【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 re, however. Many Chinese students are surprised to learn that American teenagers are ________（allow） to make many decisions ________ their own, and the parents want their children to leave home at eighteen. In most American families, children are encouraged to make their own ________（choose） at a young age. They start with small choices and gradually larger ones until they graduate from high school. That is when they face ________（big） decision of their lives: what to do next. Parents and family will help with the choice, but the children themselves make the ________（finally） decision. Americans seldom move back into family homes ________ they get older. ________, they prefer to have their own lives for as long as possible. It is important to remember that these are cultural differences, and that Americans see this as part of the culture. 13．語法填空 Tonight is the night when children in much of the ________（west） world will be waiting for a fat man ________ red and white to pass by on his sleigh and climb down the chimney to deliver the Christmas ________ （present）. And as we all know, Santa Claus, or Father Christmas lives at the North Pole, you might not realize he39。s________ （actual） from Finland. Everyone dreams of the ing of Santa Claus ________ （bring） him something. Stories ________him spread throughout the centuries including one in which he helped a poor man who couldn39。t afford money for his married daughters. In the dead of night, Nicolas came to throw gold into his house. But the windows were too narrow so he had to climb down the chimney, yes, you guessed it, threw gold in the girls39。 stocking ________ （hang） up to dry. I guessed, I thought, Santa Claus was just a mercial business. ________ I learned here today that he was a real man that did great things. ________ he is a legend continued. I39。m proud because he was a saint. He helped all the people. He helped ________（we）. And now he helps me every day. Very few people know this fact.14．語法填空 Long long ago, there was a small village in the Middle East. In the village there was________old man called Sthira. He lived by himself. His only son had gone far away to study. Sthira39。s friends________（wonder） whether his son would return,________Sthira always said, Whatever happens, happens for good. One day the old man39。s son returned and the villagers were very happy for Sthira. He thanked the villagers and said________（polite）,Whatever happens, happens for good. However, later, Sthira39。s son broke his________（leg）. Once again the villagers came to visit him and once again the old man thanked________（they） and said, Whatever happens, happens for good. Some of the villagers were surprised________（hear） this. Why? What was good? His son39。s leg got badly hurt! After a few days, the army came to the village and forced all the young men to________the army. When they found his son had a________（break） leg, they left him behind. Once again, all the villagers came to congratulate him on his________（good） luck. Like always, the old man was still thankful to them and said, Whatever happens, happens for good.15．語法填空 The Chinese first ________ （make） paper about 2,000 years ago. China still has pieces ________paper which were made as long ago as that. But Chinese paper was not made from the wood of trees. It was made from the hairlike parts of certain plants. Paper was not made in ________ （south） Europe until about the year 1100. Scandinavia（ 斯堪的納維亞半島）,which now makes a great deal of the ________ （world） paper, did not begin to make it until 1500. It was a German ________ （name） Schaeffer who found out that one could make the best paper from trees. After that, the forest countries of Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the United States ________ （bee） the largest paper producers. Today in Finland, which makes the ________ （good） paper in the world, the paper industry is the biggest on the land. New papermaking machines are very big, and ________ （them） make paper very fast. The biggest machines can make a piece of paper that is 300 metres long and 6 metres wide ________ one minute. When we think of paper, we think of newspapers, books, letters, envelopes and writing paper. ________there are many other uses. Only half of the paper that is made is used for books and newspapers, etc.16．閱讀下面短文，按照句子結(jié)構(gòu)和上下午連貫要求，在空格處填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)脑~或使用括號(hào)中的詞語的正確形式填空。 Jason and Andy are twins. They share a lot of things, including room, food and toys. One Saturday, Jason and Andy went out ________（play） with a toy car. Both of them wanted to be the owner of the car, so they shouted at each other. ________（They） mother heard the boys arguing. She came out and told them to take turns to play with the toy car, but the twins wouldn39。t. A few days later, Mother brought ________ pet home. Can39。t we each have our own pet dog? asked the boys. They were ________（tire） of sharing everything. No! The dog must ________ （share）. Mother said. You will have to feed the dog and make sure it does not get into anything wrong. Several days later, the dog got into mother39。s room ________（secret） and made a mess there. Jason saw the dog playing with mother39。s clothes. He quickly went to find Andy and told him ________ the dog had done. Oh, no! It39。s our duty to clean up the mess! ________（cry） Andy. They boys picked up the clothes and put them away rapidly. Just think, Jason, said Andy, what a big mess two ________（dog） would made! I agree ________ you, laughed Jason, Maybe sharing isn39。t so bad! 17．閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)脑~或填入括號(hào)中所給單詞的正確形式。 Friends are important to everyone, ________, some people may have trouble ________ （keep） their friendships. Here are some tips on how to make your friendship ________ （deep） and stronger. ★Be yourself. A lot of teens try not to lose the friendship once they bee friends with some peopl