1 .

own, influence, improve, catch, pleasant, suffer from, wear, get rid of, discover, wide

1. The Chinese government pays great attention to ________ people’s lives.
2. At the weekend, Americans dress in the clothes which people ________ in the past and live in the way that people did then.
3. I ________ in a heavy rain on my way home. As a result. I had a bad cold.
4. Some of pets are very clever and they can sense their ________ feelings.
5. —The World Cup Final was so exciting! Did you enjoy it?
—I didn’t watch TV at that time. because I ________ stomachache.
6. Students should be encouraged to read ________ instead of only reading their text books.
7. —The environment has a great ________ on a child’s character.
—That’s why Mencius’ mother moved the house three times.
8. We were said to be living in the Information Age, a time of new ________ and great changes.
9. There was a（n）________ smell in the fridge because my mother kept the food in it for a long time.
10. It's necessary to depend on yourself to find some ways to ________ your bad habit.

2 . 词与短语选择填空。

experience / look for / foreign / improve / look after / careless / prepare

1. I really like Ms. Steen a lot. She helped me to ________ my English so much.
2. Students often forget that their parents have more ________ and are always there to help them.
3. These snake robots can help ________ people under the buildings.
4. Sounds interesting. I’m going to learn another ________ language.
5. To go with the turkey, people often ________ other things such as gravy and mashed potatoes.

3 . 选词填空

book     nature     advise     improve     communicate     keep     dream     ride     Europe     relax

1. Speech is the fastest method of ___________ between people.
2. Many tourists enjoy visiting places of ___________ beauty.
3. The librarian gave me some ___________ on how to choose a good read and it is very useful.
4. You have studied hard in the past two months. I’m sure you can ___________ your English.
5. Could you tell me if Russia is a ___________ country?
6. Wish you have a ___________ trip and have fun with your family.
7. Have you ___________ a horse before? It seems really interesting.
8. I ____________ of becoming a scientist since I was at primary school.
9. You ____________ in touch with me when you leave for Chengdu, won’t you?
10. She ___________ the tickets and a hotel on the Internet the day before yesterday.

6 . 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。

treat     improve     cure     organize     most

1. Project Hope is a (n) __________ that helps children to go to school.
2. Modern medicine is developing so quickly that most eye problems can __________.
3. You should work hard __________ your English.
4. The students in this school _________ come from poor areas.
5. Some people don’t have enough money for their medical _________.

7 . 用方框中所给动词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次。

ride, teach, win, prefer, repair, love, improve, chat, discuss, reduce

1. The students ________ how to enter the writing competition yesterday.
2. My sister, Mary, ________ classical music to pop music.
3. I ________ eating ice cream on a hot day. It tastes good.
4. Look! The little boy ________ a bicycle over there.
5. Linda’s health ________ greatly since she started on this new diet.
6. Children should ________ how to respect others in their daily life.
7. Mrs. Wu was doing the dishes while her husband was ________ his bike.
8. When the new railway is completed in 2025, the time of the two cities ________ by half.
9. —Paul, where is Sam?
—He is in the garden. He ________ with Grandma.
10. At the 2014 Oscar ceremony, the film Twelve Years a Slave ________ an award for best picture.