1 . 运用晨读表格中的必备单词/高级词块，把下面的语篇补充完整。

Steven walked slowly to the bus,     1    (低着头), tears in his eyes. His friend John     2    (向他点头) and smiled at him. Though he was in a bad mood, he     3    (低下头)to hide it and managed a smile. When he got home, he     4    (埋头) under the quilt, pretending to be asleep. However, his mother stopped her housework,     5    (抬头) with surprise in her eyes. Then Steven rose, sat close to his mother,     6    (把头靠在) her shoulder, and could hardly resist weeping.

2 . 请根据句意指出下列句子中划线单词的词性与汉语意思。
1. True friends should never betray each other. Instead, they are supposed to be faithful to one another all the time.
2. Faced with the teacher sitting in front of me, suddenly my mind went blank and I couldn’t remember anything.
3. The road was blocked by fallen trees and the traffic came to a complete stop.
4. All the passengers were on board and the flight was about to take off.
5. The city was bombed by terrorists and it lay in ruins eventually.
6. With the improvement of living standards of the people, there is a boom in car sales.
7. Due to cultural difference, we are different from each other in many aspects, such as dressing, ways of thinking and eating habits, etc.
8. He always associates this song with his hometown which is far away. Whenever he listens to it, he’ll recall his hometown.
9. Actually, going abroad has no appeal to me. Even if I were given a chance, I wouldn’t choose to live overseas.
10. He was appointed as captain of the English team, but he refused to accept the offer.
11. After struggling for years, my brother finally attained a Master’s degree last month.
12. Mark is very interested in universe and he aims to take up astronomy, the scientific study of the sun, moon, stars, planets, etc.
13. She is bent on being an outstanding biologist and nothing can stop her achieving her dream.
14. On hearing the thrilling news, the kids bounced up and down excitedly.
15. Bonus is an extra amount of money that is added to a payment, especially to one’s wages as a reward.

3 . I’m not____________ anything about your cooking, but could we eat out tonight? (根据句意填空)

4 . Our high living standards cause our present population to____________ 25 percent of the world’s oil. (根据句意填空)

5 . They ________ the consumers’ growing demand for quicker service.（根据句意填空）

6 . In recent years, our school ______ a large number of new teachers, three fourths of whom ______ graduates from world-famous universities.

A．employed; are	B．employed; is
C．has employed; is	D．has employed; are

7 . By the time the policemen arrived, the criminals _________ without leaving any clues(线索).

A．have escaped

B．were escaping

C．had escaped

D．escaped

8 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Chinese scientists have developed a kind of plastic that degrades in sea water and could help slow down the     1    (increase) serious plastic pollution in the ocean.

The new plastic can degrade in sea water over a period ranging from a few days to several hundred days,     2    (leave) small parts that cause no pollution, said Wang Gexia,     3     is a senior engineer. 

For a long time, people focused     4     white pollution on land. Plastic pollution in the sea only caught people’s attention when more and more     5    (report) about marine animals dying from it appeared in recent years.

Scientists combined water dissolution and biodegradation processes     6    (design) and invent     7     new plastic.

The research     8    (select) as one of the winning projects at a contest. The contest encouraged young Chinese scientists to develop groundbreaking technologies and was intended to inspire creativity. 

China has given top attention to     9    (environment) protection, contributing Chinese wisdom to     10    (resolve) global pollution problems.

9 . ______ that there is another football match on the air this evening.

A．It says

B．It was said

C．It is said

D．What was said

10 . Most of the old part of the city ___________ by bombs during the war.
该城的大部分老城区都在战争中被炸毁了。