1 . 他们一回到镇上，就震惊地发现他们家附近成了废墟。
On returning to the town, they were shocked to ________________.

3 . 从目前的情况来看，这个城镇似乎完全成了一片废墟。
________________ the situation, it seemed as if the town was ________________ completely.

4 . 根据句意，选用方框内合适的短语并用其正确形式填空(每个短语限用一次)。

in shock     sweep away     in the open air   in ruins   on hand rather than     work out     make it     now and then   set a good example

1. I have made up my mind to study harder ________________ waste my time on useless things.
2. As long as athletes have dreams, keep trying and they’ll ________________.
3. It is my duty as an official to ________________ for the public.
4. To make my dream come true, I have to keep a healthy diet and ________________ regularly to be physically fit.
5. During my high school, my uncle wrote to me ________________to encourage me to work hard.
6. After the big fire swept across the village, all the houses were left ________________.
7. Two days have passed sinces the accident, but she is still ________________, wondering how it happened.
8. With the tsunami over, families have been left homeless after their houses ________________ by water.
9. Our staff are always ________________ to give you all the help and advice you need.
10. It was so hot in the room that they decided to have their supper ________________.

6 . After Nagasaki and Hiroshima(长崎和广岛) were bombed with nuclear weapons, everything lay in r_______. (根据首字母单词拼写)

8 . 用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空

boil down to, stay in, apply oneself to, set...apart, in ruins

1. After the earthquake, the ancient building was ________.
2. He wrote a lot in his letter, which can ________ it that he felt very sorry for his absence.
3. Please ________ and let me know how you are doing.
4. He has ________ application chemistry in the past 20 years.
5. They believe that scientists have special abilities that ________ them ________.