单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

1.The boy, s______________ of stealing the collected money, is being closely watched over.

2.To their d_______________, their son was admitted into a famous university.

3.Word came that our football team was d_____________again. 

4.If we work with a strong will, we can o___________ any difficulty, however great it is.

5.He joined the group c______________of five young men.

6.It is impossible to know in ______________ (提前) what will happen.

7.The old man is respected by the people because he has____________(贡献) to the country.

8.Disneyland offers its visitors ___________（各种各样的）activities.

9.The girl made a great________(印象) on her neighbours and they spoke highly of her.

10.All ____________(航班) have been put off because of the heavy snow.

One stormy night many years ago, an elderly man and his wife entered a small hotel in Philadelphia. Trying to get out of the   36 _, the couple went to the front desk hoping to  37 for the night.
“Could you   38  give us a room here?” the husband asked.
The clerk, a   39  man with a winning smile, looked at the couple and   40  that there were three conventions(大会) in town.
“All of our   41  are taken,” the clerk said. “But I can’t send a   42  couple like you 43  into the rain at 1 o’clock in the morning. Would you please be   44  to sleep in my room? It’s not exactly a suite（套房）, but it will be good enough to make you  45  for the night.”
The couple said no politely.
“Don’t   46  me. It is just fine with me,” the clerk told them.
As he paid his bill the next morning, the elderly man said to the clerk, “You are the kind of manager who should be the boss of the best hotel. Maybe someday I’ll build   47  for you.” The three of them had a good   48 .
Two years passed. The clerk had almost forgotten it   49  he received a letter from the old man. It recalled(使回忆) that stormy night and contained a round-trip（双程的）   50  to New York, asking the young man to pay them a visit. The old man met him in New York, and   51 him to the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34^th Street.
He then pointed to a great new   52  there,  a palace of reddish stone. “That,” said the old man, “is the hotel I have just built for you to   53_ .”
“You must be   54 ,” the young man said.
“I am sure I am not,” said the old man, the name of   55  was William Waldorf Astor, and the magnificent structure was the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The young clerk, George C. Boldt became its first manager.

短语(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

1.I _________ the red dress _________（更喜欢） the green one because it fits me better.

2.As he finished his speech, the audience ________________(爆发出) applause.

3. The old man is ________________（患。。。病）heart attack.

4.The war in Libya was finally ______________(结束) with its ruler killed.

5. Try to ____________(劝服) him _______wearing that dress.

6.He has been _______________(失业) for six months.

7.Haven’t you _______________(关心) this country’s future?

8.He ___________________(积极参加) social activities after he retired..

9.She is ________________(遇到麻烦), so she needs your advice.

10.It seems ____________(似乎) our team is going to win.

根据句意填入适当形式的词，首字母或中文已给出，请在答卷上写出完整的单词。 

1.The day was breaking and we could see a ship on the h________.

2.Susan's a very bright and i________ girl who can always be No.1 in her class.

3.The moment I picked up the telephone，I ________ （辨认出） your voice.

4.The young woman danced so ________ （优雅地）in the ball that everybody gave her loud applause.

5.He wiped the s________from time to time in such a hot day.

6.China joined the World Trade O________ on December 11th, 2001.

7.The old man is as ________ （精力充沛的）as a young person and he can’t sit still.

8.A stream f_______ gently down into the valley.

9.After the serious earthquake, the government will provide a________ for up to three thousand people.

10.ThenextdayItriedto ________ （道歉）and sayitwasamistake.

125. The old man is quite able to take care of himself, he has seen the elephant. The underlined part means _____.