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Ⅰ.完形填空(建议用时17′) [2016·河北保定摸底考试]The easy way out isn't always the easiest. I learned that lesson when I decided to treat Doug, my husband of one month, to a special meal. I __1__ to make homemade bread. Knowing the bread would take time, I __2__ it as soon as Doug left for work. As I was not __3__ in cooking, I thought if a dozen was good, two dozen would be better, so I __4__ everything. As Doug loved oranges, I also opened a can of orange and __5__ it all into the bowl. Soon there was a sticky dough (面团) covered with __6__ yellowish marks. Realizing I was __7__， I put the dough in the rubbish bin outside so I wouldn't have to __8__ Doug laughing at my work. I went on preparing the rest of the __9__， and when Doug got home, we sat down to Cornish chicken with rice. He tried to enjoy the meal but seemed __10__. Twice he got up and went outside, saying he heard a __11__. The third time he left, I went to the window to see what he was doing. I saw Doug standing about three feet from the __12__， holding the lid up with a stick and looking __13__. When I came out of the house, he dropped the stick and explained that there was something __14__ in our rubbish bin. Picking up the stick again, he held the lid up enough for me to see. I felt __15__. But I stepped closer and looked harder. Without __16__ it was my work. The hot __17__ had caused the dough to double in size and the fermenting yeast (酵母) made the surface __18__ and sigh as though it were breathing. I could see why Doug was shaken. I had to admit what the “__19__” was and why it was there. I don't know who was more __20__ by the whole thing—Doug or me. | 
