14. (2015·陕西改编)The dog had initially been knocked unconscious(失去知觉的) but had survived by drinking water from a fresh ____________(screaming) at the base of the cliff.

15. (2015·广东改编)Something rare is worth a large ____________ of money.

16. (2015·重庆改编) ____________(确实), I was no different from others...

17. (2014·浙江改编)The Swiss follow formal table ____________.

II. 单项填空

1. (2017·浙江) So she hired a truck to bring all the books to the houses of friends in the suburbs(郊区). Now Alia waited for the war to end and peace and a new library.

　A. dreamed of B. believed in C. cared about D. looked for

2. (2017·新课标全国卷I改编) Both the hand movements and the very of communicating without speaking attracted me.

　A. idea B. amount C. dream D. reason

3. (2016·天津) The weather forecast says it will be cloudy with a slight ___________ of rain later tonight.

A. effect B. sense C. change D. chance

4. (2015·湖北) When he was running after his brother, the boy lost his ___________ and had a bad fall.

　A. balance B. chance C. memory D. place

III. 完形填空

　　阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　It was Mother's Day and I was shopping at the local supermarket with my five­year­old son, Tenyson. As we were __1__, we realized that only minutes earlier an __2__ woman had fallen over at the entrance and hit her head on the ground. __3__ was with her, but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock.__4__, a lot of people stopped to help out.

__5__ we were walking towards the scene, Tenyson became very __6__about what had happened to the elderly couple. He __7__ to me, ＂Mom, it's not much fun falling over in front of __8__.＂ Seeing that there was a flower stall (摊位) at the front of the supermarket, he added,