3 . 短语填空

speak up; feel at home; get involved in; side with; as far as I know; as far as I am concerned; in summary; participate in; generally speaking; comfort zone; culture shock; cost an arm and a leg

1. If you don't approve of what your colleagues are doing, why don't you________?
2. If you want to ________ protecting the environment and wild animals, please join our organization.
3. Going abroad for further study will ________.
4. I'm grateful to my friend, Johnson. No matter what happens, he always ________me.
5. ________, make the decision to go after every dream, big or small, right now.

6 . 根据句意，从所给词组中挑选合适的一项并用其正确形式完成句子，其中有两个选项为多余选项。

be comprised of     commit oneself to     appeal to     tend to straighten up     side with     live off

1. Sport has become an important form of entertainment, ______ both men and women.
2. Yuan Longping, known as the Father of Hybrid Rice, ______ providing a robust food source in high famine risk areas.
3. We’d better get the messy room ______ before they get back, or there will be severe consequences.
4. With nurses and doctors carefully ______ him, the patient was recovering at an amazing speed.
5. Though he is thirty, he is still ______ his parents. He should become more self-reliant.

7 . 根据语境，选择下框中的单词或短语，必要时用正确的形式填空。框中有两个为多余的单词或短语。

in turn                 subscribe to     tackle       in charge of        severe get involved in     side with     consist of     regardless of        as far as I’m concerned

1. You can make new friends if you ________ group activities.
2. No matter what you determine to do , I________ you.
3. Due to the economic depression, job opportunities are ________ limited at the moment.
4. Most houses are also equipped with automatic fire alarm systems________ heat detectors, smoke detectors and sprinklers.
5. The authorities no longer ________ the view that disabled people are not qualified as teachers.
6. He insisted on taking the risk, ________ the consequences.
7. It was the first time that I ________ such a complex problem.
8. “Making cities smarter is one way out, and I think this will ________ make cities greener”, said Dan Hill, head of a research company.

8 . 我很感激我的父母。不管发生什么事，他们总是站在我这边。
I’m grateful to my parents. No matter what happened, they always _______ _______ me.

10 . 词义匹配

We’re told that writing is dying. Typing on keyboards and screens curbs ________written communication today. Learning cursive (草书), joined-up handwriting was once obligatory ________in schools. But now, not so much. Countries such as Finland have dropped joined-up handwriting lessons in schools to stick up for ________ typing courses. And in the U.S., the requirement to learm cursive has been left out of core standards since 2013. A few U.S. states still place value on formative cursive education, such as Arizona, but they’re not the mayority.

Some experts point out that writing lessons can have indirect benefts. Anne Trubek, author of The History and   Uncertain Future of Handwriting, argues that such lessons can reinforce a skill   called   automaticity. Thats   when   you’ve   perfected     a   task, and     can   do   it     almost   without thinking, granting ________ you extra mental bandwidth to think about or do other things while you’re doing the task. In this sense, Trubek likens handwriting to driving. “Once you have driven for a while, you   don’t consciously ________think   ‘Step   on   gas now’ or ‘Turn the   steering wheel   a bit’,” she explains.

1.

A．abandons

B．dominates

C．enters

D．absorbs

2.

A．compulsory

B．opposite

C．crucial

D．relevant

3.

A．get through

B．make up for

C．side with

D．put up with

4.

A．allowing

B．getting

C．bringing

D．coming     ‘

5.

A．eventually

B．constantly

C．dramatically

D．intentionally