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

A. dignity B. favored C. endanger D. striking E. peered F. distinctive G. adapted H. wonder I. commitment J. expense K. share

1. Tan Dun ______ music from the original Kun opera and added his own work to these traditional pieces.
2. For a long time, my mother had not understood my ______ to the struggle.
3. It’s difficult to preserve your ______ when you have no job and no home.
4. In South Africa, it is hard for a man to ignore the needs of the people, even at the ______ of his own family.
5. In the 1800s, Beijing opera slowly replaced Kun opera as the ______ form of opera.
6. Families worry that sending children away to study in higher education could ______ the Yupik language and culture.
7. When one doesn’t see one’s family for many years at a time, the transformation can be ______.
8. The ______ features of Kun opera are spoken story-telling, singing and dancing, and each character has their own particular style of movement on stage.
9. When a whale is killed, the houses and school empty as everyone races to the beach to take a ______ of the meat.
10. They ______ out the window fearfully at the ivy vine, and then looked at each other for a moment without speaking.

2 . There are strict rules that regulate lawyers’ professional ________.

A．conduct

B．trial

C．dignity

D．wisdom

5 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper expression chosen from the box. Each expression can be used only once.

A. increase productivity       B. was buried in       C. hanging around       D. got stuck in      E. with dignity       F. under construction       G. came to my rescue       H. is familiar to I. make a difference       J. learn…by heart

1. We hope everyone can lead a happy life _________.
2. The smell ________ everyone who lives near a bakery.
3. Technology-based innovation can indeed __________.
4. The studio is still ________ and won't open until mid-March.
5. This English essay is well-organized, so I hope you will __ it_______.
6. She is crazy about Chinese classical architecture and spends all her free time ________ that historic city.
7. Because the weather was exceptionally bad, the ship ________ ice and unable to move.
8. I didn’t know anybody at the party, but the hostess _________ by introducing me to a few people.
9. The little boy ________ his book that he took no notice of my coming.
10. Even a small act of kindness can __________ to those who need help.

7 . 英译汉
1 fiction     1    
2 science fiction    2    
3 test out    3    
4 bonus    4    
5 more like    5    
6 ridiculous    6    
7 integrity    7    
8 dignity     8    
9 salary    9    
10 absurd    10