文档介绍：Language and Meaning
1.
time first time
the first time was the first time
( ) I met Henry I was just seven years old. His family moved into the big, old house next door to ours. I am an only child, so I was ( )
Amazed B. Ignored C. Accepted D. Expected
by how big Henry’s family was. Henry’s three older sisters, his grandparents, and an uncle( )
In the house together all lived
Lived together in all the house
Together all in the house lived
All lived in the house together
with Henry and his parents. Even though Henry was two years( )
Older than me
As old was I
Older than I
Old as I
was, we quickly became friend.
2. A parasite is a living thing that benefits at the expense of( )
A. The B. That C. Other D. Another
Living thing. A brood parasite is a creature-----usually a bird, fish, or insect---( )
A. Tricks B. To trick C. Tricking D. That tricks
another creature into raising its young. A brood parasite bird puts its own eggs into another bird’s nest and( )
Lets B. It let C. To let D. Letting
the other bird take care of the eggs. Cuckoos, cowbirds, and widowbirds are three examples( )
Of B. By C. For D. From
birds that are brood parasites. When the baby birds hatch from their eggs, the host bird----the bird that is being tricked---feeds the brood parasite’s baby( )
It were as if B. Were as it if C. As if it were D. If as it were
one of its own. Brood parasites birds are able to fool host birds because their eggs look( )
As similar B. So similar C. Similar and D. Similar than
to the host bird’s eggs.
Aunt Tina,
I am writing( )
Inviting you B. To invite you C. You are invited D. Has invited you
to my birthday party on Sunday afternoon, May 15. All my school friends and a few of my teachers will be( )
Attending B. Inviting C. Staying D. Arriving
My mother asked me if I waned anyone else e, ( )
But B. And C. While D. Therefore
the first person I thought of was you! I hope you have to driv