1 . I bet you’d love to know _______ daily life is like up in space and how it differs from that on the earth. (用适当的词填空)

2 . Its attraction lies more in __________ it awakens in us than what it says. (用适当的词填空)

3 . As parents, we shouldn’t force children to do ________ they don’t like. (用适当的词填空)

4 . This information will give you a good basis for ________ criteria are used for selecting candidates. （用适当的词填空）

6 . Always give your best in___________you set out to do, however difficult that might be. (用适当的词填空)

7 . He learns that wealth does not buy happiness and _____________ friends are more important than a fancy education. (用适当的词填空)

8 . Desertification, the name for ____________ happens when land that can be used to grow crops turns into desert, is a growing world problem.

9 . 课文单句填空：阅读下面句子，在空格处填入1个适当的词或括号内单词的正确形式填空。
1. However, the Norman conquest did not affect English as much as the Anglos and the Saxons' victory about 600 years earlier, which led to old English ________ (replace) Celtic.
2. In those days, books for blind people used paper ________ (press) against metal wire to form letters.
3. The Chinese language di tiers from western language ________ that, instead of an alphabet, it uses characters which stand for ideas, objects or deeds.
4. Many people were buried alive and so ________ the city.
5. In 1860 the ruins of Pompeii was put under the government protection for its ________ (preserve).
6. The volcano is still there, but looks very quiet now. It’s hard to imagine ________ this peaceful volcano destroyed the whole city.
7. This statement tries to fool you into believing in the ________ (assume) that the toothpaste cures bad breath.
8. Then he turned his eyes east and marched all the way to India, finding victory ________ he went.
9. By the age of 30, he ________ (occupy) more land than anyone before and it seemed that more glory was waiting ahead of him.
10. Finally Socrates was put to death by ________ (force) to drink poison.

10 . Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Swimming way to success

What does it take to graduate from a university? Many     1     say all you have to do is take classes and pass the exams. Well, it requires more than it if you’re a student at Tsinghua University.

Starting this September, freshmen at the university will have to take swimming courses. If they fail a swimming test at the beginning of their university course, they won’t receive their degree     2     they can pass the test successfully, according to an announcement by Tsinghua University president Qiu Yong.

Exceptions     3    (allow) for students with certain physical or mental conditions, if proved by medical staff.

Liu Bo, head of the Division of Sports Science and Physical Education, explained     4     the university is linking swimming ability with degrees.

“As a requisite(必要的) survival skill, swimming is beneficial for students in the long run, since swimming is helpful in improving students’ endurance and is     5    (harmful) to joints(关节) and muscles as a water sport,” he told China Daily.

Viewing the ability     6    (swim) as a must for students is not something new to this university - it was also a requirement in the early 20th century.

It was later dropped     7    a rising number of students and a lack of facilities. Besides Tsinghua University, Peking University and Xiamen University have also listed swimming as a compulsory course for students.

However, the announcement has caused a heated debate.

Some welcomed the new rule, saying it’s a necessary skill that can save lives. “Swimming is a fundamental(基本的) skill. It’s a way to stay healthy and is lifesaving in emergency situations. I believe making     8     mandatory(强制的) is necessary,” Yuan Jiaxiang, a junior in Tsinghua’s Department of Civil Engineering, told China Daily.

However, some said it has nothing to do with getting a degree. “It’s not reasonable to require people to be able to swim for them to graduate,” Zheng Xiaoyu, a high school student from the Middle School Affiliated to Northern Jiaotong University, told China Daily. “For a lot of people who grew up in inland cities, learning how to swim as an adult will be difficult.”

In fact, Chinese universities are not the only education organizations     9     encourage their students to swim. A few colleges in the United States - including Cornell, Columbia and MIT - offer swim classes to students. “Anything     10    (prevent) people from dying needlessly is a valuable skill,” Fred DeBruyn, director of aquatics(水上运动) at Cornell, told The New York Times.