---Please ______ us in the discussion.
---I’d like to, but I have a meeting to ______.
A. join; attend B. attend; join
C. attend; take part in D. take part in; attend
My brother’s pale face suggested that he ______ ill, and my parents suggested that he ______ some medicine .
A. be; should have
B. was; should have
C. should be; had
D. was; has
I feel it is your children who ______ for this accident.
A. is to blame B. is to be blamed
C. are to blame D. are to be blamed
It is ______ pity that the industrial cities built in ______ nineteenth century don’t attract visitors.
A. a; the B. the; the C. the; a D. a; a
阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Spending two days wondering if your father will live or die brings you many things. It allows you to every moment of life. It fills you with good memories, and it fills you with pain. It you of something that can easily be forgotten as you run around in your life：life is incredibly fragile(脆弱的), and can be in an instant.
I sat there in this hospital room, feeding the man I’ve seen as and capable in my entire life. It felt like the full circle of 1ife had come around us. It was both and frightening. It felt to support him, yet part of me wanted to tell him to “be ” again. I wasn’t sure if I was ready to the full meaning of it: that my father may be that powerful and capable person again.
Pain and suffering have visited my family, it will visit all families. And while we hesitate to pain and suffering, it has great lessons to us. Pain and suffering are well outside of the boundaries (界限) of our everyday life. When it , it broke these boundaries and turns our world upside down. We become a with all of the others who have known pain and suffering. And we have another chance to tell what’s truly in our lives.
This crisis(危机) will pass, and we’ll all be changed by it. The hands of time will do their work. I’m thankful that I’ve told my everything I’ve wanted to say to him. And I’m thankful to have my family to during this difficult time. We’ll all be by this to show more support, care, and love. This is as it should be.
1.A. understand B. change C. believe D. appreciate
2.A. tells B. reminds C. informs D. suspects
3.A. happy B. free C. busy D. poor
4.A. taken away B. burned down C. set aside D. used up
5.A. proud B. powerful C. cruel D. serious
6.A. surprising B. disappointing C. worrying D. satisfying
7.A. bad B. lucky C. good D. strange
8.A. normal B. common C. ordinary D. special
9.A. learn B. accept C. express D. explain
10.A. always B. seldom C. often D. never
11.A. as B. because C. so D. since
12.A. find B. enjoy C. face D. catch
13.A. punish B. blame C. teach D. follow
14.A. comes B. leaves C. exists D. stays
15.A. class B. family C. teacher D. party
16.A. positive B. difficult C. negative D. important
17.A. healing B. cooking C. cleaning D. working
18.A. father B. brother C. sister D. mother
19.A. suffer from B. write about C. build up D. depend on
20.A. supported B. challenged C. expected D. examined
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Have you ever had a wonderful idea and thought it would make a great invention, but didn’t know what to do next? 1. They will help you make your dreams come true and become a famous inventor.
The first thing that you should do is do some research on the Internet to see if anyone else has invented it. If not, you should search through the US Patent (专利) information to see if
a patent was ever created for your type of invention. 2.
The easiest thing to do is working with a company that can help you to make your dreams a reality. It can help you present your ideas and get your product to the right companies. One company that has good fame is “Lambert and Lambert”. 3. If they think your product is marketable (有销路的), they will help you to get it to the right company.
Call the company and make an appointment. You will be required to bring in a model of your invention and a complete description of your ideas. 4. Then when you meet with them, you can present it and they will tell you how marketable it is. If they decide to help you,they will work to present it to different companies and help you to go to the next step.
Once your invention has been sold to a large company, get ready to get the benefits of becoming the next great inventor. 5. But the benefits are worth the wait.
A. Write down exactly about your invention.
B. Here are some steps that you can take.
C. It may take a year or two.
D. You will find something new on the Internet.
E. If there is no patent, go to the next step.
F. They offer free advice for good ideas.
G. You will be the next inventor.
