从方框中选择合适的单词或短语，并用其适当 形式填空，每个单词或短语限用一次。

1. Amy overslept this morning so she        the first bus to Nanchang.

2. Kate is worried because her dog has been       for two days.

3. I left home in a hurry and I    my  mobile phone in my bedroom.

4. I’m sorry I have        your    birthday.

(   ) 7. Hurry up,Tom! The train is        to start.

A. about    B. with

C. for      D. at

(   ) 6. If you must go, at least wait        the rain stops.

A. till      B. unless

C. before    D. for

(   ) 5. I met Mr. Liu yesterday. We      each other since our schooldays.

A. know       B. knew

C. would know D. had known

(   ) 4. I don’t like vegetables        they are good for my health.

A. because of      B. after all

C. even though      D. so that

(   ) 3. —Is his grandmother still       ?

—Yes, she is 102 years old!

A. live    B. living

C. alive    D. lively

(   ) 2. Teachers are often compared to     

candles.

A. burnt    B. is burning

C. burned    D. burning

 (   ) 1. The temperature in summer is usually     zero.

A. on    B. over

C. above    D. below

阅读短文，掌握其大意,然后用方框内所给的词的适当形式填空，每个词限用一次。

It was a dark and cold night. The taxi driver didn’t have even one passenger (乘客）all day. When he went by the railway station, he 1.     a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he 2.       opened the door of the car and asked，“Where do you want to go, sir?”

“To the Star Hotel,” the young man answered. When the taxi driver heard that, he didn’t feel 3.       any more. The young man would give him only three dollars 4.       the    hotel    was not far from the railway station. But suddenly, he had

an 5.       .  He took the passenger through many streets of the big city.

After a long time, the car 6.       at the hotel at last. “You should pay me fifteen dollars, the car driver said to the young man. “ What? Fifteen dollars? Do you think I’m a fool? Only last week, I 7.       a taxi from the railway station to the 8.       hotel and I only gave the driver thirteen dollars. I know how much I have to 9.       for the taxi. I won’t pay you one dollar more than I paid to the 10.       taxi driver last week. ”

(   ) 6. When I got to the cinema, the movie     

for five minutes.

A. began    B. had begun

C. had been on D. has been    on