1 . 用方框中词或词组的适当形式完成下列句子，每个词或词组只能用一次(每组有一个多余的选项)。

guilt     strive   sacrifice   breath   apart from   at risk

1. People are concerned about the quality of the air they __________.
2. I felt __________ about not visiting my parents more often.
3. Newspaper editors all __________ to be first with a story.
4. As with all diseases, certain groups will be more __________ than others.
5. __________ Germany, they also visited Italy and Austria.

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.

3 . Complete the sentences with the words below.

dormitory

furniture

appreciate

guilty

millionaire

ultimate

1. I remember in his large house years ago, fine___________ matched every room.
2. Can you imagine that the ex-billionaire is now living in a small ___________?
3. He felt shameful and___________ of what he had while others might own very little.
4. I do___________ the quietness and privacy here
5. He sometimes asked his friends what the ___________goal of life was and they all laughed at his question.
6. They thought he might be satisfied with being a___________, so they were all utterly shocked when he donated every penny he had made.

4 . 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. produce   B. anxious   C. assumption   D. screening     E. domestic   F package G. guilty   H. stress     I. permit       J. contain     K. delivered

1. The local residents are required to take a routine__________, which helps to detect early signs of the corona pandemic.
2. Her mother is the one who wears the pants in her family, but to relieve the boredom of doing the_________job day in and day out for several years, she will step into the job market this year.
3. Chongming Island has become an increasingly popular tourist attraction for city dwellers because of its fresh air and local__________.
4. The girl felt__________about consuming too much junk food during the lockdown, which resulted in her expanding waistline.
5. Jack, who got an A in the exam, was__________to make sure whether his father would buy him an I-phone 14.
6. When Kobe Bryant sealed the NBA championship with a 20-2 run, Phil Jackson couldn’t__________his joy.
7. In this unprecedented time of uncertainty, the government has launched a__________of measures to help small businesses.
8. When young ladies wear shoes with high heels, they put a lot of__________on their knees and ankles.
9. In big cities, goods are currently__________to the doorsteps with no physical contact in response to the growing demands of health-conscious customers.
10. Fortunately, the younger brother was denied a__________to hold weapons based on his age alone.

5 . 根据课文内容，从方框中选择适当的单词或短语并用正确的形式填入空白处，使短文意义连贯。

furniture, fortune, measure, drop out of, dormitory, guilty, turn one’s back on, be regarded as, charity, make little sense

Sixteen years ago, Jason was a college professor with a huge six-bed room house and a     1     of two million dollars. But he     2     his millions a few years ago. He gave almost all of his money to     3     . When he had two thousand dollars left, he gave away small bank notes in the streets of local poor areas because he worried a lot and felt     4     . Many people think he must be mad. However, living in a small     5     room with second-hand     6     , Jason has finally found happiness. According to Jason, he was tired of     7     a person who had everything in a world where many people had nothing. And he has discovered that having a lot of money     8     . What he wants is to live simply and be helpful to others. In that way, he has got a kind of satisfaction and is pleased to     9     the successful lifestyle people commonly expect, Jason believes that success is not     10     by now much money you have but by how you understand the true meaning of life.