用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯(每个单词限用一次)。

  Are you able to send a letter with pictures and sounds to someone anywhere in the world without 1 a stamp on it?  2  e-mails you can just do that. Using a  3  you can send e-mails quickly and easily. The post is much  4  than an e-mail. An e-mail can send its message to the other side of the world in 5  .

An e-mail is easy to use and it  6  time and money. The differences in time in different parts of the world do not matter  7  sending e-mails. It is twenty-four service that you can send e-mails at any time of the day time or night.  8  one has to be there to receive e-mails. It doesn’t matter if your friends  9  in bed when you send e-mails to them, or you are 10  a movie at the cinema when they send e-mails back.

在下列各句的空格内填上一个适当的完整的单词，该词的首字母已给出。

1. Tony is really p______. He keeps waiting outside the house for almost three hours.

2. The f________ stood on the board, laughing happily, because they caught lots of fish this time.

3. When I heard of my grandma’s d________, I couldn’t help crying.

4.Parents hope their children can do best in the class, so they usually e_______ too much of

 their children.

5. There is nothing in the box. It’s e______.

That warm day was the only day of the week without rain. I opened the door, took a seat and began to enjoy the wonderful sunshine. Suddenly, I noticed that the house near mine had been sold. An elderly lady was in front of the door, with some beautiful flowers beside her. I walked to her. She looked to be in her early eighties and had the prettiest white hair.
“Hi! My name is Karmen,” I said smiling brightly at the old lady. She smiled back and said, “Hello, Karmen. I’m Henrietta.” Her voice was very strong for someone at her age. Later, I learned she was alone and had no family or relatives to help her. From that day on, I often visited her and helped her with her housework and sometimes she gave me some delicious food. A year passed, and I considered Henrietta to be one of my best friends.
One day, I walked over for my morning visit and knocked on the door, but there was no answer. I knocked again, and she still didn’ t turn up. So I let myself in, using the key she had given me. I checked her living room and then her kitchen. I finally went into her bedroom, and she was lying peacefully on her bed. Beside her there were two notes. One was her will, which said all that she had would be given to me. The other was a thank-you note. I went to her bedside and cried sadly.
Though several years have gone by, I still miss her deeply. Whenever I look at the beautiful flowers in front of her house, I remember the wonderful friendship we had.
【小题1】Through visiting the old lady, the writer learnt that the old lady __________.

读下面一段短文，根据上下文意思，用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。并将答案写在文

More and more people ________ 1.the life with computers. Using computers you can send E-mail ________2.and easily．You are able to send a letter with pictures and sounds to someone，anywhere in the world without putting a stamp，E-mail can send its message to the other side of the world in seconds. E-mail is easy to use and it _______3. time and money. It services for twenty-four hours．So it doesn’t matter if your friends are in bed when you send E-mail to them，or you are seeing a film at the cinema when they send E-mail _______4.

Can you imagine the future without teachers but computers? Students will teach themselves in the schools in the future．Computers help students develop their own ways of learning. Students will follow the learning programs by looking at online libraries and watching lessons by world—class teacher. If they don’t understand something，they will ask other students ________5.or E-mail their teachers．Computers are becoming more and more popular indeed(真正地)．