1 . 选词填空

Death, suffer, breathe, deliver, damage, strike, bury, shock

Disasters such as tornadoes, floods, landslides, volcanic eruptions, typhoons, hurricanes and earthquakes have come one after another, causing great     1    to many countries. Among them the earthquake has the worst effects. The 1976 Tangshan earthquake caused more than 240,000     2    . 90 percent of homes lay in ruins and people     3    a lot. Everywhere the     4    survivors saw destroyed bricks and useless metals as if the world were at an end. Rescue teams dug out the trapped,    5    the dead and built shelters.   With unified efforts and wisdom of all people, the city revived itself and began to     6    again. Earthquakes under the sea can also cause tsunamis. The tsunami that     7    Asia in 2004 crashed into coastlines and swept away many people. Foreign countries aided these areas by     8    food and supplies by helicopter.   (Tips for emergency: ※Keep calm※Tap on a pipe or whistle for help※Stay away from power lines※Survive on what you have on hand.)

3 . 选词填空
1. Cheer up. Being devoted to your work ________(will help, has helped) you to feel calm.
2. In 1492, Columbus ________(had landed, landed) on one of the Bahama Islands, but he mistook it for an island off India.
3. Sam told me that there ________(have been, had been) an argument between him and his parents about which university he should choose.
4. I ________(has hoped, had hoped) to send Peter a gift to congratulate him on his new school life, but I couldn’t manage it.
5. Last night I dropped a cup when I ________(am doing, was doing) the washing-up. Fortunately it didn’t break.
6. The professor along with his assistants ________(has given, will give) ten free lectures for the students in rural areas in the last three months.
7. Professor Brown is aiming to help students make more informed career choices. He ________(wrote, has been writing) these articles since Monday.
8. —Tommy is planning to change his job.
—I know. By next week, he ________(have prepared, will have prepared) enough for the new job interviews.

4 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

boost one’s confidence, from head to toe, a lack of, leave an impression on, keep fit, for the first time, in terms of, come across

1. ________ salary, the job is good, but it has some disadvantages.
2. The doctor examined the patient ________, hoping to find the cause of his disease.
3. Nowadays,parents tend to offer considerate praise to their children, hoping to ________.
4. Health problems are closely connected with bad eating habits and ________exercise.
5. I was walking aimlessly in the street when I ________John.
6. You should make full preparations for the job interview if you want to ________the judges.
7. It is known to all that unless you exercise regularly, you won’t ________.
8. He became interested in the young teacher’s lesson when he attended his class ________.

5 . Circle the correct word in each sentence.
1. The tornado that hit Mississippi last week caused a lot of ________ damage/destroy.
2. The mother thanked the ________ rescue/save worker who found her baby.
3. According to experts, the volcano could ________ crash/erupt this week.
4. Thousands of people are ________ suffering/trapping from illnesses after the disaster.
5. An emergency ________ delivery/supply of food was transported to the area by the army.
6. The earthquake ________ affected/effected an area of several hundred square kilometres.
7. During a natural disaster, the most important thing is to keep ________ calm/quiet.
8. “She’s still ________ breathing/surviving! Come and help me dig her out! ”shouted the soldier.

6 . Complete the sentences with the words in the left box and the –ed forms of the verbs in the right box.

myself     my time     her paintings          your bedroom   the play     sausage          their car

burn     tidy       perform     throw        take up        display            start

EXAMPLE

Lisa was the leading actress! We saw the play performed on stage yesterday evening
1. The husband was careless enough to leave the car lights on overnight, and in the morning his wife couldn’t get__________________.
2. My cousin dreams of becoming a painter and wants__________________ in a gallery.
3. I felt__________________ forwards when the bus suddenly stopped.
4. To be frank, I won’t have__________________ with useless discussion.
5. I cannot bear the smell of__________________ on the barbecue.
6. A: Timmy, you`d better have__________________ before I get home from work. It’s in a mess.
B: Sure, Mum.

7 . Complete the sentences using the correct forms of the words in the box.

hold          build          provide          live        set          carry          select          fall take          launch

1. The space shuttle（航天飞机）was created as a reusable launch vehicle__________ astronauts and other equipment into space and back again. The shuttle looks like an ordinary plane but it has a cargo bay（货仓）that is large enough __________a satellite.
2. Space probes（航天探测器）are often sent to places that are too far away or too dangerous for a human __________foot in. For example, in 1977, the Voyager I space probe was sent __________pictures of the planets Saturn and Jupiter.
3. The International Space Station was too big __________on Earth and__________ into space, so different countries worked together and built about 100 modules（分离舱）. Afterwards, these modules were joined together in space__________ living quarters, laboratories, and other equipment for astronauts __________for months.
4. As the first woman__________ to make a trip into space, Tereshkova felt lucky and proud. When the great day finally came, she was almost too excited __________asleep!

8 . Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in the box.

send        survive       prevent       reach       breathe       step       land       sleep       use       help

1. After having succeeded in __________satellites into space, people wanted to know if it was safe for a human to go into space. On 3 November 1957, a dog named Laika became the first living thing __________space. She was also the first one to die there.
2. The USSR and the US both wanted to be the first to send a person to the moon. Later, the US succeeded, and Neil Armstrong became the first man __________onto the moon. During the first moon landing, astronauts had no vehicles__________, so they had to explore the moon on foot. On the fourth mission __________on the moon, astronauts took a lunar vehicle so that they could explore places further away.
3. Astronauts must wear spacesuits when they work in space because there is no air __________and it can be very cold outside the spacecraft. While__________, they must attach themselves to something so as__________ floating around.
4. The accident on the Apollo 13 spacecraft resulted in a loss of oxygen, water, and electrical power. The astronauts on board had to fight__________. At the same time, Houston's Mission Control worked hard __________the astronauts return to Earth safely.

9 . Complete each sentence with the correct form of a word or phrase in the box.

chief     battle     join to     ensure     aspect     former     formal     position     generous ancestor     belong to     military defence

1. The three airport terminals are ________ each other by a small train.
2. The four countries ________ the United Kingdom.
3. A huge amount of government money is spent on ________.
4. The Normans ruled England after the ________ of Hastings.
5. It is important to know the differences between ________ and informal English.
6. Each generation will reap (收获) what the ________ generation has sown (播种).
7. CEO means ________ Executive Officer.
8. Is DNA testing a dependable way to learn more about one’s ________?
9. While taking pictures, ________ that the camera is ________ at the eye level of the subject.
10. Being ________ without expecting something in return is an important ________ of being a good person.

10 . The words in the box can be used as both nouns and verbs. Fill in the blanks below with the correct forms of the words in the box.

function     target     blog     comment     click     chat

1. I have a _________ about environmental issues in my city.
I often _________ about how my classmates and I help to clean up the environment in my city.
2. Grandma and I had a nice _________ about the Internet just now.
Grandma and I often _________ about the Internet.
3. Visit our site today! We’re just a _________ away!
Visit our site today! Just _________ on this link.
4. He made a positive _________ on the design of our school website, so I think he really liked it!
He _________ positively on the design of our school website, so I think he really liked it!
5. This case has two _________. It’s my wallet and my mobile phone case.
This _________ both as my wallet and as my mobile phone case.
6. People who behave foolishly online often become _________ of cyberbullies.
Cyberbullies often _________ people who behave foolishly online.