4. Complete the sentences, using the words or phrases in brackets. Make additions or changes where necessary.Model:They werealternatelypulling out fistfuls of letters and barking___ names of sailors who were,,shouting back“Here!Here!”_ pushing.(amid,successive,in turn)They werealternatelypulling out fistfuls of letters and barkingsuccessive. names of sailors who were,in turn,shouting back“Here!Here!”amid the pushing.1) I'd like to express ____ thanks to everyone who has been so considerate of my well-being. My heart is filled____that words cannot express.(gratitude, sincere,considerate)
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2) After everyone ____on the playing field____ noise and excitement of the spectators, our coach again impressed on us the need to do our best ____excellence. (amid, assemble, in quest of)
2) Everything I saw in my hometown was ____. I could hardly believe that it ____ such ____ changes through cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers ____ in the past few years.(and the rest, swift, undergo, marvelous)
ComprehensiveExercisesI, Cloze1. Text-relatedAlex Haley was at____(1) when he started thinking how best he could mark Thanksgiving. ____ (2) the meaning of the holiday in his mind,he came to ____(3)the order of the words and ____(4) thinking about giving thanks. How,he wondered,could he ____(5)those who had been so helpful to him in the past? It seemed to him that the best way he could express his ____ (6) would be to write to them. For too long he had gone about without troubling to tell them how much he appreciated all that they had done for him. Before long he had ____ (7) pen and paper and was____ (8) writing. Not long after the ship reached port,people started ____ (9) its cargo together with his letters. The re-plies were not ____(10) in arriving,but when they did,he found them deeply moving.
2. Theme-relatedUnit 5 Giving Thanks 153.miracles cherishInsteadpossessions considerategiftrichersurprise specific specialshiningprettierbreath workfavoritesWake up each day and give gratitude for what you have. ____(1) of giving any thought at all to what you do not have in your life,just spend as much time as you possibly can each day giving thanks for all of the people,opportunities,material ____(2), good health and any other things that you have in your life that make it so good. It is said that we take so much for granted that we some-times forget to be thankful for the small things that make our lives so much ____ (3). If you have ever been out of ____ (4) or under water for too long,the next breaths you take are that much sweeter.