2 . Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts. The plane ________.

A．takes off

B．took off

C．is taking off

D．has taken off

3 . When I was a small boy my family was very poor. My father always used his savings to ______ my mother to visit her parents who lived far away. There were just my younger brother and I in the house. One evening Dad came home from ______ and there was no food in the house, not even a piece of bread. Although we were ______ , my brother and I went to bed without eating anything.

My father had no money, but I knew from the ______ on his face that he could not let us have an empty stomach. He ______ the house and about two hours later returned and quickly ______ us up. He had two small potato pies in his hand, which he gave us to eat. I didn’t know where he got the food but somehow he managed to get us something to eat.

My father had not eaten and had worked all day but he sat there with great satisfaction watching us eat. This has ______ stayed in my mind and made me more impressive than any amount of money he may ever have ______ me.

At that moment, I felt happy knowing that he was there and would not let us suffer.

I guess the point I am trying to make is that in difficult times it is ______ not to show weakness but strength and character (勇气) . If a mother is the cement (胶合剂) that ______ a family together, then a father is the one that ______ that cement.

It is his values and ______ that have carried me forward and helped me to ______ my own problems in life. In my own ______ I have learned that it is the ______ time I spend with my children and the values I teach them that will always remain with them.

1.

A．force

B．remind

C．send

D．teach

2.

A．hospital

B．work

C．school

D．town

3.

A．nervous

B．hungry

C．sleepy

D．busy

4.

A．worry

B．pleasure

C．disappointment

D．surprise

5.

A．cleaned

B．observed

C．left

D．searched

6.

A．brought

B．put

C．called

D．woke

7.

A．normally

B．always

C．shortly

D．softly

8.

A．lent

B．paid

C．promised

D．given

9.

A．strange

B．important

C．difficult

D．common

10.

A．mixes

B．arranges

C．supports

D．holds

11.

A．strengthens

B．affords

C．buys

D．collects

12.

A．words

B．records

C．actions

D．failures

13.

A．work out

B．carry out

C．run into

D．look into

14.

A．opinion

B．company

C．order

D．turn

15.

A．valuable

B．useless

C．limited

D．reliable

4 . In Australia, agriculture has ________________ (摧毁；毁灭) nearly half of the woodland and forest. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)

5 . It was _______________ (难以置信的) that the fans waited outside the gym for three hours to have a look at the sports star. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)

6 . Michael Jordan says that the secret ________ his success is learning from his failures. (用适当的词填空)

7 . Not only the students but also their teacher ______ the film now.

A．is enjoying

B．enjoy

C．are enjoying

D．enjoyed

8 . I look forward to ________ (hear) from you in the near future. (所给词的适当形式填空)

9 . ______ (lose) games taught him to practise harder and never give up. （所给词的适当形式填空）

10 . He congratulated himself on having _________(幸存) the air-crash. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)