【推荐2】选词填空

make sense；lose heart；work out；make up；cut out；millions of other than；take control of；give up；apply for；fall apart；set an example

1. He doesn’t talk much, but what he says ______.
2. The deal ______ when we failed to agree on a price.
3. Anyone who is interested in the program can ______ the job.
4. There’s no good cooking ______ your mother’s cooking.
5. The editor suggested that I ______ the unimportant details.
6. ______ people have read the book about how to keep healthy.
7. It is said that shopping ______ nearly 30% of all her daily spending.
8. After work, these girls often go to the gym downstairs and ______ there.
9. He ______ smoking to set aside the money for his son’s education last year.
10. The local government has taken an effective measure to ______ the housing price.

【推荐3】Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the words and phrases given in the box. Each word or phrase can be used only once.

lower       preserve       physical       carry on       strategy reliable       frighten       show off       apart from       explorer

1. Old technology sometimes continues to exist because of its ________.
2. Some people think fashion is changing with necklines ________ or raised, contributing nothing important but waste to society.
3. At the scene of the accident, the boy’s hair stuck up straight with ________.
4. ________ the hair, he looked extraordinarily unchanged.
5. Protective measures are necessary if the city’s monuments are to ________.
6. From a ________ point of view, wildlife conservation is imperative for the sake of the future of the world.
7. As the top student in this class, he can’t help ________ his outstanding academic performance in front of his fellow students.
8. Her bravery has given him the will to ________ with his life and his work.
9. After ________ the old part of town, there is a guided tour of the church.
10. Are you sure you’re ________ tough enough for this job?