a______________________(有意义的) speech yesterday.

　　答案：　Regardless of；significant

　　3. The speech was about______________________(怎样帮助贫困的人)．

　　答案：　what we could do for poor people

　　4．He was ______________________(打断) by the ______________________(掌声) of the students.

　　答案：　interrupted；applause

　　5．______________________(如果) we all have______________________(足够的) time to do something for the______________________(不发达的) areas，we'll ______________________(加速) the development there.

　　答案：　 Assuming (that)；ample ；primitive；accelerate

　　Ⅲ.完形填空

　　I've learned many lessons from my beloved father.

　　A lesson I learned from my father was how important it is to be hospitable (好客的)．To my father，no one was a __1__.He took every opportunity he was offered to be around them.I must __2__ this is one of the lessons I once fought against.There were many times l was asked to __3__my room to accommodate guests，and I did，but sometimes __4__.I was a very shy and sensitive child，and I felt __5__ with so many people around all the time.But __6__，I know that those were chances for me to learn to be less selfish.I don't know if I'll ever be hospitable to the __7__ my father was，but I can be in my own way.

　　Also my father was one of the most __8__ people I've ever known.He was a true believer in setting your mind on something and not giving up until it is __9__.Because of this quality，he was able to __10__ and encourage many others to persevere (坚持) __11__ discouragement.

　　My father was too __12__about things.He was used to __13__ a situation from every angle and seeing every possible __14__before making a decision.More often than not，__15__ my father warned you against something，you'd end up wishing you'd __16__ .

　　I think the most admirable __17__ my dad had is courage.I never __18__ how truly courageous my father was until he became ill.I read a paper in which my dad wrote about his private __19__ with cancer，and how frightened he was about being forced to face his own death.My father didn't want to die，but when he knew he couldn't __20__ his death，he faced it bravely.

　　语篇解读　作者从他的父亲身上学到了很多教训。

　　1．A.stranger　　　　　　 B．teacher

　　C．joker D．cheater

解析：　根据下文的He took every opportunity he was offered to be around them.可知作