观察下面句子，试着归纳其画线部分所包含的句型结构。

Although people enjoyed reading his book, many of them thought that Marco’s stories about China were too fantastic to be true．

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观察下面句子，试着归纳其画线部分所包含的句型结构。

However, Marco was lucky enough to meet another prisoner who enjoyed listening to his stories about China．

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观察下面句子，试着归纳其画线部分所包含的句型结构。

But it’s worth waiting for．

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观察下面句子，试着归纳其画线部分所包含的句型结构。

When I turned up for my first jump I was so nervous that I tried to back out…

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根据句意及各题括号中所给的汉语意思，从下面的方框中选择合适的单词或词组，用其适当形式填空。

1．The ________(较严重的)disaster that has ever happened to this area is a flood．

2．WTO is an ________(组织)which makes laws to keep the world market in order and talks with business entities to solve conflicts．

3．John always works harder than other workmates in the company, so he was paid ________(额外的)money at the end of the year．

4．His talk was quite boring and ________(令人疲劳的)so many audience fell asleep．

5．A quarrel finally ________(爆发)between the two sides due to the conflicts．

6．I like reading various books, but ________(冒险)stories are my favorite．

7．You may go or not．That’s to say, it’s ________(可选择的)．

8．His voice was so sharp and noisy that everyone present felt ________(不舒服的)．

9．Many places such as Starbucks are only for the ________(富裕的)people．

10．After the speech by the boss, workers ________(继续做)with their work．

11．The boy was still not back late in the night, so his parents were very ________(担心的)．

12．The construction of the road stopped because they ________(用光了)the money．

13．Though he was born in western culture, tea is his ________(偏爱)in terms of drinks．

14．She has a good sense of time．She always arrives ________(精确地)at the fixed time．

15．It is often said ________(耐心)is a good virtue．

阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中词语的适当形式。

　　A holiday is any day when people lay aside their ordinary duties and cares．The word 　　1　　(come)from the old English．At first, holidays 　　2　　(honor)some holy events or persons．People in Great Britain and other countries speak of holidays as Americans speak of vacations．

　　Every nation has its special holidays．China 　　3　　(observe)New Year’s Day(January 1), May Day and National Day as 　　4　　 holidays．On Oct．1, 1949，the People’s Republic of China 　　5　　(found)．The Chinese have long celebrated the Chinese lunar year．In the United States, congress 　　6　　(declare)several as legal days such as 　　7　　(January 1), Martin Luther King, Jr’s Birthday, Washington’s Birthday, Thanksgiving Day，Christmas Day and so on．Some countries 　　8　　(celebrate)the special events in the development of them, such as Greece’s Independence Day, Italy’s Liberation Day and India’s Independence Day．

　　In the States, the banks and schools usually close ona legal holiday．When such a holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday is usually 　　9　　(observe)．The schools and organizations often observe the days 　　10　　(know)as traditional holidays, though schools and business do not close then．Those holidays include Valentine’s Day and Halloween．

完成句子

You have ________　________(成功)through our company’s three-month training course．

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I think ________ is ________ pleasant than traveling．(我认为没什么比旅游更令人愉快)

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It’s ________ for us ________　________　________　________ before the end of the month due to the bad weather．(在月底之前完成这项工程对我们来说很困难。)

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He will ________ me ________ editor．(他将接替我当编辑。)