6．I asked him to hang up while I ran for a pencil and a sheet of paper.up→on

　　7．The best people being chosen were be sent to compete for the Olympic Games. for→in

　　8．To make way to all these buildings, three villages and thousands of villagers had to be moved. 第二个to→for

　　Ⅲ.根据提示补全句子

　　1．他们觉得很难在这么短的时间内完成工作。(find＋it＋adj.＋to do sth.)

　　They found_it_difficult_to_finish the job in such a short time.

　　2．让我兴奋的是，妈妈和爸爸一块儿来看我跳舞了。(to＋one's＋n.)

　　To_my_excitement,_mother came to see me dance together with my father.

　　3．我们没有他的电话号码；否则，我们就会给他打电话了。(otherwise)

　　We didn't know his telephone number; otherwise_we_would_have_telephoned_him.

　　4．小女孩走在街上，又冷又饿。(形容词作状语)

　　The little girl was walking in the street, cold_and_hungry.

　　5．保罗第一个到达山顶，其次是爸爸，妈妈则是最后一个。(the first/last＋n.＋ to do sth.)

　　Paul_was_the_first_to_reach_the_top,_the next was his father, and his mother was the last.

　　6．高等教育在人生中很重要。(be of ＋n.)

　　A college education is_of_great_value/importance in one's life.

　　[阅读理解提速练]

　　A

　　(2018·湖南十三校联考)

　　More People Are Leaving the Rat Race for the Simple Life

　　Time is more precious than money for an increasing number of people who are choosing live more with less - and liking it.

　　Kay and Charles Giddens, two lawyers, sold their home to start a B & B hotel. Four years later, the couple dished out banana pancake breakfast, cleaned toilets and served homemade chocolate chip cookies to guests in a B & B hotel surrounded by trees on a hill known for colorful sunsets.

　　"Do I miss the freeways? Do I miss the traffic? Do I miss the stress? No，" says Ms. Giddens, "This is a phenomenon that's fairly widespread. A lot of people are reevaluating their lives and figuring out what they want to do. If their base is being damaged, what's the pay­off？"

Simple living ranges from cutting down on weeknight activities to sharing housing,