-- It’s been a wonderful evening. Thank you very much.       --_______.

以下每个句子中均有一个空白处，请根据所给汉字或首字母提示，在空格处填出一个意义和形式均恰当的单词，使整个句子意义完整和通顺。

1.It’s been a long time s_________ we left our junior middle school.

2.Furthermore, I ______________（钦佩） the fact that he likes to meet with students outside of the classroom to discuss different subjects in English.

3.Secondly, it is b__________ for a teacher to be sympathetic---to understand the minds and feelings of other people.

4.So I _________（护着） my paper so that he couldn’t see my answers.

5.I was sleeping s__________ last night when I was awakened by someone’s groans.

6.We found some medicine, got some water, and helped Sam sit up to take it, hoping this would ________________（减轻） his pain and tide over the difficult time.

7.Finally, she didn’t pass the running test and was only _______________（平均的） in swimming.

8.In most developed countries the government provides free education for children because it realizes that ____________（受过教育的）citizens are useful to the country in their later life.

9.David crossed the room and felt sweat on his forehead, but he took the violin from the wall as calmly as if he were a ______________（受欢迎的）visitor.

10.Musically speaking, country music has a simple style and is ____________（放松的）to listen to: this is why it is so popular.

After twenty years of shaving（剃须）himself every morning, a man in a small Southern town thought he had enough. He told his wife that he intended to let the local barber shave him each day. He put on his hat and coat and went to the barber shop.
The barber's wife, Grace, was working that day, so she performed the task. Grace shaved him, and said, "That will be $20." The man thought the price was a bit high, but he paid the bill and went to work.
The next morning the man looked in the mirror, and his face was as smooth as it had been when he left the barber shop the day before. “Not bad, he thought. At least I don't need to get a shave every day.”
The next morning, the man's face was still smooth. Two weeks later, the man was still unable to find any trace of whiskers on his face. It was more than he could take and he was frightened, so he returned to the barber shop.
"I thought $20 was high for a shave", he told the barber's wife, "but you must have done a great job. It's been two weeks and my whiskers still haven't started growing back." The expression on her face didn't even change, expecting his comment. She responded, "You were shaved by Grace and once shaved, always shaved!"
【小题1】It’s implied in the first sentence of the passage that          .

In a national spelling contest in America, an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her soft voice the judges were not sure if she spelled the word with the letter A or E. __61__ At that time, the girl knew she had misspelled the word. But instead of lying and telling the judges she had said the correct letter, she told the truth that she had said the wrong letter. __62__.
As the girl walked off the stage, the entire audience stood on their feet clapping to applaud her honesty. Later, dozens of newspapers wrote about this 11-year-old girl’s courage and honesty, even when it cost her the contest. __63__
Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is what we would do if we knew we would never get caught.
This young girl could easily have lied, and nobody would have known it but her. But that’s just it: She would know she did wrong.  __64__
This young girl was strong and smart enough to prize her own conscience and character more than the prize from a spelling contest. Her respect for herself was more important than any respect others might give her for winning a contest. She knew she would have to live with herself and the choice she made at the moment.
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It’s really a great pity that all of you ____ leave so soon. It’s been pretty nice having you all at my birthday party.

A. should   B. could   C. can   D. might