一、用下列词的正确形式填空
excuse 借口 foster 收养 miracle 奇迹 locate 定位 consequence 后果 结果 scrap, reputation 名声 repeat honest runaway
1、Sometimes we will （） our wrongdoings.
2、You should find a good （） to explain to your parents.
3、You are hoping for a （） but the point is that they don't exist.
4、For a family ，a good （） is very important.
5、It will bring serious （） in both the short and long term.
6、He was the most （） man I had ever met.
7、It's very difficult to （） the signal of that mobile phone.
8、It was not an easy job to find the （） parents.
9、The little girl hasn't a （） of impression of her hometown.
10、The teenagers’ （） cause great sadness to their parents.
二、用下列短语的正确形势填空
out of 出于 think back on 回想 glance at 扫视 打量 except for happen to, pick up, 捡起 接走 run the streets, managed to do, 设法做到 try to do
1、The economy is starting to climb （） recession.
2、Some people have left because of embarrassment at what （） them.
3、That careless mother lets her small children run （） all day.
4、She went over to her parents house to （） some clean clothes.
5、When you （） it ,do you think that it was the right thing to do？
6、The teacher （） his watch and announced that the time was up.
7、His composition is excellent （） some grammatical mistakes.
8、How do you manage to do （） such a thing?
三、阅读理解
A fox is looking for food. He is very hungry. Suddenly he stops. He sees a lot of fine grapes at the top of the wall. How nice they are!I want to eat them. The fox jumps and jumps, but the wall is too high. He cant get the grapes. The fox goes away and says, “I dont like those grapes,They are not good to eat.”
（ ）1、The fox is looking for （）
（ ）2 、There are many （） grapes at the top of the wall .
（ ）3、The fox wants to eat them. So he （）
A、runs and runs
B、jumps and jumps
C 、goes away
（ ）4 、The wall is too for the folks to get the grapes。
（ ）5 、The fox goes away because .
A、the grapes are not good
B、He he cant get the grapes
C、He doesnt like grapes
Bill, who was thin but strong, looking far less than his 79 years, peered outside at the heat. A light breeze was blowing from the n orth, making conditions perfect for the burn. But Bill felt uneasy about Royce doing the job alone. The farmer had a bad leg and walked with great difficulty.
五、写作
请读下列邀请函，并把它改写成一份会议备忘录。
Dear Mr. Smith,
We are inviting you to attend our meeting on World Climate Change in the 21st century, organized by the Climate Research Center. The meeting will be held at 9:00 am on December 15th in the Meeting Room of the Green Hotel. If you have any questions, please call our secretary Miss Wang at （024）23587850. We look forward to seeing you.
Climate Research Center
1、Topic of the meeting： （）