2 . Choose the appropriate word to complete each sentence.
1. The fire alarm caused a panic/worry in the theatre and the crowd fled in all directions.
2. Although my grandpa is retired, he is very enthusiastic/concerned about volunteer work.
3. The officer was assigned/employed to conduct a thorough investigation into the incident.
4. The sun was sinking/falling behind the mountains when we reached the top.
5. It took him a lot of vigour/energy to move all the items of furniture inside the house.

3 . 选词填空(despite/in spite of/though/although)
1. _____ he was poor, he was very generous to poor people.
2. All the people on the ship were in safety _____ the storm.

4 . 选词填空(dress up/put on/have on)
1. ______ your heavy winter coat if you are going out.
2. Young kids often ______ and have fun at Halloween.
3. If you’re wearing black pants you should______ black shoes and a black belt.

5 . 选词填空(above all/after all/first of all/in all)
1. Never waste anything, and ______ never waste time.
2. So, I guess maybe that woman behind the counter was right, ______.
3. ______, we need to find something to eat or drink.
4. There were ______ a hundred persons present at the meeting.

6 . 短语填空

to be frank, go off, frankly speaking, except for, be pleased with, to be brief, for the first time, be worth it, in detail, with respect, set off

1. He stared at the composer as if seeing her ________________.
2. They ________ at six, and hoped to get to the wedding on schedule.
3. However expensive the taxi ride may be, the advice you get from the performer will certainly ___________.
4. Can you explain the phenomenon _________, please?
5. __________, citizens enable themselves to enjoy rights and can use or abandon them.
6. If you agree, we can talk to each other ________________ about the commercial questions in the future.
7. We ______________ your progress virtually. Keep it up.
8. ___________, I have arrived at my bottleneck recently, which is horrible to me.
9. ________________, I understand why Europeans are so concerned about the rapid development of a big country like China from the media.
10. Unfortunately, we have seen them _________ in some previous projects.
11. To be honest, his speech is perfect ___________ pronunciation.

7 . 选词填空(besides/except/except for)
1. Nobody wanted to go to the cinema _________Sam.
2. Four other people were picked out _________me.
3. He is very nice _________his stubborn personality.

8 . 选词填空

take place, drive away, take advantage of, in spite of, give up, be decorated with, range from，fade away

1. The exhibition hall ________________ many traditional Chinese paintings.
2. Mr.Brown refused to give up his dream ______________ his poor health.
3. It is reported that the temperature of our city __________ 0℃ to 30℃.
4. By and by, the singing of the little boys and girls ________________ in the distance.
5. To “sacrifice” means ________________ something for the sake of something else.
6. Our school sports meeting will ________________ on June 19th, a week earlier than usual.
7. The old man put up something like a man in his fields in order to ________________ the birds.
8. I’m going to ________________ this opportunity to learn more about the history of America.

9 . 短语填空

carry sb through sth; tend to do sth; a great deal of; pass away; in memory of; trip over; in tears; in despair; resident physician; moral dilemma; tuition fees; first aid

1. Hearing the news that she had been rejected by all the universities she applied to, the girl fled ________.
2. At the age of 98, the great Chinese scientist ________, which was a great loss to our country.
3. Thanks to papermaking and printing, ________ancient information has been kept in books.
4. I helped an old lady who________by a fallen branch on the road.
5. Mr. Black lost his two children in a serious traffic accident and he is ________ now.