虽然……但是…     与其……不如……     假若……就……

①____这几天阴雨连绵，____我们依旧没有改变原来的计划。

②____你一直和时间赛跑，你____可以成功。

③他们知道____欺骗我说外祖母睡着了，还____对我说实话：外祖母永远不会回来了。

商量       商定

④一些事情已经____，可是从大家的表情可以看出来，还有重要的事情需要____，但是谁都不愿意第一个开口。

先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

    Fourteen-year-old Emma Peters is talking about her coming summer holidays．

    "Soon it will be the summer holidays again．I'm not going away with my parents this year but I don't1．I'm going to2my time with two of my classmates，Bella and Lou．

    We've just started a band (乐队)．We call it Sunshine．I play the guitar(吉他)and sing．Bella plays the piano and Lou plays the drums．We 3in Lou's dad's garage(车厍)and we also play in small coffee shops．We're 4 very good friends．We love and help each other．I was in a different band last year but that wasn't so much5.No one wanted to practise．

    "We've written several songs and we have our own website (网站)．Over the summer holidays we are going to make a CD 6ten or maybe twelve songs on it．We're not quite sure yet．We haven't finished writing all the songs，7 we've decided on the name of the CD．We're going to call it The Red Room．The CD may not make8famous，but that doesn't matter—we just enjoy our music and hope to 9it with other people．I can't think of a better10to spend the summer holidays．”