1 . 用方框中所给词或短语的适当形式填空

inspire       carry on          engage in        hesitate        energetic       turn one’s back on       creative            be curious about

1. His bravery has given him the will to ________ with his life and work.
2. She was so angry with me that she ___________ me and never spoke to me again.
3. Despite her old age, she always looked __________ and could get things done.
4. The boy walked slowly on the way home and ___________ over whether to tell his mother about the exam result.
5. She ___________ everything like a kid.
6. He was ___________ painting the furniture.
7. He delivered an impressive and ____________ speech at the graduation ceremony.
8. You have to think _________ if you want to be successful in this game.

2 . 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.

3 . 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.

4 . 用方框内短语的适当形式填空

be used to (doing)   get out of hand   come across   regardless of   contribute to

1. If you drive too fast, the car will ________.
2. The other day I ________ an old friend of mine in the street.
3. People threw a lot of waste into the river, which ________ the pollution.
4. ________ whether you have an excuse or not, you can’t sleep at class.
5. Many old people ________ washing their feet before they go to bed.

6 . 用方框中短语的适当形式填空。有一个短语是多余的。

sum up        used to        set out            in contrast to       take up             do one’s part    be to blame   drop out     wipe out          boil down to       for the first time

1. We hope to make the garden as beautiful as it ________be.
2. I’ll never forget hearing this piece of music________.
3. They________to discover a cure for cancer.
4. I’m sorry to________your time, but I really need your help.
5. Last year, the number of students who________of school reduced by 20% compared to the number of the year before.
6. The whole village________by the floods and many people lost their lives.
7. According to the investigation, the bus driver________for the accident.
8. To________, our efforts will contribute to the improvement of the environment.
9. ________his wife, Bush has little appetite for foreign travel.
10. I’m glad to________for the environmental protection.

7 . 请从以下七个短语选适当的短语并以其适当的形式填入五个句子中。

in other words        in person       get ahead       try out for be fed up with       be responsible for       look forward to

1. All the students in the class ______ the basketball match.
2. He ______ this wet weather.
3. Human activity ______ some water shortages.
4. You can get the watch either ______ or by mail.
5. I would stay in at lunch time just ______ on class work rather than go out and play.

8 . 根据下列句子语境从所给词块中选择合适的词块填空(使用正确的形式)，所给词块中有两个是多余的。

sweep away             in good shape               rather than be responsible for     pay off               work out               attach ... to ...

1. As a proverb goes, “Where there is a will, there is a way.” Our efforts will _______ in time.
2. Doing yoga keeps you _______ and it is perfect for people who want to improve their flexibility and strength.
3. When I was young, my parents often taught me to be a person who _______ my own behaviour.
4. To celebrate Spring Festival, the spring couplets(春联) _______ the doors and windows every year.
5. He would prefer to stay at home _______ go out on such a rainy day.

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

A. valuable     B. unrecognizable     C. unconsciously     D. reserved     E. heavily F. encounters   G. disrupted     H. confused   I. closeness   J. bunch   K. recomposed

Relationship in the Digital Age

People from our past whom we no longer directly communicate with but who are active on social networks can “occupy     1     space in your mind, and you think about them instead of about your close friends,” said Carlin Flora, the author of “Friend-fluence: The Surprising Ways Friends Make Us Who We are.”

“If my high school friend posts frequently about her life, it’s almost like it’s celebrity gossip, or it seems as if I am watching a reality show about her,” Ms. Flora said. “Our brains get     2     about whether we know celebrities; if we see someone a lot, our brain thinks we know them.”

Ms. Schiller, the Iowa graduate, goes out often with friends at night but also lives on a digital diet of texting     3     enough that she recently hurt her thumb, Google chat and social media. As with many young people, talking on the phone was never a big part of her routine and is now     4     for the rarest of occasions.

There are physiological benefits to face-to-face     5     however, that doesn’t belong to digital interactions or the phone. “Your blood pressure goes down, and you imitate your friends gesture     6    .” Ms. Flora said. “It’s a kind of harmony humans have developed over thousands of years, and you don’t get that when you only follow someone on social media.”

But now it’s common for the synchrony(同步性)to be     7     in person, thanks to smartphones. Imagine Edward Hopper’s 1942 painting “Nighthawks” (below)     8     today, with the three late-night diners and counterman all gazing at screens. “If there’s a(n)     9     of guys at a bar together and they’re all on their phones,” Ms. Flora said, “they’re not doing much to stimulate the body system to create the sense of     10    .”

10 . 选词填空

assumed        streamed       persist     consist       deprived        stuck        conduct

1. To our astonishment, that young man shamed himself and his family by breaking codes of ________ in the community.
2. From my perspective, true education does not ________ in simply being taught facts, instead, it aims to develop students’ ability in lifelong learning.
3. The busy schedule of the newly-promoted sales manager ________ him of opportunities to have meals with his family.
4. With more and more variety shows emerging, such programs have been popular with contemporary urban youth since it was ________ online in 2017.
5. Some volunteers just ________ that what they valued and enjoyed would also be cherished by others.