1 . You cannot imagine what great difficulty we had                    (talk)
你无法想象我们与他交谈有多么地困难。

2 . _____________   different languages and cultures is of great benefit to children. (expose)
接触不同的语言和文化对孩子们大有裨益。

3 . Some experts recommend signs and posters be put up in areas                 . (allow)
一些专家建议应在不允许抽烟的地方贴上标志和海报。

4 . We treasured very much the chance of ________________ by the GM face to face. (interview)
我们非常珍惜这次由总经理亲自面试的机会。

5 . 他的生日即将到来，他盼望给他一辆自行车作为生日礼物
His birthday is just around the corner and he is looking forward to ____________a new bike as his birthday present. ( give )

6 . Project Hope aims at helping more children in poor areas to          _ (有受教育的机会 ) . (access，receive)

7 . ____________________ should be no reason for treating one’s neighbors as strangers. （occupy）
工作繁忙不应该成为“对面不相识”的借口。

8 . 从下面的方框中选择合适的词，将其正确的形式填入句子中。

1. It is reported that a famous film-star was fined for breaking the traffic ____________.
2. Bending themselves to online classes for several months ____________ most students some weight.
3. Artificial rainmaking technology is widely used by many countries of the world in an attempt to _________ control over nature.
4. Some people wandered anxiously outside the box-office. ____________, the tickets for Swan Lake by the White Russian Ballet National Theater had been sold out.
5. My friend is so gifted in classic music that he is able to tell who the ____________ is by simply listening to any of the New Year's Concerts from the CD.
6. He is a successful businessman; he ____________ his success more to his friends’ help than to ability
7. In the conference, ____________ the representatives voiced to tearing down the ancient buildings are that they have both commercial and historical value.
8. Nowadays more and more rural people flood into the city to find their fortune on the _________ that there are more job opportunities.
9. What matters most for us now is to build up (a) __________ to infectious disease but not just waiting for a vaccine.
10. __________ by her youth and enthusiasm, I immediately accepted her application as my assistant.
11. Storytelling was the most _________ activity for her, for it brought out her language disability.
12. My initial concern was soon replaced by delight when I was told the __________ of my new house would be finished ahead of time.
13. The motto of an outstanding HR director should always be: a career open to all talents, without _______ of birth.
14. When the novel coronavirus broke out, we _________ to go out freely for safety problems.
15. The new laboratories will be constructed this year, and local firms are said _________ the work.
16. Little Tom was terribly spoiled by his grandparents. Whenever Mum criticized him, they rushed to his ____________.
17. I was so __________ pressed between two fat women and their shopping bags that it was difficult for me to get up and leave the bus.
18. While in Yale, he was _________ to a fellow law student called Hillary Rodman, who later became his wife and lifetime political partner.
19. On the day when Valentine’s Day met the Lantern Festival, it really _________ Rose that Jack forgot to send her a bunch of flowers.
20. If a young man wants the _________ to move to a different city in future years, he should keep renting instead of buying a house.

9 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
I am very excited to tell you that I won the first prize in the English speech contest holding last Saturday. With your help, I would not have made such a great progress in my spoken English. In order to return for your kindness, I am writing to invite you to watch a wonderfully performance of Chinese Kung Fu.
The performance is scheduled to be started from 7:00 pm to 9:30 am in June 15th in our school’s lecture hall. Several styles, included Shaolinquan, Tai Chi and Qigong, will be shown. Nowadays, Chinese Kung Fu is regarded a traditional sport gaining more and more popular and even stands as a representative for Chinese culture. This traditional heritage have left far-reaching influence on the Chinese lifestyle. After watching the show, you will definitely feel the charm of Chinese Kung Fu but I have the confidence that you will be fond of it.

10 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

During the     1     (twenty) century , the temperature of the earth     2     (rise) about one degree Fahrenheit. It is a rapid increase when compared    3     other natural changes .

There is no doubt    4    the earth is becoming warmer. Scientists believe     5     is human activity that has caused this global warming. The increase in the earth's temperature is due to the    6     (burn) of fossil fuels. Some byproducts of this process     7     (call) “greenhouse” gases, the most important one of    8    is carbon dioxide. Without the “greenhouse effect”, the earth would be thirty-three degree Celsius    9     (cool) than it is. So, we need those gases. The problem begins when we add huge quantities of extra carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, causing the global temperature     10     (go) up.