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ely 8. He spoke________the top of his voice in order to make himself________clearly. A. at; heard B. in; to hear C. at; hear D. in; heard 9. With a lot of homework________, I can’ t go swimming with you tomorrow. A. to do B. done C. doing D. to be done 10. The poor man offered to wash dishes in the restaurant________three meals a day. A. exchange B. exchange for C. in exchange for D. to exchange 11. — He never works hard at his English, does he? — effort and he does make some progress on it. A. wastes B. puts C. spares D. makes 12. — What do you want to do next? We will have half an hour before the basketball game begins. — you want to do is fine with me A. It just depends B. It’ s up to you C. All right D. Glad to hear that 13. If their marketing plans succeed, they________their sales______20 percent. A. will increase; by B. have been increasing; to C. have increased; to D. would be increasing; by 14. She is in a poor________of a result, she has to give up her job. A. position B. situation C. state D. condition 15. (2021年江西臨川模擬 )Near the table________a poor dog, which desired to satisfy his hunger with________fell from the table. A. lay; what B. lay; that C. laid; that D. laid; what Ⅱ .閱讀理解 (2021 屆雙語報第 12 期 ) A couple of years ago I took the family on a winter vacation to New York City to experience the holiday longest lines that week weren’ t in the hall of the Empire State Building at the Statue of Liberty ferry or any of the Big Apple’ s other landmarks, but in the square at Fifth Avenue and 58th Street, where the crowd to get into FAO Schwarz snaked around the block. It wasn’ t until I got inside that it became clear how a toy store could trump (勝過 ) everything else that Manhattan offers between Thanksgiving and more than a shopping experience, the hour we spent wandering along the passage at FAO Schwarz was more like visiting a museum of everything that children