语法填空专项练习(一)

语法填空专项练习

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Night after night, she came to tuck me in（哄我睡觉）, even long after my childhood years.1___________ (follow) her longstanding custom, she’d lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my forehead.

I don’t remember 2___________ it first started annoying me — her hands pushing my hair that way. Finally, one night, I shouted out at her, ―Don’t do that any more —your hands are too rough!‖ She didn’t say 3___________ in reply. But never again 4___________ my mother close out my day with that familiar expression of her love.

Time after time, 5___________ the years passing, my 6___________ (think) returned to that night. By then I missed my mother’s hands, missed her goodnight kiss on my forehead.

Now those hands I once thought to be so rough were still doing things for me and my family. I frequently recalled the night my young voice complained. One night, catching Mom’s hand in hand, I blurted out（脱口而出）how sorry I was for that ni ght. I thought she’d remember, 7___________ I did. But Mom did n’t know what I 8___________ (talk) about. She had forgotten — and forgiven — long ago.

That night, I fell asleep with a new 9___________ (appreciate) for my gentle mother and 10___________ caring hands. And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.

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When you start talking about good and bad manners you immediately start meeting difficulties. Many people just cannot agree 1___________ they mean. We asked a lady, who replied that she thought you could tell a well-mannered person 2___________ the way they occupied the space around them. However, _3___________ second person thought that this was __4___________ a question of civilized behavior than good manners. Instead, this other person told us a story about an American who 5___________ (invite) to an Arab meal in one of the countries of the Middle East. The American hadn’t been told much about the kind of food he might expect. ___6___________ he had known about Arab food, he might have behaved better. Immediately before him was a very flat piece of bread that looked, to him, very much like a napkin（餐巾）. 7___________ (pick) it up, he put it into his collar, so that it fell across his shirt. His Arab host, who had been watching, said nothing, 8___________ immediately copied the 9___________ (act) of his guest. And that, said 10___________ second person, was a fine example of good manners.

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Those who have lived in New York City for more than 15 minutes will remember that Times Square was not always kid-friendly and 1___________ there was a time when 2___________ (enter) Central Park at