2 . I wanted to pay the train fare, but my friend insisted. Finally I __________.

3 . In fifteen seconds, the city of Tangshan lay ___________.

4 . Byrd now knew that he would be able to reach the South Pole which was 300 miles away, for there were no more mountains _______. The aircraft was able to fly over the endless white plains ____________.

5 . _______, I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner. “Young man,” she answered, “If you _______ more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner!”

6 . “I needn’t remind you of that _______ tie you bought yesterday.” “I find it beautiful,” I said, “ A man can _______ have too many ties.

7 . When he began to _______, we had our first glimpse of the snake. It _______ of the basket and began to follow the movements of the pipe.

8 . He asked if Mr. Gilbert’s _______ had been _______ and the doctor told him that it had been.

9 . 短文改错
短文中共有10处错误，错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词的下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
As summer vacation are coming soon, my classmates are trying very hardly to get train tickets to go home. But I have made up my minds to spend the vacation far from home for first time in my life. My parents have agreed to visiting me, and I will have a different vacation. When they came here, I will show them around my university and the city just as well. I have decided to buy them some nice gifts. It will be a big surprising for them. My parents have done a lot for me, but I think it is high time that I did anything special to express my thanks.
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