5. In the company he is senior ______ Tom, while in life he is Tom's junior ______ two years.

IV单句写作

1. Finally my parents _________ _________ (同意)my decision.

2. We were told to finish all the work ______ ______ ______ （提前）.

3. He ______ ______ ______ ______ (擦亮鞋子) and went to see his friend.

4. The plan is ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ (在讨论中).

5. Have you ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______(与经理的约定)?

V单句完形填空

1. Plan your shopping ______ time. Avoid last-minute rushes to the grocery store when you are hungry.

A. in front of B. in advance

C. ahead of D. apart from

2.I have been convinced that the print media are usually more ______ and more reliable than television.

A. accurate B. ridiculous

C. urgent D. shallow

3.---What if I want to have my shoes______?

---Just leave them outside the room before going to bed and they'll be ready in the next morning.

A. processed B. combined

C. update D. polished

4. If you want to see the director of the department, you'd better make a(an) ______with his secretary first.

A. assignment B. agreement

C. appointment D. settlement

VI.阅读理解

　From the very beginning of school we make books and reading a constant source of possible failure and public humiliation. When children are little we make them read aloud, before the teacher and other children, so that we can be sure they " know " all the words they are reading. This means that they don't know a word, they are going to make a mistake, right in front of everyone. After having taught fifth-grade classes for four years, I decided to try at all costs to rid them of their fear and dislike of books, and to get them to read oftener and more adventurously.

One day soon after school had started, I said to them, " Now I'm going to say something about