动词填空，阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空 (必要时可加情态动词或助动词)。

Afel was only a small boy when he first saw snow in a picture book. In the pictures he saw a lot of children (1) ______ (play) in the snow.

Afel didn’t understand what snow was. But he dreamed about snow all the time. He dreamed of being able (2) ______ (fly) across the snow.

One day when he was twelve, Afel (3) ______ (watch) TV at his uncle’s house. The program was full of snow. Not only snow – there were people flying across the snow.

“Look! They (4) ______ (fly)!” he shouted excitedly.

The snow, and the people… It was just like one of his dreams.

“They’re skiing. It needs snow,” said his uncle, “it’s the Winter Olympics. It (5) ______ (hold) every four years.”

Afel (6)_________ （find）out that the next Winter Olympics would be in Sochi, Russia in 2014.

“Perfect,” he thought. “Enough time for me to become a good skier. I (7) ______ (go) to the Winter Olympics, and win the gold medal for skiing.”

“But there’s no snow here!” people told him. “Where are you going to ski?”

Afel made himself a pair of skis and skied across the sand. At first he couldn’t move, but he practised and practised until he could move quite quickly.

“How will you go to the Winter Olympics?” people asked him. “Our country (8) ______ (not, have) a team at all. Why (9) ______ (not, do) athletics (田径) instead? We have lots of good runners. And we (10) ______ (win) lots of medals at the Olympics.”

Now Afel is practising skiing down sand dunes (沙丘). He dreams that the yellow sand and brown earth of the desert (沙漠) is the white snow.

单句改错。

(  )1. I’m used to live in the country now. _______

          A       B     C         D

(  )2. The teacher told us that light traveled faster than sound._______

                       A       B             C            D

(  )3. They says they will go there by the plane._________

          A       B     C   D

(  )4. The patient’s family are watching the operation with video._______

                   A               B            C                 D

(  )5. The policeman prevented the children not to play football on the busy road._________

                                            A           B           C         D       

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“Just sign here, sir，” the deliveryman said as he handed Oscar Reyna a package.

The package consisted of a long, narrow box   ___1___wrapped in brown paper.   ___2___  the box, Oscar saw an umbrella inside — a very old one with a beautifully carved handle.     ___3___    he had not seen it for more than 20 years, he recognized it   ___4___.

Oscar was 16 when he first saw the   ___5___  umbrella. He had gone to a concert with his grandparents. As they were leaving, he noticed an umbrella on an empty seat. Impressed by its    ___6___， Oscar felt a strong desire to find its  ___7___.

Oscar  ___8___  the manager to look in the record of advance ticket sales. Just as he thought，a name matched the seat ___9___  Oscar had found the umbrella. The name was Mrs. Katie O'Brien.

Oscar talked his grandparents into going by Mrs. O'Brien's   ___10___    on their way home. He rang the bell, the door opened, and an elderly woman appeared. “May I ___11___  you？”she asked.

“I'd like to return it if it's yours，” Oscar said,    ___12___the umbrella as if presenting a ___13___  that had long been wished for.

“Why, yes!  it's mine，” replied Mrs. O'Brien with a     ___14___  smile and shining eyes. “It was given to me by my father years ago. Thank you so much for returning it. May I offer you a reward for your   ___15___？”

“No, ma'am，”  he  said , “my grandmother  says  that  a good deed is its own reward.”

“Well, that's   ___16___  what my father used to say. What is your name，Young man？”

Years later, Oscar was staring at the finely carved handle of the umbrella as he remembered Mrs. O'Brien. It  was in perfect condition, considering how ___17___   it was. Why had it arrived here today?

As if   ___18___，  a note fell from the paper. It read: Mrs. O'Brien wanted you to  ___19___  this umbrella as a present for a kind,   ___20___  gesture long ago.

1. A. strictly                                B. carefully

C. roughly                                  D. casually

2. A. Opening                               B. Seizing

C. Observing                                D. Searching

3. A. After                                B. When

C. Since                                    D. Although

4. A. clearly                                B. fully

C. immediately                                D. suddenly

5. A. average                               B. unusual

C. plain                                    D. typical

6. A. beauty                                B. shape

C. origin                                   D. history

7. A. designer                               B. seller

C. user                                   D. owner

8. A. convinced                            B. forced

C. encouraged                               D. advised

9. A. until                                  B. before

C. which                                  D. where

10. A. family                             B. theater

C. house                                    D. neighborhood

11. A. invite                               B. help

C. bother                                   D. know

12. A. putting up                              B. turning out

C. picking up                                 D. holding out

13. A. chance                              B. fact

C. gift                                      D. result

14. A. wide                                B. confident

C. proud                                     D. shy

15. A. patience                             B. kindness

C. courage                                  D. determination

16. A. obviously                             B. naturally

C. exactly                                   D. probably

17. A. old                                 B. rare

C. precious                                  D. nice

18. A. in contrast                            B. in return

C. in exchange                                D. in answer

19. A. possess                              B. accept

C. carry                                    D. value

20. A. attractive                             B. significant

C. unselfish                                   D. sympathetic

词汇检测。根据下列句子及所给汉语注释或通过上下文，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。每空只写一词。

1.The local clubs are making every    (努力)to interest more young people.

2.John went out and     (锁住)the door behind him.

3.I had to throw away all the food after I left the fridge open. What a     (浪费）！

4.UNICEF is one of the best-known     (慈善机构)that help poor children around the world．

5.Do you lie     (醒着的）at night，worrying about things？

6.He talked      (兴奋地）to the reporters about his hopes of winning the race.

7.Have you     (讨论）the problem with anyone？

8.—It’s a top secret .

—Yes，I see. I will keep the secret      you and me.

9.—Shirley，is this your wallet？

—Yes，it’s    . Many thanks. I looked for it everywhere.

10.—Can you tell me how long it      to travel to Paris？

—About ten hours by plane.

The sign           means “ _____”.

A. No parking        B. No U-turn           C. No left turn         D. No right turn