语法填空：（每小题1分，共10分）Onlineshoppin-优题课

Now it is becoming more and more popular to chat over the Internet, because you can find it expensive to do that than to make a long distance call. This makes Internet chatting attractive option if you live far away from family and friends, __ you are on a budget.
You can also complete ___ tasks while chatting over the Internet. For example, you can read and reply to emails, finish typing a document, or have a conversation __ someone who is in the room. This can be an advantage___ you are busy and don’t have much time for personal chatting. This can also be a disadvantage because you aren’t giving the other person or task your full attention.
Because you can do kinds of tasks_ chatting on the Internet, it can become easy to lose track of time. You can end up chatting longer than you intended to, can make it difficult to complete other tasks.

His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, he saved a terrified boy from a black bog (沼泽) by accident.
The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman’s sparse surroundings.
____ elegantly- dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.
“I want to repay you,” said the nobleman. “You saved son’s life.”
“No, I can’t accept payment for what I did,” the Scottish farmer replied, _____waving off the offer. At that moment, the farmer’s own son came to the door of the family hovel.
“Is that your son?” the nobleman asked. “Yes.” the farmer replied proudly．
“I’ll make you a deal. Let me take him and give him a good education. ___ the boy is anything like his father, he will grow to be a man you can be proud of.”
And that he did. In time, Farmer Fleming’s son graduated ____St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin (青霉素)．
Years afterward, the nobleman’s son was stricken __ a serious disease. What saved him？Penicilllin.

China has ordered a ban on advertisements during television drama programs. An ad will not be allowed to run in the middle of a program running 45 minutes in length, beginning on January 1st. The authorities say_______ ban is important for the growth of culture. Television stations say this will cause _______ a loss in revenue(收入). Most audience feel glad _______ finally such a policy has been carried out ________ some still doubt whether this is an effective policy or not. Simply banning TV stations from broadcasting inserted advertisements is no use.
Even if SARFT completely banned domestic TV stations from broadcasting advertisements, they could still implant(植入）advertisements ________ TV shows. Why can China not learn some lessons from western TV channels such as NHK and BBC? They are public channels_______ any advertisements. But they charge their viewers. In China, TV viewers only need to pay cable television fees, ____ are rather low. And TV stations make profits through broadcasting advertisements. If we can learn some lessons from western countries,___ will be rather helpful to the final solution of the conflict between audience and TV stations.

A little boy invited his mother to attend his elementary（初级的） school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s unhappiness, she said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher met his mother and he was embarrassed by her appearance. she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar（伤痕）______covered nearly the whole right side of her face. The boy never wanted to talk about why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were impressed by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother though she had a scar on her face, but the little boy was still embarrassed and hid himself from everyone. He did, however, get within earshot of（在听力范围之内） a conversation _______ his mother and his teacher, and heard them speaking.
‘‘How did you get the scar on your face? ’’ The teacher asked.
The mother replied, ‘‘When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught on fire. Everyone was too afraid to go in the fire was out of control, so I went in. As I was rushing toward his bed, I saw a beam(房梁) coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked unconscious(无意识的) but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us.’’ She touched the burned side of her face. ‘‘This scar will be on my face for ever, but to this day, I have never regretted doing _______I did.’’
At this point, the little boy came out , running towards his mother with tears in his eyes. He hugged her and felt a great sense of the sacrifice that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the rest of the day.

I haven’t heard ____ you for weeks. Is everything OK with _____ ? Do you still go to the gym every day? I used ___ go to the gym three times a week, ____ I don’t work___ any more. Most young people want a slim figure these days, especially here___ Canada. I _____ trying to lose weight because I am so ashamed of____ body.