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语法填空专练1One Sunday morning in August I went to a local music festival. I left it early because I had an appointment _16_ (late) that day. My friends walked me to the bus stop and waited with me _17_ the bus arrived. I got on the bus and found a seat near the back, and then I noticed a man _18_ (sit) at the front. He _19_ (pretend) that a tiger toy was real and giving it a voice. He must be _20_ (mental) disabled.Behind him were other people to _21_ he was trying to talk, but after some minutes _22_ walked away and sat near me, looking annoyed. I didnt want to be laughed at for talking to him but I didnt like leaving him _23_ his own either.After a while I rose from my seat and walked to the front of the bus. I sat next to the man and introduced myself. We had _24_ amazing conversation. He got off the bus before me and I felt very happy the rest of the way home.Im glad I made a choice. It made _25_ of us feel good.2A young man, while traveling through a desert, came across a spring of clear water._31_water was sweet. He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to a tribal elder_32_had been his teacher. After a four-day journey, the young man_33_(present) the water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink, smiled_34_(warm), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water. The young man went home_35_a happy heart.After the student left, the teacher let_36_student taste the water. He spit it out,_37_(say) it was awful. Apparently, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher, ” Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend to like_38_?”The teacher replied, ” You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of kindness and love. Nothing could be_39_(sweet). ”3A man spoke with the Lord about heaven and hell. The Lord said to the man, “Come, I will show you hell.” They entered a room_31_a group of people sat around a huge pot of meat. Everyone was skinny, desperate and starving. Each_32_(hold) a spoon that could reach the pot, but each spoon had a handle so much longer_33_their own arms_34_it could not be used to get the stew into their own mouths. The suffering was terrible.“Come, now I will show you_35_.” The Lord said after a while. They entered another room, similar_36_the firstthe pot of meat, the group of people, the same long-handle spoons._37_there everyone was happy, healthy and satisfied.“I dont understand,” said the man. “_38_are they happy here when they were miserable in the other room and everything was the_39_?” The Lord smiled. “Ah, itis simple,” he said. “Here they have learned to feed each_40_.”4Jane was walking round the department store. She remembered how difficult_31_was to choose asuitable Christmas present for her father. She wished that he was as easy_32_(please) as her mother, who was always delighted with perfume.Besides, shopping at this time of the year was not_33_pleasant experience：people stepped on your feet or_34_(push) you with their elbows(肘部), hurrying ahead to get to a bargain.Jane paused in front of a counter_35_some attractive ties were on display. “They are real silk,” the assistant tried to attract her. “Worth double the price.” But Jane knew from past experience that her_36_(choose) of ties hardly ever pleased her father.Jane stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered. She found some good quality pipes_37_sale. She did not hesitate for long:although her father smokeda pipe only once in a while, she knew that this was a present which was bound to please_38_.When Jane got home, with her small but well-chosen present in her bag, her parents were already_39_table having supper.Her mother was excited. “Your father has at last decided to stop smoking,” Jane_40_(inform).We understand this lesson best_40_we receive gifts of love from children. Whether it is a cheap pipe on a diamond necklace, the proper response is appreciation. We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing. 5A proverb says,“Time is money”. But in my opinion, time is even1precious than money. Why? _2_ when money is spent, we can earn it back. However, when time is _3_, it will never return._4_ is known to all that the time we can use is limited. Therefore we should make _5_ use of our time to study hard so as to serve our country in _6_ future.But it is a pity that there are a lot of people _7_ do not realize the value of time. They _8_their precious time smoking, drinking and playing.In a word, we should form the good habit of _9_ (save) time. Do not put off what can be done today_10_tomorrow.6Eric Clapton is one of the most _1_(success) rock stars of all time. He has sold millions of copies of his records _2_ has appeared in concerts all over the world.Clapton was born in1945 ina small town, _3_ is nearLondon. When he was only two years old, his mother left him. Eric was brought _4_ by his grandparents. Until he was nine he believed that they were his parents and it was _5_ terrible shock when he found out that they werent. But his grandparents treated him well. They paid for him _6_(go) to art college. _7_ Eric had already become interested in music and he started playing the guitar in bars and clubs.Clapton first became famous when he started a group _8_ (call) Cream. Not only _9_ he play the guitar and sing but also he could write excellent songs. But while on stage he was the brilliant guitar-playing superstar, his private life was falling apart. _10_ his marriage broke off, he started taking drugs.7Soon after David left college, one of his uncles, who was rich and had no_1_of his own died and left David a lot of money, so he decided to_2_ his own real estate agency.He found a nice office,_3_(buy) some new furniture and moved in. He had only been there for a few hours when he heard someone coming_4_the door of his office.“Its my first customer!” he thought. He quickly picked up_5_ telephone and pretended to be very busy_6_an important call from someone in New York_7_wanted to buy a big and expensive house in the country.The man knocked at the door_8_this was going on, came in and waited_9_(polite) for the agent to finish his conversation. Then he said to him, “Im from the telephone company, and I_10_(send) here to connect your telephone.”8Experiments have proved that children can_1_(instruct)in swimming at a very early age. At a special swimming pool inLos Angeles, children become expert at_2_their breath under water even before they can walk._3_of two months old do not appear to be reluctant to enter the water. It is not long_4_they are so accustomed to swimming_5_they can pick up weights from the floor of the pool. A game that is very popular with these young_6_(swim) is the underwater tricycle race. Tricycles are lined up on the floor of the pool seven feet under water. The children compete against each other to reach the other end of the pool. Many pedal their tricycles,_7_most of them prefer to push or drag them. Some children_8_cover the whole length of the pool_9_coming up for breath even once. Whether they will ever become future Olympic champions, only time will tell. Meanwhile,