2．Whenever I am at leisure, I am_accustomed_to growing flowers.

　　3．At_the_very_beginning_of this collecting activity, it was not so warm­welcomed.

　　4．The door opened suddenly and the children burst_in.

　　5．The plane reached Hong Kong ten minutes in_advance_of its scheduled time.

　　6．The floods gave_witness_to the kindness of strangers in an emergency.

　　7．Assuming_that the proposal is accepted, where are we going to get the money?

　　8．He who teaches the deaf and dumb must be filled with_patience.

　　Ⅳ.课文语法填空

　　Neil Armstrong first set foot on the Moon back on 21st July, 1969, 1.which was one small step for man, but one giant leap for mankind. People have become 2.accustomed (accustom) to the idea of space travel. Millions of people watched that first moon 3.landing (land) on television, their hearts in their mouths, aware of how difficult and 4.dangerous (danger) an adventure it was, and what risks had to be taken.

　　Later, people were no longer enthusiastic about a space travel programme because 5.of its high cost. The first shuttle flight into space was the Columbia - 6.launched (launch) from the Kennedy Space Centre on 12th April, 1981, which was the start of a new age of space travel. In 1986, the Challenger carrying the first civilian, Christa, who hoped 7.to_communicate (communicate) a sense of excitement and create new interest in the space programme, exploded just over one minute after 8.taking (take) off in Florida and all seven astronauts 9.were_killed (kill). The space disaster makes us feel that we are neither Russians 10.nor Americans. We are just human beings who have the same feelings.

　　Ⅴ.串点成篇微表达

1969年，美国宇航员尼尔·阿姆斯特朗首次登上(set foot on)月球，这是人类探索太空的一个巨大飞跃(leap)。数百万人打开电视目睹(witness)了这件事。从那以后，人们对太空旅行这一概念已经习惯(accustomed)了。但1986年，"挑战者号"在起飞后仅仅一分多钟就爆炸(burst)了。这场灾难表明尽管(in spite of)我们现在掌握了已有的先进(advanced)技术，但是世界依然只是处在探究太空