1 . 他像往常一样选了一本科幻小说看了起来。(pick) (汉译英)

2 . 根据下列方框内所给12个短语中，选出10个短语，填入下列句子中，使句子意思完整。

as usual     as if     on hand     make sense     rather than     lose heart     take control of compare with     other than     compete with     in ruins     now and then

1. Although strange things were happening, one million people in the city of Tangshan were asleep ______________ on the night of July 28, 1976.
2. At 3:42 a.m., everything began to shake and it seemed ______________ the world were coming to an end .
3. Losing two important players was a big challenge, but Lang Ping did not ______________.
4. It is really difficult to ______________ the naughty boys in class.
5. In less than one minute, a large city lay ______________.
6. Nobody ______________ you can make the final decision because you are the boss of the company.
7. ______________ Unit 4, Unit 5 is more difficult to learn.
8. He looked back ______________ afraid of being followed.
9. It doesn’t ______________ to look for a new job when you have such a good one.
10. The emergency services were ______________ with medical service.

5 . 选词填空：normal/common/usual/ordinary
1. The book describes the lifestyle of the________ people in the countryside.
2. The________ temperature of the human body is about 37℃.
3. Though injured, he kept on taking exercise as________.
4. Kangaroos are________ in Australia.