6．阅读下面材料.在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式．Itme quite a while to find a parking place for my car.and in (62)the——青夏教育精英家教网——

6．阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式．
It（61）took （take）me quite a while to find a parking place for my car，and in （62）theend I had to leave it in a narrow street，some way away from the dentist's．My（63）appointment （appoint）was at five and I still had twenty minutes．（64）to spare （spare）．I crossed into the square （65）slowly（slow）and sat on a bench．This was my （66）ninth（nine）visit to the dentist and I hated these visits．
I waited there，（67）watching （watch）the children at play．When I turned around，I saw a red car like my own come out of the street （68）where/in whichI had parked．The car gathered speed and was soon out of sight．I felt in both my （69）pockets（pocket）for the keys：They were not there．"My car!"I cried（70）in a loud voice，which made several people stare at me．But when I ran across the square I discovered my car behind a large one．The keys were still in the car．

5．There was once a boy who had a temper（脾气）．His father gave him a bag of nail（钉子），and told him that every time he lost his temper，he （61）musthammer（锤击，锤打） a nail into the back of the fence．The first day the boy （62）drove（drive） 37nails into the fence．Over the next few weeks as he learned to control his anger，the number of nails hammered （63）gradually （ gradual） decreased．He discovered （64）it was easier to hold his temper than to drive nails into the fence．
Finally the day came （65）when he didn't lose his temper．He told his father and his father suggested that the boy now （66）（should ）pull （pull） out one nail for each day so that he was able to hold his anger．Then father took him （67）by the hand and let him see the holes into the fence，saying，"The fence will never be the same again，when you say things in anger，they leave a scar （伤疤） like the（68）ones on the fence．（69）the wound is still there．Friends are very rare，they make you smile and encourage you （70）to succeed （success）．They lend an ear，and always want to open heats to us．"

4．The truth （61）that trees are vital to our life is not a secret．They provide us with food，wood and most （62）importantly（importance），oxygen．Now there is one more thing we can add to this list-blocking out harmful bacteria from water．
The discovery （63）was made （make） by a team consisting of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology （MIT） and high school students who were seeking a （64）natural （nature） water filter（过滤器）-one that would help communities in developing countries that do not have access to modern water filter systems．
The （65）researchers （research），led by Professor Rohit Karnik，decided to turn to trees for help because they could allow liquid to flow through，while （66）blocking（block） out air bubbles．
They began by cutting 1.5-inch-wide sections of tree bark from the branches of a white pine tree．The people related then tested the wood's filtering ability by pouring water containing red dye particles of different sizes through．（67）To their amazement，they found that it was effective in trapping all the articles．（68）Encouraged（encourage），the team conducted （69）anotherexperiment，this time with water （70）that/which contained bacteria．Sure enough，the sapwood held back 99% of the bacteria，allowing only 1% to flow through．

3．The Renaissance is a period from the 14^th to the 17^th century，（61）considered （consider） the bridge between the Middle Ages and modern history．It started as a cultural movement in Italy in the Late Medieval Period，later spread （62）to the rest of Europe （63）and finally ended in the Early Modern Age．During the Renaissance，new ideas and values （64）gradually（gradual） replaced those held in the Middle Ages．People began to concentrate less （65）on religious themes and adopt a more humanistic attitude to life．At the same time （66）painters （paint） returned to classical Roman and Greek ideas about art．They tried to paint people and nature as they really were．Rich people wanted to possess （67）their own painting；（68）Therefore，they could decorate their superb palaces and great houses．They （69）paid （pay） famous artists to paint pictures of themselves，their houses and（70）possessions （possess） as well as their activities and achievements．

2．我故意不睡觉，为的是独自好好看看月亮．
I stayed awakeonpurpose in order to have a good look at the moon by myself．

1．人人都想参加英语演讲比赛．
Everyone wants totakepartin the English speech contest．

20．罗本岛是一座任何人都逃不出的监狱．
Robben Island was a prisonfromwhichno one escaped．

19．世界似乎到了末日．
It seemedasif the world wasatanend．

18．毫无疑问，莫言在成功的路上付出许多．
Thereisnodoubt that Mo Yan ever did so much on his way to success．

17．说实在的，很多人把名和利看得很重．
Tobehonest，a lot of peopleattach great importance to becoming rich and famous．

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