2019屆高考英語第一輪單元基礎知識復習2

7.(09濟寧月考)all the people ____at the party were his supporters.
a.presenting     b. presented  c. were present   d. present
8.(XX鎮江模擬)your story is perfect; i’ve never heard ________before.
a.the better one   b. the best one c. a better one   d. a good one
9. （湖州模擬）---did you see the singer last night ?
                   ---_______,we were left waiting in the rain for two hours.
a what’s more    b. that is to say   c. in other words    d. believe it or not 
10.(廈門聯考)_______the terrible pollution, so many beautiful fish are fast disappearing in the river.
a. according to   b. because of     c.because         d. as a result
 
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     several years ago, while attending a communication course, i experienced a most unusual process. the instructor asked us to list ___1___ in our past that we felt ___2___ of, regretted, or incomplete about and read our lists aloud.
this seemed like a very ___3___ process, but there’ s always some ___4___soul in the crowd who will volunteer. the instructor then ___5___ that we find ways to ___6___ people, or take some action to right any wrong doings. i was seriously wondering how this could ever ___7___ my communication.
then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: “making my ___8___, i remembered an incident from high school. i grew up in a small town. there was a sheriff ___9___ of us kids liked. one night, my two buddies and i decided to play a ___10___ on him.
after drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank in bright red paint: sheriff brown is a s.o.b.(畜生). the next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious ___11___. within two hours, sheriff brown had us in his office. my friends told the truth but i lied. no one ___12___ found out.”
“nearly 20 years later, sheriff brown’s name ___13___ on my list. i didn’t even know if he was still ___14___. last weekend, i dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a roger brown still listed. i tried his number. after a few ___15___, i heard, “hello?” i said, “sheriff brown?” paused. “yes.” “well, this is jimmy calkins.”
“and i want you to know that i did it？”paused. “i knew it!” he yelled back. we had a good laugh and a ___16___ discussion. his closing words were: “jimmy, i always felt bad for you ___17___ your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it ___18___ all these years. i want to thank you for calling me...for your sake.”