1 . Directions: Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the given words or phrases. Note there is one more word or phrase than you need.

excite       experiment       result from       result in fit in        survive            push               show off

1. It will be long for some overseas students ____________ with new manners and customs.
2. Wandering Earth tells of a grand plan of mankind: when the earth is facing destruction, humans ____________ the earth out of the solar system in search of a new home.
3. Are you attracted by all the clown’s tricks ____________ with the gadget he’s made?
4. He wasted too much time dealing with some insignificant things, ____________ the failure of the whole plan.
5. What ____________ people all over the country in the past few years is that China became the third country to softland an unmanned spacecraft on the surface of the moon.
6. ____________ the fierce competition, the CEO of Pizza Hut decides not to expand further, but to pay more attention to the quality of its products.
7. Decorations and color began ____________ with by post-modernist designers again, so as to avoid a soulless design.

2 . Directions: Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words below. Note that there is one more expression than needed.   

weigh; involve; trend; practice;   flood bombard... with...; present...with...; apply…to….; have a low opinion of;

1. The job of a salesman is really demanding because it __________ frequent business trips.
2. At the award ceremony of Oscar, winners each ________ a little gold man, which is a great honor.
3. Social media, magazines and shop windows _______ people daily _________ things to buy, and British consumers are buying more clothes than ever before.
4. I ________ the benefits of the plan against the risks involved just now.
5. We now have a generation of adults who believe that posting information, words, and photographs regarding their activities, likes, and location is a normal __________.
6. Memories of her childhood came _________ back .
7. In a recent post I noted the upward _________ in automobile production, particularly in Asia.
8. As artificial intelligence has __________ the App, it can provide students with instant feedback on their performance in reading and word-spelling.