------ Why did she visit Africa?------ She went there____________________ .

2. — Have you considered _____ your job as a teacher? —Yes. I like the job because a teacher is often considered _____ a gardener.

5. I went to the doctor’s yesterday. I had to wait for half an hour before he _____ see me.

Things never went _____ as we had expected

判断线上的内容是否正确：She is under the impression that he isn’t a __genuine____ person for he wouldn’t tell her where and when he went to university.

Direction: Fill in the blanks with thephrases given below. Change the form if necessary.[sell out; in other words; consist of; stand for; rely on; demand for; engage in; at hand; yield to; confront with]2. I soon found that someone else had already done the work I was doing.[填空1],I was wasting my time.

2. Whenever I called in on Paul, he _______ on the phone.

阅读理解：阅读下列短文，回答文后问题，选择最佳答案Robert had just moved into the street and he felt strange that he was not wanted. He knew that perhaps the other boys were trying to get an idea of what kind of a boy he was. This did not help him to make himself less lonely. He was new and he had to be tested. Still, proving himself would not be all that easy. He did not want to run with the boys or get into something against the law to prove that he was strong. No! He must show what he was made of in a more helpful way. That’s when he got the idea.The next day was Saturday. He knew that most of the boys would be down on the playground and choose up sides for the Saturday game. Robert knew he could play well and that just might be enough to prove he was strong, and to make friends with them. He arrived early and did his step exercises. He shot the ball several times and did some other exercises—the most difficult and most wonderful in basketball. Then the boys came. Robert went through what he had done before the game and showed what he could do. No one said a word. The boys just looked at each other and thought about it. In the end, when it was all over, the biggest of the group just smiled and shook his head. Robert knew he had made it.3.When did Robert decide to prove himself by playing basketball?

Hardly ever _________ get a good job these days without a good education.

If he had worked harder, he ___.