3．John hung up his wet wash in order to dry it out.

　　4．I am_dying_to know where you are from.

　　5．The delay of the airline is_relevant_to the volcanic eruption.

　　6．The river dried_up soon due to the drought.

　　7．With a branch sticking_out,_the tree almost blocked the alleyway (胡同)．

　　8．It_is_a_privilege to have been admitted into a famous university.

　　Ⅳ.课文语法填空

　　Jo is a young Australian woman who worked as a volunteer teacher in Papua New Guinea for two years.She thought it wonderful to hear 1.from her friend, Rosemary，who was dying to hear all about her life there.The high school 2.where she worked was a bush school, whose classrooms were made of bamboo and grass.The other day when Jo was showing the boys the 3.weekly (week) chemistry experiment, the mixture was bubbling 4.before she knew it.

　　The boys who had never come across anything like this before were so frightened 5.that they started jumping out of the windows.Jo wondered if chemistry was 6.relevant(relevance) to the kids, she tried to make a difference to the boys' lives.

　　Last weekend Jo went with another teacher to visit a village which was the home of one of the boys, Tombe.When they arrived, Tombe's mother, who 7.was_pulling (pull) weeds in her garden, started crying "ieee ieee" and his father led them into his house, a low bamboo hut with grass 8.sticking (stick) out of the roof.

　　There being no windows and the doorway being just big enough to get through, the hut was so dark inside that it took time for her eyes 9.to_adjust (adjust)．After dinner, Jo noticed a can standing upside down on the grill over the fire 10.to_be_heated_(heat) to dry out the leftover food.

　　Ⅴ.串点成篇微表达

　　我姐姐到了遥远的(remote)山村去参加(participate)志愿者活动，要不然(otherwise)，她就会在一家公司做文秘工作(paperwork)了。妈妈担心她是否适应(adjust to)独自生活在遥远的小山村。在姐姐看来，做志愿者工作是一件荣耀的事情(a privilege)。我羡慕她，但是我很长时间没有收到(hear from)她的信了，我十分渴望(be dying to)去看望她。

　　My_sister_went_to_a_remote_village_to_participate_in_the_voluntary_activity,_otherwise_she_would_do_some_paperwork_in_a_company.Mother_is_worried_whether_she_could_adjust_to_living_in_the_mountainous_village_alone.In_my_sister's_opinion,_it_is_a_privilege_to_do_voluntary_work.I_admire_her,_but_I_haven't_heard_from_her_for_a_long_time,_so_I_am_dying_to_visit_her.

　　二、勤练高考题型，多练自能生巧

　　Ⅰ.完形填空

On Mother's Day, I was expecting my grown children to come back home and spend the day with me.