In 1949 my father came back from the war(战争)，like many other soldiers．

    Soon after he came back，my grandmother became very ill．The doctors said that she needed a blood transfusion(输血)at once，or she would not live through(活过)the night．The problem was that Grandmother’s blood type(血型)was AB-，a very strange type．Even today, (1)it was hard to get some because there were no blood banks or flights to transport(运输)blood．None of the family members were that type．My grandmother was dying．

    (2)My father left the hospital in tears to gather(聚集)all the family members so that everyone could say good-bye to her．As my father was driving down the road，he saw a soldier in uniform(制服)trying to hitch-hike(免费搭便车)home．My father stopped and let the soldier get into his car．(3)He was so sad that he didn’t ask the soldier’s name．

    The soldier saw my father’s tears and asked why he(4) ___________ (cry)．Then the soldier told my father to turn the car around and take him to the hospital．He was just my grandmother’s blood type．

    My grandmother lived until 1996，and to this day．(5)No one in our family knew the soldier’s name, but my father often wanted to know：was he a soldier，or an angel in uniform?

任务一：根据短文回答问题：

1．When the writer’s father came back from the war，how was his grandmother?

2．What was his grandmother’ blood type?

3．When did his grandmother die?

任务二：根据要求完成下列任务：

4．请写出(1)句中的真正主语。

5．请将(2)句翻译成汉语。

6．请将(3)句改成同意句。

7．请用(4)处的动词的正确形式填空。

8．请写出(5)句的反意疑问句。

  No one in our family knew the soldier’s name，______________________

American schools are quite different from those in China. In America, at the beginning of the term, students must select their courses and teachers first. While in China students usually have no chances to select their courses and teachers.

Selecting is very important for your grades in America. So at the first term, don’t select too many courses, 74.or you’ll feel very nervous and it may influence your study. Then you have to ask for some teaching plans. There is some information about subjects, time arranging, marks and textbooks. At the same time, you must choose the teachers. Different teachers have different teaching methods. If the teacher is called “killer” by the last grade, many students will give up choosing him. Because this kind of teacher will leave too much homework, too many exams and give too low grades.
There is another thing after you select the course and the teacher. How to buy textbooks makes each student feel hard. The textbooks in America are very expensive. Each copy is about $30～50. In order to save money, many students buy some used textbooks, and some students usually borrow textbooks from the school library. You must get enough ready before class. In class, discussing is very important. 75. 老师鼓励你提出问题或展示你自己的观点。They don’t usually ask you to sit well. Instead they allow you to sit or stand everywhere you like. They don’t give you much homework to do. You can learn some knowledge and do exercises by yourself. So in American schools, you must do almost all things yourself.
根据文章内容，补全71、72句中所缺单词、短语或句子。
【小题1】 At the beginning of the new term, American students have to ask for some teaching plans and get their textbooks ready besides ____________________.
【小题2】 The teacher____________________will always leave too much homework, too many exams and give too low grades.
【小题3】 根据文章内容回答问题。
Why do many students in America buy used textbooks ?
【小题4】 请将文中黑体字译成汉语。
【小题5】 请将划线句子译成英语。