高中英语语法填空:对话题型能力练习 Test 14

W: Bob, do you know who I saw the other day? Old Jake, looking terribly 　61　 (depress). Did he get pensioned off at last?

M: Yes. They made him 　62　 (retire) after 50 years at sea. He is pretty upset about it, but what can you do? He really is pasted.

W: He is all alone, isn't he?

M: Yes, his wife 　63　 (die) for years. They had one daughter, Dories. But she went off to town the 　64　 she left school. And he 　65　 (not hear) from her since. I hear she is making good money as a model.

W: Maybe someone could get in touch 　66　 her. Get her to come back for a while to help?

M: I don't suppose she 　67　 (come). She never got on with her father. He is bit of a tough character and she is rather selfish. Oh, I expect old Jake will get by. He is healthy at least, comes into a clinic for 　68　 check regularly.

W: Are you his doctor?

M: No, my partner doctor Johnson is.

W: That bad-tempered old thing?

M: Oh, he isn't bad-tempered. He just looks it. He is an excellent doctor, taught me a lot, and he has a very nice family. His wife invites me over there to supper every week. Very pleasant.

W: I see I teach 　69　 daughter Pen at school. She is a bit careless and lazy about her school work, 　70　 a bright little thing and very popular within her age group.