Later Mark returned safe and 17 to his mothers side, good-humoured and all smiles as usual 18 nothing unusual had 19 happened. The Iron Woman, however, broke down again and was 20 sobbing for the second time.
1.A.seldom B.quite C.usually D.frequently 答案：C
2.A. talk B. pretend C . seem D. look 答案：B
3. A. help B. control C. oppression D. power
[解析]介词短语under control意为“在控制之下”。答案：B
4.A. shaking B. dream C. fear D. shock
[解析]由开头句和This sad news shook the politician…判断出此空选shock 才能与句首呼应。 答案：D
5. A. speak B. appear C. pay D. cook
[解析] 下文“to speak as planned”暗示此题空缺处应填speak。
答案：A
6. A. object B. subject C. report D. announcement
[解析] 此处指记者缠住她提出了她儿子失踪的话题，也可从下文得知。
答案：B
7. A. unprepared B . answering C. eager D. got ready
[解析] 词组be unprepared for (未作准备)中unprepared是过去分词在句中作定语。
答案：A
8.A. son B. self-control C. balance D. belief
[解析]前句中mentally指“精神上”毫无准备，所以“失去自控”。
答案：B
9. A. because B. that C. as D. thus
[解析]连词as意为“当……时候”，引导时间状语从句。 答案：C
10. A. eager B. curious C. afraid D. worried
[解析]词组be worried about sb. 意为“担心某人”。 答案：:D
11. A. broke B .fell C. quiet D. went
[解析] 四个动词短语中break down 指精神失去控制（突然大哭）。
答案：A
12. A. slowed B. turned C. calmed D. broke
[解析]前文已叙述she sobbed silently for quite a while, 此空应填calmed才与and started to speak as planned相符。
答案：C
13. A. interesting B. moving C. serious D. merry
[解析]由上文可判断出，这种场面令人感动，从四个形容词义来看，只有选moving, 而且又能引出下文。
答案：B
14. A. character B. importance C. thought D. position
[解析] 由上下文可判断出此空应选character，character 在此意为“品格，特征”。
答案：A
15 .A. set B. worry C. think D. talk
[解析]四个动词都可以与about搭配，但其意义不同，此空选talk才与前后文章相符。
答案：D.
16.A. it B. sh
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[解析]that 引导定语从句，又在从句中作主语。 答案：D
17. A. healthy B. happy C. sound D. voice
[解析]safe and sound 属固定短语，意为“安然无恙” 答案：C
18. A. so that B. as if C. though D. yet 答案：B
19. A. ever B. just C. never D. yet
[解析]由句意“异常情况似乎没发生”，可判断出该空填上ever更加重语气。
答案：A
20. A. seen B. caught C. heard D. made 答案：A
探究活动
1. 我们从初一（甚至小学）开始学英语，每周至少10节英语课，花费了大量的时间，精力，为什么英语还停留在初始水平？怎样才能科学，高效地学习英语？
2．We meet people every day. How can we appear friendly to others? In what way can we communicate with people well?
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