __64__ usual.

    We moved to Indiana in 1962, and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year. He got good __65__ (grade) in the school, especially __66__ biology and chemistry, which was a great comfort.

    Michael entered Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student, soon afterwards, his teachers permitted him __67__ (take) more courses than require D. In 1968, he __68__ (accept) by the School of Medicine, Yale University.

    Interestingly, Michael then asked for another IQ test. We went to the same clinic, __69__ he had received __70__ test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be impossible.

J.K. Rowling was born in England on 31^st July, 1965. She wrote her first book, Rabbit,   (1)   six

years old. At school she liked English and other languages, and she chose   (2)   (study) French in university. She graduated   (3)   university and worked as a secretary and a teacher.

    At the age of 26 J.K. Rowling went to Portugal and became   (4)   English teacher. She wanted to be a writer and wrote some stories about a boy   (5)   (call) Harry Potter. She got married and had a baby daughter.   (6)   soon after, she divorced (离婚) and went to Scotland. There she lived in a small apartment with her daughter. She taught French in a school, but she   (7)   (real) wanted to make the Harry Potter stories into a book. This was a very difficult time in her life because they had no money. It was in a café   (8)   she wrote the first Harry Potter book.

    In June 1997 the first Harry Potter book became famous and J.K. Rowling’s life   (9)   (change). Soon there were more Harry Potter books, and films too. Children loved her books and J.K. became a highly   (10)   (success) writer.

 According to the old stories of Iceland and Norway, Eric the Red was ____61____ to leave Iceland because he had ______62______ a murder for which he got into trouble. Eric reached Greenland and ___63____that people could live in the place where he landed. He returned to Iceland and told people to go ______64____ with him to Greenland. Eric set sail once again, this time with 25 ships, of ______65___ only 14 made it to Greenland.

    Not long _____66____ Eric the red had landed in Greenland, a man called Biarni set sail from Iceland ___67_____ search of Eric’s party. Biarni was hoping to join his father who was with Eric, but was _____68______off course and found _____69_____ in an unkown land, from _____70____ he eventually reached Greenland.

A sea of green gardens surrounds Windsor Castle in the English countryside. It looks out onto the river Thames and sits next   (1)   a hunting ground. It was built just outside of London

  (2)     (protect) the capital from enemies on the west side.

Windsor Castle is the oldest and largest   (3)    castle in the world. It was built just after 1066. The castle has a long, rich and troubled history.   (4)   the castle walls could talk, they’d have many stories to tell.

Kings were born and   (5)   (die) here. It’s been used as the homes of kings and queens for centuries. However, it was also used as a prison during the English Civil War ( 1642-1651) . During World War II, the royal family   (6)   ( secret) slept at Windsor Castle because it was safer than London’s urban area.

Today, Windsor Castle is the private home of Queen Elizabeth II. When she is not meeting guests at Buckingham Palace, she goes to Windsor Castle.   (7)   that’s not all. Windsor Castle is open to the public. It is now one of England’s most popular   (8)     (attract). Visitors can look at some of the finest artworks,   (9)   (include) the paintings of Rembrandt, as well as the well-kept gardens. What is a better way to learn about England   (10)   to enjoy some of the country’s finest scenery?

Mr. Brown was tired of living in the big city  (1)  he worked. He wanted to move to

    the country and live in a house from which he could get to his office in the city early every day. He   (2)   ( look ) for a house when he saw an advertisement in a newspaper one day. The advertisement said that a suitable house in a quiet area was up for sale at a   (3)  ( reason ) price, and the house was within a stone’s throw of a railway station from which there were frequent  (4)   ( train ) to the big city .

        “That’s exactly   (5)   I need,” Mr. Brown said to himself. So he called the house agency and arranged to go by train the next day   (6)   ( have ) a look at the house.

The house agency met him at the station and they started walking. It   (7)   ( take ) them at least 15 minutes to get to the house. When they finally arrived, Mr. Brown said   (8)  ( angry ), “I should be very   (9)   ( interest ) to meet the man who threw the stone you mentioned in     (10)   newspaper.

When I was an eleven-year-old girl, I was once asked to deliver a speech titled “A Real Test in My Life” before the whole class! Just imagine how   (1)  (terrible) shy I was the moment I thought of that with so many eyes fixed upon me. I had no other choice, though. First I was to draft the speech and that was just a piece of cake for me, because I was a good writer — something to pride myself in. But the hard part   (2)  ​(lie) in my oral presentation; to read from   (3)  ​paper was not allowed; I had to give the speech   (4)  ​my memory and in front of such a big audience ! A real trial began when I stood on the platform with my legs   (5)  ​(tremble) and my mind blank. How much time  (6)  ​(pass) by, I didn’t know. My listeners were still waiting, patiently and without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found myself back，  (7)  ​(give) out my speech with difficulty. Finally I finished. After   (8)  ​seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding. I made it! From then on, my fear of talking before an audience disappeared. Actually with my confidence building up，I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way to success is our fear.   (9)  ​(determine) to be successful , you will overcome it. Overcome it，  (10)  ​we will be able to achieve our goals.