said.

　　答案

　　1．has an advantage　2.on the increase

　　6．succeeded in　7.is made up of　8.make a list of

　　9．put on a performance　10.Up to

Ⅳ.完形填空

　　While driving around the corner of our townhouse, I always noticed an old man sitting by his front yard. He seemed cold and__1__. One morning, while I was driving past him with my daughter, I decided to__2__him. At the beginning, he looked__3__and looked around-there was__4__there. Then, I saw his hand go up__5__and he waved back shyly. "Why did you wave at him? We don't__6__him，" my daughter said.

　　I told her that it was just an act of kindness that didn't__7__anything, and it gave both him and me a sense of__8__．She told me she had thought waving to a stranger was__9__，but next time she would__10__it. It seemed not bad.

　　Interestingly, we lived close to the old man, so we__11__him rather often. Whenever we drove by, both of us would wave at him and, pretty soon, the old man__12__waving at everyone who passed by his home.

One day, my daughter's friend came to visit and said that she just