II. Grammar & Vocabulary (26%)
Section A
Directions: Read the following passages. Fill in each blank with one proper word or the proper form of the given word to make the passage coherent Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct, (write the answers on the answer sheet) 16%
(A)
It was at least two months before Christmas when nine-year-old Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bicycle. As Christmas drew __25__(near), her desire for a bicycle seemed to fade, or so we thought. We bought the latest rage, Baby Sitter's Club dolls, and a doll house. Then, much to our surprise, on December 23rd, she said that she "really wanted a bike more than anything else."
It was just too late, as we were busy with all the details of preparing Christmas dinner and buying last-minute gifts,_____26__ ( take) the time to select the "right bike" for our litter girl. So here we were Christmas Eve around 9 p.m., with Rose and her six-year-old brother, Dylan, nestled snug in their beds. Now we__27___ only think of the bicycle and the disappointment of our child.
"_28____ ______ I make a little bicycle out of clay (泥) and write a note that she could trade (互相交换) the clay model in for a real bike?" Her dad asked. "This is an expensive item and she is 'such a big girl,' it would be much better for her to pick it out." So he spent the next four hours painstakingly __29____(work) with clay to make a tiny bike.
