1 . 选词填空 (用所选单词正确形式填空)

calculate	reproduce	endeavour	transmit	persistent	undergo
consume	acquaintance	collaborate	frequent	substitute	deficient

1. The government has worked in close ________ with teachers on the new curriculum.
2. Health-conscious ________ want more information about the food they buy.
3. I think you need to ________ how much time it will take you to fulfil the assignment and you can make preparations in advance.
4. As a new youth, I promise I will ________ to do my best to work for our motherland.
5. The 55-year-old man was diagnosed with a lung cancer in 2020, and ________ immediate surgery.
6. Some of the ________ asked questions are as follows: how was the condition of the jet plane? how were the pilots, etc.
7. If we ________ a number for each letter, the message “meet me” would read 13 5 5 20 13 5.
8. Why do you ________ in blaming yourself for what have happened? Let bygones be bygones.
9. In your life time, your will meet a lot of people. A few can be your friends, while most of them will be just________.
10. The 24^th winter Olympics were ________ live by satellites to over one hundred countries in 2022.

2 . Directions: Complete the sentences with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once. There is one extra that you do not need.

A. commonplace       B. conservation        C. bombard        D. highlight E. accuracy             F. calculate               G. stretch          H. soak          I. vary

1. We devote our resources and our skills to presenting the fullest version of the truth we can deliver, and place high value on the________of the gathered information.
2. In the exhibition, artists created various artistic objects to________the capital city's problems, including pollution, poverty, lack of health care and overconsumption.
3. In the summer, fields of grassy frozen ground________from snow-capped mountain ranges to the stony shoreline, but in the winter the sun disappears.
4. The study is a reminder that________isn’t just about protecting a few species, but the relationships they have which branch through an entire ecosystem.
5. Clinical professors are trying to find out how anti-depressants (抗抑郁药), which become more ________ in society, affect mental health.
6. Scientists have come up with a new formula to________a dog’s age in human years, and it is much more complicated than multiplying its real age by seven.
7. At the press conference, journalists________the spokesman with various questions regarding the latest incident.
8. A wave of mass shootings has plagued the U.S. in recent weeks, drawing attention to how gun laws________ from state to state.