1 . 根据课文内容填空（每空1～3词）

The awful night     1    , and the dawn greyly broke on THE LACT DAY OF POMPEII! The crowd looked upwards, and saw, with     2    , a huge cloud shooting from the top of the volcano. It took the form of a huge tree: the trunk, blackness, the branches, fire! This fire moved and changed in colour with every moment: now it was wildly bright, now of a     3    red, and now again it burnt with     4    .

The cries of women     5     ; the men looked at each other, but were silent. At that moment, they felt the earth shaking     6    ; beyond in the distance, they heard the crash of     7    . A moment later, the mountain-cloud seemed to roll towards them, cark and rapid, like a river; at the same time, it threw out a shower of ashes and huge pieces of burning stone! Over the empty streets—over the forum—far and wide—with many a noisy crash in     8    —fell that awful shower!

Each turned to fly—each running pressing pushing against the other. If, in the darkness, wife     9    husband, or parent room child, there was no hope of their meeting again. Each     10    and fearfully on. So came the earthquake...and so ended life in Pompeii.

2 . Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
I have a problem, and I need your help. I always thought I was popular    1    school.    2    just now I found out my friends didn’t invite    3    to their party. Everyone else in my class    4    invited except me, and I don’t know    5    . I can’t think    6    I did wrong. I’m very upset, and don’t know how to deal    7    it? What do you think? Can you    8    me?