(根据句意，从方框中选择恰当的单词填空，注意大小写和词形变化)

　　and , work , about , take , excuse , sale

1. I like music. How ___________ you, Linda?

2. ___________ me. Are you Mr White from America?

3. My brother often ___________ a shower at seven o’clock.

4. Oh, look at those green shorts. They are on ___________ for just \$25!

5. The basketball game is Oct. 10th ___________ the school trip is Oct. 25th.

6. My father usually goes to ___________ at eight o’clock in the morning.

根据汉语提示完成下面短文中所缺单词，（注意词形变化）（每空一词）。

Today, just as the school was over, my father came to pick me up and go 　1.(家). Just then, an old bus appeared behind our car. I used to ride this bus every ＿＿2.＿（天） to school in 6th grade, and 　3.　（多么） a good time we had!

I ＿4.　（花费）a lot of my time on that bus, whether laughing and talking, or ＿5.＿（恰好） enjoying the fine scenery of the city, as the bus took its daily route over the hills,6.__（穿过） the valleys(山谷), onto the highway, and finally, into the parking lot of my school.

That bus was a big part of my everyday ___7.__（生活）. And that old and always cheerful bus driver would take us on the long way to school to view beautiful places, like the ___8.__（海滩）, parks, even towns we had never seen ＿9.＿（以前）. Our school teachers wouldn’t mark us as being late, even if we were an ___10.__（小时） or so late to school.

Anyway, when I saw that bus, I recognized it right now. I told my dad that that was the bus I used to ride in.

　 先阅读短文，然后根据短文内容从方框内所给的单词中选择最恰当的词（注意词形变化）填入空白处，使短文完整、通顺。一词只填一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。将填入的答案写字答题卡上的相应题号后。

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