Unit 25. At the conference

I.选择填空
1.Would you mind ___ it to me once again?
A. explaining B. to explain C. explain D. explained
2,. Before speaking, Mr King first made himself ____ to us by introducing himself.
A. understood B. heard C. seen D. known
3. Peter ____ come with us tonight , but he isn't very sure yet.
A. must B. may C. can D. will
4. When I ____ home, I found nobody in .
A. return B. returned to C. return to D returned
5. ---"Could you tell me what this word means?"
--- "Sorry , I don't know it either.. Let's look it _____ in the dictionary.
A. at B. over C. up D. for
6.Let's look it ___ in the dictionary .
A. at B. over C. up D. for
7. ____ is Xiao Zhang speaking. Is Wei Fent at home?
A. it B. That C. This D. I
8. Could you tell me the ____ question?
A. answer for B. answer to C. reply to D. replies
9. The telegram has been ___ . he will be back soon.
A. sent off B. sent over C. sent out D. sent away
10. One or two sheep ____ missing in the storm yesterday
A. is B. was C. are D. were
11. Must he leave at once ? _____.
A. Yes, he need B. yes, he may C. No, he mustn't D. No, he needn't
12. He must be a student, ___?
A. mustn't he B. needn't he C. isn't he D. doesn't he
13. You know that the sun ____ light and heat .
A. sends out B. sends off C. sends for D. sends up
14. After receiving a letter from my parents, I haven't ____ it.
A. reply to B. replied for C. replied D. answered
15. --Is your sister in?
--- I am sorry. She is out. Would you please ___ a message?
A. take B. leave C. give D. carry

16. I rang you several times, but wasn't able to get ____.
A. out b. away C. through D. on
17. The Frenchman couldn't speak English . It took him quite a while to make himself ___ to the waiter.
A. to understand B. understand C. understanding D. understood
18. English is ____ subject that I am really interested in.
A. the just B a just C. a very D. the very
19. We planned to Qingdao for the summer vacation, but because of the bad weather we had to stay at home_____.
A. however B. though C. really D. instead
20. The conference was a ____ and it was well ____
A. success, attended B. successful, attended
C. held successfully, joined D. succeeded , attending
II.完形填空
One cold afternoon, a postman was slowly pushing his mail card (邮车 ) __21___ the hill that led out of the small town of Lance. He was walking very __22___ because there was a lot of ice on the __23_____ . He had only one more letter to deliver （传递 ) , and this was for an old lady who lived at the __24____ . Everybody __25___ her "grandma"
She had lived alone __26____ her daughter had ___27__ to Hawaii many years before. She used to invite the postman _28___ for coffee whenever he _29__ her letter, and she would tell him about her two grandchildren in Hawaii, whom she had _30____ seen. However , she had lots of __31___ of them, which she used to __32___ him.
Just as the ___33__ came near her gate, a small boy came __34___ down the hill. suddenly the boy slipped on the ice and fell. The postman stopped his mail cart and hurried _35___ the street to help the boy. After a quick __36___ , he saw that the boy had hurt his leg very badly. In fact, he was ___37____ that the boy's leg had been broken. He knew that "grandma" didn't have a __38___ , so he stopped a _39___ driver and asked him to __40___ the boy to Lance Hospital.
21. A down B. up C. along D. around
22. A. bravely B. carefully C. fast D. sadly
23. A. cart B around C. field D. road
24. A. gate B. bottom C. end D. top
25. A. named B. shouted C. called D. talked
26. A. ever since B. just as C. even after D. until
27. A. left B. came C. moved D. been
28. A.
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