2 . The good thing about cycling is that you don’t have to worry about ________(stick) in a traffic jam. (用所给词的适当形式填空)

3 . The boss requested that all the bags ________ (pack) within two days. (所给词的适当形式填空)

4 . It was too late for there _________(be) no bus. (用所给词的适当形式填空)

5 . They have a good knowledge of English but little ________ they know about French. (用适当的词填空)

6 . He tried his best not to get involved in this endless ________ (argue). (所给词的适当形式填空)

7 . 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。

The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the     1     (important) festivals in China. It is an evening celebration when families gather together     2     (merry) to light lanterns, eat moon cakes and appreciate the round moon.     3     that special night, the moon is the roundest and brightest thing in the sky. The full moon is a symbol for family reunion,     4     is the reason why that day is also known as the Festival of Reunion.

The Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations date back to more than 2, 000 years ago. In the Tang Dynasty, people began to enjoy     5     admire the full moon as a custom. In the Southern Song Dynasty, however, people sent round moon cakes to their relatives as gifts in expression of     6     (they) best wishes for family reunion. After it turned dark, they looked up at the fall silver moon or went sightseeing by lakes     7     (celebrate) the festival. Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival celebration     8     (become) even more popular. Together with the celebration appeared some special     9     (custom) in different parts of the country, such as     10     (burn) incense (香), planting Mid-Autumn tees, lighting lanterns on towers and fire dragon dances, etc.

8 . 语法填空

A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them     1    （fall）into a hole．All the other frogs looked down．When they saw how deep     2    hole was，they told the two frogs that they would die soon．

At first, both of the two frogs didn't care their words and tried    3    best to jump out of the hole. The other frogs kept telling them to stop, because they thought there was no chance     4    (jump)out of such a deep hole. Finally, one of the two frogs believed these words and gave up. He fell down and died．

The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again，the crowd of frogs shouted at him to stop the pain and just die. He jumped even    5    (hard)and finally succeeded. When he got out, the other frogs asked, "Didn't you hear us?"    6    their great surprise, the frog turned out to be a deaf. He thought they were helping him all the time, not    7    (stop) him．

This story teaches us two lessons: There is power of life and death in the tongue. Well-meant words can help people in trouble. But, evil words sometimes can kill them. Be careful of    8    you say．

Remember the power of words. Anyone can speak words     9    are likely to make people give up in difficult     10    (time).

10 . We are facing the same problems ________we did years ago. (用适当的词填空)