14. Don't tell me she is still thinking ____ that red-haired boy! of/about

15. In spite of my fear, I walked ____ into the house not knowing who would be inside.

forth

Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the Word Bank. You may not use any of the words more than once.

I have to write to you about the way you dress. I was a little intimidated to __1__ in person, so I am writing instead. I hope this doesn't __2__ you, but something has to be done. I must __3__ to you to start dressing like a mom.

Your __4__ sense of fashion is more like a sister's than a mother's. Personally, it's __5__ to have a mom who dresses younger than I do. You wear T-shirts with torn jeans and your nose is __6__. My friends say it's strange, but I think they're being a little too __7__. It's most likely because their

boyfriends think you are pretty. Still, if you want me to have any friends in this community, it is vital that you __8__ the ring from your nose and start dressing like the other moms. Don't your peers ever show any concern?

Don't you remember how horrible being a teenager can be? I feel __9__ because I think people of my age would rather talk to you than to me. Last week at the shopping center, I had the __10__ worst

experience of my life. The young man who took our money asked if you were my older sister. I thought he would likely ask you out if I hadn't said

1. comment 2. upset 3. appeal 4. unique 5. embarrassing 6. pierced 7. negative 8. remove 9. awful 10. absolutely

Read the following passage carefully and choose the best word or phrase to fill in each blank.

I'm not sure whether a

listened to all of the new rock and roll music, and I really got into it. But, unlike a lot of my friends (3) ____ decided that good music died after the 1970's, I (4) ____ on listening to—as well as rocking to—new and unique music. I have to (5) ____ that rock and roll has changed

since I was a teenager, but it is (6) ____ about using rhythm to express feeling.

Some of the changes have been very positive. (7) ____ in technology have made personal recording simple and given us access (8) ____ music on the Internet. (9) ____, you can't throw a stone without hitting someone that has made their own CD. You don't have to just listen to music made and sold by big record companies. Many groups send their music (10) ____ to community radio stations. This (11) ____ truly new music to be heard that record companies have never even touched. I play drums (鼓) for one (12) ____ group myself.

My daughter is an (13) ____ teenager and she is thoroughly disgusted by my listening to and playing, as she puts it,

1. does 2. younger 3. who 4. kept 5. admit 6. still 7. Advances 8. to

9. Nowadays 10. straight 11. allows for 12. such 13. actual 14. awful 15. appeal 16. trying 17. patience 18. negative 19. In any case 20. though

Translate the following sentences into English.

1. 当她就要关掉音乐时，她父亲冲进她的房间，朝着她喊道: As she was about to turn off the music, her father burst into her room and shouted at her,

2. 酒吧的老板一直在看那姑娘跳舞，一面却假装没有看。(Use 'while +V-ing' structure) The owner of the bar kept watching the girl dancing while pretending not to.