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完型填空 When our children were younger, it was popular for city people to buy a small farm in the country and keep a few animals there. One of our new neighbors 1 ducks. They seemed very lovely; however, they were allowed to run around in their yard and the neighbors’ yards— 2 ours. Our vegetables were their favorite food. Often we would “shoo” the ducks home and wonder 3 there wasn’t a fence to keep them . One day, I asked her if she 4 her ducks were bringing trouble to my garden. She told me that they were her husband’s and he was away traveling. My attitude to her was bad. We realized that our neighbors were not planning to build a 5 ,so our son built one .The ducks now stayed in their own yard. I didn’t see my neighbor again 6 months later. A women’s church group asked me to 7 at their mother and daughter party. The topic was “Love”. Much to my 8 ,the first woman I saw when I walked into the church was my neighbor. I knew I could not speak about love to them when I hadn’t been 9 with my neighbor. So I walk 10 to her and said sorry for my attitude. She forgave me and then we talked a lot. Do you have anybody like that in your life? Let me 11 you, if at all possible, to clear the 12 between you. 1. A. bought B. sold C. dropped D. showed 2. A. except B. but C. without D. including 3. A. what B. why C. if D. when 4. A. saw B. understood C. thought D. realized 5. A. fence B. house C. nest D. room 6. A. after B. before C. until D. while 7. A. speak B. talk C. say D. tell 8. A. happiness B. joy C. glad D. surprise 9. A. nice B. patient C. satisfied D. grateful 10. A. up B. along C. towards D. down 11. A. offer B. lift C. encourage D. afford 12. A. air B. difficulty C. pleasure D. waste 阅读理解 A Children are amazing language learners! They’re able to pick up new languages quickly and easily, without any accent（口音）. Adults, on the other hand, have to study hard to learn another language, and even then, they usually never