（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.

  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.

 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.

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It’s very important  61  we all recycle. In nature, everything is  62  (use) again.  63  example, when  64  (a) animal dies, it becomes another animal’s food. Nothing is wasted. But humans have created things like plastic bags  65  can’t be broken down(分解) by nature. Our rubbish kills animals and pollutes water and soil. If we continue making too much rubbish, the problem will only get worse. If nature can’t reuse the rubbish, we must recycle it. We should clean up the rubbish we’ve  66  (make) because nature can’t.

Recycling is also the  67  (rightly) thing to do for another reason. The earth is rich in natural materials like water and  68  (tree), but these materials are not endless. We use up our natural materials much  69  (fast) than the earth is able to reproduce(再生）them.

Recycling can help us save the earth,  70  let’s take action（采取行动） right now.

   Nowadays, it is common that more and more high school students open their own microblog(微博) on the Internet. For one thing, it can provide a colorful platform to show their talent. For  (1)  it is a  useful way to release theire__  (2)  _(press) . And all these make it more and more popular with high students.  (3)  many parents and teachers hold a different view. They think that managing a microblog will take a lot of time and energy,   64  could be used to study.

   In my view, I am greatly in favor   (4)  his activity. Today the Internet   (5)  (play) an important role in our life. Therefore, as high school students of the Information Age, we need to learn to make use of this  (6)  （mean）tool to communicate and display ourselves. What’s more, opening and organizing microblogs need various abilities such as writing, designing, being good at computer skills and so on. Only if we master those abilities ca we make a successful microblog. As a result, we improve ourselves while   (7)  (organize) our microblogs.

   In fact, the microblog   (8)  (oneself) is of little harm, It is your attitude towards it  (9)   matters. We should take advantage of it and avoid some bad effects

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Alex: Kelly, Iˈ 11 go back home to visit my family for several weeks.

Kelly: Thatˈ s great. Itˈ s been quite a long time since you   (1)  (see) them, hasnˈt it?

Alex: Yes, but Iˈm thinking about  (2)  I should bring back from China for everyone---my little brother, my sister and my parents.

Kelly: You want to bring back some   (3)  (attract) things, donˈt you? How about a Weifang-style kite? You once mentioned that your brother is fond   (4)  collecting kites.

Alex: Hey, thatˈ s a good idea! You and I had a lot of fun   (5)  (fly) kites together. Iˈ m sure my brother would like a Weifang-style kite, too.

Kelly: You could also bring back some embroidery (绣品) from Suzhou,   (6)  is very famous.

Alex: Kelly, youˈre a genius(天才)! Not only is Su embroidery very colorful,   (7)  it represents Chinese traditions(传统) too! My parents will really like it. Okay, now 1 have to decide what   (8)  (buy) for my sister. Thatˈ s really  (9)   difficult decision!

Kelly: Donˈt be so upset, Alex. Does she like drinking teaˈ? What about a Chinese teapot?

Alex: Sure, sheˈ d love that. Another great idea! How do you think up these ideas so   (10)  

(easy), Kellyˈ?

Kelly: Geniuses always do that!
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Many of us were raised with the saying “Waste not, want not.” None of us, however, can 61   (complete) avoid waste in our lives.

    Any kind of waste is thoughtless. Whether we waste our potential talents, our own time, our limited   62 (nature) resource, our       money, 63  other people’s time, each of us can become more aware and careful. The smallest good habits can make a big   64 (differ). It’s a good feeling to know in our hearts we are doing our best in a world  65  is in serious trouble. By being devoted to 66  (save) oil, water, paper, food, and clothing, we are playing   67 part in cutting down on waste.

     We must keep reminding 68   (we) that it is easier to get into something than it is to get out of it. Actually, severe damage  69  (do) to our land is fairly recent in the history of our evolution. It’s time for us to say no to waste so that our grandchildren’s children  70  (be)able to develop well. We can’t solve all the problems of waste, but we can encourage mindfulness.

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.