1 . 选择正确的短语并用其正确形式填空。

in shock,   as if ,   in ruins ,   sweep away,   in the open air

1. After the earthquake, the whole village was ___________ .
2. Before Chinese New Year, we usually clean our house and __________ bad luck.
3. I looked at my friend __________ ,waiting for him to tell me the truth.
4. It is warm today. Why don’t we have a picnic __________?
5. He talked _________he had known everything about the accident.

2 . 从方框中选出五个短语并用其适当形式完成下列句子，其中有两个短语是多余的。

in ruins   sweep away     refer to     ups and downs     date back to     take part in       make a proposal

1. Before the Spring Festival, most families usually clean their houses completely in order_________ the bad luck and welcome the new year.
2. Not everyone’s life is always smooth and peaceful but full of _________.
3. Alice _________ the school’s talent show last year, winning the first prize.
4. With building destroyed and bridges broken, everything was _________ in Tangshan.
5. If you don’t know how to write a story, you can _________ some books for help.

3 . 选择合适的单词填入空白处，每个单词只使用一次，每个方框里有一个是多余的单词。

A. apply for B. in ruins   C. be responsible for D. lose heart   E. make a good impression F. be suitable for

1. She is planning to __________ her visa tomorrow.
2. As a senior high school student, you should __________ your own behavior.
3. After the earthquake, the city lay __________.
4. I am anxious to __________ on my teachers and classmates.
5. Faced with challenges, Lang Ping didn’t __________.

4 . 地震过后我们所见到的一切都是一片废墟。
After the earthquake, everything we saw lay ________.

5 . 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 ________.

6 . 方框内有12个短语，请按照句意填入正确短语的适当形式，注意有两个短语是多余的。

in shock;        ups and downs;        fall apart;        rather than; make sense date back;        refer to;        work out; as if;        now and then in ruins;          give up

1. Though having failed many times, they never ______ and finally delicious popcorn was made.
2. When a pencil is partly put into water, it looks ______ it were broken.
3. The burning hotel in which two fifths of the rescue workers had been trapped was ______.
4. To build up his strength, Mr. Soldier keeps ______ in the gym on a regular basis.
5. Last month, the veteran fighter ______ his experiences during the Long March.
6. Every relationship has a lot of ______, which however doesn’t seem to apply to this couple.
7. Most members of this team have been providing thoughtful, well-written messages that ______ and contribute to the historic discovery.
8. I am so honored to have been invited to actually contribute articles to this project ______.
9. Keep your distance from that old chair-- it’s likely ______ at any moment.
10. What your teacher reminds you of is a kind warning ______ any sort of criticism.