1 . 选词填空

by contrast, be blessed with, approve of, wake up to

1. I __________ a happy childhood, one that most people would want to have.
2. The coastal areas have mild winters, but __________ the central plains become extremely cold.
3. Citizens __________ an orange sky and strong winds that covered the city in a thick, brown-yellow dust.
4. His parents didn’t __________ his marriage, but he married the girl against his parent’s will.

2 . 选词填空

stretch, demonstrate, reward, witness

1. Despite the fact that it was dangerous and exhausting, climbing the mountain was a very __________ experience for me.
2. The two stone lions standing in front of Tian’anmen have __________ many great historic events.
3. There’s been no public __________ of opposition to the President.
4. The great Himalayas has the largest mountain peaks in the world and __________ around six countries in Asia.

3 . 阅读下面短文，根据上下文内容从所给的A到G的选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，每个词只可选用一次。

A. reminded him of       B. made sense       C. give away       D. devoted all his life to E. work on                  F. believe in          G. turned his back on

Jack’s parents got very disappointed after their son quit school. However, Jack was stubborn (固执) and     1     his parents. From then on, he     2     composing pop music and finally became a successful composer. Jack felt grateful to his mentor (导师) and friends, so he planned to     3    what he earned. The charity work     4     what his parents had done for him. Looking back on the old days, he felt he owed (亏欠) his parents quite a lot. It was not until his success that his parents’ love and care     5    .

4 . 阅读下面短文，根据上下文内容从所给的A到G的选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，每个词只可选用一次。

A. get on               B. drop out of                    C. was tired of       D. get passionate about E. came up with       F. lead a successful life       G. convince him to

Not every successful man was born with a sense of success. All his teachers agreed that Jack was so clever that he was sure to     1     in life, but he showed no interest in study. Unlike his classmates, Jack     2     the endless homework and exams. It was after Jack encountered (邂逅) a famous musician that he began to     3     pop music. Soon Jack     4     an idea to     5     school to become a composer.

5 . 选词填空

get across; brighten up; in short; in other words; hand in hand; appeal to; search for; be tailored for; be linked with; be based on

1. Fresh flowers will ________________ any room in the house.
2. ________________, I like online reading more than paper reading.
3. You have to ________________ what it is.
4. ________________, he is determined to reach his destination.
5. I saw them making their way, ________________, down the path.
6. I had a feeling that the challenge________________him. All he needed was persuasion.
7. You can use a directory service to________________ people on the Internet.
8. All our courses can ________________the need of individuals.
9. Knowledge must ________________ training, practical experience.
10. The novel ________________ his travels in India.

6 . 阅读下面短文，请根据短文内容从方框中所给的 12 个词中选用 10 个词并用其正确形式填空。每个词只能选用一次。

have   but   borrow   that   so   until     piece   importance   pass   what   reply     week

Dave woke up at 7:00 a. m. He had been chatting with a friend on the computer    1     nearly midnight last night so he was feeling quite tired but also rather nervous because this was a day of an    2    English exam at school. Dave had been studying very hard for this exam for the last two     3     so he thought he had a good chance of    4    it.

While Dave was traveling to school on the bus, he remembered that he had forgotten to take his wallet with him    5    he didn’t have any money to buy lunch. Just after this, his friend Lucas got on the bus.

“Can I    6    some money, Lucas?” asked Dave.

“Sure, no problem,”     7     Lucas. “Here you go.”

Two boys did the English exam. While they were    8    lunch, Dave asked Lucas if he thought the exam had been difficult. Lucas smiled and picked up the slice (薄片) of chocolate cake     9    he was eating.

“It was so easy. It was a     10    of cake!” said Lucas, smiling.

7 . 用所给单词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次，有两个词是多余的。

celebrate, admire,   energy,   starve,   feast,   memory,   origin, arrive,   agriculture,   custom,   gather,   gain

Thanksgiving Day is a special holiday in the United States and Canada. Families and friends     1     to eat and give thanks for their blessings.

Thanksgiving Day is really a harvest festival. This is why it     2     in late fall,   after the crops are harvested.

The first New England Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich     3     harvest. Early in the 16th century,   the     4     Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth,   Massachusetts. But in the first winter of their     5     they had a difficult time. They suffered a lot and many of the Pilgrims even     6     to death. It was in the next year that they     7     a good harvest. So Governor (州长) Bradford declared a three-day     8    . The Pilgrims invited Indian friends to join them for their special feast. Everyone brought food. Such is the     9     of Thanksgiving Day.

In time,   other colonies (殖民地) began to celebrate a day of thanksgiving. But it took years before Thanksgiving Day became a national     10    . During the Civil War,   President Abraham Lincoln announced the last Thursday of November 1863 as a day of thanksgiving. Today,   Americans celebrate this happy harvest festival on the fourth Thursday in November while Canadians, their neighbours, celebrate Thanksgiving Day on the second Monday in October.

8 . 用方框内所给短语的适当形式完成下面的句子。

be credited with, be supposed to, come about, come into being, crash into, draw... from, go back, vary from…to…

1. Why are you late for the lecture? You______________ have arrived an hour ago.
2. What lesson have you ______________ your failure in this football match?
3. The conflict between the two nations ______________ to last century.
4. However, views on how to deal with the problem ______________ person ___________ person.
5. My mind drifted and suddenly I realized I was about to ______________ the car in front.
6. Can you tell me how the accident ______________ this afternoon?
7. Watt should ______________ inventing the steam engine.
8. Do you know when the flower ______________ ?

9 . 用方框内所给单词的正确形式填空。

spider, employ, bat, physician

1. A little ______________ flew into her study, and she ______________ it out.
2. With the help of his ______________, he had a ______________ examination.
3. A ______________ weaves a web to catch worms or bugs.
4. It turns out that the approaches the engineer ______________ to increase production are effective.

10 . 选词填空

learn about; turn to; on the right; a form of; a list of folk songs; literary device; choose from; have to; such as

1. He found it both interesting and instructive to _________ the careers of great men.
2. Animals and plants of ancient time _________ fossils.
3. Metaphor is not simply a _________—it is the means by which we understand the world around us.
4. The British drive on the left, while the French drive _________.
5. You don’t _________ knock—just walk in.
6. I regard reading as _________ recreation.
7. We offer a wide range of holidays to _________.
8. The teacher notes reading errors _________ mispronunciations.
9. The teacher has made out _________ reference books.
10. Wang Luobin went there many times to collect _________.