答案：burnt/burned　burn to the ground "全部焚毁"，burn和his house存在逻辑上的动宾关系，故应用过去分词作宾语补足语。

　　4．You must be ________ (absolute) silent or the birds won't appear.

　　答案：absolutely　此处应用副词修饰形容词silent，故填absolutely。

　　5．Yesterday I went to see him, only ________ (learn) that he had gone abroad two days before.

　　答案：to learn　only to do "结果却......"，在句中作结果状语，表示出乎意料的结果。

　　6．Watching through their windows, the flood victims were anxious ________ (wait) for rescuers to come.

　　答案：to wait　be anxious to do ... "焦虑地做/急于做......"。

　　7．My watch is still ________ guarantee, so they'll repair it for free.

　　答案：under　under guarantee "在保修期内"。

　　8．She works in a theatre, ________ (follow) in her father's footsteps.

　　答案：following　主语she与follow之间为主动关系，故用现在分词following作状语。

　　9．I would like to express my ________ (appreciate) and thanks to you all.

　　答案：appreciation　由空格前的my一词可知，应填名词。

　　10．I need to make an ________ (appoint) with Mike to discuss the matter.

　　答案：appointment　make an appointment with sb. "和某人预约"。

三、完形填空。

　　My daughter(now 18)was born with a hemangioma tumor(血管瘤)by her eye.At first it was small, and hardly __1__.After five months，it became the __2__ of a coin.__3__ I took her out，people could not __4__ their comments to themselves."Who hit her？"，"Is that a bug bite？" I never could think of a(n) __5__ response for these people.I was __6__ to be kind and understanding，and assumed that other people had also been taught these __7__.One day I was at the __8__，with my 3­year­old son，my daughter，and at this time pregnant with my third child.A woman __9__ me，I thought here we go __10__.

　　She said that God must not have wanted my daughter to __11__ him，as he left her with a __12__.She went on to say that __13__ with these kisses were always surrounded by angels.I was astonished.What a __14__，more loving approach to someone with a problem!

My daughter will __15__ this year from High School.She is beautiful.Her early years were spent in and out of __16__.Finally the tumor was removed，because it __17__ her vision.It is not noticeable __18__ in the bright sun.She spent this year as the dance scholar for our school.She danced for 4 years on our dance­drill team.She had __19__ many scholarships.Her life is wonderful.The woman in the mall made me a better parent.Perhaps，this __20__ will help make