1 . 根据短文内容，从所给词语中选择恰当的词并用其正确形式填空（每词限用一次）。

cause     choice     common     grow     inside     news     on     tall     want     who

Many teenagers feel lonely. You are not alone. In fact, it is very     1     for teenagers to feel lonely. This feeling is considered as growing pains — the difficulties that teenagers face while growing up.

As teenagers     2    , it becomes harder for them to deal with the changes both inside and outside. They experience great physical (身体的) changes. They grow     3     and their voices get deeper, among many other developments.

Along with these outside changes, there come many     4     changes. Many boys always want to take risks, but may not have the ability to make right     5    . When girls try to deal with their strong feelings, they often     6     someone to talk to.

In the social world, as teenagers get older, they try to depend     7     themselves. They may also need love badly at the same time. This will     8     trouble. They often question     9     they are and what they should do.

The good     10     is that these kinds of growing pains do not last long. In the end, everything will be OK — the teenager becomes a healthy adult. This period helps teenagers to become better.

2 . 选词填空 (用所选单词正确形式填空)

calculate	reproduce	endeavour	transmit	persistent	undergo
consume	acquaintance	collaborate	frequent	substitute	deficient

1. The government has worked in close ________ with teachers on the new curriculum.
2. Health-conscious ________ want more information about the food they buy.
3. I think you need to ________ how much time it will take you to fulfil the assignment and you can make preparations in advance.
4. As a new youth, I promise I will ________ to do my best to work for our motherland.
5. The 55-year-old man was diagnosed with a lung cancer in 2020, and ________ immediate surgery.
6. Some of the ________ asked questions are as follows: how was the condition of the jet plane? how were the pilots, etc.
7. If we ________ a number for each letter, the message “meet me” would read 13 5 5 20 13 5.
8. Why do you ________ in blaming yourself for what have happened? Let bygones be bygones.
9. In your life time, your will meet a lot of people. A few can be your friends, while most of them will be just________.
10. The 24^th winter Olympics were ________ live by satellites to over one hundred countries in 2022.

3 . 用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空(每个短语只能用一次，其中有两个短语是多余的)

in turn          go back to          break out          break down            come across          die out be keen on          more or less            pay for            interact with          put down        pick up

1. Alice _________ Spanish when she was living in Mexico, but it was long time ago. It is really amazing that she can still speak Spanish very well now.
2. Half of the 6000 — 7000 languages spoken around the world today will be likely to_________ by the next century.
3. This old temple __________ the Tang Dynasty is well preserved by the local residents. That is to say, much of the original temple still remains the same as it was.
4. I have _________ finished reading the book on parental responsibility and I have come to know how difficult it is to be a parent.
5. It was the first time that my car __________ on the motorway, which almost caused a major car accident.
6. It is suggested that when we _________ some new words in reading, we shouldn’t refer to the dictionary at once, but we should guess the meaning from the context.
7. During the English speech contest, students went on stage one by one and delivered their speeches _________.
8. When I was a little boy, I _________ the comics drawn by Marvel. I always imagined that I was one of the heroes who would offer help to the poor and fight against the evil.
9. With the development of modern technology, it is very convenient for people to _________ the things they’d like to buy.
10. In order not to forget the language points the teacher taught in class, Peter _________ what the teacher said on his note-book and reviewed the lesson after class.

4 . 用所给词组的正确形式填空，选项中有两项为多余选项。

do no good to   in private   date from   refer to     (be) all the rage   in a row in case       get down to   go with     before long nothing but   on purpose

1. It’s said that white wine ________ fish better than the red wine.
2. ________ 5,000 to 3,000 years ago, Sanxingdui is said to be one of the greatest discoveries in the 20th century.
3. Social networking seems to ________ now. People enjoy sharing ideas and photos via WeChat or Weibo.
4. Shall we discuss this ________ so that it won’t be known to the public?
5. Could you please think twice before ________ dealing with this kind of problems?
6. Even though he knew it would annoy her, he did it ________ because he wanted to attract her attention.
7. You probably won’t need to call—but take my number, just ________.
8. All the books that ________ in the report can be found in the library.
9. Doing a lot of exercises without thinking carefully and thoroughly ________ your study.
10. COVID-19 came back to Ruili, Yunnan province in China, which broke the record of having no confirmed cases (确诊病例) for 198 days ________.