1 . 我一直在练习，直到我有足够的信心挑战最好的球员。
_________ to challenge the best player.

2 . 要不了多久，一年一度的购物节将拉开帷幕。
_________the annual shopping festival raised the curtain.

3 . 选词填空

set off, tower above, beat down ,fall on, rise up, in the distance, for instance, make out of

1. A few years ago, a picture of Mona Lisa was ____________ slices of bread toasted to different colors.
2. When the heavy fog disappeared, the mount ____________ came into focus.
3. You may ____________ other candidates if you have previous experience in this field.
4. The Double Ninth Festival, which ____________ the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, has been an important festival.
5. We need to rethink the way we consume energy. Take our approach to transport ____________.
6. All the students equipped themselves with food and water and then ____________.
7. The only thing I wanted was to ____________ from the table and leave this house.
8. The day was warm, the sun ____________, and she again grew thirsty.

4 . 短语填空(用所给短语的适当形式填空，有两项多余)

be home to; bring about; settle on; by means of; stretch from...to...; in turn; make up; come as no surprise; show sb. around; apart from; off the beaten track; expose...to...

1. —Which of these mobile phones have you ____________?
—None of them catch my fancy.
2. ____________ criminal investigation techniques, students learn forensic medicine, philosophy and logic.
3. ______________ a foreign culture is beneficial for us to learn the local language.
4. Large woodlands ______________ many birds and other wildlife.
5. You have to accept responsibility for the mistake—it should ______________ to you. I'm sure you've had ample warnings.
6. Technological innovation often ______________ rapid development in production.
7. Most archaeological sites have been located ______________ careful searching, while many others have been discovered by accident.
8. The whole Christmas season ______________ early December ______________ the end of the first week in January.
9. A trend among many colleges and universities is to offer courses that are slightly ______________.
10. Skin color depends on a number of variables, each of which, ______________， is determined by several genes.

5 . Someone claimed that introducing the wild crocodiles wouldn’t be a threat to other species, but the decision __________________________ (遭到强烈反对) by many animal protection experts. (根据汉语提示完成句子)

6 . 她在夜晚独自走在街上，就这样使自己置身于危险之中。
She walked the streets alone at night, and thus ________________．

7 . 如果我相信自己可以做得到，那我一定会获得所需要的能力，即使一开始我可能没有。
________________ I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.

8 . 看到你们的雇员自豪地讨论他们有多热爱自己的工作真是太棒了。
________________ that your employees are proud to talk about how much they love their jobs.

9 . I lost my wallet that day, so I had to walk home. (句型转换)
→I lost my wallet that day, ____________ I had to walk home.

10 . 我们沿河旅行时，发现了许多有趣的民间故事。
When we traveled along the river,________________. (dig)