2931．Countries around the globe are spending billions of dollars and lots of time on various space missions，whether to Mars or other planets much further away.
whether...or...
仿寫：如果你能告訴我你是否能來我將不勝感激。

2932．他沒有錢，只好放棄這個(gè)計(jì)劃。
He has no money，so he give up this plan.

2933．It is necessary to find a new home for people in space，as the r on Earth will run out.

2934．Don't you think the universe is very （mystery）？There are many unknown things out there.

2935．For most fourteen-year-old girls living in a border town，the world revolves（旋轉(zhuǎn)） around quinceaneras （celebrations of a girl's fifteenth birthday）.Yet there was no mention of such a（n）（1） in my household.Whenever anyone asked（2） I was having a "quince" my response was always， "I'm saving up for a car." I even convinced myself that was true until that night when I（3） at my friend's quinceanera.
   I went home early from the party，and although I tried to（4） my red eyes，my mother could tell something was（5）.I did not want to（6） ，but what I feared most about telling her the truth was that I didn't want her to think I was（7）.You see，it's pretty self-serving to（8） a silly party when your dad is（9）.
   I finally admitted everything.I（10） with my mom that I wanted to have my own father-daughter dance.My dad had been diagnosed（診斷） with cancer and given five months to（11） .By this time，he was in a wheelchair.
   My mother sold the little bit of jewelry she owned，and borrowed money from friends in order to（12） enough money for my quinceanera.In two weeks we got everything prepared for the party.My friends（13） with me in our beautiful dresses on December 7th，six months before my actual fifteenth birthday.
   As the（14） started my mom pushed my dad's wheelchair toward where I stood waiting.My dad asked her to stop and（15） raised himself from the chair and took my hand for the first and last waltz（華爾茲） we would share.

（1）	A．task	B．show	C．event	D．a(chǎn)ccident
（2）	A．if	B．why	C．where	D．how
（3）	A．tried	B．cried	C．sang	D．reported
（4）	A．touch	B．rest	C．open	D．hide
（5）	A．possible	B．useless	C．wrong	D．important
（6）	A．lie	B．stay	C．believe	D．a(chǎn)ccept
（7）	A．stupid	B．selfish	C．sensitive	D．stubborn
（8）	A．support	B．leave	C．throw	D．a(chǎn)ttend
（9）	A．dying	B．sleeping	C．working	D．reading
（10）	A．a(chǎn)rgued	B．shared	C．discussed	D．a(chǎn)greed
（11）	A．relax	B．practice	C．live	D．express
（12）	A．earn	B．raise	C．donate	D．change
（13）	A．played	B．walked	C．studied	D．gathered
（14）	A．race	B．game	C．music	D．concert
（15）	A．slowly	B．suddenly	C．unwillingly	D．hopelessly

2936．I am honored （deliver）a speech at the opening ceremony on behalf of our school.

2937．從大學(xué)獲益最多的學(xué)生是那些充分利用大學(xué)的機(jī)會(huì)和資源完全參與學(xué)習(xí)生活的人。

2938．如果貨物有損壞，你可以要求退款。

2939．There are 52 students in our class， come from the countryside.
我們班里有52名學(xué)生，大部分來自于農(nóng)村。

2940．After being b twice，the postman rejected to deliver our letter unless we chained the dog.