由句意可知此处用过去分词作宾语补足语。

　　3．The old man luckily avoided ________(hurt) by the gas explosion(爆炸)．

　　答案：being hurt　考查avoid的用法。句意：老人幸运地避免了被煤气爆炸伤到。avoid后接动名词作宾语，而不接不定式，老人应该是避免被伤到。所以应是"avoid being hurt"。

　　4．Our chief editor asked us to fulfil the task on time ________ we can have seven days off during the National Day holiday.

　　答案：so that　考查连词的用法。句意：我们的总编让我们按时完成任务，以便我们国庆节能放七天的假。so that在这里引导目的状语从句，意为"以便"。

　　5．-What is the nurse like?

　　-She is ________(patience) with patients and ready to help them.

　　答案：patient　考查形容词用法。句意：她对病人很耐心并乐于帮助他们。由句意可知用patient。

　　6．As I will be away for a long time, I'd appreciate ________ (hear) from you now and then ________(tell)me how everyone is getting along.

　　答案：hearing; telling　考查appreciate的用法。句意：因为我要离开很长一段时间，所以你要时常写信告诉我每个人的情况，那我将十分感激。第一个空为appreciate doing sth."感激做某事"；第二个空为动词－ing形式作状语。

　　7．-It's ________ that out team will win the match.

　　-Don't be so________(sure；certain)．

　　答案：certain；sure　句意：--"我们队肯定会赢得这场比赛。"--"别那么肯定"。It's certain that...表示"肯定......"，certain不能换成sure；祈使句中用sure不用certain。

　　8．-You look so tired, Jane.

　　-I ________(help) my mother clean the house all day.

　　答案：have been helping　句意：--"你看上去很疲惫，琼。"--"我一整天都在帮我妈妈打扫房间。"用现在完成进行时表示动作从过去开始，进行到现在，还可能持续下去。

　　9．She is very strict not only ________ all of us, but ______ all her own work.

　　答案：with；in　考查strict 的用法。句意：她不仅对我们所有人严格要求，而且对她自己的工作也严格要求。be strict with sb./in sth.意为"在......上对某人要求严格"。

　　10．After he was caught by the police, the man admitted ______ (hide) in the box before the plane left London.

　　答案：hiding　考查admit的用法，后接动名词。句意：被警察抓住后，这个男人承认他在飞机离开伦敦前藏在了箱子里。

　　Ⅳ.阅读理解

If you have a chance to go to school in America, you should keep the following in mind：