1 . Water the plant regularly. Never letting the soil _______________(干透). (根据汉语提示完成句子)

2 . Don’t talk round the question, and let’s ______ (开门见山). (根据汉语提示完成句子)

3 . The performers of course sang in Chinese, but the music, exaggerated movements and mime helped ________ ________ (解释清楚；传达) the meanings to the audience. （根据汉语提示完成句子）

4 . What annoys us is that he usually does nothing but ________(抱怨) about having so many things to do at weekends. (根据汉语提示拼写单词)

5 . Whenever I encounter difficulties, my mother’s encouraging words always help me ________ ________（高兴起来）. （根据汉语提示完成句子）

6 . One idea is that sleep helps us s________(强化) new memories.（根据中英文提示填空）

7 . This exercise has helped students s______ up (提高) their reading skills. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)

8 . On holidays, I prefer to stay home rather than _______ out.

A．going

B．to go

C．go

D．gone

9 . She’s too protective towards her children; he should let them be more ________ (独立的). (根据汉语提示单词拼写)

10 . The jokes told by Tom made us ________, so the teacher couldn’t make himself ________.

A．to laugh; hearing

B．laugh; heard

C．laughing; hear

D．laughed; heard