三. Choose an appropriate word or phrase in its correct form to complete each sentence.

A、old ; elder; elderly

1. She is an _________ friend of ours.

2. I was much happier in my ________ job.

3. Mary often quarrels with her  _________ sister.

4. He is very active for an ____________man.

5. I feel pretty _________ when I see how the younger generation behaves.

B、some day; one day; the other day

6. I promise I will come back and marry you___________________.

7. _______________I  will get my revenge(愤怒).

8. I remember seeing him somewhere____________.

9 .__________I just feel like quitting my job. But I need the money so I can’t.

A、in disguise; in return; in the flesh; in time; in common; in amazement

10. What can e do ______________for your kindness?

11. I don’t think they’ve got much____________ with their neighbours.

12. He often went out ___________ to avoid the ever-present journalists.

13. They were shaking their heads____________.

14. It was a pleasure to finally meet him____________.

15. I want to be home ________for tea.

阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空。

Each of us fails from time to time. If we are wise, we accept these failures as a necessary part of the learning process.    1.   all too often as parents and teachers we do not allow our children to have the same right. We convey either by words or by actions that failure is something to be ashamed   2. , and that nothing but top performance lives up to our  expectations.

When I see a child subject to this kind of pressure, I think of Donnie. He was    3.  shy and nervous perfectionist. His fear of failure    4. (keep) him from classroom games that other children played with joyous abandon. He seldom answered questions for fear 5.   he might be wrong. He seldom finished his work because he   6. (repeated) checked with me to be sure he hadn’t made a mistake. I tried my best to build up  7. self-confidence. And I frequently asked God for direction. But nothing changed until midterm, 8.  Mary Anne, a student teacher, was appointed to our classroom. She was young and pretty, and she loved children. My pupils, Donnie    9.  (include), adored her. With her frequent     10.  (courage), Donnie became confident.

二、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Each of us fails from time to time. If we are wise, we accept these failures as a  21  part of the learning process. But all too often  22  parents and teachers we disallow this same right to our children.
When I see a child  23   from this kind of pressure, I think of Donnie.
Donnie was my youngest third-grader. His  24   of failure kept him from classroom games that other children enjoyed. He  25  answered questions--- he was afraid he might be wrong. I tried my best to build his  26   . But nothing changed until midterm, when Mary Anne, a student teacher, was assigned to our classroom. She was young and pretty, and she loved children. My pupils, Donnie included, all  27  her very much.
One morning, we were working on maths problems at the chalk-board. Donnie had  28   the problems with pains-taking tidiness. Pleased with his progress, I  29  the children with Mary Anne and went for art materials. When I returned, Donnie was in  30  . He’d missed the third problem.
My student teacher looked at me in despair. Suddenly her face  31   . From the desk we shared, she got a container filled with pencils.
“Look, Donnie,” she said, kneeling beside him and gently  32   the tear-stained(弄脏的) face from his arms. “ I’ve got something to  33  you.” She removed the pencils, one at a time, and placed them on his desk.
“See these   34   , Donnie,” she continued. “ They belong to Mrs. Lindstorm and me. See how the erasers are   35   . That’s because we make mistakes too. But, we erase the mistakes and try again. That’s what you  36  learn to do, too.
She kissed him and stood up. “Here,” she said, “I’ll leave one of these pencils on  37   desk so you’ll remember that everyone makes mistakes,  38  teachers.” Donnie looked up with love in his eyes and a smile.
The   39   became Donnie’s prized possession. That, together with Mary Anne’s frequent encouragement, gradually  40  him that it’s all right to make mistakes--- as long as you erase them and try again.
21．A．small                B．basic                      C．necessary               D．large
22．A．for                    B．as                          C．to                          D．with
23．A．come                B．take                       C．fall                        D．suffer
24．A．fear                  B．lesson                    C．chance                   D．sense
25．A．always              B．Often                    C．once                      D．seldom
26．A．self-protection   B．self-improvement    C．self-confidence       D．self-learning
27．A．respected           B．disliked                  C．avoided                  D．minded
28．A．written down     B．worked out             C．gone over               D．gave in
29．A．left                   B．offered                  C．missed                   D．parted
30．A．surprise             B．astonishment          C．anger                     D．tears
31．A．darkened           B．brightened              C．pulled                    D．loosened
32．A．pushing            B．picking                  C．holding                  D．lifting
33．A．help                  B．show                     C．reward                   D．promise
34．A．pencils              B．mistakes                 C．marks                    D．containers
35．A．used                  B．built                      C．worn                     D．damaged
36．A．may                  B．Must                     C．dare                       D．can
37．A．my                   B．someone’s              C．the teacher’s           D．your
38．A．still                   B．also                       C．even                      D．not
39．A．pencil               B．words                    C．mistake                  D．desk
40．A．warned              B．informed                C．persuaded               D．reminded

写作：短文改错

The friendship between us never fades. Mary Allen was my best friend—like a sister I never had. We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding, and so on.

When I was 13, my family moved. Mary and I   36  in touch through letters, and we saw each other on special  37  — like my wedding and Mary’s. Soon we were  38  with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less. One day a card that I sent came back,  39  “Address Unknown.” I had no idea how to   40   Mary.

Over the years, I thought of Mary often. I wanted to  41  stories of my children and then grandchildren. I need to share my   42 when my brother and then my mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Mary could  43 .

One day I was reading a newspaper   44  I notice a picture of a young woman who looked a lot like Mary and whose last name was Wagman— Mary’s married name. “There must be thousands of Wagmans,” I thought,  45 I wrote to her anyway.

She called as soon as she got my letter. “Mrs. Tobin!” she said excitedly, “Mary Allen Wagman is my mother”. Minutes later I heard a voice that I  46   at once, even after 40 years. We laughed and cried and asked about each other’s   47  .

Now the empty place in my heart is filled, and there is one thing that Mary and I know for sure: We won’t lose each other again!