Exercise 2

短文語法填空

Passage 1

My new deskmate James， whose parents have taught English in Guangzhou for ten years， 1 （come） from the United States. He as well as his parents 2 （enjoy） living in Guangzhou because neither James nor his parents 3 （find） it difficult to adapt to the life in China. In their opinion， many a custom here 4 （be） easy to understand and ten years 5 （be） enough for them to get used to all the customs.

I， together with James， extremely 6 （like） English. Besides， both he and I 7 （be） crazy about reading storybooks. Now our class 8 （prepare） for the coming sports meet， so large quantities of our recent time 9 （spend） on it. What we need is a qualified coach because being trained properly 10 （be） of great importance. We fully aware that each of us plays an important role in our class. We have decided to hold a celebration if getting a good result.

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Passage 2

Whether an entrance fee for parks should be charged or not 1 "（be） today’s subject that we are discussing. In our class， 60% 2 （share） the point of view that an entrance fee should be charged. I as well as Mary and Tom 3 （be） for the opinion. The rest of the students sharing the opposite view 4 （think） that a park is a place where the public spend their spare time for pleasure. Those in support of the idea 5 （believe） that an entrance fee for parks can’t be beyond control. I think it 6 （do） more good than harm to charge an entrance fee for parks.

Although our class 7 （be） just like a happy big family， yet all of us 8 （be） discussing the matter heatedly. Each boy and each girl 9 （express） opinions of their own. Our headmaster and writer 10 （suggest） that our class should have a get-together and we all agree. What a good time we have today！

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