Complete each of the following sentences after the model with the word or phrase in brackets. Make changes or additions where necessary.Model:After giving it some thought, we decided to __put in an offer__ and moved in on Thanksgiving Day. (put in)1 If you're in business long enough, it's inevitable you will _________________. (setback)2 Hydroelectric power plants ________________ in a much cleaner way than coal-fired ones. (generate)3 Knowing the proper way to ________________ will help you avoid shrinking your sweaters and dyeing (染色) your white socks pink. (laundry)4 We really ________________ to your party, but my elderly mother lives with us and we don't like to leave her alone in the evenings. (appreciate)5 The hotel is OK but could ________________ to live up to its 5-star rating. (adjustment)6 Most of us _________________. But do you know that about 1.5 billion people in this world have no access to electrical power? (take ... for granted)

我们按照题目要求，参考例句的模式，逐句完成填空。例句是：

> After giving it some thought, we decided to put in an offer and moved in on Thanksgiving Day. (put in)

这个句子中，“put in” 被扩展为 “put in an offer”（提出报价），符合语境。我们要根据括号中的词或短语，结合语义，适当添加或调整词语，使句子完整、自然。

1. If you're in business long enough, it's inevitable you will ___________. (setback)

• 括号中给出的是名词 “setback”（挫折），但句子结构是 “you will ______”，需要填入一个动词短语。
• 因此，不能直接用 “setback”，而应使用动词形式，如 “encounter a setback” 或 “face a setback”。
• 更自然的表达是 “run into a setback” 或 “experience a setback”。

✅ 正确答案：run into a setback 或 experience a setback

完整句子：
If you're in business long enough, it's inevitable you will run into a setback.

2. Hydroelectric power plants __________ in a much cleaner way than coal-fired ones. (generate)

• 括号中是 “generate”（产生），动词。
• 主语是 “Hydroelectric power plants”（水力发电厂），谓语应为 “generate electricity”。
• 句子后半部分是比较：“比燃煤电厂更清洁的方式”，所以前面应表达“以更清洁的方式发电”。

✅ 正确答案：generate electricity

完整句子：
Hydroelectric power plants generate electricity in a much cleaner way than coal-fired ones.

3. Knowing the proper way to __________ will help you avoid shrinking your sweaters and dyeing your white socks pink. (laundry)

• 括号中是 “laundry”（洗衣），名词。
• 句子结构是 “the proper way to ______”，需要动词。
• 因此，应将 “laundry” 转换为动词形式 “do the laundry”。
• “the proper way to do the laundry” 意为“正确洗衣的方法”。

✅ 正确答案：do the laundry

完整句子：
Knowing the proper way to do the laundry will help you avoid shrinking your sweaters and dyeing your white socks pink.

4. We really __________ to your party, but my elderly mother lives with us and we don't like to leave her alone in the evenings. (appreciate)

• 括号中是 “appreciate”（感激），但句子表达的是“我们本想参加你的派对，但……”，所以这里应是表达“感激邀请”或“很想去”。
• 常见表达是 “We really appreciate the invitation”，但后半句是转折（but...），说明没能参加。
• 更自然的表达是：“We would have appreciated the chance” 或更常见的是 “We would have loved to come”，但题目要求用 “appreciate”。
• 所以应使用 “appreciate the invitation”，但要用虚拟语气或过去时态表达“本想参加”。

但注意：句子是 “We really ______ to your party”，结构是 “appreciate + 名词”，不能直接说 “appreciate to your party”。

因此，应补充为 “appreciate the invitation to your party”。

✅ 正确答案：appreciate the invitation to your party

完整句子：
We really appreciate the invitation to your party, but my elderly mother lives with us and we don't like to leave her alone in the evenings.

（注意：虽然逻辑上是“很遗憾不能去”，但“appreciate”用现在时表达对邀请的感激，语气自然。）

5. The hotel is OK but could __________ to live up to its 5-star rating. (adjustment)

• 括号中是名词 “adjustment”（调整）。
• 句子结构是 “could ______”，需要动词。
• 所以应将 “adjustment” 转为动词 “make some adjustments”。
• “make adjustments to live up to...” 意为“做出调整以达到……标准”。

✅ 正确答案：make some adjustments

完整句子：
The hotel is OK but could make some adjustments to live up to its 5-star rating.

6. Most of us ___________. But do you know that about 1.5 billion people in this world have no access to electrical power? (take ... for granted)

• 括号中是短语 “take ... for granted”（认为……理所当然）。
• 根据后半句“世界上有15亿人用不上电”，前半句应是“我们大多数人都把电力当作理所当然”。
• 所以应填入 “take electricity for granted”。

✅ 正确答案：take electricity for granted

完整句子：
Most of us take electricity for granted. But do you know that about 1.5 billion people in this world have no access to electrical power?

✅ 最终答案汇总：

1. run into a setback
2. generate electricity
3. do the laundry
4. appreciate the invitation to your party
5. make some adjustments
6. take electricity for granted

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