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上海外语教育出版社 高中英语 (必修)第一册
Unit One School Life
Grammar Tenses
I. Grammar and vocabulary
A.
I came to study in the United States a year ago .Yet I did not know the real American society _____1_____ I was injured in a car accident because after the accident I had to see a doctor and go to court. After the accident, my roommate _____2_____ (call) a doctor for me. I was very grateful and determined to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was _____3_____ (astonish). He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible _____4_____ my injury, I'd have to have a good lawyer. And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer. Now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him. But every day I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop _____5_____ (treat) one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time .The final examination report consisted _____6_____ ten lines, and it cost me $215. My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided seeing me at all. He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he _____7_____ did anything. He _____8_____(simple) waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided to dismiss him. And he made me pay him $770.Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Due to my inexperience, I told the insurance company the date I was leaving America. Knowing that, they played for time…and I left without getting a cent.
1. until 2. called 3. astonished 4. for 5. treating 6. of 7. hardly 8. simply
B
When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point _____1_____ my shortcomings(缺点). Week by week her list grew: I was very thin, I wasn't a good student, I talked too much, I was too proud, and