1 . 短语填空

1. His car was buried by the snow and had to be __________.
2. They __________ my suggestion, which made me a little upset.
3. Please wait for a moment. I’ll find the address for you __________.
4. Quite __________ worldfamous paintings are on show in this exhibition.
5. The children were happy that the long hot summer was at last __________.
6. We __________ our son for not giving in to such difficulties.
7. We couldn’t continue our way for we had __________ petrol.
8. The earthquake left the whole town __________. What a terrible sight!
9. You must watch your step so as not to __________.
10. She was shaking with terror __________ she’d seen something terrible.

2 . In the storm in Myanmar (缅甸), huge numbers of houses lay ________ ruins and the world there seemed to be ________ an end.

A．in; in	B．under; in
C．under; at	D．in; at

3 . After the quake, the whole city lay in ____ ruins. However, with all the efforts, ________ new Tangshan was born.

A．/; a	B．the; /
C．/; the	D．the; the

4 . All their attempts to rescue the child from the burning building were _____, and he died soon.

A．in place

B．in return

C．in vain

D．in ruins

5 . The building used to be splendid but now it is _____.

A．in ruins

B．in the ruin

C．with the ruin

D．by ruin

6 . Several rounds of air and ground attacks from the allied force left the whole city _______.

A．in pieces

B．in ruins

C．in part

D．in place

7 . __________ is no wonder that the building is_____________ now ; it caught so big a fire last night .

A．There; in ruins

B．That ; in ruinsC It;in ruins

C．It ; in ruin

8 . After the earthquake I went there, I saw the whole town , and now everything has changed.

A．in ruins	B．in poverty
C．in disorder	D．in rags

9 . In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay _____________.

A．right away

B．in ruins

C．as if

D．at an end

10 . The 12 million people in Mexico City woke up on September 19th, 1985, to find their city ______ after the terrible quake.

A．in trouble

B．in ruins

C．out of work

D．at midnight