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。框中有两个单词为多余单词。

rescue       destroy     suffer     deliver     attitude   despite   date back to     variety     specific       demand       describe   means

1. In that wildfire, 2,400 homes were _________ and almost 88,000 people were evacuated.
2. There’s an increased _________ for organic produce these days.
3. _________ all these discouragements, she refused to give up.
4. It took _________ 90 minutes to reach the trapped men.
5. We promise to_________ to your door within 48 hours of you ordering.
6. People have become indifferent to the_________ of others.
7. If you want to pass your exams you’d better change your_________!
8. Police have issued a _________ of the man who was aged between fifty and sixty.
9. The money was collected for a _________ purpose.
10. This proverb is based on an old English law _________ the 17th century.

2 . 选词填空

be scared to; imagine; consist of; describe; explore; be desperate to; make a difference; adjust to; tightly; go through

1. He ________ many trials and was found innocent at last.
2. Changing schools ________ to my life.
3. He frowned and closed his eyes ________.
4. He ________ dominate the conversation, but in vain.
5. She ________ go into the yard because she was scared of being bitten by the big dog lying at the gate.
6. Life mainly ________ happiness and sorrow.
7. It took her a while to ________ living alone.
8. Can you ________ life without electricity?
9. The police asked me ________ exactly how it happened.
10. The doctors are trying their best ________ any possible way to deal with the Ebola virus.