It is almost five years ________ we saw each other last time．

A.
before
B.
since
C.
after
D.
when

________ my sister three times today but her line was always busy．

A.
I’d phoned
B.
I’ve been phoning
C.
I’ve phoned
D.
I was phoning

School was over and I was both mentally and physically tired, I sat at the very front of the bus because of1to get home.Sitting at the front makes you2out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies. Janie, the driver, tries to break the uncomfortable atmosphere by striking the match of 3.
I try to mind my manners and4listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day.On this day, however, her conversation was worth listening to.
"My father’s sick," she said to no one in 5.I could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes.With a sudden change of attitude and interest, I asked, "What’s wrong with him?"
With her eyes wet and her voice tight from6the tears, she responded, "Heart trouble." Her eyes7as she continued."I’ve already lost my mum, so I don’t think I can8losing him.”
I couldn’t respond.I was9.My heart ached for her.I sat on the old, smelly seat thinking of the great10my own mother was thrown into when my father died.
I saw how hard it was, and still is, for her.I wouldn’t like anyone to go through that.Suddenly I realized Janie wasn’t only a bus driver.That was just her job.She had a whole world of family and concerns too.I had never thought of her as anything but a11.I suddenly felt very 12.I realized I had only thought of people as13as what their purposes were in my life.I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver.1 had judged her by her job and regarded her as unimportant.
For all I know, I’m just another person in someone else’s world, and may not even be important.I should not have been so selfish and self-centered.Everyone14a place to go to, people to see and appointments to 15.Understanding people is an art.

1.
1. A.
  determination
2. B.
  decision
3. C.
  attempt
4. D.
  anxiety
2.
1. A.
  make
2. B.
  stand
3. C.
  think
4. D.
  find
3.
1. A.
  topic
2. B.
  message
3. C.
  discussion
4. D.
  conversation
4.
1. A.
  devotedly
2. B.
  carelessly
3. C.
  truly
4. D.
  sincerely
5.
1. A.
  common
2. B.
  silence
3. C.
  particular
4. D.
  surprise
6.
1. A.
  avoiding
2. B.
  clearing
3. C.
  keeping
4. D.
  fighting
7.
1. A.
  glanced
2. B.
  closed
3. C.
  lowered
4. D.
  saddened
8.
1. A.
  mind
2. B.
  regret
3. C.
  bear
4. D.
  miss
9.
1. A.
  angry
2. B.
  interested
3. C.
  curious
4. D.
  shocked
10.
1. A.
  pain
2. B.
  pity
3. C.
  disappointment
4. D.
  mercy
11.
1. A.
  daughter
2. B.
  worker
3. C.
  driver
4. D.
  passenger
12.
1. A.
  selfish
2. B.
  confused
3. C.
  worried
4. D.
  sad
13.
1. A.
  long
2. B.
  often
3. C.
  far
4. D.
  well
14.
1. A.
  takes
2. B.
  has
3. C.
  finds
4. D.
  needs
15.
1. A.
  stay
2. B.
  remain
3. C.
  keep
4. D.
  put

My Teacher in the School of Life
I spent the opening day of school this year at DeMatha Catholic High School in much the same way I spent the first day of classes 1 30 years ago; I sat in Dr. Charles E. Offutt's British literature class, listening to him 2 what his seniors would learn and getting them excited about the journey they would 3, I'm principal(校长) of the school now, but for a few minutes I was back in 1975, 4 what the future held. I have been learning from Dr. Offutt for 30 of the 51 years he has been teaching at DeMatha. He not only taught me to think, he 5me, as much by example as 6, that it was my moral duty to do so and to serve 7. Neither of us could know how our 8would develop over the years. When I first came back to DeMatha to teach English, I worked for Dr. Offutt, then department chair. After several years, I was 9 department chair, and our relationship changed 10. I thought that it might be 11 chairing the department, since all of my former English teachers were still there, but Dr. Offutt12 me throughout. He knew when to give me 13 about curriculum, texts and personnel, and when to let me design my own course. In 1997, I needed his advice about leaving DeMatha to become principal at another school. If he had asked me to stay at DeMatha, I might have. 14, he encouraged me to seize the new 15.
Five years ago, I became 16 of DeMatha. Once again, Dr. Offutt was there for me, letting me know that I could 17 on him as I tried to fill such big shoes. I've learned from him that great teachers have a(n) 18 wealth of lessons to teach. 19 his students don't know it yet, I know how 20 they are; I'm still one of them.

1.
1. A.
  mostly
2. B.
  exactly
3. C.
  only
4. D.
  simply
2.
1. A.
  explaining
2. B.
  predicting
3. C.
  speaking
4. D.
  teaching
3.
1. A.
  keep
2. B.
  achieve
3. C.
  choose
4. D.
  take
4.
1. A.
  preparing
2. B.
  discovering
3. C.
  wondering
4. D.
  realizing
5.
1. A.
  assisted
2. B.
  reminded
3. C.
  advised
4. D.
  convinced
6.
1. A.
  words
2. B.
  action
3. C.
  explanation
4. D.
  models
7.
1. A.
  the others
2. B.
  everyone
3. C.
  others
4. D.
  anyone
8.
1. A.
  relationship
2. B.
  position
3. C.
  situation
4. D.
  condition
9.
1. A.
  appointed
2. B.
  named
3. C.
  given
4. D.
  taken
10.
1. A.
  already
2. B.
  yet
3. C.
  still
4. D.
  again
11.
1. A.
  foolish
2. B.
  surprising
3. C.
  uncertain
4. D.
  challenging
12.
1. A.
  promoted
2. B.
  accepted
3. C.
  supported
4. D.
  welcomed
13.
1. A.
  advice
2. B.
  information
3. C.
  notice
4. D.
  thought
14.
1. A.
  Otherwise
2. B.
  Therefore
3. C.
  Furthermore
4. D.
  Instead
15.
1. A.
  choice
2. B.
  opportunity
3. C.
  occupation
4. D.
  possibility
16.
1. A.
  teacher
2. B.
  principal
3. C.
  officer
4. D.
  clerk
17.
1. A.
  live
2. B.
  look
3. C.
  depend
4. D.
  take
18.
1. A.
  rich
2. B.
  little
3. C.
  valuable
4. D.
  endless
19.
1. A.
  Once
2. B.
  Even if
3. C.
  Unless
4. D.
  Until
20.
1. A.
  fortunate
2. B.
  curious
3. C.
  innocent
4. D.
  satisfied

Some myths are stories used since ancient times , to explain the causes of natural phenomena. The Greek myth that explains why there are changes of 1I about Demeter, the goddess of the harvest. She had a daughter, Persephone , whom she loved very much. Hades, god of the underworld , fell in love with Persephone, and he asked Zeus, the 2 of the gods, to give Persephone to him as his 3. Zeus did not want either to disappoint Hades or to upset Demeter, so he said he would not agree to the marriage, but neither would he 4 it. Hades, therefore, decided to take the girl without 5. When Persephone was picking flowers in the garden, he seized her and took her to the underworld. When Demeter 6 what happened to Persephone, she became so 7 that she caused all plants to 8. People were in9 of starving. But Demeter was determined not to let crops grow10 . her daughter , Persephone, was returned to her. 11, still not wanting to disappoint Hades, decided upon a condition for Persephone’s 12. She could go back to her mother if she had not 13 anything while she was in the underworld Demeter 14it, underworld. When Zeus15 this , he decided that Persephone could spend part of the year with her 16. But he added that since she had eaten the seeds , she had to spend part of the year in the underworld.; And so it 17 that when Persephone is in the underworld, Demeter is sad and 18 not let the crops grow. That is 19 we have winter when plants do not grow. When Persephone returns, Demeter is 20. It becomes spring , and plants begin to grow again.

1.
1. A.
  periods
2. B.
  seasons
3. C.
  time
4. D.
  age
2.
1. A.
  winner
2. B.
  ruler
3. C.
  advisor
4. D.
  fighter
3.
1. A.
  wife
2. B.
  lover
3. C.
  partner
4. D.
  daughter
4.
1. A.
  forbid
2. B.
  forgive
3. C.
  admit
4. D.
  accept
5.
1. A.
  arrangement
2. B.
  warning
3. C.
  reason
4. D.
  permission
6.
1. A.
  let out
2. B.
  worked out
3. C.
  thought out
4. D.
  found out
7.
1. A.
  excited
2. B.
  tired
3. C.
  angry
4. D.
  serious
8.
1. A.
  grow fast
2. B.
  start growing
3. C.
  stop growing
4. D.
  grow slowly
9.
1. A.
  danger
2. B.
  hope
3. C.
  turn
4. D.
  case
10.
1. A.
  since
2. B.
  until
3. C.
  after
4. D.
  when
11.
1. A.
  Persephone
2. B.
  Zeus
3. C.
  Demeter
4. D.
  Hades
12.
1. A.
  return
2. B.
  change
3. C.
  marriage
4. D.
  journey
13.
1. A.
  stolen
2. B.
  found
3. C.
  eaten
4. D.
  heard
14.
1. A.
  understood
2. B.
  refused
3. C.
  doubted
4. D.
  accepted
15.
1. A.
  discovered
2. B.
  studied
3. C.
  forgot
4. D.
  prepared
16.
1. A.
  daughter
2. B.
  mother
3. C.
  god
4. D.
  ruler
17.
1. A.
  works
2. B.
  remains
3. C.
  happens
4. D.
  starts
18.
1. A.
  should
2. B.
  can
3. C.
  dare
4. D.
  will
19.
1. A.
  where
2. B.
  because
3. C.
  why
4. D.
  how
20.
1. A.
  nice
2. B.
  friendly
3. C.
  fresh
4. D.
  happy

An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little1 All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money left. When she heard her daddy say to her2mother with whispered desperation(绝望), "Only a miracle(奇迹) can save him now", the little girl went to her bedroom and took out her piggy bank. She poured all the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Then she3her way six blocks to the local drugstore(药店).
"And what do you want?" asked the chemist.
"It’s for my little brother," the girl answered back. "He’s really, really sick and I want to buy a4. His name is Andrew and he has something bad growing inside his head and my5says only a miracle can save him."
"We don’t sell miracles here, child. I’m sorry," the chemist said, smiling6at the little girl.
In the shop was a7customer. He stooped down and asked the little girl, "What kind of miracle does your brother need?"
"I don’t know," she replied. "He’s really sick and mommy says he needs8. But my daddy can’t pay for it, so I have brought my9."
"How much do you have?" asked the man.
"One dollar and eleven cents, 10 I can try and get some more," she answered quietly.
"Well, what a coincidence(巧合)," smiled the man. "A dollar and eleven cents? The11price of a miracle for little brothers. Take me to where you live. I want to see your brother and meet your parents."
That well-dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon(外科医生). The operation was completed without12and it wasn’t long before13was home again and doing well.
The little girl was14. She knew exactly how much the miracle cost ... one dollar and eleven cents ... plus the15of a little child.

1.
1. A.
  dog
2. B.
  sister
3. C.
  brother
4. D.
  father
2.
1. A.
  tearful
2. B.
  helpless
3. C.
  hopeful
4. D.
  kind
3.
1. A.
  followed
2. B.
  made
3. C.
  took
4. D.
  found
4.
1. A.
  favor
2. B.
  doctor
3. C.
  hope
4. D.
  miracle
5.
1. A.
  doctor
2. B.
  mum
3. C.
  family
4. D.
  daddy
6.
1. A.
  gently
2. B.
  sadly
3. C.
  strangely
4. D.
  coldly
7.
1. A.
  well-dressed
2. B.
  kind-hearted
3. C.
  well-behaved
4. D.
  good-looking
8.
1. A.
  a doctor
2. B.
  a surgeon
3. C.
  an operation
4. D.
  a kindness
9.
1. A.
  suggestions
2. B.
  wishes
3. C.
  ideas
4. D.
  savings
10.
1. A.
  but
2. B.
  when
3. C.
  so
4. D.
  because
11.
1. A.
  same
2. B.
  exact
3. C.
  proper
4. D.
  necessary
12.
1. A.
  difficulty
2. B.
  delay
3. C.
  charge
4. D.
  result
13.
1. A.
  the chemist
2. B.
  the doctor
3. C.
  Andrew
4. D.
  the girl
14.
1. A.
  satisfy
2. B.
  happy
3. C.
  frightened
4. D.
  angry
15.
1. A.
  cleverness
2. B.
  faith
3. C.
  courage
4. D.
  devotion

Sometimes things happen beyond expectation. A 10-year-old boy decided to study Judo(柔道) 1 he had lost his left arm in a car accident. He began his 2 with an old Japanese Judo teacher. He was doing well, but he could not 3 why the teacher had taught him only one move for quite a long time.
“Sir,” the boy finally said, “I think I should 4 more moves.”
“But this is the 5 move you will ever need to know,” the master replied.
Not quite understanding, the boy kept 6. Several months later, the teacher 7 the boy to his first tournament(锦标赛). 8 himself, the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more 9. However, after some time, the opponent(对手) became impatient. The boy used his one move to 10 the match. Now the boy was in the finals.
This time, his opponent was bigger, stronger and more 11. Concerned that the boy might get 12, the referee(裁判) wanted to stop the match.
“No,” the teacher 13, “let him continue.”
Soon his opponent made a mistake. 14 the boy used his move to attack him. The boy won the match and became the champion.
On the way home, the boy and the teacher 15 every move in every match. Then the boy asked 16was really on his mind. “How did I win the tournament 17 only one move?”
“You won for two reasons,” the teacher answered. “First, you’ve 18 one of the most difficult moves in Judo. And second, the only known 19 for that move is to grasp your left arm. But you’ve lost it.” The boy’s biggest 20 had become his biggest strength.

1.
1. A.
  because
2. B.
  and
3. C.
  although
4. D.
  while
2.
1. A.
  lessons
2. B.
  games
3. C.
  talks
4. D.
  stories
3.
1. A.
  discover
2. B.
  understand
3. C.
  examine
4. D.
  forget
4.
1. A.
  learn
2. B.
  notice
3. C.
  advise
4. D.
  change
5.
1. A.
  easiest
2. B.
  only
3. C.
  best
4. D.
  first
6.
1. A.
  improving
2. B.
  following
3. C.
  checking
4. D.
  training
7.
1. A.
  took
2. B.
  left
3. C.
  paid
4. D.
  lost
8.
1. A.
  Disappointing
2. B.
  Frightening
3. C.
  Surprising
4. D.
  Worrying
9.
1. A.
  serious
2. B.
  careful
3. C.
  powerful
4. D.
  difficult
10.
1. A.
  win
2. B.
  play
3. C.
  miss
4. D.
  watch
11.
1. A.
  developed
2. B.
  terrified
3. C.
  advanced
4. D.
  experienced
12.
1. A.
  bored
2. B.
  hurt
3. C.
  changed
4. D.
  broken
13.
1. A.
  insisted
2. B.
  announced
3. C.
  reported
4. D.
  repeated
14.
1. A.
  Especially
2. B.
  Probably
3. C.
  Actually
4. D.
  Immediately
15.
1. A.
  reviewed
2. B.
  designed
3. C.
  suggested
4. D.
  continued
16.
1. A.
  who
2. B.
  what
3. C.
  which
4. D.
  how
17.
1. A.
  for
2. B.
  in
3. C.
  with
4. D.
  from
18.
1. A.
  ordered
2. B.
  mastered
3. C.
  managed
4. D.
  supposed
19.
1. A.
  condition
2. B.
  influence
3. C.
  defense
4. D.
  process
20.
1. A.
  kindness
2. B.
  happiness
3. C.
  weakness
4. D.
  sadness

I live in Albuquerque and I used to give much money to the homeless around, feeling sorry for their misfortune(不幸). But later I became a single mom with no home, a huge1and hardly any income.2, I stopped giving and became very bitter(痛苦).
Several years later, things started to3. I became 4enough to have a home, and5a backyard, and I started to pull myself out of debt. One day we saw a homeless person with the6, “ Will work for food. ” I7. My daughter asked why I no longer helped the people in8. I replied, “ Honey, they just use that money for9or other bad things. ” She didn’t respond. But when I said that, it didn’t feel right.
Three days later, I was10to pick up my daughter from school. A man was standing on the corner and something deep inside11me to help him. So I stopped my car , and he ran over with enthusiasm. He said, “ God bless you, I only need 77 cents. ” I12into my ashtray and13enough, there was three quarters and two pennies.
Greatly shocked by this14, I gave him all the money in the ashtray. He15with joy and tears in his eyes, “ You just made it16for me to see my mom for Christmas ! The bus offering this great sale is17right away ! ” It was a moment I’11 never forget. I think that man won’t forget it either, but I was the one who got the best18in life giving. It also19me that nothing is a coincidence(巧合),20everything has meaning.

1.
1. A.
  debt
2. B.
  duty
3. C.
  income
4. D.
  pressure
2.
1. A.
  In fact
2. B.
  In a word
3. C.
  As a result
4. D.
  All in all
3.
1. A.
  develop
2. B.
  worsen
3. C.
  show
4. D.
  change
4.
1. A.
  unfortunate
2. B.
  rich
3. C.
  generous
4. D.
  unsuccessful
5.
1. A.
  even
2. B.
  still
3. C.
  yet
4. D.
  only
6.
1. A.
  word
2. B.
  expression
3. C.
  sign
4. D.
  letter
7.
1. A.
  got to
2. B.
  walked to
3. C.
  passed in
4. D.
  passed by
8.
1. A.
  emergency
2. B.
  danger
3. C.
  need
4. D.
  panic
9.
1. A.
  food
2. B.
  alcohol(酒)
3. C.
  medicine
4. D.
  music
10.
1. A.
  driving
2. B.
  jogging(慢跑
3. C.
  wandering
4. D.
  cycling
11.
1. A.
  prevented
2. B.
  challenged
3. C.
  permitted
4. D.
  drove
12.
1. A.
  reached
2. B.
  turned
3. C.
  broke
4. D.
  searched
13.
1. A.
  jokingly
2. B.
  strangely
3. C.
  happily
4. D.
  naturally
14.
1. A.
  accident
2. B.
  condition
3. C.
  state
4. D.
  coincidence
15.
1. A.
  put out
2. B.
  turned out
3. C.
  broke out
4. D.
  burst out(大声喊)
16.
1. A.
  necessary
2. B.
  difficult
3. C.
  possible
4. D.
  suitable
17.
1. A.
  lining
2. B.
  leaving
3. C.
  getting
4. D.
  operating
18.
1. A.
  gift
2. B.
  time
3. C.
  favor
4. D.
  honor
19.
1. A.
  thinks
2. B.
  informs
3. C.
  persuades
4. D.
  reminds
20.
1. A.
  or
2. B.
  and
3. C.
  so
4. D.
  however

I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Company. Among the topic we 1 in our classes is the 2 of quality employees.
What has 3 you to stay long enough to become a manager?” I asked.
After a while a new manager 4 the question and said slowly, “It was a baseball 5.”
Cynthia said that she 6 to take a Circle K clerk job as an interim(临时的) job 7 she looked for something else. On her second day behind the counter, she received a 8 from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He needed a baseball glove for Little League. She 9 that as a single woman, 10 was tight, and her first 11 would have to go for paying bills.
When Cynthia arrived for work the 12 morning, Patricia, the store manager, handed her a box. “I overheard you 13 to your son yesterday,” she said, “and I know that it is 14 to explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie. I know you have to pay bills before you can buy gloves. You know we can’t 15 good people like you as 16 as we would like to, 17 we do care, and I want you to know how 18 you are to us!”
The thoughtfulness, empathy(同情) and love of the store manager 19 that people remember more how much an employer 20 than how much he pays.

1.
1. A.
  usual
2. B.
  old
3. C.
  unusual
4. D.
  new
2.
1. A.
  usual
2. B.
  old
3. C.
  unusual
4. D.
  new
3.
1. A.
  usual
2. B.
  old
3. C.
  unusual
4. D.
  new
4.
1. A.
  usual
2. B.
  old
3. C.
  unusual
4. D.
  new
5.
1. A.
  usual
2. B.
  old
3. C.
  unusual
4. D.
  new
6.
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4. D.
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3. C.
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4. D.
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3. C.
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4. D.
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3. C.
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4. D.
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3. C.
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4. D.
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1. A.
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2. B.
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3. C.
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4. D.
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12.
1. A.
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2. B.
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3. C.
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4. D.
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1. A.
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2. B.
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3. C.
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4. D.
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1. A.
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2. B.
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3. C.
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4. D.
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4. D.
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2. B.
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As she waited at the edge of the ice for her music to start, Peggy took a quick look at her father standing nearby with a group of parents and teachers. He smiled at her . Then she 1 out at the audience , hoping to see her mother. These two , Alvert and Doris, Flemint, had driven all the way from California more than 2,000 miles away, to see their2compete in this sports meet in Cleveland, Ohio.
The music3and Peggy moved onto the ice, letting the music carry her along into her turns, and she began skating with much4in herself . The cold fear she always had in the last seconds before skating onto the ice was5. She was feeling the movement of the 6and letting it carry her. She skated easily , then did some jumps, a final turn and her performance was finished.
The crowd loved it and cheered as she skated off the ice. ”Nice job,” said one of the other 7 . It was the remark that always came after a free-skating performance. But what should the 8say? Standing beside her father , Peggy young skaters , some waiting (9) alone, others with a parent .Shortly before 10 o’clock the results were 10. The new United States Women’s Figure Skating Champion was Peggy Fleming of Passdena, California.

1.
1. A.
  looked
2. B.
  watched
3. C.
  found
4. D.
  stepped
2.
1. A.
  friend
2. B.
  children
3. C.
  son
4. D.
  daughter
3.
1. A.
  started
2. B.
  played
3. C.
  developed
4. D.
  sang
4.
1. A.
  thought
2. B.
  belief
3. C.
  success
4. D.
  anxiety
5.
1. A.
  lost
2. B.
  present
3. C.
  strong
4. D.
  gone
6.
1. A.
  music
2. B.
  fear
3. C.
  ice
4. D.
  body
7.
1. A.
  skaters
2. B.
  parents
3. C.
  teachers
4. D.
  journalists
8.
1. A.
  players
2. B.
  audience
3. C.
  judges
4. D.
  listeners
9.
1. A.
  comfortably
2. B.
  hurriedly
3. C.
  happily
4. D.
  anxiously
10.
1. A.
  carried out
2. B.
  let out
3. C.
  announced
4. D.
  declared

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It is almost five years ________ we saw each other last time．

________ my sister three times today but her line was always busy．

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