4 . We have lots of things in common ________ (除了) music. (根据汉语提示单词拼写）

5 . The holidays I spent in Italy were very good __________(除……之外)a few rainy days. (根据汉语提示完成句子)

6 . There was dead silence ______ the sound of our hearts beating violently.

A．despite

B．except for

C．in spite of

D．besides

7 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

A twist of fate

When Tamara Rabi met Adriana Scott at a local McDonald’s restaurant, their lives changed forever. “I didn’t know what to say     1     ‘hi’. I was just so shocked -- it was like seeing myself,” says Adriana. They were both students at neighbouring universities in Long Island, New York, and they had grown up only 30 kilometres apart. They shared a birthday, they were exactly the same height and both loved hip hop. But the most important thing     2     was shared between them was the same Mexican mother. Both girls grew up knowing that their mother     3     (give) them up for adoption when they were born, but they had no idea     4     they had a twin sister. Then, Justin Lattore, a friend of Adriana’s, went to Tamara’s twentieth birthday party. When he walked in and saw Tamara, hardly     5     he believe his eyes. “I was just shocked -- she looked so much like Adriana,” says Justin. Then it got clear -- they had to be sisters. In fact, Tamara had already noticed that strangers on her university campus often smiled and said hello, clearly     6     (mistake) her for someone else.

Following the birthday, Justin put the two girls in touch and they arranged the McDonald’s meeting by email. “    7     she came towards me, she was walking like me, talking like me,” says Tamara. “We have the same mannerisms, the same interests and got the same grades at school,” adds Adriana. The girl even discovered that as children they had often had the same nightmare of a really loud noise     8     (follow) by a very quiet one. They had another sad factor in common.     9     of their adoptive fathers had died a few years before they met.

Now the twins are finishing their studies, and they meet often. “I feel she’s my sister, but our relationship right now is more like friends,” says Tamara. She’s optimistic and excited that their futures will be together. “We will always have each other. We don’t have any other brothers and sisters -- we are sure     10     (grow) old together!”

8 . She is pretty________the fact that her eyes are too big.
若不是她的眼睛太大，她是很漂亮的。

9 . 单句改错
1. One of the questions is: Who will you go in times of trouble?
2. Some will turn out to their parents or teachers for help.
3. In my opinion, students can benefit a lot doing some housework.
4. What’s most, doing housework can be a form of mental relaxation from study.
5. After that I poured oil into a pan and turned off the stove, I waited patiently until the oil was hot.
6. I’m glad to know that you’ve come China to learn kung fu in a school in my hometown.
7. Then I can spare some time to learn it again, so that we can practice together on every day.
8. When I studied chemistry high school, I reconsidered my goal and decided to be a doctor.
9. I want my cafe have a special theme such as like “Tang Dynasty”.
10. I was unwilling to play the games for them sometimes.
11. They have also bought for some gardening tools.
12. Now I am leaving home to college.
13. Dad cleaned the house, and then went on shopping.
14. Unfortunately, on the development of industrialization, the environment has been polluted.

10 . The suit fits me well, ______ the trousers are too short.

A．except

B．besides

C．but

D．except that