1 . 根据语境，选择下框中的单词替换句中划线部分的词或词块，使之意思一致。答案以选择题形式在敏特中作答。

A. distinguished       B. available       C. distinct       D. crash E. buffeted       F. appeal       G. prospect

1. Her voice was quiet but every word is clear.
2. There is little possibility of seeing the problem solved if they don’t cooperate with each other.
3. We were not able to stand up, repeatedly struck by the storm during the rough boat trip.
4. Suzhou is a beautiful city where lots of outstanding scholars come from.
5. Why did these cities have so much attraction?
6. I am afraid that no one is free now. We are all busy.
7. The virus made my computer break down and I lost three hour’s work.

3 . 几年前政府就作出了这些设施向公众免费开放的承诺。(非谓语动词作定语)
Several years ago the government ________________ to the public free of charge.

5 . 写出画线单词的词性和词义
1. We’ve all known people who run out of steam before they reach life’s halfway mark. ________________
2. She emptied two cups and switched on the electric kettle. ________________
3. The next minute, the porridge boiled over and put out the fire. Jenna panicked. ________________
4. But since the results at 70 decibels were significant, the study also suggests that the right level of background noise — not too loud and not total silence — may actually improve one’s creative thinking ability. ________________
5. But when he went bike shopping, he found few available, which got him thinking. ________________

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

A. travelled               B. available        C. developed        D. requested            E. factor                   F. education       G. regularly               H. provided        I. incredibly     J. subjects                 K. decided

James Watt was born in 1736 in Scotland. Because of his poor health condition, he was unable to attend school     1    . Thus, he received his earliest     2     at home from his mother and in his father’s workshop. At the workshop, Watt     3     a keen interest in tools, instruments and model-making. He later attended grammar school, where he studied Greek, Latin, maths and other     4    . After his mother died, the 18-year-old Watt     5     to London, where he received training as an instrument maker.

Watt’s work with the steam engine (蒸汽机) began in 1769, when he was     6     to repair a Newcomen (纽科门) steam engine. Designed in the early 18th century, the engine was     7     inefficient. But it was better than any other steam engines     8     at that time. James decided to improve its efficiency. He     9     the engine with a separate condenser (冷凝器) to reduce the loss of energy. In 1769, Watt received his first patent for his separate condenser. His improvements to the steam engine were a significant     10     in the Industrial Revolution (工业革命).

9 . 汉译英
1. ________ vt. 劝说；说服
2. ________ adj. 遥远的；远处的；疏远的；心不在焉的
3. ________ adj. 效率高的；有功效的
4. ________ n. 爱好；偏爱
5. ________ n. 瞬间；片刻 adj. 立即的；速食的；速溶的
6. ________ adj. 可获得的；可购得的；（人）有空的
7. ________ vt. &vi.（使）结合；混合
8. ________ n. 职业；占领
9. ________ vt. 反对；抵制；阻挠
10. ________ n. 不存在；缺乏；缺席