4 . The meeting ended with a deal to step up ________ between the six states of the region.

A．cooperation

B．contribution

C．division

D．competition

5 . 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.

6 . 根据语境和汉语提示写出正确的单词
1. ____________ a platform     登上了讲台
2. ____________ a nation     塑造一个国家
3. a ____________ war     一场内战
4. the ____________ people     平民百姓
5. Northern States of the ____________     北部各州联盟
6. the ____________ between North and South     南北之间的分歧
7. the ____________ between black and white     黑人与白人之间的界限
8. the ____________ of humankind     人类平等
9. ____________ in Liberty     孕育于自由之中
10. ____________ to the proposition that all men are created equal     献身于人人生而平等的理想

8 . They expressed great ________for the people injured in the accident.

A．virtue

B．sympathy

C．competition

D．division

9 . Unlike the United States, China's constitution does not provide for a___________（divide）of power among the various tiers of government. （所给词的适当形式填空）

10 . Michelin is now living on a ________ NT$100 per day. He cannot afford any recreational activities.

A．division

B．restriction

C．measure

D．budget