1. The car has______me a lot of trouble.

2. It is a ______that women get married in long white dresses.

3. There are more than fifty different______in China.

4. I’m______to go and nothing will stop me.

5. The kingdom______as far as the mountains.

6. I______that there was someone in the room with me.

7. I’d like to speak to Mr. Davis about a______matter.

8. On her small income, they live very______.

9. She______us like children.

10. I______that you’d want to see me about it.

tradition, nationality, cause, treat, simply, sense, determine, figure, personal, extend

1. The car has______me a lot of trouble.

2. It is a ______that women get married in long white dresses.

3. There are more than fifty different______in China.

4. I’m______to go and nothing will stop me.

5. The kingdom______as far as the mountains.

6. I______that there was someone in the room with me.

7. I’d like to speak to Mr. Davis about a______matter.

8. On her small income, they live very______.

9. She______us like children.

10. I______that you’d want to see me about it.

It’s dark and rainy outside. I hate it when the weather is like this;  1  when Mom and Dan are yelling（叫喊）at each other about me. I hate   2   when they do that; it makes me feel so guilty（内疚）,  3   it’s all my fault. But, it isn’t this time. This time I don’t think it’s anybody’s fault. It’s so easy to get  4   and when the weather is like this.

       I don’t even know  5  they are yelling about any more. And I don’t care,  6  . I’m leaving. I will just  7   my things and go out of the window. I don’t care that it’s   8  . I don’t care. I’ll leave and go somewhere  9  it never rains and nobody ever yells. Oh, whom am I kidding?  10   I’m old enough to know that there is no such place. People always yell, especially at kids. I’ll just go live by  11  , in the woods. In that case I’d better bring a flashlight（手电筒）. It feels like I’m in a shower. The rain is  12  down my face and into my eyes. It feels like someone who is in  13  of rain is washing away all the badness from the yelling and  14  me to start again. I’m tired, but I can’t stop running. If I do, my dad will  15  me and take me back to the yelling again, I think that I’ve gone far  16  . They’ll never find me here.

       Now what do I do? There’s  17   here to eat and I’m cold. Oh, well, I might as well just go home. I knew this would happen in the end. Well, I’m back. I hope that nobody  18  I was gone. It’s morning now but I don’t think that anyone’s awake yet. I’ll just sneak in（偷偷进入）through the window. I’ll  19   out of my wet clothes and into my pajamas（睡衣）. Now, into bed.

       Maybe tomorrow will be an  20  day.

1．A．however               B．especially             C．of course            D．therefore

2．A．it                          B．that                     C．so                       D．this

3．A．as long as              B．even if                 C．now that             D．as if

4．A．interesting             B．sad                     C．angry                  D．peaceful

5．A．that                      B．what                   C．which                 D．how

6．A．neither                  B．though                C．also                    D．either

7．A．gather up              B．throw away         C．put away             D．pick up

8．A．snowing                B．blowing               C．raining                D．freezing

9．A．why                     B．where                 C．when                  D．there

11．A．myself                 B．itself                   C．yourself              D．themselves

12．A．pulling                 B．floating                C．pouring               D．flowing

13．A．store                   B．charge                 C．favor                  D．place

14．A．keeping               B．allowing              C．preventing           D．helping

15．A．punish                 B．beat                    C．scold                  D．find

16．A．enough                B．away                   C．further                D．more

17．A．everything           B．nothing                C．something           D．anything

18．A．cared                  B．hated                   C．noticed                D．said

19．A．change                B．wash                   C．hide                    D．escape

20．A．worse             B．troublesome      C．ordinary          D．better

It’s only after three weeks into a new job that I made a serious mistake. My boss called it “extremely embarrassing” in a company-wide e-mail — which,    31  , he wrote because he felt he needed to explain that what I did was something    32  in the company should ever do.
I wish I   33   give a good excuse for what I did. At the very least, I wish I could explain it somehow —    34  it on youth, inexperience or ignorance. Unfortunately, I’m    35  , experienced and I know better.
   36  I work with some very kind and compassionate(富于同情心的) people. For the past couple of days many of them have taken time to   37  by my desk and offer comfort, encouragement and support. Some have shared with me similar    38  they have made. Evidently I’m not the only “    39   ” person here.
One of the exchanges I had this week was with Lois, the much-honored, much-respected professional who    40  the desk right next to mine. Lois was completely    41  about her work, and to be honest I was a little nervous about how she would   42  to such an extremely embarrassing incident.
As I expected, Lois didn’t pass over the   43   when she saw me the next day. She mentioned it directly,   44  with empathetic consideration. She listened to my   45  . Just as I was ready to express my regrets, she brought my self-pity partly to a(n)   46  .
“It happened”, she said, “There’s nothing you can do to    47  that. It happened. But it’s over now. It’s   48  . It’s in the past. You need to let it go, and move on.” And with that she returned her   49  to her work, as if to say, “We’re done here.”
I beat myself up for weeks. At such times I need to remember those   50  words: It’s over. It’s done. Let it go. And mostly, move on.