四、阅读短文,在文中空白处填入1个适当的单词,或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
Being able to study in a British school for one year was ____ exciting thing for me. School starts at around 9 a. m. and ____(end)at about 3:30 p. m. there. It means I could stay in bed for one ____(many)hour. On the first day, all the new students had a meeting. The headmaster told us ____ the school rules(规则). He also told us that the best way to get respect was to study hard and get high ____(grade). We had to move to different classrooms for different ____(class). We also had different classmates in some classes, ____ it was difficult for me to remember all the faces and names. I found that the homework was not as ____(heavily)as that in my old school. Yet it was a bit difficult for me at first, because all the homework was in English. I felt very ____(luck)to experience(经历)this different way of life. I really hope ____(go)back and study in Manchester again.
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五、完形填空。
Once a farmer had a fight with his neighbour. During the fight, the farmer got so angry that he said many bad and ____ words to his neighbour.
After some time, the farmer realized his mistake and wanted ____ his words back but he didn't know ____ to do. Just then, he got to know that a wise man was ____ his village. So, he decided to go to the man and ask for ____.
He went to the man and told him ____. He asked the man to tell him a ____ to take his words back. The man said to the farmer, “First, go and collect a lot of feathers in a(n) ____ basket and then keep them in the middle of the village and go home.”
The farmer did as he was told and the next day he went to see the man again.
The man said, “Now go and bring those feathers to me.” The farmer went to get those feathers, but when he got there, all the feathers had flown away because of ____.
The farmer returned to the man with his hands ____ and told him, “I couldn't bring back those feathers because there were none left in the ____. They were all blown away by wind.”
The man told him, “The same thing ____ to the words spoken by you. You can ____ say them but cannot take them back even if you want to. Before ____ something bitter and bad to someone in anger, you should always remember that your words cannot be taken back. Therefore, it is better ____ silent(安静的)in the situation.”
Words can hurt others too. So always think before you speak.
()1. A. serious
B. special
C. important
D. impolite
()2. A. take
B. to take
C. forget
D. to forget
()3. A. what
B. when
C. where
D. how
()4. A. searching
B. checking
C. visiting
D. changing
()5. A. help
B. excuse
C. exercise
D. example
()6. A. something
B. everything
C. nothing
D. anything
()7. A. path
B. key
C. road
D. way
()8. A. closed
B. locked
C. open
D. old
()9. A. rain
B. wind
C. snow
D. basket
()10. A. full
B. dirty
C. tired
D. empty(空的)
()11. A. basket
B. village
C. room
D. pocket
()12. A. agrees
B. helps
C. happens
D. decides
()13. A. carefully
B. easily
C. slowly
D. correctly
()14. A. say
B. to say
C. said
D. saying
()15. A. keep
B. kept
C. to keep
D. keeping