Private Conversation

Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good seat. The play was very     1    . I did not enjoy it. A young man and a young woman were sitting       2     me. They were talking     3    . I got very angry. I could not hear the actors. I turned round. I looked at the man and the woman angrily. They did not     4     any attention.

Please send me a card

Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I     5    museums and sat in public gardens. A     6     waiter taught me a few words of Italian. Then he lent me a book. I read a few lines, but I did not     7     a word. Everyday I thought about postcards.

Percy Buttons

I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street. Yesterday a beggar     8     at my door. He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer. In     9     for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He ate the food and     10     the beer. Then he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and went away.

So don’t feel sorry for the     1     or make fun of them, and don’t ignore them either. Just accept them for who they are, and give them     2     to live as rich and full a life as you do.

He had opened the curtains that night so that the other woman would see him and Claire,     3     that there was no risk to Claire’s marriage. But even though Tony had been so clever, he would have to be rebuilt-you cannot have women     4     in love with machines.

Being badly wounded, the whale soon died. Within a moment or two, its body was     5     swiftly by the killers down into the     6     of the sea.

Sometimes I wonder how     7     chemistry is to these students, most of     8     will be going back to their villages after Year 8 anyway.

Xie lei, who is 21 years old, has come to our university to study for a business     9    .   She is halfway through the     10     year, which most foreign students complete before applying for a degree course.

On the first day of my first grade, I stood by the door with butterflies in my stomach. I     1    (voice)my biggest concern to my mother. “How will I make friends?” She handed me advice. “Be yourself. “ For the past 20 years, I have lived by these words. Soon I will graduate and become part of the real world. Nervously    2    (face) challenges，I know I will whisper to myself     3     two simple words “Be yourself”.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go on a camping trip. After a good dinner and a bottle of wine, they retire for the night, and go to sleep.

Some hours later, Holmes wakes up and asks his faithful friend. “Watson, look up at the sky and tell me     1       you see. “

“I see millions of stars. “ replies Watson.

“And what do you deduce from that?”

Watson thinks     2     (careful) for some time. “Well, according to the studies on astronomy, it tells me that there are potentially billions of planets. According to the scientific measurement of time, I deduce the time is probably a quarter past three. According to the current atmosphere, I forecast that we     3     (have) a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you, Holmes?”

Holmes is silent for a minute. “Watson,” he says, “someone     4     (steal) our tent!”

Lesson 32: … A detective recently watched a     1     woman who always went into a large store on Monday mornings. One Monday, there were fewer people in the shop than usual when the woman came in, so it was     2     for the detective to watch her. …

Lesson 33: Nearly a week passed before the girl was able to explain what had happened to her. One afternoon she     3     from the coast in a small boat and was caught in a storm. Towards evening, the boat     4     a rock and the girl jumped into the sea. …On     5     at the shore, the girl struggled up the cliff towards the light she had seen. …

Lesson 34: Ted Robinson has been worried all the week. Last Tuesday he       6     a letter from the local police. … Ted was     7     surprised when he heard the news. He was amused too, because he never expected the bicycle to be found. It was     8     twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen.

Lesson 35: Roy Trenton     9     drive a taxi. …When he was driving along Catford Street recently, he saw two     10     rush out of a shop and run towards a waiting car. …

6 . Lesson 26: My sister is only seven, but she always tells me     1     my pictures are good or not…She looked at it     2     for a moment. 'It's all right,' she said, 'but isn't it upside down?'

Lesson 27: Late in the afternoon, the boys put     3     their tent in the middle of a field…The boys felt tired so they put out the fire and     4     into their tent.

Lesson 28:Now he has put     5     ugly stone head over the gate． It is one of the     6     faces I have ever seen.

Lesson 29: Since then, Captain Fawcett     7     passengers to many unusual places. Once he landed on the roof of a     8     of flats and on another occasion, he landed in a deserted car park.

Lesson 30:I turned to look at the children, but there weren't any in     9    ; they had all run away! The man laughed when he realized     10     had happened.

Furthermore, the work flow was     1    . There was one especially absent-minded young man in the assembly line who     2         3     buttons. After a while I recognized him as“Big Jim”who used to sit behind me in math class in high school. He was very slow and all the shirts were held up at his position. Workers     4     him in line on his shift had to wait with nothing to do; therefore a great deal of time and efficiency were lost as Big Jim daydreamed while he worked. All week I wondered why he wasn’t fired.

Anne lived in Amsterdam in the Netherlands during WW II. Her family was Jewish so they had to     1     away for over two years in order not to be caught by the German Naris. During that time Anne wasn’t able to go outdoors for so long     2     she had grown so     3     about everything to do with     4    . One evening, she stayed    5     on purpose in order to have a good     6     at the moon by herself. But as the moon gave far too much light, she didn’t     7     open the window. Another time, she     8     to be upstairs when the window was open. She didn’t go     9     until the window had to be shut. Sadly, for Anne, it was no     10    looking through the curtains any longer because nature is one thing that really must be experienced.

For example, one evening when it was so warm, I stayed     1     on purpose until half past eleven in order to have     2     good look at the moon by     3    . But as the moon gave     4     too much light. I didn’t dare     5     a window. Another time five months ago, I     6     to be upstairs at dusk when the window was open. I didn’t go downstairs     7     the window had to be shut. The dark, rainy evening, the wind, the     8     clouds held me     9     in their power; it was the first time in a year and f half that I     10     seen the night face to face…

I     1     and agreed to meet her at the convenience store down the road. Of course you’ve guessed who Jenny was. She was the girl I had shouted at for singing. When I recognised her in the convenience store, I     2     and apologized for my rude behaviour. I felt so guilty, but Jenny just laughed and told me she was glad to see that I’d also left my glare in the library! I     3     at this and I invited her back to my apartment for a quick cup of tea.