1 . 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. confusion   B. delivered     C. reflection        D. offer   E. context    F. set       G. signaled       H. fluent     I. torn       J. culture     K. genuine

This is a story about how a foreigner got confused about a Mexican word even though she could speak     1     Spanish. It happened when she     2     foot on Mexican soil for the first time. She asked an ice-cream seller for an ice-cream, and he said “ahorita.” She thought it would be     3     immediately because the word can be directly translated to “right now.” But she waited for half an hour and still no ice-cream came. When she asked the seller about it, he said “ahorita” again, with his face showing     4    . She felt     5     between waiting and walking away. Finally, she had to go home, so she     6     to the seller that she could not wait any longer. Years later back in Mexico, she came to realise that the meaning of “ahorita” changes according to its     7    . It could mean “tomorrow,” “within five years,” “never,” or even “no, thanks” when one wants to refuse an     8    . “Ahorita Time” is a     9     of different cultural understandings of time. That is, understanding “ahorita” takes not a fluency in the language, but a fluency in the    10    .

2 . After reading the sentences below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. shock               B. facilities               C. confusion               D. focused          E. identified        F. hosted G. heritage          H. strategies               I. illustrated                 J. access                 K. champagne

1. There should be more______________ effort on improving the availability and quality of these products.
2. The act of checking cellphones from time to time has led to what some researchers have______________ as “nomophobia”(无手机焦虑症).
3. She still hadn’t got over the ______________of losing the game in the first round.
4. How well he______________ the saying — if there is no bright side, to polish up the dark one!
5. The restaurant is situated within easy ______________of shops and other facilities.
6. Local residents have joined the battle with the council over the lack of parking______________.
7. The political and economic reforms will plunge this country into______________.
8. The meeting was jointly ______________by administrative bodies and committee.
9. Professors sometimes implement some ______________designed to minimize students’ use of digital devices and some instructors even impose a ban on tablets and phones.
10. We were going to throw a______________ party for my wife’s birthday, but my daughter gave the game away so we all went out to dinner instead.

3 . Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Please note that verbs should be used in proper tenses and voices.

confusion   amazed   tear   deliver   dramatically panic   signal   reflection   context   on earth

1. There seems to be some ________ over who is actually giving the talk.
2. The furniture store is ________ our new bed on Thursday.
3. I was ________. Part of me wanted to leave, and part wanted to stay.
4. Don’t ________! Everything will be okay.
5. The economic power of many Asian countries has grown ________ in recent years.
6. Her novel is an accurate ________ of life in post-war Spain.
7. In this exercise, a word is blanked out and you have to guess what it is by looking at the ________.
8. She ________ to the cars behind her that they were going the wrong way.
9. What ________ will he get up to next?
10. We were ________ to discover that we’d been at school together.

4 . 选词填空完成句子

alternative     gesture     differ     fade            embarrassment   deliver confusion       likely     signal     disgusted     appointment

1. You mustn’t fire without my __________.
没我的信号不许开枪。
2. I’m ___________ with what she said.
我对她的话很反感。
3. He made a rude __________ with his fingers.
他用手指做了一个不礼貌的手势。
4. Allow me to clear up this __________.
请允许我澄清这种混淆。
5. It’s so cloudy and cold that it’s ____________to snow.
天气又阴又冷，大半要下雪。
6. She made an ___________for her son to see the doctor.
她为儿子约定了看医生的时间。
7. He’s not used to making speeches in public; it’s so _________ .
他不习惯在大庭广众中演讲，因为这太使人窘迫了。
8. When the night light gradually ___________, the world entered the dark.
当夜晚的灯光渐渐褪去，世界就进入了黑暗。
9. A parcel weighing half a ton has just been _____________.
一个半吨重的包裹刚刚递送出去。
10. Drivers are advised to seek ______________routes.
驾车者被告知需另寻其他路线。

5 . Directions: Choose the best word which is suitable for each blank, and each word can be used only once.

A. luxury       B. amazed     C. tear     D. expectation   E. confusion     F. vast G. disgusted     H. genuine   I. decoration

1. To avoid________，please write the children's names clearly on all their school clothes.
2. In the________ majority of cases, cultural differences should not be a very big problem.
3. My grandpa told me that it was really a ________ if you had a washing machine in those days.
4. As a peace-loving lady, the level of violence in the film really________her.
5. It________her that he could be so calm in such a dangerous situation.
6. Unfortunately the new software has failed to meet the ________of the researchers.
7. Although he is just a clerk in the company, he made a ________attempt to improve the difficult conditions.
8. At first sight, he was unable to ________his eyes away from the well-dressed film star.