阅读与表达(填空式)。

My dad was the rock of my life. As I was growing up I always knew he was there. He was the type to wait for someone to start a conversation; then he would join in and listen carefully.

I remember and miss those conversations so much. He was always trying to protect my whole family; sometimes I think we mistook him.

My dad began to work in a bank at the age of 23. When he was in his later fifties, he took early retirement. I never thought he would even think of doing that, but he said he wanted a change to start a new company of his own. I understood that. My dad was always working. He hardly ever rested or took a break. He moved to Atlanta from New York where he planned to start a new company. Eight months later I visited my dad for the first time in his new home; he had changed his address, and my wife and I found him in his new home. We found a small house that looked more like a shack(窝棚) on the beach. This was Dad's new house? At the door was a man whose face lit up when he saw us. It was dad... DAD? It couldn't be! This man had grey hair. Where was my Porsche(保时捷)? In other words, where was my dad I had grown up with?

1.The writer's dad was a man who never started to others first.

2.The writer's dad had been for nearly 30 years.

3.After retiring, the writer's dad had to start his own company.

4.The writer's dad was hardworking, he was a man who never .

5.The writer hardly when he saw his dad with grey hair at the door of his shack.

—What can I do for you?

—I’d like two _______.

A．box of apple B．boxes of apples

C．box of apples D．boxes of apple

Help yourself to _________.

A．some chickens B．a chicken

C．some chicken D．any chicken

________ it is today!

A．What fine weather B．What a fine weather

C．How a fine weather D．How fine a weather

Which is the way to the __________?

A．shoe factory B．shoes factory

C．shoe’s factory D．shoes’ factory

This class ________ now. Miss Gao teaches them.

A．are studying B．is studying

C．be studying D．studying

We will have a _________ holiday after the exam.

A．two month B．two-month

C．two month’s D．two-months

________ trees are cut down in the forests every year.

A．Thousand B．Thousands

C．Thousand of D．Thousands of

Our sports meeting will be held ________.

A．on 24, Tuesday, April B．in April 24, Tuesday

C．on Tuesday, April 24 D．in April Tuesday 24

_________ people here are very friendly to us.

A．The B．/

C．A D．An