1 . I don’t know why the young couple are getting into an ______ (argue).(所给词的适当形式填空)

2 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Last year, my brother and I went to Miami for a vacation. Some of my     1     (friend) who had been there before said it was a wonderful holiday destination. Before we went, we had planned for months. When the day came, we were ready.

After our plane landed, we went to the hotel. We had made our reservation (预定) six months    2     (early), but the man at the front desk said there had been a mistake. We     3     (tell) that our rooms hadn’t been reserved (保留) for that week,     4     for the week after. I didn’t understand     5     this would happen and my credit card had already been     6     (charge) (收费) for the reservation. What’s worse, the hotel had been fully hooked (吸引人的). When we were wondering what to do, the managercame out. She was surprisingly     7     (help). She apologized for the mistake and gave us a spare VIP room on the top floor. We had never stayed in such an     8     (amaze) room, and we weren’t charged extra.

The next day, my brother and I went to the beach     9     we watched some people play volleyball. We got a little sunburned, but the day had been so relaxing     10     we didn’t mind.

3 . 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。

Cholera used to be one of the most feared diseases in the world, until a British doctor, John Snow, showed how it could be overcome. This illness caused diarrhea, dehydration, and even     1     (die). John Snow, as a young doctor, became     2     (frustrate) but never lost his desire to destroy cholera once and for all.

    3     general , doctors in those days had two contradictory theories to explain how cholera spread. Snow subscribed to the second theory     4     cholera was caused by     5     infection from germs in food or water. He discovered that     6     severe was the cholera outbreak in two particular streets that more than 500 people died in ten days.

Snow began by marking on a map the exact places     7     all those who died had lived. However, some people working in the pub at Cambridge Street had been given free beer, and so had not drunk the water from the pump. Snow suspected that water pump was     8     (blame).

Through Snow’s tireless efforts, water companies began to sell clean water, and the threat of cholera around the world saw a substantial decrease.     9     (fortunate), it wasn’t long     10     people knew how to prevent cholera, thanks to the work of John Snow.

4 . When changing lanes, a driver should use his turning signal to let other drivers know _____ lane he is entering. (用适当的词填空)

5 . Upon__________(graduate) from university, he joined a small law firm. (所给词的适当形式填空)

6 . We give__________(prefer) to applicants with some experience. (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。

Whales have been facing serious danger for a long time.

First, due     1     the greenhouse effect, glaciers are melting, and some living creatures in the Antarctic and the Arctic are in danger of     2     (extinct). Besides, with global warming becoming worse, life in other parts of the ocean has also been     3     (constant) affected, including whales.

Secondly, whaling activity is another killer. Historically, whaling has been popular in some overseas countries, such as England, Japan and Norway.     4     (regard) whales as a money-making machine is the reason why some people’s whaling can’t     5     (stop) easily. A kilogram of whale meat can fetch about $100 in Japan. Besides, advanced technology has increased the efficiency of whaling,     6     greatly reduced the number of whales. What’s more, some countries are still on whaling in     7     name of science.

The fact that whales have become endangered animals is alarming us. Some     8     (organization) have realized the importance of saving them and have begun working hard to do something for them. The international community     9     (make) a strategy against commercial whaling. In my opinion, governments should also make laws     10     (protect) whales.

8 . Evidently, he made a public __________(apologize) to everyone he’d hurt, saying he wanted to do good things from then on.(所给词的适当形式填空)

9 . More than 20 people have traveled to the moon, 12 of __________have walked on the moon.(用适当的词填空)

10 . A medical team __________ (consist) of 50 doctors and 20 nurses set out for Wuhan during the epidemic. (所给词的适当形式填空)