1 . 根据语境，选择下框中的单词或短语，必要时用正确的形式填空。框中有两个为多余的单词或短语。

persuade     conclude     take up     appeal to     on the move      be absent from     slight     prefer     accompany     amuse

1. After repeated experiments, they came to a ___________ in the end.
2. The teacher made funny faces to ___________ the children.
3. The air conditioner can change your room’s temperature automatically according to your ___________.
4. Jack never wanted to stay in one place for very long, so he always found himself ___________.
5. His sense of humor ___________ her enormously the first time they met each other.
6. I am writing to explain to you the reason why I ___________ your lecture last time.
7. The storm is usually ___________ with thunder.
8. He looked around the hall and frowned ___________ because it was so noisy.

5 . 当我们遇到这样的事实差异，我们不应该急于得出结论，其中一个新闻报道给出 了错误的信息。
When we come across such factual differences, we should not _________________one of the news reports gives false information.