2. Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
Parents are busy people. If they are working, they are usually not at home 48 their children return from school. Sometimes it is necessary for a parent to write 49 after-school note for their children. They sometimes put the note on the kitchen table, the refrigerator, 50 another place where their children are sure to find it. A note is often a 51 way to "talk" with a child than using the telephone. For one thing, parents have time to think about 52 they want to say before they write. 53 another, the note lists all the information in one place. It is easy to read again and again People often forget all the details that 54 hear in a telephone call. Finally, cell phones can be turned 55 or telephone calls not answered. For these reasons, after-school notes are very popular with parents.
These citizenship ceremonies on Australian Day are intended to encourage ____, respect and promote friendship among people of different cultural and social backgrounds.
A.reservation | B.endurance |
C.tolerance | D.expedition |
Such plants, particularly___ to collectors, motivated them to explore on a large scale.
A.appealed | B.attracted |
C.appealing | D.attaching |
Only when he returned home ______ what had happened.
A.did he realize | B.he realized |
C.he did realize | D.has he realized |
34. He was fortunate ____ he did not get injured in the car accident.
A.but that | B.except that |
C.because of that | D.in that |
33. He hasn’t decided _____ he will go abroad next year.
A.whether | B.when |
C.where | D.why |