Unit 4 Making the news Grammar课时作业

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课标话题 人与自我·个人生活 体裁 记叙文 词　　数 300 难度 　　I wasn't prepared for the way I felt when my 18­year­old son, Dylan, left for Asia during his winter break.

　　I was __1__ the moment he first told my husband Michael and me that he wanted to use some of his __2__ to travel around China. We were excited for him to explore the world. We told him that __3__ was one of the best ways to spend his money and the __4__ will last a lifetime.

　　On the morning of Dylan's departure, he __5__ a few more things into his bag. Before he and Michael __6__ to the airport, I yelled, "Be safe, and __7__ when you arrive in Shanghai."

　　That night, __8__ he was flying somewhere over the Pacific Ocean, it hit me that Dylan was really on his __9__. I woke hourly, each time __10__ the clock and counting the hours before he would land the following morning. __11__ my decision to let him go alone, I prayed, and thought about all the things that could go __12__. Then I heard from him. The first text said he'd arrived. The second text said his luggage didn't __13__ it.

　　Feeling anxious, I madly attempted to __14__ down his luggage. To search for the lost baggage, I persuaded him to go back to the __15__ and suggested he go to the airline's office. My efforts __16__. All the while Dylan was texting me he was all right.

　　After that, there was no more __17__ about the lost luggage. I knew that he'd figure it out, and that the life lesson would be __18__.

　　Several days into the trip, Dylan sent a photo from Hong Kong. "I thought I could never study abroad anywhere but Europe. __19__ I could definitely do it here，" his note read.

　　And I was __20__.

　　1．A．thrilled B．worried

　　C．eager D．upset

　　2．A.caution B．savings

　　C．relations D．friends

　　3．A.traveling B．learning

　　C．driving D．purchasing

　　4．A.costs B．virtues

　　C．items D．memories

　　5．A.put B．stuck

　　C．reached D．knocked

6．A.took off B．saw off