1 . 选词填空

have to; hurried to; Both of; are good for; getting along a lot of; is full of; from...to...; more and more; With the help of

1. We ________________ ask our teacher to help us answer these questions.
2. Spring is ________ March ________ May in my hometown.
3. E-mail has become ________________ popular in the world.
4. I ________________ the airport, but I was two hours late.
5. Trees ________________ our world.
6. ________________ the teachers and my classmates, everything is going well.
7. The room ________________ desks and chairs.
8. How are you ________________?
9. There are ________________ books in the library.
10. ________________ the two old men are over seventy years old.

2 . 选词填空

compare        convince        incredible        panic        luxury        preserve influence       violent            dismiss               lay the foundation for                            cast new light on                  wear down

1. We will not be ______________ into making a decision in a hurry.
2. The Chinese people live a happier life under the leadership of the CPC in ______________ with people in war-torn areas of the world.
3. Columbus was one of the most______________ explorers in history.
4. Hopefully, this experiment ______________ space farming and allow us to set up permanent bases on other planets.
5. For many years, some historians ______________ the records of there voyages as legends.
6. ______________ that she was innocent, the lawyer agreed to defend for her.
7. To enable rental increases, you have to have ______________ furnishings.
8. The landing of Chang’e 3 proved to be a success and how it ______________future exploration was plain to see.
9. ______________, she had no idea what was going on.
10. I’m happy to see the Dunhuang murals are so well ______________.

3 . 请从下面方框中15个单词或短语选出10个，并用其正确形式填入空格中。

take control of; check in; damage; bury; apply for; effort honour; have an effect on; strike; give up; various; work out date back; make a difference; refer to

1. I’m writing to ________ the position as a student volunteer.
2. Spain ________ Peru in the 16^th century and ruled until 1821.
3. Most of the Great Wall can ________ to the Ming Dynasty.
4. In order to keep healthy, you need to ________ at a gym twice a week.
5. It was a great ________ to be invited to attend the opening ceremony.
6. The great people are the ones who ________ to the world.
7. The fire caused great ________ to our house.
8. The change will ________ our daily life.
9. An earthquake ________ Japan last month.
10. There are ________ ways of cooking dishes in China.

4 . 选择正确的单词或词组并用适当形式进行填空。(有两个是多余选项)

deep down,          convince,          essential,          break down,          tendency estimate,          reveal,          alternative,          approve,          digest

1. You should allow a little time after a meal for the food to __________.
2. It is __________ that smoking reduces life expectancy by around 2 years on average.
3. The changes would have to be __________ or rejected as a whole by Congress.
4. I’m afraid I have no __________ but to report you to the police.
5. Unfortunately, her marriage __________ last month.
6. Money is not __________ to happiness.
7. He seems confident but __________ he’s quite shy.
8. Yuan __________ that the answer could be found in the creation of hybrid rice.

5 . 从方框内选出与下列各句中画线部分意思相同或相近的选项。

A. ultimately          B. appropriate          C. comprised          D. generate E. conventional          F. tackle          G. perceived

1. He questioned traditional ideas and looked for the truth of the universe. __________
2. They use vibrations from passing cars to produce electricity. __________
3. Rain water was once considered to be good for the complexion. __________
4. It offered the conception of a town consisting of blocks of different length. __________
5. You would be well advised to deal with this problem urgently. __________
6. Jeans are not suitable for a formal party. __________
7. In the end, you will have to make the decision yourself. __________

6 . 从所给短语中选择恰当的短语并用其正确形式将句子补充完整。

be meant to       be scheduled to       end up with             be responsible for       attach...to... in response to       adapt...from...             take advantage of       accompany...by...       as a result of     slim down       in addition to

1. I think I’d ______ the sports facilities while I’m here.
2. Cigarette smoking ______ about 90% of deaths from lung cancer.
3. Profits have declined ______ the recent drop in sales.
4. The director of this movie, ______ a classic of Shakespeare, threw a party for the cast.
5. This discussion ______ a hasty decision, because we were due to submit it in ten minutes.
6. Last night, he ______ the soft music when washing the dishes.
7. ______ the climate change, governments around the world have taken steps to curb(遏制)the waste of resources.
8. You ______ take off your shoes before entering the house.
9. These factories are ______ their workforce owing to the financial crisis across the world.
10. The high school ______ a university that enjoys a history of more than 100 years.

7 . 根据句意,选择合适的短语填空

in response to   pulled up       not to mention   under the weather     anything but in addition to   in advance       makes up for     behind the scenes       in the air

1. He has to study a second foreign language________ English.
2. Actually, the film you see on the screen is the product of a huge amount of hard work, most of which takes place________.
3. It is far too late for you to go out and play football, ________ the fact that it is raining.
4. Caroline doesn’t have a gift for music, but she ________ it with hard work.
5. It was some time before the door opened________ his ring.
6. The hotel in that rural community was ________ cheap.
7. If something is ________, you feel that it is happening or about to happen.
8. If someone is or feels________, they feel ill.
9. The traffic lights turned red and a red car________ all of a sudden.
10. To catch the early flight, we ordered a taxi________ and got up very early.

8 . 选词填空

end up       be meant to       hang over             take in       fight a losing battle spare a thought for       be rushed to       attach importance to       in full measure       do justice to

1. We are equal, so ____________ everyone is the right thing for us to do.
2. Because there was no one to turn for help, he ____________ doing all the work himself.
3. They decided to help Tom smooth out his problem ____________.
4. We should ____________ children’s mental health.
5. We are adventurers. We ____________ do something wonderful with our life.
6. The threat of unemployment ____________ everyone in the company over the past months.
7. The reason why Jennifer fainted is that she ____________ enough nutrition for the last few months.
8. They hope to stop the AI application in the industry through strikes and protests, and they are ____________.
9. The injured passengers ____________ the hospital.
10. ____________ me tomorrow when you’re lying on a beach, because I’ll still be here in the office.

9 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Do note that there is one word more than you need in each passage.

A. nesting       B. signals       C. accessible     D. overnight       AB. decisively       AC. illiterates AD. literally       BC. unaware       BD. motivated       CD. accused     ABC. terrifying

The good news is that today’s teenagers are greedy readers and productive writers. The bad news is that what they are reading and writing are text messages.

It’s an unmissable trend. Even if you don’t have teenage kids, you’ll still see other people’s offspring wandering around, their eyes averted, tapping away, totally     1     of their surroundings. Take a group of teenagers to see the eight wonders of the world. Chances are that they’ll     2     be texting all the way, even if it means missing all those awe-inspiring moments. Show a teenager Jan Vermeer’s The Girl with a Pearl Earring. You might get a quick glance before a buzz     3     the arrival of the latest SMS.

Now before I am     4     of throwing stones in a glass house, let me confess. I probably send about 50 texts a day, and I receive what seem like 200. But there is difference, I also read books. It’s a quaint old habit I picked up as a kid, in the days before cellphones began     5     in the palms of the young.

According to a survey carried about in 2019, half of today’s teenagers don’t read books except when they’re made to. What is more     6     to me as a high school teacher is the fact that almost two-thirds of high school freshmen read for pleasure for less than an hour per week. Nearly half of seniors don’t read for pleasure at all.

Why does this matter? Because, to some extent, this texting craze can and will produce a large number of cultural    7     who are cut off from the civilization of their ancestors if we don’t take some necessary measures.

So how can we encourage our teenagers to read books? Whether in the classroom or at home, one of the best ways to promote reading is by reading together. Another way to encourage reading is to help teenagers set a goal to read a certain number of books or read books from a certain genre. This will help them stay focused and     8     to read. For instance, if your child loves playing football, read the storybook related to football. Or if your child loves going on walks, take along some picture books to read along the way. By making reading more     9     and fun, we can foster a love of reading in them.

But don’t expect children to fall in love with reading     10    . When it comes to reading, trust the process.

10 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Do note that there is one word more than you need in each passage.

A. advantageous       B. programming       C. fashion       D. fueled        AB. advanced AC. sacrifice       AD. capped       BC. habitually       BD. appetite       CD. likelihood ABC. unnecessarily

Eating a calorie-rich diet brought us humans a great advantage: time. We spent less of the day obtaining food. We saved countless hours of needless chewing. Instead, we invested time in doing the things that make us human: we started to     1     tools, erect structures, share stories, create myths and play games.

Calories made humanity possible. Calories are what     2     our big brains. Our calorie-rich diet didn’t reinforce the compulsion to eat, it released us from a food-gripped existence. Just because we require calories does not mean our basic     3     compels us to over-consume them, for the same reason that requiring oxygen does not compel us to perpetually hyperventilate. Yes, it may be     4     to carry extra calories in time of famine, but this assumes an overly simplistic view of our evolutionary past.

Out there in nature, carrying extra body weight brings serious, even deadly, disadvantages. To the evolving primate, greater body mass means slower acceleration and a(n)     5     in the ability to change speed and direction quickly. Back when we were prey—when our ancestors were     6     eaten by big cats, pythons and even eagles—our ability to nimbly start, stop and turn was crucial for survival. To a predator, a fat human was not only easier to spot and easier to catch, it made for a bigger, better meal. To the prey we hunted, a fat human was easier to evade and outrun. Carrying too much fat also increases the     7     of injury and death due to the forces and loads involved in maintaining a larger body. To put it in the simple arithmetic of evolutionary fitness, being     8     fat didn’t increases an individual’s chances of passing on their genes. It actually reduced them.

As we became more     9     there were even more reasons to refrain from overindulgence. Food had to be shared with other members of the tribe, then the village, then the town, especially with children, whose dependence on adults for resources lasts an eternity compared with other species. Otherwise, the human species would have died off long ago, if we really were slaves to a never-ceasing     10     for calories.

All of these have left us with the following paradox: Why were humans generally able to resist vastly over-consuming calories up until about fifty years ago?

Quoted from Mark Schatzker’s The End of Craving