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Ⅰ.单词拼写
1.They applied for a home improvement loan (贷款).
2.We were poor but we never got into debt (债务).
3.It is not polite to interrupt (打断) when someone is talking.
4.He handed me the document (文件) without comment.
5.The Republic (共和国) of Ireland, in the south, is an independent country.
Ⅱ.单句语法填空
1.The family couldn't tell whether it brought about joy or sorrow (sorry).
2.There was a sense of humour to what he did that I found very appealing (appeal).
3.I am looking forward to a long and successful (success) partnership with him.
4.Parking lot owners should be legally (legal) responsible for protecting vehicles.
5.I'm writing this letter to beg you for your forgiveness (forgive).
Ⅲ.完成句子
1.Young people of all ages go there to meet.
不同年龄的年轻人都去那里聚会。
2.It was my mother who/that persuaded me into buying the coat.
是我妈妈说服我买那件外套的。
3.Although he's nearly 80, he is still very active.
尽管快80岁了,他还是十分活跃。
4.As a boy, he was always making things, most of which were electric.
作为一个男孩,他喜欢做一些东西,大多数都是用电的。
5.This has made it even harder for young people to find a job.
这使得年轻人找到一个工作变得更加困难。
Ⅳ.阅读理解
It has become a daily routine (常规) for the students on bus No.7 in Arlington, Washington to wave to the “grandma in window”.
Every day for the past five years, you could find the old lady Louise Elden sitting at her dining room table having breakfast as the kids were passing by. But one day in early October this year she was not found sitting in her usual place.
The kids didn't see their old friend for a few days. They got worried. Finally, they learned that she had suffered a stroke (中风). “It was kind of heartbreaking to us because she was always there in the past five years,” seventhgrader Axtin Bandewerfhorst said.
But she was upset and was obviously still thinking about the 20 boys and girls who passed by her home every day. The day after the bus driver Carol Mitzelfeld brought a bouquet of flowers from the students to Elden, the kids looked out of the window to find a sign read