1 . 用regardless of或in spite of填空
1. We went out ________ the rain.
2. We worked all day________ the cold weather.
3. Our club is open to everyone ________ age, sex or educational background.
4. This special school accepts all disabled students, ________ educational level and background.

2 . 从方框中选择意思合适的词，并用其正确形式或包含这个单词的短语完成句子。

prefer             tend             humble       object             deadline        qualification access             apply            clarify       adaptation        intention        wander

1. After China’s implementing the Belt and Road Initiative, there is a great need for ______ teachers of Business English.
2. A journalist’s job is to inform people ______ about events, without any personal feelings.
3. There were over 1000 ______ for the job, so the competition must have been fierce.
4. The film, ______ the famous writer’s novel, enjoyed great success as soon as it hit the screen.
5. The remote desert area ______ only by helicopter, which makes the rescue work more difficult.
6. The boy have a ______ to talk too much when he has butterflies in his stomach.
7. It was midnight, but when I left work from my office, I still found some people ______ aimlessly on the streets.
8. Although the first proposal sounded more practical, many people expressed a strong ______ for the original one.
9. It was stupid of you not to understand the issue, because it ______ before.
10. He is working under great pressure ______ for handing in the report, or he will be fired.

3 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

virtual reality，be used to do，thanks to，lead to，in addition，start with，as well as，make advances，wearable tech，in terms of

1. ________ such as “smart clothes” can be used to monitor heart rate.
2. ________, I also want to do some exercises in this winter.
3. In my opinion, one’s success can’t always be measured ________ money.
4. ________ is a technology which enables the user to experience a simulated world.
5. He is a friend in word ________ in deed.
6. ________ his effort, it is more successful than we have expected.
7. Why not ________ the most interesting one?
8. Computers ________ many things for people now.
9. All roads ________ Rome.
10. With his guidance, we can ________ important ________ on this urgent issue.

4 . 选词填空

be familiar with, not to mention, behind the scenes, attach…to…, believe it or not, contribute to, to begin with, draw one’s attention to, pull up, on location

1. The taxi ________ and the driver jumped out.
2. ________, what I have told you is all true.
3. We can’t afford a car, ________ the fact that we have no garage.
4. I believe that each of us can ________ the future of the world.
5. A manager in company needs to ________ running method.
6. Most scenes of the film were shot ________.
7. ________, let us examine a natural process that we have all observed.
8. We ________ labels ________ things before we put them away.
9. The teacher ________ him by raising his voice.
10. Some performed on the stage, while others conducted ________.

5 . 从方框中选择恰当的单词填入句子中，注意使用其正确形式。

establish       pick out       breathe       award       strike       admire       opportunity       shelter be curious about       apart from       make preparations for       fight for       be regarded as

1. Yesterday we went to the park, where we ________ the fresh air and enjoyed ourselves.
2. The mid-exam is coming. All the students are ________ it.
3. I think they are ________ because they’re brave to put out fires and save people’s lives.
4. Beethoven ________ one of the most famous musicians in the world.
5. Children always like to ask their parents questions because they ________ everything around them.
6. In 1969, Tu Youyou ________ a team to find a cure for malaria.
7. Mo Yan ________ a Nobel Prize the Nobel Prize in literature in 2012, which made one of the Chinese people’s long-held dreams come true.
8. A terrible hurricane ________ the small town last week.
9. There will be more ________ for you to improve yourself by taking the job.
10. All of a sudden, it began to rain heavily and we hurried to seek ________.
11. ________ the cost, we need to think about how much time the job will take.
12. There were so many cars in the parking lot that I had difficulty in ________ mine.
13. Once we set a goal, we should try our best to ________ it.

6 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

separate...from... , divide...into...

1. We ________ the job ________ five parts and each man did one part.
2. The English Channel ________ Great Britain ________ the Continent.
3. The world ________ seven continents.

7 . 选词填空

enhance/improve

1. Your work will get by, but try to ________it.
2. Smart personnel practices ________ the value of a company and its stock.

8 . 用方框内所给短语的适当形式完成下面的句子。

at ease with, be credited with, come about, come into being, go back, in contrast to, in return, respond to

1. How did the accident ________? There is no quick answer to this question.
2. The tradition of throwing colorful paper________ to more than 200 years ago.
3. How the earth ________ attracts the students present at the lecture.
4. Would anyone care to ________ the complaint about the quality of the fan?
5. In the film, the aliens ________ miraculous power.

9 . 选词填空

adjust to， be concerned with，compare.… to，engage in，in any case, in pursuit of，regardless of，sentence... to death, take on，out of mercy

1. After a thorough cleaning before the New Year Eve，my house ________ a new look.
2. I wonder how you could have ________ college life abroad.
3. Either he escaped, or he ended up being killed. ________ he was never seen again.
4. It is the environment protection that we should ________.
5. She was ________ independence and knowledge when she was very young.
6. Whoever has killed someone else on purpose shall ________ as a result.
7. We will continue the match, ________ the terrible weather.
8. He has been looking forward to ________ some social activities，adding to experience.
9. ________ British English, American English is easier to master.
10. He didn't expect such a cruel master would spare him ________.

10 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. appointments        B. friendly       C. address        D. consequences       E. urging             F. launched G. severely             H. debating        I. cover             J. touch                    K. implication

Let's wage a war on loneliness

Social isolation poses more health risks than obesity or smoking 15 cigarettes a day, according to research published by Brigham Young University. The     1     is that loneliness is a huge, if silent, risk factor.

Loneliness affects physical health in two ways. First, it produces stress hormones that can lead to many health problems. Second, people who live alone are less likely to go to the doctor     2    , to exercise or to eat a healthy diet.

Public health experts in many countries are     3     how to     4     widespread loneliness in our society. Last year Britain even appointed a minister for loneliness. "Feelings of loneliness     5     almost every one of us at some point," its minister for loneliness Baroness Barran said. "Loneliness can lead to very serious health     6     for individuals who become isolated and disconnected."

Barran     7     a "Let's Talk Loneliness" campaign that sparked difficult conversations across Britain. He is now supporting "     8     benches," which are public seating areas where people are encouraged to go and chat with ore another. The minister is also     9     that public transportation should be stopped from being cut in ways that leave people isolated.

More than one-fifth of adults in both the United States and Britain said in a 2018 survey that they often or always feel lonely. More than half of American adults are unmarried, and researchers have found that even among those who are married, 30% of relationships are     10     strained. A quarter of Americans now live alone, and as the song says, one is the loneliest number.