1 . 写出下列词义
1. Halfway through the meeting my mind started to wander.________________
2. Looking back, I feel blessed someone had wanted to help a stranger.________________
3. The girl has an appetite for reading.________________

7 . 从词汇框中选择合适的单词完成句子。

adjusted       absence       secure       appetite       intense       gradually gentle       distinct       wandered       prospect       flavor       barrier

1. When something is ________, it is easily identifiable or set apart from others of its kind.
2. I always try to get down to my child’s level, and speak to him in a soft and ________ voice.
3. With the coming of spring, everything is ________ coming to life again.
4. It makes me feel ________ to know you’re there and I can depend on you.
5. This activity shows that a plant cannot make its own food in the ________ of sunlight.
6. He sat back for a moment, heart beating fast at the ________ of that he would be on the stage at once.
7. Although my eyes were on the test paper, my thoughts ________ to my failures and all the battles that seemed hopeless.
8. Though my ________ for food grew weak, my hunger for books was constant.
9. Failing English is a ________ to getting into Harvard.
10. As the time passed, my eyes gradually ________ to the darkness and soon I was able to see the tree line against the night sky.

8 . 我节食，并且控制自己的食欲。(appetite) (汉译英)