1 . 用方框中单词的适当形式填空。

absorb   challenge   expert   admission   expose   handle

1. The show will be open to the public on Saturday night; _________ will be five dollars.
2. Mr. Silver is far more __________ in English than I am, for he has learned it for decades.
3. It happens that “difficult” patients will _________ their doctors’ decisions.
4. If there was ever a problem she could not_________, her husband put things right.
5. As the ability test goes on, __________ students to good art and music is necessary.
6. Totally _________ in her book, she didn’t even notice it was already dark.

2 . 用方框中单词的适当形式填空。

underline, comment, circulate, confuse, struggle, expand

1. He _______ to the surface as the water dragged him down.
2. “Young   fellows,   it   is   the   right   time   for   you   to   fight   for   your   dreams.”,   he _______ with expression at the meeting last night.
3. Today in China a growing number of people _______ the balance between work and life.
4. The headteacher often _______ me   and   my   twin   sister   because we look alike.
5. It was raining heavily. She _______ her umbrella and went out.
6. The news of the superstar’s death _______ quickly over the last few days.

3 . Shopping in Australia, While in China

In Sydney, a multi-million dollar export industry starts with a simple trip to the shops. Rika Wenjing, a 21-year- old college student from Chongqing, carries     1     (vary) Australian products from a discount chemist     2     (sell) to customers back home in China. Rika     3     (work) part time for the past two years as a daigou, a freelance retail consultant. She is glued to her phone,    4     (use) the messaging app WeChat to build a network of 300 clients who aren’t afraid to pay high prices     5     trustworthy Australian goods.

In Australia, it’s estimated that there are 40,000 daigou,    6     means “on behalf of” in Mandarin. The online shopping agents are     7     (most) from Chinese mainland, and are young migrants or international students looking for flexible ways to help cover     8     rent and university fees.

These freelance exporters have created thousands of trading routes both small and big into China,    9     market potentially worth billions. “We think daigou are a positive force     10     they are good for the local economy.” says Peter Nathan, chief executive of the local food industry.