答案：appealed→appealing　现在分词短语在本句中作状语。

　　3．He is always very rude and that is because people tend to avoid him.

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　　答案：because→why　That is why ... "那就是......的原因"，此处强调结果，故用why。

　　4．We appreciate your apologies and goodwill, but we hope that you can figure a good way of settling the matter.

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　　答案：figure后加out　figure out在本句中意为"想出"。

　　5．Distance learning is being adopted as in several countries to help children in remote rural schools.

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　　答案：去掉as　adopt在本句中意为"采纳"，为及物动词，故去掉as。

　　Ⅲ.语法填空

　　Has anyone ever thrown a party for you? Those parties __1__ birthday parties and wedding ceremonies are usually fun, and encountering friends we aren't expecting __2__ be a wonderful treat as well. People are often surprised by new mails, or __3__ (see) an old friend at a grocery store. There are many kinds of ways that joy unexpectedly comes into our life.

　　Perhaps even better is a blessing in disguise. Assume that you are walking in the rain to a bookstore because your __4__ (favor) author is going to hold a meeting for her new book. You walk for an hour, and arrive completely wet. __5__ you walk into the bookstore, you are told that the author is sick and won't be there. __6__ a disappointment!

　　__7__ when you look across the room, you may see a friend with whom you haven't talked in a year. Then you two agree to cross the street together to __8__ coffee shop, and talk for hours. The author's __9__ (sick) is unfortunate for you, but if she __10__ (be) not sick, you might not have coffee with your old friend. It is a blessing in disguise.

　　1．________ 　2.________ 　3.________ 　4.________ 　

　　5.________ 　6.________ 　7.________ 　8.________ 　

　　9.________ 　10.________

　　篇章导读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。生活总会给我们许多惊喜。你冒着雨去与自己最喜欢的作者见面，却被告知作者生病不能前来，但你却无意中遇到了自己多日不见的朋友，这就是我们生活中的惊喜。

　　1．like　考查介词。由设空前的parties和设空后表示举例的名词可知，应填like "例如；像"。

　　2．can　考查情态动词。由设空前的"aren't expecting"和空后的"as well"可知，应填表示理论上的可能性的can。

3．seeing　考查非谓语动词。此处表示收到邮件或在杂货店见到老朋友都会让人感到意外。空处作介词by的宾语，故应使用see的动名词形式seeing。