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四、妙语脱口秀
A: Hi, Mrs. Wang!
B: Hello, Mrs. Lin!
A: I called you at 8:00 this morning, but there was no reply. 16. What were you doing then?
B: I was shopping at that time.
A: 17. Did you buy anything?
B: Yes, I bought two T-shirts and a pair of sports shoes. There were so many people. I was so tired.
A: 18. How long did it take you?
B: It took me the whole morning. I hate shopping in the crowded shop.
A: 19. So do I. But I like shopping online. 20. It can save a lot of time.
B: I agree.

答案： 16. What were you doing then? 17. Did you buy anything? /Did you get anything? 18. How long did it take you? /How much time did you spend? 19. So do I. /I feel the same way. /I have the same feeling. 20. It can save a lot of time. /It's fast and easy. （16～20 题答案不唯一,合理即可）

五、词语运用
用方框中所给单词或短语的适当形式填空。
be interested in do some chores
have to by oneself cook
be independent look after
while until because
Can you or do you wash your clothes? Can you cook for yourself when your parents are not at home? Do you often help 21do some choresat home?
Today, many young people can't 22look afterthemselves when they leave home. They even can't wash a pair of socks. I don't want to be a person like that. I want 23to be independent.
When I was only seven years old, I was in the kitchen with my mother enjoying 24cooking. I always helped her. I learned cooking from my mother. She 25was interested inteaching me how to cook. But when my mother got married, she didn't know how to cook. My grandmother never had her stay in the kitchen 26whileshe was cooking. My mother didn't start cooking 27untilshe was 25 years old. At the beginning, it was difficult for her to cook. She 28had totake cooking lessons. So she decided to teach us how to cook 29becauseshe didn't want us to have the same experience.
And now I can do many chores 30by myself. I always wash my own clothes, and sometimes I wash my parents' and my brother's clothes, too. When my parents are not at home, I can cook for my brother and myself.

答案： 21. do some chores 22. look after 23. to be independent 24. cooking 25. was interested in 26. while 27. until 28. had to 29. because 30. by myself