Ⅰ. 单句语法填空
1. If someone or something convinces (convince) you to do something, they persuade you to do it.
2. Do you remember a certain occasion when you were in trouble and at that moment I gave you a hand?
3. Everyone knows that failure (fail) always accompanies us in our life.
4. Unfortunately (unfortunate), you were out when we dropped in.
5. China has made astonishing (astonish) economic progress.
6. The play was written and directed (direct) by two young writers.
7. We had no choice but to hire a magician to keep the children entertained (entertain).
8. The old man sat in his rocking chair, amusing(amuse) himself by listening to Beijing Opera.
9. He slid(slide) into the classroom while the teacher was writing on the blackboard.
10. He reacted(react) angrily to the stories people had made up about him.