7．The island ________ he lived with his children is far from the town.

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30．What does this story mainly want to tell us?

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四、语法填空（共10题，每题1分，共10分）36．Art has real _____________ when it helps people to understand life.(mean) 37. Parents often feel _________, knowing that all the efforts won’t improve their child‘s study. (help)38. She is never ____from class without good excuses.(缺席) 39. This last math exercise is ____________ the most difficult one that I have ever met.(possible)40. She ____not to tell her parents about her cheating in the math exam now.(敢于) 41. “We’ve come with good news,” Pat said   _______________   (cheer).42. Drinking eight _______ of water a day can make us keep healthy.(glass)43. Mr. Smith told his students to be more careful on _______ days.(wind)44. People are usually required to give a general self-introduction in a job ____.(面试)45. Some parents send their children to ____schools rather than public schools.(私立) 

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10．If only I ________ a solid foundation in senior one! I wouldn’t be struggling in English now.

26．How did the author feel when he stood in the checkout line at first?

35．What is the best title for the passage?

29．What can we know from the text?

3．—How did she lose so much weight as expected？  —_____________ eating less, she jogged for several miles every day.