4 . Complete the sentences with the words in the box. There is one verb you do not need to use.

take up     give up     look up     check out     wake up     work out     set up

Eg. Next year my brother and I are going to take up skiing.
1. Dad loves pizza. I’m going to ________ the new Italian restaurant for his birthday.
2. One day I will ________ a business and become very, very rich!
3. I need to ________ this Maths problem by tomorrow.
4. Can you ________ the number for the sports centre in the phone book, please?
5. Karen says she will ________ chocolate in the New Year.

5 . 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.

6 . 选择恰当的短语并用其正确的形式填空。

in order to   work out   any more   a few   a little

1. ________ protect the river, a good citizen must stop throwing household waste.
2. They stopped to listen, but there was no noise __________.
3. He tried using another way to __________ the problem and he worked it out.
4. Excuse me, can you spare me ________ minutes?

7 . 根据句子意思，从方框中选用恰当的单词或短语填空。

friendly; first; on time; putting up; success; instead; work out; putting out; especially

1. —Would you like to see a film with me?
—I’d like to, But I should finish my work ________.
2. Remember that hard work is the key to ________.
3. I like to travel on high-speed trains because they are usually ________ while planes are behind schedule too often.
4. Our English teacher is quite ________ and helpful.
5. Teenagers shouldn’t play with phones all day. ________, we have more meaningful things to do.
6. We can’t ________ the maths problem. Can you tell us how to do it?
7. After ________ the forest fire, the firemen were tired out.
8. Flowers are always welcome, ________ in winter.

8 . 用所给词或词组的正确形式填空。

prepare for, be full of, everywhere, slow down, push, work out, as soon as, surprise, wonder, make sure

1. The future seems to ________ hope.
2. ________ I get to Beijing, I’ll ring you up.
3. I can’t ________ how to do it.
4. She was busy ________ the coming exam.
5. Darren was ________ at Tian’anmen Square.
6. Before turning, you should ______.
7. ________ all the windows are closed before you leave.
8. The Great Wall is one of the ________ in the world.
9. We’ll have to eat here—________ else is full.
10. You ________ and I’ll pull.

10 . 阅读下面句子，然后用下面方框中所给的单词或短语填空，使每个句子在结构，句法和逻辑上正确。

guess; allow; be good at: hang out; get on well with; work out; a big deal; give back

1. Mum ________ me to watch TV once a week.
2. Can you ________ how long my uncle has had the robot?
3. Jim wants to ________ with his friends at night, but his parents don’t allow him to do so.
4. Robert ________ playing the piano although he is only an 11-year-old boy.
5. The boy is clever enough to ________ the math problem quickly.
6. In the summer camp last year, all the members ________ each other.
7. You should ________ the book (that) you borrowed to the library on time.
8. Although she’s wrong, it’s not ________.