We walked a long way to see him off, only _____ that he had just left.

A. found        B. to find     C. finding      D. having found

We walked a long way to see him off, only _____ that he had just left.

We walked a couple of blocks, looking in _______ for a taxi. How disappointed we were!

A. place      B. order      C. return       D. vain

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1.I would a__________ it if you could do me a favor.

2.Our car had a b________ on the motorway, so we walked a mile to look for help.

3.It is mine; you mustn’t use it without my p_________.

4.Tom gave Helen an apple in e__________ for a piece of cake.

5.Having a big family to support, he cannot a__________ to take a holiday.

6.There are over four million __________(失业的) workers in this country.

7.The room suddenly fell into silence with the __________(靠近) of the footsteps.

8.According to the _________(调查) conducted by this university, only 18% are for the idea.

9.It is advisable to take an open-minded _________(态度) to new creation.

10.Children should be encouraged to think __________(独立自主地)

One summer several years ago, my family was enjoying a barbecue on the beach. After the barbecue, my father-in-law invited me to go fishing.  Fishing was his hobby, but I   36  went fishing. We walked a little way along the beach and reached a rock by the shore, and I    37   the hook into the sea from there.  Frankly speaking, I am a (n)   38  person, and although I had not felt a tug (猛拽) on the line, I reeled up the hook after five minutes or so. I had caught    39 . It was a starfish. It trembled uneasily when I   40  the hook from its ugly mouth. I threw the starfish back into the sea. After another five minutes I caught another starfish and I threw it back again.
After a while, I caught yet another starfish. That was  41  time, and this time I really got angry. I hit the starfish on the rock   42  throwing it into the sea. I was not in the   43  to continue fishing any more.
When I was   44  the fishing tools, I noticed a little girl looking at the starfish on the rock. We   45  looks with each other. The little girl spoke to me in a   46  voice. “Sir, would you mind if I   47  the starfish back into the sea?”“Not at all,” I replied. “"But you know, there are too many starfish in the sea, and they eat many shellfish.   48 , they look so ugly. I don't like them.”
“I understand,” said the little girl. “But if the starfish cannot get back to the sea, it will be   49  by the sun and die. My dead grandfather once told me that there are no living creatures that have no right to exist in the world. God   50  every creature because it was needed by nature. Poisonous snakes, spiders, and starfish were born into this world with a certain   51  for their existence.”
“All right, dear, please throw the starfish back into the sea,” I said to the little girl, feeling   52 . The girl picked up the starfish and gently put it into the sea, and she  53  at me and said, “Thank you, sir.”
Many people like "cute" creatures such as dogs, cats, and rabbits, while they tend to dislike “ugly” creatures such as snakes, spiders, and starfish.  However, the “cuteness” and “ugliness” of things are decided   54  only on one’s personal opinions. There are no living creatures that have no  55  in the world-- this is what I learned from the little girl.