Section Ⅱ Using language
单句语法填空 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
1. I feel （honour） to stay here tonight and spend Mother’s Day with you.
2. The police received several （complain） about the noise from our party.
3. Email， as well as telephones， （be） playing an important part in daily communication.
4. You should not talk with a person with your finger （point） at him.
5. In celebration of the New Year， we decorate our classroom balloons and flowers.
6. The black clouds are gathering， which （indicate） that it will rain soon.
7. They came to the front door （wave） goodbye to the guests.
8. You’d sound a lot politer if you make request in the form of a question.
9. They （formal） invited us to visit their hometown.
10.Even the youngest children in the class （attract） by the story. They listened with great interest.
完成句子 用适当的情态动词完成句子。
1. It rain this afternoon. You’d better take a raincoat with you.
2. Betty be in the next room. I can hear her talking there.
3. George not have gone too far. His coffee is still warm.
4. You not have worried—it all turned out fine.
5. He have passed the driving test， but he was too nervous.
同义句转换 用适当的情态动词改写句子。
1. It is not possible that Bob has completed the project by now， for he fell ill last week.
Bob by now， for he fell ill last week.
2. You were supposed to have the ability to pass the job interview， but you were too nervous.
You ， but you were too nervous.
3. It’s our duty to look after our parents when they are old.
We when they are old.
4. I’m not sure why he hasn’t turned up; maybe， he has missed the train.
I’m not sure why he hasn’t turned up; he .
5. I’m sure he has completed his homework for I saw him playing football just now.
He for I saw him playing football just now.
完形填空
It always seemed like having traditions was a good thing. They create 1 that will last a lifetime. So when our children David and Darla were preschoolers， we 2 a family Christmas tradition. It was our tree-decorating party and it would be complete with eggnog （蛋奶酒） and pfeffernusse cookies.
The kids were excited as we pulled the freshly 3 tree into the house. It smelled so good. We would turn on the 4 before the tree decoration began.
Our hearts seemed to 5 to the merriment of the Christmas songs. The kids’ eyes twinkled with 6 . It was a heart-warming evening. When finished， we would sit drinking the eggnog and snacking on pfeffernusse cookies as we 7 the beauty of the Christmas tree.
Years later when my daughter Darla was home from college， she 8 to help decorate the tree. I was 9 . Before we knew it， the tree decoration was finished. It was a beautiful tree and its 10 smell filled the room. As we had every year before， I brought out the eggnog and the pfeffernusse cookies for our traditional 11 .
Then during the laughter Darla suddenly got very 12 and said she had something to tell me. From her hesitation and body 13 I learned that she was fearing it. She sat down next to me. Then Darla 14 looked me in the eye and said， “Mom， I’ve never 15 pfeffernusse cookies.”
Then I 16 the importance of what she had just said. Why didn’t she ever tell me？ All those childhood years rather than 17 Mom’s feelings and spoil Mom’s tradition， she had stood the cookies 18 . From a child’s heart year after year she had given me the gift of 19 ！
My daughter taught me life’s very important 20 ： The best gifts aren’t always found under the Christmas tree.
1. A. surprises B. imaginations C. memories D. interests
2. A. took over B. broke off C. turned down D. set up
3. A. cut B. bought C. grown D. decorated
4. A. light B. music C. camera D. heating
5. A. listen B. swing C. talk D. dance
6. A. amazement B. curiosity C. excitement D. anxiety
7. A. admired B. noticed C. recalled D. explored
8. A. had B. refused C. agreed D. offered
9. A. worried B. thankful C. confident D. confused
10. A. lasting B. unique C. unusual D. pleasant
11. A. feature B. schedule C. celebration D. theme