问题
完形填空
根据所给的汉语提示，用适当的短语填空。每空一词。
小题1: The children _________ their _________(摒住呼吸) when the magician opened the box.
小题2: Nobody likes someone who doesn’t ____________ his ____________(履行诺言).
小题3:__________ __________(至于) your salary, we can talk about it over a coffee.
小题4:Great changes have __________ __________ (发生) in the countryside since the 1990s.
小题5:Why are you looking for a new job __________ __________ (既然) you have such a good one.
答案
小题1:held; breath
小题2:keep; word
小题3:As for
小题4:taken place
小题5:now that
题目分析：
小题1:hold one’s breath屏住呼吸，固定词组，注意用一般过去时态。
小题2:keep one’s word履行诺言，固定词组。
小题3:as for至于，关于，固定词组，注意首字母大写。
小题4:take place发生，固定词组，注意用过去分词。
小题5:now that既然，固定词组。