Ⅳ. 用方框中所给单词或短语的适当形式填空，使对话通顺、正确。每词或短语仅用一次（每空一词或短语）
by visit get ready for their yet
Dad: Guess what! Grandpa and Grandma are 1. ______ us this weekend!
Jim: Oh, great!
Peter: I can't wait to show them our new house!
Mum: Yes, but now we need to 2. ______ their arrival. Can you help me clean up their room?
Peter: But their room is already clean!
Mum: Well, it's not "grandma clean" 3. ______!
Peter: Oh, OK.
Dad: Jim, can you help me put the new clock on the wall? I bought it for Grandpa to see the time.
Jim: Sure, Dad.
Dad: Helen, can you move this chair to 4. ______ room? Grandpa likes reading books in front of the window.
Helen: No problem, Dad. Can I put some flowers 5. ______ the window?
Dad: Yes, good idea! Grandma loves flowers.
答案：1. visiting
解析：句意为“爷爷奶奶这个周末要来看我们”，“are + 现在分词”构成现在进行时表将来，“visit”的现在分词是“visiting”。
2. get ready for
解析：句意为“但是现在我们需要为他们的到来做准备”，“need to do sth.”表示“需要做某事”，“get ready for”意为“为……做准备”，符合语境。
3. yet
解析：句意为“嗯，还没达到‘奶奶式干净’呢！”，“yet”用于否定句末，表示“还，尚”，符合语境。
4. their
解析：句意为“海伦，你能把这把椅子搬到他们的房间吗？”，“their”是形容词性物主代词，修饰名词“room”，指代爷爷奶奶的房间。
5. by
解析：句意为“我能在窗户旁边放些花吗？”，“by”表示“在……旁边”，符合语境。
V. 阅读理解
What Makes Your House a Home?
The words "house" and "home" don't mean the same in English. A house in towns or cities is a building with four walls and a roof, usually in a street with lots of other houses around it. In most houses, there are rooms for different activities. So people can eat in the kitchen, sleep in the bedrooms, wash in the bathroom and relax in the living room.
But a home is a house full of people with their favourite rooms. For example, my favourite room is my bedroom. It has all my things in it so it's a bit untidy but I love it. My mom loves reading in the comfortable armchair in the living room. Jasper, the cat, lies under her feet by the hot fireplace. My younger sister Sally spends a lot of time in the garden—she loves playing there with her friends! My big sister is away at university so her bedroom is the room for keeping things. And my dad can cook really well so he's usually in the kitchen.
When I'm away from home, I sometimes feel homesick. Of course, I miss all my music, my games, my books and my photos, but I also miss everyday family activities. Our house is noisy in the morning before work or school. Then, when we get back in the evening, Jasper jumps on me with his dirty cat feet and there is the fantastic smell of my dad's cooking.
So home is the people and animals who live in a house, and the things in the rooms that are special to us. It's the activities we do, our feelings and the relaxing environment around us. But home is also the community (社区) we are part of. We often take our neighbours' dog, Milo, out and they look after Jasper when we're away. And every summer, when it's not dark in the evenings, there's a big party in our street with all the neighbours. That's what home is for me.
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