1 . 请选用下面方框中词组的适当形式填空，有两项多余。

get around, in particular, under way, cut back on, keep pace with, with regard to, regardless of, end up, spy on, let off, accuse...of, blame ...on

1. As to me the most important ability is to communicate with others, ______ nationality or cultural background.
2. Word ______that the department might be closed and nobody made any remark on it.
3. ______ theft and fraud by the police, the assistant was arrested and being questioned.
4. When the police realized who he was, they asked for an autograph(亲笔签名) and _______ him off with a warning.
5. It was a good concert —I enjoyed the last song ______.
6. ______your recent order, I make sincere apology for the mistake we’ve made and we promise to arrange the delivery in two days.
7. General Mills has announced it ______amount of sugar in ten of its popular kids cereals(谷类食物), given that more and more kids have the problem of being overweight.
8. Fundamental changes are ______in the energy field, the significance of which we have not yet fully grasped.
9. I thought you were a new customer and now I know that you only came to ______me and my menu.
10. It's important for a firm to ______changes in the market or it will soon lose its place.

2 . 请选择合适的词语并用其适当形式填空，其中有三个为多余选项。

1. Older American say job search has gone tough, _____ 10 years ago.
2. Despite all the progress, video communication is probably still not ready to _____ the world _______.
3. Informed of her little daughter’s sudden death, the poor lady was ________.
4. China will strive to ______ heavy air pollution in 10 years or more, says a government plan.
5. “Daily maintenance plays a more important role than repair _____ the protection of historical buildings.” the professor said.
6. Some girls might _______ their fantasy and refuse to wake up to face the reality.
7. When _______ the novel coronavirus, our country tried its best to fight against it.
8. The teacher recommended that our monitor _______ the writing competition because he is good at it.
9. Sometimes you don’t realize how important something is until it starts to _________.
10. On behalf of the government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Minister Feroz said that he’d like to _______ his sincere thanks _______ the government and people of China for the support.