1. It is said that scientists ____________（discover）another oil field in the north recently.
2. My grandfather ____________（prefer）jogging to walking, but now he doesn’t.
3. — Excuse me, when can we play badminton at the court?
— Not until it ____________（repair）next week.
4. You can never think of the difficulty I had ____________（explain）the problems to them.
5. Don’t make so much noise. Jim ____________（create）an important file.
6. You can come over now, but 10 minutes is all I have ____________（talk）with you.
7. I’m sorry I didn’t answer your phone. I ____________（listen）to music and didn’t hear the ring.
8. The sunlight we are all used to ____________（include）seven different colours.
9. Worry is a total waste of time. It ____________（not change）anything.
10. The local government announced that it ____________（provide）enough daily goods for people during the flood.

1. have discovered 2. preferred 3. is repaired 4. explaining
5. is creating 6. to talk 7. was listening 8. includes 9. doesn’t change
10. would provide

My elder sister got a disease, locked in her own world. She could not look at people in the eye. She would repeat the words in a very low voice. It turned my parents’ world upside down. __1__, they worked very hard to make sure that everything seemed pleasant and peaceful for me. I knew __2__ about it until the age of ten.
It was then that I started to notice my sister was different. I __3__ to accept her as my sister in public. Then, an incident（小事）__4__ how I viewed（看待）my sister. One day, my sister had to put up a show, whether in a group, or by herself. As you can imagine, my sister was the only one left without a group.“I’ll __5__,”she told my parents. Hearing this, I was completely shocked（震惊）．I must stop this happening, or she would make me lose face, one way or another.“No!”I cried out．My parents shot me a look．I knew I had to watch her performance．I prayed（祈祷）__6__ that something would happen to stop her．
“No one knows she is your sister．It is fine, and you do not need to tell anyone.”I remember telling myself the exact words as I sat in the hall, waiting for the show to start．Finally, my sister started to sing．She opened her mouth, and I was shocked again — her voice was so __7__ in its power．I felt really sorry．How could I have doubted her abilities? I had been so __8__．
Regret and __9__ filled my heart．Actually, my sister knew all the things I had done to her, but she __10__ minded．I decided to love her unconditionally（无条件地）．It was as if a veil（面纱）had been lifted from my eyes, and my heart was full．
（ ）1. A. So B. Then C. However D. Finally
（ ）2. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
（ ）3. A. decided B. refused C. expected D. promised
（ ）4. A. suggested B. showed C. explained D. changed
（ ）5. A. dance B. sing C. play D. draw
（ ）6. A. silently B. openly C. excitedly D. happily
（ ）7. A. creative B. beautiful C. low D. strange
（ ）8. A. wrong B. serious C. busy D. careful
（ ）9. A. shame B. worry C. surprise D. fear
（ ）10. A. sometimes B. always C. ever D. never

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