1 . 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）。

usual; sad; try on; have difficulty in; take the lead; be divided into; work out; a great deal of; do the dishes; as soon as

1. ________ the film Home Coming was on, Bruce went to watch it.
2. Friends are important. They can help us get away from ________.
3. Timmy was cleaning the table while his sister ________.
4. Yesterday, all the students ________ five groups to do the project.
5. Life is like a race. You either ________ or fall behind.
6. Look! The twins ________ their clothes for Halloween.
7. So far, about 60% of the students ________ the difficult problem successfully.
8. What can we learn from Spud Webb’s ________ experiences?
9. I often help Dick when he ________ doing homework.
10. It took scientists ________ time to test the new machine.

2 . As my children get bigger, our house seems to get smaller. So we want to ________ a lot of old things from our bedroom.

A．leave out

B．clear out

C．work out

D．hand out