2025年广东碧桂园职业学院高职单招高职单招英语2016-2024历年频考点试题含答案解析

2025年广东碧桂园职业学院高职单招高职单招英语2016-2024历年频考点试题含答案解析（图片大小可自由调整）一、单选题(共50题)1、____studentsarepracticing___EnglishwitheachotherattheEnglishcorner.

(1分)A、Thenumberof;tospeakB、Agreatdealof;spokenC、Agreatmany;speakD、Anumberof;speaking正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析很多学生在英语角相互练习英语。考查数词及动词用法。Thenumberof……的数目，谓语动词用单数；Agreatdealof;许多，或接不可数名词；Agreatmanyof许多；Anumberof;practicedoing练习做某事，故选D。2、Andrew'shonestyandwisdomwillsurelymakehima（）businessman.(1分)A、succeedB、successC、successfulD、successfully正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查形容词。句意为：“Andrew的诚实和智慧一定会让他成为一个成功的商人。”successful为形容词，意为“成功的”,businessman是名词，修饰名词应用形容词successful。故选C。3、—Teenagersshouldnotbeallowedtohavepart-timejobs．—I________.Theycanlearnalotfromworking．（）(1分)A、doubtB、disappointC、disagree正确答案选项：参考答案：C4、LittleBobisofteneducatedbyhisparentstobegoodandfriendlytoanybodyevenif________.

(1分)A、attackingB、isattackedC、tobeattackedD、attacked正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析考查状语从句的省略。句意：父母经常告诫小汤姆要对别人友好，即使挨打也要这样。当从句的主语与主句的主语一致，且从句中含有be的某种形式时，从句的主语和be动词可以一起省略，此题中让步状语从句为evenifheisattacked，故选D。5、Tomis___acleverboy___hecananswerallthequestions.

(1分)A、too，toB、so，thatC、such，thatD、either，or正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析句意:汤姆是一个如此聪明的男孩，以至于他能回答所有的问题。先根据句意棚餘A、D两项such...that…和so...that…都表“如此……以至于……”，但用法不同。such—般用于“such+a(n)+adj+单数可数名词+that从句”结构中，而so—般用于“so+adj+a(n)+单数可数名词+that从句”结构中。由此可知C项正确。6、Those（）havereadmorebooksabouttechnologycanhaveabetterunderstandingofthispassage,(1分)A、whoB、whomC、thatD、whose正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析考查定语从句。句意为：“那些读了更多关于科技的书的人可以更好地理解这篇文章。”分析句子结构可知，本句是一个定语从句，先行词those指人，在从句中作主语，是that的复数形式，所以为了避免重复，关系词用who而不用that。故选A。7、Itwasraininghard,________theycouldn'tgooutforwalk.

(1分)A、becauseB、orC、butD、so正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析雨下得很大，所以他们不能出去散步。并列连词so构成的并列句可以转换成由从属连词because构成的主从复合句。此句相当于：Becauseitwasraining,theycouldnotgooutforawalk.另外，so和because不可以同事出现在句中8、---Lookat____animal.It’sinteresting.---Whichonedoyoumean?____blackonewithalongtail.

(1分)A、an，TheB、an，AnC、the，TheD、the，An正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析-看看一只动物这很有趣。-你是说哪一个？长尾的黑色的。考查冠词的用法。而根据题意我们可以看出，问答中的动物都是表示特指，答案是C。9、材料“Dad,I'msureIcandoitwellthistime,Ipromise.”Isaidtomyselfandwentuptothestageandbeganmyplay…

FinallyI（1）frommypianoandtookabowtothepeopleinthehall.Therewasa（2）andthenloudapplause(掌声)burstout.IknewI（3）it.Tearsfilledmyeyes.ThenI（4）threeyearsagorightherewhenitwasmyturntoplay.I（5）thehallandsawmydad.Hesatattheendofa（6）withaseriousface.

SuddenlyIbecame（7）.Ihadpracticedmypieceformonths,（8）thenitseemedtherewassomethingwrongwithmyfingers.Iforcedoutsome（9）tuneandleftthestageintears.I（10）.

Onthewayhomemyfatherdidn'tsayevenaword.Hejust（11）thecarinsilence.Ididn'tsayanythingeither.WhatcouldIsay,really,afterwhatI'ddone?Iknewhow（12）Dadworkedtoearnenoughmoney（13）mypiano.Thattimehewas.（14）tocometoacompetition,butIlethimdown.

Ididn'trememberhowwegothome.Dadneversaidawordtheentirewayhome,andhenever（15）oneofmycompetitionsagain.Inevergotoverthehurtofhaving.（16）thepersonImostwantedtomakeproud.I’d（17）morethanmycompetitionthatafternoon.IfeltasifI'dlostthekeytomyfather'sheart,andhediedbeforeIcould（18）itagain.

“God,whydidn'tyougivemea（19）tomakeituptohim?”I'doftenasked.

Iwonfirstprizeinthecontestnow.HowIwishmyfathercouldsharethe（20）momentwithme!第10空填（）。(1分)A、succeededB、wonC、failedD、disappeared正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查动词词义辨析。succeeded意为“成功”;won意为“赢”;failed意为“失败”;disappeared意为“消失”。承上启下，根据语境可知，“我”失败了。故选C。10、-WhatdoyouthinkofJane?-Sheis（）tobeagoodteacher.(1分)A、patientenoughB、toopatientC、enoughpatientD、sopatient正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析考查形容词。句意为：“——你认为Jane怎么样?——她有足够的耐心成为一名好老师。”enough作副词修饰形容词时，要放在被修饰词的后面。故选A。11、【图片大小可调】

(1分)A、inB、withC、toD、at正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析题目的意思是哪条路是最近的去附近医院，to表示去。12、MissWanghasbeenafraidof（）alonesinceshewasyoung.(1分)A、beingB、beC、tobeD、is正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析考查动名词。句意为：“王小姐从小就害怕独处。”beafraidofdoingsth.意为“害怕做某事”。故选A。13、Oneortwopiecesofbread（）leftontheplate.(1分)A、wasB、hadC、wereD、be正确答案选项：参考答案：C14、（）Jane（）Peteriswarm-hearted.They'repopularwithourclass.(1分)A、Both;andB、Notonly;butalsoC、Neither;norD、Either;or正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析考查主谓一致。句意为：“Jane和Peter都是热心肠，他们在我们班很受欢迎。”根据“They'repopularwithourclass.”可知，他们俩都是热心肠，所以排除C和D;both…and…连接两个主语时，谓语动词用复数，所以排除A;notonly…butalso…连接两个主语时，谓语动词遵循就近原则。故选B。15、Wecleanedourclassroomyesterdayafternoonanditisso_________now.

(1分)A、dirtyB、largeC、cleanD、wide正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析昨天下午我们打扫了教室，现在很干净。clean清洁的;干净的dirty脏的；large大的；clean干净的；wide宽敞的。16、Thegoodnews（）herfeel（）.(1分)A、make;excitedB、makes;excitedC、makes;excitingD、make;exciting正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析第一空：主语news为不可数名词，故用动词单三形式。第二空：此处形容人的感受，故用-ed形容词。17、Thefarmerwastemptedtofirehimonthespot.,hehurriedoutsidetoprepareforthestorm.Tohisamazement,hediscoveredeverythinghadbeentieddown.Thecowswereinthebarn,thechickenswereinthecoops,andthedoorswerebarreD

(1分)A、ThereforeB、InsteadC、MeanwhileD、Moreover

正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析考查副词词义辨析。句意：相反，他急忙跑到外面去准备迎接风暴来袭。ATherefore因此；BInstead反而；CMeanwhile同时；DMoreover而且。上文提到农场主本来想立即解雇这个人，结果相反，他自己跑到外面为风暴做好准备去了。故选B。（相对关系）"18、（）ofthestudentsinclass3isgoingtotakepartintheEnglishcontest.(1分)A、AllB、BothC、EachD、Every正确答案选项：参考答案：C19、Heisworkingintheroom.

(1分)A、状语B、定语C、宾语D、宾补正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析句意：他在这个房间里工作。intheroom在句子中作地点状语，所以选A。20、Itoftentakesmehalfanhour（）home.(1分)A、walkingB、towalkC、walkedD、walk正确答案选项：参考答案：B21、You'dbettertakethemapwithyou（）youwon'tgetlost.(1分)A、suchthatB、assoonasC、aslongasD、sothat正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析考查连词。句意为：“你最好带上地图，这样就不会迷路。”sothat意为“因此；这样”,引导目的状语从句。据句意可知后句是前句的目的，所以用sothat。故选D。22、材料Bookstoresaresecondhomesforreaders.Althoughmanypeoplecannowbuybooksonline,manyreadersstilllikethefeelinginbookstores.Theycantouchthebooksandsmelltheprint.

InChina,therearemanyspecialbookstores.SanlianTaofenBookstorebecamethefirst24-hourbookstoreinBeijingatthebeginningofApril.PopularHoldingsinShanghaiisafilm-themedbook-store.Ithasfilmbooksandposters.EsliteBookstoreinTaiwanoftenhasactivitiesliketalkswithfamouswriters.

Atthesametime,bookstoresoutsideChinacanbeverycolorful,too.ScarthinBooksisasmallbookstoreintheUK.Itsellsnewandsecond-handbooks.Therearemorethan100,000bookslyingontheshelvesofthestore's12rooms.Bart'sBooksintheUSisagoodplacetoenjoythesun-shinewhileyouarereadingbooks.It'sanoutdoorbookstore.Bookshelvesareonthestreet.Whenthestoreisclosed,peoplecanstillbuybooks.Theyjustputmoneyintothedoor'scoinbox.Wherecanyoufindacafe,barandbookstoreinjustoneplace?TheanswerisprobablyElPenduloinMexico.Bookslinethewallsofthestore.Onthesecondfloor,visitorscanordereverydaymealsinthecafeanddrinksfromthebar.Inordertokeepcool,therearegreenplantsandtreesinside.Doesitlooklikeapark?（）specialbookstoresinsideChinaarementionedinthepassage.(1分)A、TwoB、ThreeC、FiveD、Six正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析【主旨大意】本文讲的是有关中国和世界各地的书店的内容，各地的书店都有它们自己的特色。细节理解题。通读第二段内容可知，共提到了北京的SanlianTaofenBookstore、上海的PopularHoldings和台湾的EsliteBookstore三个书店。故选B。23、ThetraditionalChinesemedicinehadagood（）ontheforeignpatient.(1分)A、successB、effectC、useD、help正确答案选项：参考答案：B24、Haveyoueverheardofthestory?It________funnyandinteresting.

(1分)A、looksB、tastesC、smellsD、sounds正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析句意:你听说过这个故事吗?它听起来很有趣。考查连系动词。A、looks看起来;B、tastes尝起来;C、smells闻起来;D、sounds听起来。根据前句句意可知，空处的词应“听起来”,故选D。25、Theenergyfromthesunandwindisverycheapanditwillnever（）(1分)A、comeoutB、layoutC、carryoutD、runout正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析考查动词短语。句意为：“太阳能和风能是廉价的，并且永远不会枯竭。”runout意为“用尽；耗尽；枯竭”。根据“Thecnergyfromthesunandwind”可知，指的是太阳能和风能，这两种能源不会枯竭。故选D26、--Ithinkteenagersshouldbeallowedtohavepart-timejobs?--（）.Studyingismoreimportantforthem.(1分)A、IthinksoB、IdisagreewithyouC、MetooD、Noproblem正确答案选项：参考答案：B27、-Haveyoupackedthecamerayet?-Yes,ofcourse.I（）itlastnight.(1分)A、havepackedB、waspackedC、packedD、hadpacked正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查一般过去时。句意为：“你把相机打包了吗?——是的，当然了。我昨晚就打包了。”根据lastnight可知应用一般过去时。故选C。28、Whomadeaspeech________ofthemeeting?

(1分)A、intheendB、bytheendC、attheendD、inend正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析谁在会议结束时作了发言.intheend表示“终于、最后”，通常用于叙述过去发生的事情的结果。bytheendof…：只能表示时间，意为“在…前；到…为止”，因为by含有“从以前延续到......”的意思，所以bytheendof…常常用于完成时。attheendof…：既可以表示时间也可以表示地点、事情，译为“在…末；在…尽头”。inend最后的意思。29、Thebossgaveeachofhis（）note.(1分)A、maid-servant;ten-dollarsB、maid-servants;ten-dollarC、maid-servants;ten-dollarsD、maid-servant;ten-dollar正确答案选项：参考答案：B30、（）anewlibrary（）inyourschoollastyear?(1分)A、Is:builiB、Was;builtC、Does;buildD、Did;build正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析考查一般过去时的被动语态。句意为：“去年你们学校建了一座新的图书馆吗?”根据lastyear可知应该用一般过去时，主语anewlibrary是动词build的承受者，所以应用一般过去时的被动语态。故选B。31、-DidyoutakesideswhenMomandDadwerearguingagain?-No.I’velearntthatit’sbestto____untilitblowsover.

(1分)A、callitadayB、pulltheirlegsC、sitonthefenceD、washmyhandsoff正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查情景交际。句意：——当爸爸妈妈又吵起来的时候，你支持哪一方?--不。我明白了最好还是保持中立，直到事情平息下来。Acallitaday今天到此为止；Bpulltheirlegs拖后腿；Csitonthefence保持中立；Dwashmyhandsoff洗手。分析句意可知，此处表示保持中立。结合选项，故选C。32、—Moreandmorepeopleprefertowalkratherthanrideincars.—（）.Walkingisgoodforhealth.(1分)A、SotheyareB、SoaretheyC、SotheydoD、Sodothey正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查倒装句。句意为：“——越来越多的人宁愿走路也不愿坐车。—确实如此，步行对健康有好处。”可用“So+主语+be/助动词/情态动词”表示“某人或事物确实如此”,是对上文所讲事实的肯定和强调。根据“Walkingisgoodforhealth.”可知空格处是重复前句的意思，为了加强语气表示“确实如此”,上句prefertowalk是动词短语，所以本句需要用相应的助动词do。故选C。33、在下列各组单词中，找出字母读音th不同于其他三个的选项（）

(1分)A、thinB、themC、otherD、without正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析thin的th发音[θ]。其余th发音[e]34、—Whatwouldyoudoifyouwonamillionyuan?—（）,(1分)A、IshallgiveittocharitiesB、IwillbuysnacksC、Iwon'tputitinthebankD、I'dgiveittomedicalresearch正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析考查虚拟语气。句意为：“——如果你赢得一百万元，你会做什么?—-我会把它捐给医学研究。”if引导的虚拟条件句，与现在事实相反时，从句的谓语动词用过去式(be通常用were),主句用should/would/could/might十动词原形。故选D。35、I_________toyouassoonasIgetthere.

(1分)A、willwriteB、wroteC、writeD、havewritten正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析这句话的主句是Iwillwritetoyou一般将来时,从句是assoonasIgetthere用一般现在时。翻译为：我一到那就给你写信。用于时间和条件状语从句当主句为将来时态或表示将来意义时，时间和条件的状语从句必须用一般现在时表将来。36、材料

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But,oneyoungermusiciansaid,“Thereareafewclubsthatbookmybandafewnightsamonth,andI'mtryingtofindotherplacestoplay,I'malsolookingtobookafewsummerfestivalsthisyear.”

I'veheardthatyouaretheaverageofthefivepeoplewhomyouspendthemosttimewith,ortoputitanotherway,youarewhoyourfriendsare.

Attitudesareimportant.Whetherthey'repositiveornegative,they'rerubbingoffonyou.Ifyou'rearoundpeoplewhocomplainaboutlackofworkandaboutothermusicians，orblameothers，andyouplaytheroleofvictim(受害者)，chancesareyouwillstarttoaswell.Soit'stimetotakealookatthepeopleyoucall“friends”.

Thisisaneasyexercise:Makealistofthepeoplewhoyouhangoutwith,andsimplystopspendingtimewiththenegativepeopleonyourlist.Setanewstandardforyourselfanddon'tbecomefriendswithpeoplewhofallbelowthatstandard.

Keepsuccessfulpeoplearoundyouandyourownchancesforsuccesswillbemuchbetter.Askthemhowtheydoit.Askiftheywillhelpyougettheworkyou'relookingfor,ormaybegiveyousomeadvicetohelpyouonyourcareerpath.

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properly正确答案选项：参考答案：B37、材料It'softensaidthatyoucanjudgeapersonbylookingatwhat'sontheirbookshelves.Well,whenIaskedmyselfthisquestionafewyearsago,Imadea(n)（1）discovery.Prettymuchallthe（2）onmybookshelveswerewrittenbyBritishauthors,andtherewasalmostnothingintranslationfromother（3）.Whatashame!So,Idecidedtolaunchmy（4）readingproject.

ButhowcouldIfindbooksfrommuchoftherestoftheworld?Ihadtoaskfor（5）.SoinOctober2011,Istartedmyblog,and(6)ashortappealonline.Withinhours,peoplebeganto（7）.Atfirst,itwasfriendsandcolleagues.Thenitwasfriendsoffriends.Andsoon,itwas（8）.

Fourdayslater,Igota(n)（9）fromawomancalledRafidahinKualaLumpur.Shesaidshelovedmyproject,（10）ifshecouldgotoherlocalEnglish-languagebookshopandchoosemyMalaysianbookandpostittome.Iaccepted（11）,andafewweekslater,apackage（12）containingnoone,buttwobooks—Rafidah'schoicefromMalaysia,andabookfromSingaporethatshehadalso（13）forme.Atthetime,Iwas（14）thatastrangermorethan6,000milesawaywouldgotosuchlengthstohelpsomeoneshewouldprobablynever（15）

ButRafidah'skindness（16）tobethepatternforthatyear.Timeandagain,peoplewentoutoftheir（17）tohelpme.Andbooksoftencamefrom（18）sources.Awriterevenemailedmeanunpublishedtranslationofhisnoveltome,allowingmetobecomeoneofthe（19）peopleevertoreadthatbookinEnglish.

Thatyear,thankstokindstrangersfromthefour（20）oftheworld.Ireadbooksfromover100countries第4空填（）。(1分)A、nationalB、globalC、officialD、beneficial正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析考查形容词词义辨析。national意为“国家的”;global意为“全球的”;official意为“官方的”;beneficial意为“有益的”。根据下文的“therestoftheworld”可知，作者需要拓展别的语言，所以需要全球阅读。故选B。38、Theremanybooks____onthedesk.

(1分)A、isB、beC、areD、am正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析books是复数，所以用are39、Thegoodnewsmadeallofus________.

(1分)A、happyB、tobehappyC、happilyD、happiest正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析这个好消息使我们大家都很高兴。happy高兴的，形容词；happily高兴地，副词；happiest最高兴，是最高级形式．根据题干可知固定搭配：make＋宾语＋形容词（做宾补），使某人………掌握固定搭配：make

sb/sth＋形容词是做好本题的关键．40、—IhopeIwillwinthechemistrycompetitiontomorrow.—（）(1分)A、Whatapity!B、Congratulations!C、Goodlucktoyou!D、Idon'tthinkso.正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查情景交际。句意为：“—-—我希望我能在明天的化学比赛中获胜。——祝你好运!”Whatapity!意为“真可惜!”;Congratulations!意为“祝贺你!”;Goodlucktoyou!意为“祝你好运!”;Idon'tthinkso.意为“我不这么认为。”。根据“IhopeIwillwinthechenistrycompetitiontomorrow.”可知对于别人的美好愿望应该表示祝福。故选C。41、Thanksforyourinvitation,butIamsosorryIcan’tgo.Ineedto____mybabyathome.

(1分)A、takeawayB、takeoffC、takecareofD、takeoutof正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析句意谢谢你的邀请，但是我很抱歉我不能去，我需要在家里照顾我的孩子。A剥夺；拿开.B起飞；脱掉.C照顾.D取出.结合语境可知，应该takecareof，故选C。42、______youareverybusy,______alineifyouareintown.

(1分)A、If;writeB、Eventhough;writeC、If;dropD、Eventhough;drop正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析Dropaline是固定短语.是"写一封信"的意思.并没有"Writealine"这一说喔.所以这样一来A和B就排除啦.然后根据前后语句来判断是用if好还是用eventhough好.如果用if的话,那么这句话就要翻译成"如果你很忙,当你在家的时候请写封信过来."这样讲不通的嘛.如果很忙才写信.不忙就不用写啦?而且,既然猜测人家很忙,为什么还要让人家写信呢?真是添乱啊...所以,这样说的话,语句也太过犀利了吧...淘汰掉选项C...用Eventhough的话,这句话就翻译成"尽管你很忙,但当你在家的时候请写封信过来."这样就符合常理啦.知道人家很忙,所以请求人家同意,看能不能写信.这样语句就没错啦.所以最终选项是D没错的咯.43、材料Thinkaboutwhatyouliketowearontheweekend.

There’sagoodchancethatyouliketoputonapairofbluejeans.Atanymoment,abouthalfoftheworld’spopulationiswearingjeans.Butaccordingtoanewstudy,ourloveforjeansmaybebadforEarth.Denim（牛仔布）mightbeputtingsomeseaanimalsindanger.Everytimewewashourjeans,tinybitsofdenimwillflowoutofourwashingmachines,downintotheworld’srivers,lakesandoceans.Youmightwonder:Isn’tdenimmadeofcotton,anaturalmaterial?Howcanitbecomeadangertonature?Well,intheprocessofmakingjeans,denimistreatedwithmanytypesofman-madechemicals.Someimproveitsdurability（耐用性）andfeel;othersgivejeanstheirbluecolor.ScientistsstudiedtheGreatLakesinAmericaandtheArcticOceaninnorthernCanada.

Theyfounddenimwasteinallofthesamples（样本）theyhadcollected.

Itisfearedthattheharmfulchemicalsindenimhavespreadfarandwide.Scientistsaren’tyetsurehowthesechemicalsmightharmanimals.Inthestudy,thescientistsalsowashedjeanstoseehowmanybitsofdenimeachpairwoulddropperwash.Theanswerwasfrightening:About50,000.Notallofthemmaketheirwayintotheenvironment.Wastewatertreatmentplantsholdback83to99percentofthem.Thismaysoundprettygood,However,onepercentof50,000bitsarestill500perwash.Nowthinkaboutthenumberofjeansaroundtheworldandthetimeseachofthemgetswashed.

Asaresult,alargeamountofdenimwastestillgetsintotheenvironment.Doesthismeanweshouldn’twearjeans?ProbablynotWeneedtobuyfewerjeansandonlywashthemwhenwetrulyneedtodoit,saysSamAthey,oneofthescientists.Youdon’tneedtowashyourjeansafterhavingwornthemonlyacoupleoftimes.Howmanybitsofdenimmightgetintotheenvironmenteveryyear?______

(1分)A、Fivehundred.B、Fiftythousand.C、Toomanytocount.

正确答案选项：参考答案：C44、English________bylotsofpeopleastheirfirstlanguageintheworld．

(1分)A、isspokenB、speaksC、isspeakingD、spoke正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析英语是世界上许多人使用的第一语言。被动语态,就是用动词be的相应单词is

are+动词的过去分词45、材料After20yearsofmarriage,mywifewantedmetotakeanotherwomanoutto（1）.Shesaid,“Iloveyou,butIknowthisotherwomanlovesyoutoo.”

Theotherwomanthatmywifewantedmetovisitwasmymother,whohasbeenawidow(寡妇)for19years,butmybusylifehadmadeitimpossibletovisither（2）.ThatnightIcalledto（3）heroutfordinner.

“What'swrong?Areyouwell?”she'asked.Mymotheristhetypeofwomanwhosuspectsthatalatenight（4）isasignofbadnews.

“Ithoughtthatitwouldbepleasanttospendsometimewithyou,”I（5）.

Shethoughtaboutitforamoment,and（6）.Duringthedinner,wehadanagreeableconversation—（7）extraordinarybutrecenteventsofeachother'slife.

Beforewe（8）,shesaid,“I'llgooutwithyouagain,（9）onlyifyouletmeinviteyou.”

Afewdays（10）,mymotherdiedofaheartattack.It（11）sosuddenl