1．You are s         to take a bunch of flowers to meet the new teacher．

2．I’m very i         in this work． What about you? 

3．Bob is not in the classroom．P       he is in the teacher’s office．

4．I saw many old people w         in line buying cheap eggs．

5．Last month, our school called on us students to r         money and clothes for the students in Sichuan．

6．Ideas about etiquette are different b         people in China and Europe．

7．All of these gifts are very common． Do you have anything s         ?

8．She spoke slowly and c         so that everybody could hear her．

阅读下列短文，把A—E五个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整正确。
A farmer’s dog, Dolly, had babies, and the farmer needed to sell them. He painted a sign and put it in his yard.      1     , a little boy walked up to him.
“Sir,” he said, “I want to buy one of your dogs.”
“Well,” said the farmer, “these dogs are very expensive.”
“     2     ” asked the boy.
“Sure,” said the farmer. “Here, Dolly!” he called.
Dolly ran out from the doghouse and four little dogs followed her. The boy became excited.
Then, the little boy noticed another dog. This one was smaller.     3     
“I want that one,” the boy said, pointing to the little dog.
The farmer said: “     4      He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs.”
The little boy reached down and rolled up one leg of his pants. He showed a cast (石膏) on his leg and a specially made shoe. He said: “You see, sir,       5     , and he will need someone who understands.”

In many English homes people eat four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner.People have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning.They eat porridge，eggs or bread.English people drink tea or coffee at breakfast.Lunch comes at one o'clock.Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is about half past seven.First they have soups, and then they have meat or fish with vegetables.After that they eat some other things, like bananas，apples or oranges.But not all English people eat like that.Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day.Their meals are breakfast, dinner, tea and supper and all these meals are very necessary.
【小题1】Many English people have    meals a day.

请根据所给句子的内容，从下面的方框中选出适当的词，并用其正确的形式填在答题卡相应的横线上。每空一词，每词限用一次。

1. Betty ______ now much taller than she was last year.

2.After a long walk, the little boy got tired and fell ______ soon.

3.The boy is too young to look after ______.

4.I think the computer is one of the most important ______ in the world.

5.The weather report says it will be cloudy in some ______ cities in the coming days.

6.—Hi, Jack! What’s wrong with Peter?

  —He fell off his bike yesterday. Luckily, he was not ______ hurt.

7.My students find English ______ to learn and they like it very much.

8.Kate ______ a beautiful dress at her 18th birthday party yesterday.

9.—These tables are very nice. Which one would you like, madam?

  —I’d like that brown one. It uses the ______ space.

10.We will arrive at that small village in about one and a half ______ time.