1 . 选词填空

breathe life into   sound the alarm     far and wide     pass down   clear up

1. “Know thyself” is an old saying __________ through ages, to encourage us to engage in self-exploration.
2. You should _____________ your works. Thus the character will become alive.
3. They searched ___________ for the missing child, but that was in vain.
4. They ___________ the misunderstanding and made up.
5. This video ____________ for us, making us more concerned about the environmental pollution.

2 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

means/way/method/ approach

1. Swimming is my favorite sport. There is nothing like swimming as a ________ of keeping fit.
2. New ________ of teaching foreign languages are adopted in this university.
3. He had strange ________ to make his classes lively and interesting.
4. His ________ to solving the problems were not proper.