1 . 选择并使用所给英语单词的正确形式完成句子，有两个单词为多余词。

automatic   disaster   resist   equip   divide   threaten   incredible

1. Such dangers can have ______ outcomes not only for the sites themselves, but also for people.
2. Relative poverty did not prevent Martin from ______ himself with an excellent education.
3. Cutting food intake by half is an ______ difficult thing for anyone to do — it’s no wonder that losing weight is no easy task.
4. The more pesticides are used, the more ______ the insects become; so the more pesticides have to be used.
5. There are ______ among historians over when exactly the construction began, but no one can deny the fact that it is a magnificent building.

2 . 请用方框中单词或短语的正确形式填空，词数不限。每个单词或短语只用一次，其中有两项是多余的。

grip, dignity, random, guilt, pace, declare, dismiss, divide, take over, conflict with

1. To be honest, it’s so difficult to preserve your ______ when you have no job and no home.
2. I feel ______ every time I tell a white lie, although I do it just to make somebody feel better.
3. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of employees have ______ from their posts.
4. More and more jobs are being ______ by machines.
5. “Please don’t go,” he said, ______ her arm.
6. We received several questions, we picked one at ______ and answered it.
7. The sun and moon looked as if they were being thrown across the sky, but soon there was ______ between night and day.
8. Germany ______ war on France on 1 August 1914.