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第14讲 语法填空
一、请用括号里所给词的正确形式填空。
1. Being able to pay bills over the Internet is a real ________ (convenient).(所给词的适当形式填空)
2. The children were looking at the gifts with ________ (expect) expressions. (所给词的适当形式填空)
3. The police are anxious for any information ________ (regard) the missing child. (所给词的适当形式填空)
4. The doctor encouraged him to increase the ________ (various) of food that he eats. (所给词的适当形式填空)
5. We cleaned the house from top to bottom and put up ________ (decorate) to welcome the new year. (所给词的适当形式填空)
6. The organizers hope to encourage________ (participate) to create better networks for the exchange of information. (所给词的适当形式填空)
7. The ________ (popular) of smartphones has grown in the last five years. (所给词的适当形式填空)
8. As part of the exhibition, the ________ (celebrate) publishing house (出版社) will be showing six books it has produced. (所给词的适当形式填空)
9. My grandparents will have a small family ________ (gather) to mark their wedding anniversary (纪念日). (所给词的适当形式填空)
10. Developers were forced to use their ________ (create) to develop new games. (所给词的适当形式填空)
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阅读下列短文,根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词,在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
In social life, time plays a very important part. In the U.S.A., guests tend to feel that they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is sent only three or four days ____17____the party date, but it is not true in all countries. In other areas of the world, it may ____18____(consider) foolish to make an appointment too far in advance because plans that ____19____(make) for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten. The meaning of time differs in different parts of the world. ____20____, misunderstandings arise between people from cultures where time is treated differently. Promptness (准时) ____21____(value) highly in American life. For example,____22____people are not punctual, they may be regarded as impolite ____23____not fully responsible. In the U.S.A., no one would think of keeping a business partner ____24___