1 . Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in the box.

expand            overcome            estimate          generate          extension

1. The school board plans to have a(n)_____________________ built to the library.
2. The new film______________________ a lot of excitement, and ticket sales were way beyond our expectations.
3. Unable to______________________ his shyness, he stood there without saying anything.
4. Foreign trade______________________ greatly in the past few years.
5. It ______________________that the project will last more than ten years.

2 . 选择填空

adopt, adapt

1. The old couple had no children of their own and they decided to_________ an orphan from the earthquake-stricken area.
2. It is said that children can_________ to a new environment soon.
3. The boy was_________ at the age of three.
4. We are trying to_________ a more effective measure.
5. The film is_________ from a novel.

3 . 选词填空

bear，stand，sustain，tolerate

1. Several companies have ________heavy financial losses due to the unfair competition.
2. She cannot________ her husband coming home late all the time.
3. Mr O’Friel made it clear that further insults of this kind would not be________.
4. She was afraid that her friend wouldn’t be able to ________the pain.

4 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

at the forefront of, a host of, what if, boil down to, look forward to, in terms of, lie in, at the expense of, be optimistic about, deal with

1. We must take positive steps to ________ the problem.
2. She seemed more alive and ________ getting up in the morning.
3. Your success and happiness ________ you.
4. He built up the business ________ his health.
5. The job is great ________ salary, but it has its disadvantages.
6. Positive thinking is ________ every success story.
7. ________ she doesn’t win the contest again?
8. The whole issue will probably ________ parental responsibility.
9. Initially, I ________ the future of the company.
10. ________ problems may delay the opening of the new bridge.

5 . 选词填空

put forward, come true, castles in the air, break into, fall victim to, to name but a few, turning point, come into use, in short, learn from

1. Many of his ideas, which were believed to be ________ have become realities.
2. Be careful not to ________ online banking fraud(诈骗).
3. They ________ many practical reasons for not exporting.
4. The new bridge ________ next month, which makes many people happy.
5. That argument marked a ________ in their marriage.
6. Hold on to your dreams and one day they may ________.
7. The true failure is the failure to ________ failure.
8. Hearing this, all of us including my uncle ________ laughter.
9. ________, I like online reading more than paper reading.
10. Activities available include football, basketball and swimming, ________.

6 . 选择填空：disturb, interrupt
1. The mother opened the door quietly so as not to ________ the sleeping baby.
2. I’m sorry to ________ the meeting, but there is an urgent long-distance call for Mr Zhou.

7 . 选词填空：interrupt/disturb
1. I’ll see my patient now and we are not to _________
2. It is not polite to _______when someone is talking.

8 . 选词填空

fall on       pass down       put on       in honour of       settle down       care for       all sorts of       set off stay up       take a bite of

1. I used to ________ late with my mom and watch movies.
2. My birthday ________ Sunday.
3. They often use folk songs to ________ their history.
4. The children _______ some warm clothes.
5. A celebration was held _______the Party’s birthday.
6. He said he had to go home to _____ his child.
7. At eight we ________. It was very nice and sunny.
8. You could end up bringing home ________ diseases to your wife and it could be dangerous.
9. When are you going to get married and _______?
10. Each time you _________food, chew at least 30 times before swallowing.

9 . 用方框内短语的适当形式填空

do harm to, be concerned about, in addition, be content with, in particular, concentrate on, focus on, in brief, in one’s opinion, in response to

1. ________, Internet makes the whole world a small village.
2. So now we have to ________ the second game to go through to the semi-finals (半决赛).
3. ________ one task until it’s done, and then move to the next.
4. Do you think that work without rest will ________ your health?
5. Love is a feeling of one’s heart, ________.
6. The product was developed ________ customer demand.
7. ________, you can choose for yourself whether to share your files with other users.
8. It is why we should all ________ the challenges ahead.
9. True happiness comes when we learn to ________ what we have.
10. He loves science fiction ________.

10 . 选词填空

try out     look forward to     replace...with     in the near future       of all ages

1. This is open to women so ______, bring along your friends and colleagues.
2. The President will visit China ______.
3. We all ______ the day when the scientists can discover more secrets of the universe.
4. Come on. I really want you to ______ this new product.
5. Then plan how you will ______ bad habits ______ good ones, rather than focusing only on the bad habits themselves.