1 . Though Zhong Nanshan is 84 years old, he did his best to help China and the world to fight against COVID-19. As a Chinese, I ________ him.

A．am proud of

B．am hard on

C．am worried about

2 . The restaurant is very popular because the waiters there are ___________ customers.

A．thirsty for

B．strict with

C．hard on

D．friendly to

3 . No matter what problems we meet, we should try to solve them. Even though we fail, teachers and parents ______ us.

A．are strict with

B．are worried about

C．are proud of

D．are hard on

4 . —My parents are sometimes too hard       me.
—Are they? They just want you to spend more time       your lessons.

A．on; with

B．on; on

C．with; on

5 . We should always ________ the people who have helped us.

A．be hard on

B．be thirsty for

C．be afraid of

D．be thankful to

6 . —I lost the game. I am sorry for that.
     —Whatever it was, don’t be too_________ on yourself.

A．slow

B．hard

C．scientific

D．caring

7 .

let.. down, kick sb. off, pull together, be hard on, communicate with, worry about, rather than, knock on, agree with. even though

1. You don't have to________________me. I'm old enough to take good care of myself.
2. Jim is not a good student. He is afraid that his teacher may__________.
3. Mary failed the exams again. She' thought she________her parents _______once more.
4. "You_______yourself. But it's not only your fault," my father told me   kindly
5. "The poor man was very happy________________he had nothing.
6. Someone _______________the door, so I went to answer it.
7. -- How did you get along with your uncle in America?
--I often____________him regularly by letter.
8. --What did he think of the plan?
--He_____________what you said about it.
9. If you are going to win the match, you must continue__________.
10. We will have the meeting in the classroom_________in the great hall.