2 . 从方框中选择恰当的词或短语并用其正确的形式填空。（每个词或短语只能用一次）

set off fireworks; have a good voice; take place; something; make a difference; widely; by hand; break out; lie down; a waste of

1. All life in the world cannot live without water, but water never asks for ________ in return.
2. —The panda Ya Ya has returned to China from the USA.
—Look! She ________ on the grass and eating bamboo happily over there.
3. In the past few months, computer games ________ to his study.
4. My elder brother likes the singer Zhang Jie best. He ________ and his songs are worth listening to.
5. A terrible forest fire ________ in Sichuan last month and a lot of trees were burnt in it.
6. Buying things you don’t need is just ________ money.
7. These flowers look like the real ones. In fact, they are all made ________.
8. —I waved to you, but you didn’t see me.
—I ________ with my friends at that time.
9. Chinese is used ________ in the world than before because it is becoming more powerful.
10. The 19th Asian Games ________ between September 23 and October 8 in Hangzhou, won’t it?

4 . Sometimes I buy fruits and forget to eat them. It’s a w________ (浪费) of money.

6 . 用方框中所给的单词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次。

nine       succeed       waste       general       below

1. Nothing useful was said in the meeting. It’s a complete _______ of time.
2. In ______, men are taller than women.
3. From the top of the building, the cars _______ us looked like ants moving slowly.
4. The world’s first printed book The Diamon Sutra was produced in the _______ century in China.
5. The company Geli ______ making itself a household name for making air conditioning over the past thirty years.

7 . I think it is a w________ of money to buy some useless things in Double Eleven shopping festival.