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.

2 . 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. ________________

3 . 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